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

The call came from Bernardo.

Summer slipped out of the classroom and into a quieter part of the hallway before answering her phone.

"Why didn't you pick up after so many calls?" Her father's voice was sharp and accusing.

Already stressed, Summer snapped, "I was in class. What's so urgent?"

"The Gilbert family is on the brink!" Bernardo's voice boomed through the phone.

The sudden outburst made Summer's ears ring. She tightened her grip on the phone, trying to process the gravity of his words. "Dad, what did you just say? What's happening to us?"

"The Gilbert Corporation has been seized, and the banks have frozen all our assets..."

Summer's face went pale, and she stumbled against the nearby railing. Bernardo's words kept echoing in her mind.

The Gilbert Corporation had been seized.

The Gilbert family was doomed.

Panic washed over her as she interrupted, "But everything was fine yesterday. How could it all fall apart so quickly?"

In her previous life, the Gilbert family faced bankruptcy, but that was supposed to happen years later. Why was it happening now?

"Ha! It's all thanks to your precious brother. That Zach, the hotshot lawyer. Why did you tell me those brothers of yours at the Davis family were just freeloaders?" Bernardo's voice was sharp, his face contorted with anger.

When he had gone to bring his biological daughter back to the Gilberts, he had noticed how Emmitt and Zach Davis were dressed like professionals. He had asked his daughter what the brothers did for a living.

And what had she said at the time? That they were good-for-nothings, living off their parents, just putting on a show.

Seeing their modest, rundown neighborhood and the old beat-up Santana they drove, he had believed her.

And now, this Zach from the Davis family turned out to be a renowned ace lawyer!noveldrama

Bernardo wasn't one for surfing the web, so he had no clue about the drama that unfolded online the previous night. He only realized the extent of the situation when he saw the legal notice at his company's legal department.

Listening to her father's tirade, Summer felt a knot in her stomach. When she was brought back to the Gilberts, she hadn't experienced her rebirth yet. Whatever she had said back then, she couldn't remember clearly now.

She bit her lip, offering no excuses, and simply asked, "But why would he target the Gilbert Corporation?"

Even if Michelle had revealed some information, it didn't seem severe enough to target the entire corporation, did it?

Bernardo rubbed his face, too weary to elaborate, "Just go beg Zach. Ask him to withdraw the lawsuits from the partner companies against us."

Summer's heart tightened, and she blurted out, "He won't see me."

Their last encounter over Leo's matter had ended in a complete fallout, severing their ties. If he had any regard for their past sibling relationship, today's disaster would not have occurred.

Bernardo's patience was wearing thin, "I don't care how you do it, beg him or plead with your foster parents. The fate of the Gilberts rests with you. If he doesn't back down, don't bother coming back."

With that, Bernardo hung up, leaving Summer with a dead line and a heavy heart.