The Double or more Life of the Fake Heiress (Mirabella) novel Chapter 1868

Mirabella paused for a moment, then shrugged casually, "Consider it your birthday gift."

Nick's brow furrowed, even though those three tokens held deep significance. He should be happy, but—

"My birthday's in October."

And right now, it's only May.

Nick's expression turned more and more exasperated.

Seriously, giving a birthday present during the crucial heir voting? That was just a lame excuse!

Mirabella stayed silent for a couple of seconds, then looked at him with a playful smirk, "Well, Nick, just think of it as an early present?"

This way, she could skip this year's birthday shopping.

Nick: "Really?"

Mirabella looked away, saying, "I'm gonna check on Chester upstairs."

She absentmindedly ran her fingers over the black box she was holding and shot a glance at Nellie.

Their eyes met for just a moment before Nellie stood up, "Chester's medicine should be ready by now. I'll fetch it."

Mirabella nodded slightly, giving a soft "mm."

In no time, the two of them headed upstairs.

Nick stayed put, watching them vanish up the stairs, a weird feeling settling in his chest.

Why did it feel like Nellie and his sister were already familiar with each other? Nick squinted in suspicion.

*Mirabella and Nellie reached the top of the stairs, seemingly in sync, and instead of heading to Jim's room, they made their way to the glasshouse on the second-floor balcony.

Nellie took the phone, and upon seeing the familiar pattern, her eyes widened, and her expression shifted dramatically.

Mirabella watched Nellie's reaction intently, then prodded, "This pattern looks just like the one in the family's forbidden area."

Nellie collected herself and handed the phone back to Mirabella, "You've been to the forbidden area?"

"I stumbled in by accident once," Mirabella said softly.

Nellie was quiet for a while, then nodded, "Yeah, this pattern is definitely the same as in the forbidden area. But where exactly is this crypt?"

Mirabella described the crypt's location, "It's already sunk now."

"Sunk?" Nellie was slightly taken aback.

"Yeah, after I took the gemstone out, it sank," Mirabella's eyes narrowed slightly, suddenly recalling the shadow she had seen in the crypt.