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

Mirabella sat quietly, fingers resting on her knees. After some small talk, she glanced at Wade and asked, "Have you been burning the midnight oil again?"

"You can tell?" Wade rubbed his face.

"Late nights aren't kind to the liver. Didn't I tell you to get a check-up last time? You didn't go, did you?" Mirabella raised an eyebrow.

Wade vaguely recalled that conversation and chuckled, "I'm feeling fine."

"Seriously, it won't take much time to get checked out," Mirabella insisted, her tone sincere.

Wade appreciated her concern and nodded, "Alright, I'll go once things calm down a bit."

He'd been up to his ears with work after some crucial research data went missing from the medical school. There was a mountain of information to sift through.

Seeing that Wade seemed to have taken her advice to heart, Mirabella decided not to push further. She thought she might whip up some herbal remedies for him later.

That afternoon, Mirabella headed to the research building after her classes. Walking into the lab, she found Linden, Kason, and Jessie looking pretty downcast.

Dropping her backpack by her desk, she asked, "What's up with you guys?"

Linden adjusted his glasses and sighed, "We heard they're adding more people to our team."

"The newcomers are students Mr. Calvin's bringing in," Jessie said with a frown.

"The higher-ups have no shame. They see our success and shove people in, just to snag some credit," Kason lamented, too bummed to keep working on his code.

Mirabella was surprised they found out so quickly. As she powered up her computer, she reassured them, "Don't worry, no one else is joining our team."noveldrama

Jessie looked at her skeptically, "Mira, how do you know for sure?"

Mirabella tilted her head, her white turtleneck snug around her neck, cheeks slightly flushed. She blinked lazily and said, "Because I'll walk out if they do."

Jessie's lips twitched, not entirely convinced.

Mirabella raised an eyebrow and added, "I'm not kidding. This team stays just us."

Even if Wage couldn't sort it out, she had her ways. If she could build the system she could dismantle it too. Anyone trying to play games with her needed to know if they were up to the task. swnovel

Mirabella's confident tone seemed to ease the trio's initial frustration. No one liked the idea of new members being foisted on them halfway through a project.

Although Linden, Kason, and Jessie were older, they'd unconsciously started seeing Mirabella as the team's anchor. Whatever she said, they trusted completely.

With that settled, they got back to work.

Before long, Ben showed up at the lab.

Seeing Ben jogged Mirabella's

memory about the missing research data at the medical school, something James had mentioned.

Nick had broken in that night and had a run-in with him. His skills

weren't top-notch, but he was

definitely trained. swnovel

Considering Nick's familiarity with the medical school and his skills, it would have

been a piece of cake for him to take the data.

Mirabella pondered over this.

Sensing her gaze, Ben turned to her, a flicker of something in his eyes. He walked over and said, "I remember you and my sister are in the same department, right?" fo swnovel