The Double or more Life of the Fake Heiress (Mirabella) novel Chapter 609

Mirabella felt someone’s gaze on her and turned her head slightly. “Zach?” she asked, catching his eye from across the room.

Zach just huffed and looked away, too proud to engage.

Mirabella was left puzzled, her expression a perfect question mark.

Delilah, always the observant mom, sighed as she watched her second son’s usual antics. “Does he ever get tired of this?” she thought to herself.

“By the way, is Emmitt still asleep?” Shawn asked Zach, looking up from his newspaper.

“Probably. He was up all night feeling sick as a dog,” Zach replied, taking a sip of his coffee, his voice soft with concern.

Mirabella stayed quiet, continuing her breakfast in peace.

Shawn nodded. “Make sure you check on him later.”

“Sure thing,” Zach agreed with a nod.

Not long after, Mirabella left for school. It seemed almost deliberate, as Emmitt came downstairs shortly after she left, looking worse for wear after a rough night.

Delilah handed him a glass of milk, her voice tinged with motherly concern. “Try to cut back on the booze, will you?”

Emmitt took the glass, his lips pressed into a thin line, and nodded. He took a sip, finding the milk tasteless as he let his eyelids droop.

Zach noticed his brother’s state, his brow furrowed with worry. “You under a lot of pressure lately?”

Emmitt looked up, distracted. “It’s manageable.” He glanced around, sensing the awkward tension, and then asked, “Where’s Dad?”

“He went to drop Mira off at school,” Delilah replied, watching him closely.

Emmitt’s fingers tightened around the glass, a soft ‘hmm’ all he could muster before he went back to his milk.

The memory of that morning, seeing Mirabella come out of Nick’s room and her eyes going cold when she saw him, weighed heavily on Emmitt’s chest. It was a familiar and unsettling feeling.

To come all the way here? That seemed rather peculiar.

Delilah shot him a look. “I said it’s a friend. Their issue might be a bit sensitive.”

Zach, catching Delilah’s stare, quickly changed his tune. “Alright, alright, I got it.”

In this house, crossing either of the family's two titans meant facing their combined wrath. Zach knew better than to provoke either one.

Delilah, now more at ease, waved him off with a smile, signaling that he was free to go.

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Nick woke up past four in the afternoon, his room shrouded in darkness due to the tightly drawn curtains. He lay in bed for several minutes, collecting himself before tossing the covers aside and sitting up, feeling significantly more refreshed.

He rubbed his shoulders and then made his way to the window, drawing back the curtains. Daylight flooded in, banishing the gloom that had enveloped the room, welcoming him back to the world of the living.