The Double or more Life of the Fake Heiress (Mirabella) novel Chapter 710

Heather always figured Juztin was just an ordinary guy. On their live show, both he and his sister came off as pretty down-home, which only reinforced her belief that they didn’t come from any significant background.

Even when she found out Juztin’s last name was Howe, she didn’t connect him to the famous Howe family her mom sometimes mentioned. So, when her cousin started spreading dirt online, Heather didn’t step in.

Even when Juztin and his sister’s lawyer brother sent a cease-and-desist, Heather felt a bit wary at first but then brushed it off. After all, what could a single lawyer do against the powerful Pledger family?

With that in mind, she called her cousin’s management company, dropping the Pledger family name to throw her weight around. Though they had already decided to stop promoting her cousin, the agency buckled under the Pledger family's pressure and returned the cease-and-desist.

The goal was just to scare Zach into backing off. She never imagined it would ignite a chain reaction that would put the Pledger family in the crosshairs.

Her father was just a distant relative within the Pledger clan, barely part of the inner circle. If it hadn’t been for his knack for business earning him some favor, she would never have dared to flaunt the Riverdale Pledger name in social circles.

Now, her father’s overseas project had crashed and burned, and the domestic branches he managed were teetering on the brink of collapse, which enraged the Pledger family.

The Davis family wasn’t part of any Riverdale power faction, but their sprawling industry network was daunting. Nobody knew the full extent of the Davis family’s reach.

They even threatened to boot the Pledger family out of Riverdale’s elite circle unless they received a formal apology for the slight against their daughter.

And the Pledgers didn’t even know who the Davis family’s daughter was until Heather, after realizing her father had become the family’s scapegoat, pieced it all together.

That’s when it hit her just how shallow she had been. Juztin’s mysterious background wasn’t because he came from nothing, but because it was intentionally hidden. Otherwise, how could he have kept such a spotless reputation?

Mirabella’s mind was elsewhere. After that Twitter fiasco, Zach had told her not to worry, assuring her he’d handle it.

Could Zach really be that influential?

To make someone like Heather, with her supposed clout, personally come forward to apologize?

“What do you want from us, then? Name your terms. As long as they’re reasonable, we’ll do our best to meet them,” Michelle chimed in eagerly.

For them, resolving this mess, no matter the cost, was their top priority.