Filed To Story: Returning to Her Not-So-Poor Family
“Do you believe that?” Mirabella smirked at them, feeling a sudden wave of sympathy for them being played by Serena.
“Serena insisted on breaking up, threatening Romeo with a lifetime of no contact. So Romeo, who loves her but also has his pride, thought Serena and Martin were moving too fast. That’s why he reluctantly sought you out, parading you around in public.”
“In reality, he wanted to use you to make Serena jealous. To show her that he could have any woman he wanted at any time. That’s why the usually low-key Romeo, made such a high-profile appearance with you at McMllian Corporation.””He wanted to show Serena. Don’t think that you have any charm that caught Romeo’s eye? Compared to Serena, you’re miles behind!”
Mirabella didn’t expect Serena to spin such a tale behind her back, and she laughed even harder.
“What are you laughing at?”
The young ladies felt a sudden loss of confidence.
Mirabella’s laughter made them feel like fools.
“Even though Romeo knew that the Assistant Director of Procurement is Sylvia’s mother, and Sylvia is Serena’s good friend, he still deliberately brought you to McMilian Corporation”
“This shows that he still loves Serena, and you’re just a substitute!”
“If it wasn’t for Serena’s threat of never seeing him again, Romeo wouldn’t have let go of her hand and settled for you.”
Mirabella’s laughter grew even louder, “Why don’t you ask why I’m in this garden?”
“Yeah, why are you here?”
“Romeo must have brought you here to provoke Serena, knowing well that the McMillian family and the Collins family are on good terms. Hence, the Collins’ household staff wouldn’t dare to stop Romeo, let alone you.”
“And to think you had the audacity to come in, enjoying the tea and cupcakes served by the Collins’
servants, while flirting with Serena’s fiance! Shameless! You have no decency!”
“This is my home and Romeo is my fiance.” Mirabella lifted her lazy gaze, “Aren’t you supposed to be Serena’s best friend? Didn’t she tell you?”
On hearing this, those rich girls were stunned for a moment, before bursting into laughter.
“This is your home? You even have the nerve to tell such a lie? I’ve seen shameless people before, but never someone as brazen as you! Your audacity is thicker than the walls of this mansion!”
“It’s a well-known fact that the Collins family and the McMillian family are betrothed. How dare you claim that Romeo is your fiance? Are you ignoring the fact that these two families are engaged?”
“The engagement still stands.”
Suddenly, a magnetic voice resonated from a distance.
Those ladies turned to see Serena’s brother, Hans Collins!
There he was, dignified and composed, striding towards them.
“Hans, it’s good that you’re here. Someone is blatantly claiming this as her home! Come and make a judgment””She even says that Romeo is her fiance!”
“I’ve seen shameless people, but never someone this brazen. You should have her thrown out!”
“No, she deserves to be taught a lesson to understand the consequences of lying!”
Those ladies were confident that with Hans’ arrival, Mirabella’s end was near, they were eager to see her humiliated.
But to their surprise, the usually cold and stern Hans, suddenly called out warmly, “Bella.”
Before they could react, they heard Mirabella obediently respond, “Hans, what brings you here?”
“I heard there was some trouble at home, so I came to check.”
Those ladies were dumbfounded, completely clueless about the situation.
Why was Mirabella calling Hans so intimately?
And why was Hans being so gentle with her?
“What were you saying about my sister just now?”
As Hans looked at the girls, his gaze was as cold and indifferent as ever.
The girls were speechless, and in a daze, they stuttered, “She, she, she is?”
“My sister, Mirabella Collins, my real sister.”
On hearing Mirabella’s surname, coupled with Hans’ final words, the girls were stunned.
How could this girl possibly be Hans’ biological sister?Didn’t the Collins family only have one daughter, Serena?
When did they have another daughter?
But Hans, with his status and reputation, couldn’t possibly lie.
If what he said was true, then Serena must be aware of this girl’s existence!
But Serena had never mentioned this girl at all.
It was as if she was a stranger.
What on earth was going on?
“Sylvia, did Serena ever mention anything to you?”
“Hans, if this girl is your sister, then she must be Serena’s?”
“Sister.”
Hans’s words left the ladies frozen in place once again.
Sylvia asked with disbelief, “Does Serena know about her?”
“Yes.” Hans’s firm reply shattered their last hope. “They live in the same house, constantly in each other’s company.
“But, why Serena didn’t say that.” Sylvia’s voice trailed off to a whisper.
The other ladies were equally shocked. They couldn’t believe the truth they were just told.
There was nothing more convincing than hearing the truth from a member of the Collins family.
“Bella had been lost for eighteen years and only found her way back home six months ago. For some reasons, we haven’t publicly revealed her identity yet.”
The ladies was taken aback by this revelation, stunned by the unexpected twist.
“Although Serena is not a blood-relative of the Collins family, we have treated her like our own for the past eighteen years. She’s like family to us. So, on the day Bella returned, with Bella’s consent, Serena was allowed to stay. They consider each other as sisters.”
Mirabella had been born first on their shared birthday, so she was technically the older sister, while Serena was the younger one.
But regardless of their birth order, Mirabella was the rightful heiress of the Collins family, it was only natural that she was the older sister.
The ladies all looked at each other with shock and disbelief.“Hans, are you telling the truth? Serena isn’t the real heiress of the Collins family.”
“So, this girl standing in front of us is the heiress.”
“But Serena never mentioned anything about this.”
“She only said…”
“Said what?”
Though Hans had heard most of the conversation earlier, he wanted to hear it again from them.
Sylvia, looking deflated, finally spoke. “So, Mirabella is the true heiress. She’s the one Romeo is engaged to, not Serena. If Serena knew this all along, why did she claim that she was the one who rejected Romeo?”
The ladies couldn’t believe that Serena could tell such a big lie. Was it all for her vanity?
“She wasn’t like this before. She was so innocent and kind-hearted. How could she lie to us?”
“L still can’t believe it.”
“She said being with Romeo would place her under a microscope, and she didn’t want to live her life like that.
“She said Mirabella was just a temporary flame that Romeo found to provoke her, to make her change her mind”
“It’s all fake. Serena lied to me.”
“She lied to all of us!”Romeo had known that Hans was home. He had been watching as the girls confronted Mirabella.
Seeing how things had turned out, Romeo walked over to Mirabella, his arm around her slim waist.
“There was never any romantic relationship between Serena and me. Before Bella returned, I rarely interacted with her. Even if Bella hadn’t come back, I would never date Serena.”
Nothing could be more shocking than hearing Romeo himself debunk the rumors.
So, Serena’s claim that Romeo was infatuated with her and unwilling to break up was all a lie.
New Book: Returned To Make Them Pay
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