Filed To Story: Returning to Her Not-So-Poor Family
Romeo glanced at her, and seeing a glimmer of hope, Serena said with a wronged tone, “Could you get out of the car while we talk? It’s suffocating with you staring at me.”
She lowered her head, like a child who’d done something wrong, nervously expecting forgiveness.
But to Serena’s surprise.
The next moment, she heard the car door open.
Romeo’s dress shoes came into view.
As his feet hit the ground, it felt like a dream to Serena. She couldn’t believe it. She looked slowly up at his incredibly handsome face,
Romeo got out of the car!
He actually got out of the car!
He was standing right in front of her!
Martha was right; men can’t stand seeing women in tears, looking helpless.
She had purposefully made that face showing a bit more skin, just to get this reaction.
Just as Serena was about to let her joy show and say something, Romeo was already on the move, breezing past her.
The whole thing took only three seconds.
Serena stood there, dumbstruck, as he got into Carl’s car, which quickly drove away.
It took her a moment to realize that Romeo hadn’t gotten out of the car to hear her talk. He saw Carl coming to pick him up, so he got out.
From start to finish, all of this had nothing to do with her.
Her previous happiness vanished, replaced by embarrassment and shame.
In the car, Carl was driving and asking at the same time, “Boss, what’s up? Weren’t you supposed to drop Ms. Bella off at school today? Why the sudden change of plan? Did you have a spat with Ms. Bella?”
“Me, argue with her?” Romeo sounded exasperated. Arguing was simply not in his nature; he’d rather let Mirabella win.
“What the hell happened?” Carl was utterly confused.
“Just a pesky fly buzzing around my ears, getting on my nerves.”
A fly? Carl was stumped. It took him a second to associate Serena with the fly. Could the boss be referring to Serena? Poor girl. In the boss’s eyes, she was no more than a fly. Once upon a time, she was at least human. Now, she wasn’t even that.
Romeo took out his phone again, dialed Kenneth, and said there was an urgent matter at the group that he needed to attend to. He would have to hitch a ride with Carl and have dinner with Mirabella låter.
“No problem, you do your thing.”
Romeo was puzzled, not quite catching Kenneth’s drift.
“Mirabella is still young, isn’t she?” Kenneth chuckled on the other end of the phone.
Romeo quickly caught on, saying, “I’m sorry, Uncle. I messed up.”
Kenneth was taken aback by his response, “No, it’s not your fault.”
“Mainly because Mirabella is too stunning. You did a fantastic job raising her. I’m truly honored to be part of Bella’s family. I’ll come visit as soon as I’ve sorted out work. I want to make you guys happy.”
After hanging up, Kenneth was still shell–shocked. Romeo sure had a way with words. What was his main point again? He left such an impression that Kenneth forgot what he was going to say.
Meanwhile, Kelly bought a bunch of stuff to share with her dorm mates and treated them to dinner. Her warmth and cheerfulness quickly won the other two girls over. And because she always included Mirabella, the other girls quickly became friends with her as well.
That night, Kelly generously shared her extra skincare products with the other two girls. They chatted and laughed in the living room.
After taking a shower, Mirabella chucked her clothes into the washing machine and then stood on the balcony, listening to the investigation report.
“Martha and Serena are really mother and daughter! The DNA test shows a 99.99% match! It’s like a soap opera!”
As she was drying her hair, Mirabella calmly said, “I saw it coming.”
“But it’s confusing. How could a maid successfully place her ‘daughter in your parents‘ care? There are two possibilities: After the health clinic explosion, Martha discovered her daughter had been swapped with the daughter from the Collins family. Seeing your family was well–off, she faked her death and worked as a maid in your home, hoping her daughter could lead a better life. The other possibility is that she has a puppet master. She might know who plotted the fire, but this seems less likely and raises a lot of questions.”
For instance, with her level of intelligence, she’s hardly the cunning type to pull strings for someone.
There’s nothing particularly special about her that would make any puppet master favor her and ensure her survival.
Actually, Serena’s staying with the Collins family seemed to have no real bearing on the whole plan. It was totally irrelevant.
The fact that Serena was taken by mistake was actually a misunderstanding.
And Martha just went with the flow!
Was it not as complicated as they had initially thought?
[If we want to get to the bottom of this, we need to start our investigation from scratch]
One thing was for sure, Martha was the woman in the same ward as Louisa at the hospital back then. She didn’t die in the fire; instead, she managed to keep her head down and survive.
“So, who’s Serena’s biological father?” asked Mirabella calmly.
[We’re looking into it. I checked Martha’s contact records with outsiders over the years and everything seems kosher. There’s no man of her age who she’s been in frequent contact with]
Mirabella remembered what Kenneth and Louisa had said earlier. They had people investigate it, and they found out that Serena’s biological father had disappeared in the fire, and her biological mother was dead.
“Over the years, has Martha visited the graveyard, or secretly asked someone to visit it?” Mirabella continued to enquire.
[No, she’s been working as a nanny at your house and rarely goes out. Is it possible that Serena’s biological father changed his name, thinking that his wife and daughter died in the fire, and remarried?]
Finding him would be a tall order if he had indeed changed his name and moved to a far-off city.
“Not sure.”
Without evidence, Mirabella couldn’t jump to conclusions. She just said, “If Serena’s biological father knew that his wife and daughter didn’t die, and his daughter was living a good life, and his wife came to share this benefit, wouldn’t he, as a father, want to share this benefit as well? Given Martha’s character, she should have told him about this benefit. Investigate all the male employees the Collins family hired eighteen years ago.” [You mean, Serena’s biological father might also be in your house? Could he be a driver, or a bodyguard?] her subordinate asked in surprise. “This is just a hunch, just check it out and see if anything’s been overlooked.”
[Roger that
Once the serious conversation was over, Mirabella’s subordinate joked, [Is school fun? How about letting me in to experience life a bit?] “Your face is too old.”
Her subordinate was instantly bummed out by her words. [I’m only in my early twenties. If I wasn’t running around helping you out all day, I wouldn’t look this old]
The thing was, he didn’t think he looked old at all, so why did he seem non-existent in Mirabella’s eyes?
Was it because she saw Romeo’s face every day and it raised her aesthetic standards? That must be the reason why she’s so hard on him.
“Enough said,” Mirabella didn’t wait for him to say anything more. After hanging up, she picked up Romeo’s call.
“Bella, who were you chatting with?” Romeo had called earlier, but she was busy. He tried again after a while, but still the line was busy. Now he finally got through
“You’ve been talking for a long time, a male friend?”
“Yes, a guy, in his twenties, Mirabella asked with a smile, “Do you need me to send you his details?”
So it really was a guy!
Romeo had a feeling that she might be on the phone with a guy since he couldnt get through
“Okay send it to me I promise I won’t cause him any trouble”
Mirabella laughed and asked, “Did you need something?”
“I missed you, can’t I call you only for that reason?” Romeo sounded a bit upset, “What did he want? Did he have something important to deal with What could a twenty-something guy possibly have that’s so important? Did you guys just meet today? Is he a classmate?”
Mirabella was amused by his words and couldn’t help but say. “That was an employee reporting to me. Are you so jealous that all my future colleagues. should be females?”
“That’s actually a good idea.”
Mirabella laughed, “What about you?”
“All my employees can be males.”
Mirabella didn’t know how to respond to that and then chatted with him about various topics until someone knocked on the door and she had to hang up the phone.
“Bella, these are the uniforms for tomorrow’s extracurricular activity. I got two sets for you, both in your size.”
The person who came to her room was Kelly Piper.
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