Mirabelle took a cab, telling him the address from her memory, she sat back and watched the city as the cab drove. She can not be spending only the money that the real Mirabelle has saved, she would begin a job.
But, which job can she do. The real Mirabelle studied fashion design and that was all but she did not want to do that for now.
She halted her thoughts when she saw that she had arrived at the Winston Manor, her father's house. Paying the cab man, she alighted the vehicle and walked through the gates, the guards did not stop as they know her, some of them are even kind to her as they do not like their boss, her father but still have to work to earn a living.
She greeted them, making sure to smile like the real Mirabelle would do. Walking down the long driveway to the front door. Mirabelle was breathing heavily, she needs to begin a work out session so she can regain her past stamina back.
She walked into the house and saw no one around but a maid. "Excuse me. Where is my father?" She asked the maid. "Mr Winston is in his office, miss." The maid said to her with a smile.
Mirabelle walked up the stairs to the second floor and walked down the hallway to the last door. Behind the door is her father, Gabriel, a greedy man who is only after wealth. She knocked on the door and after a short while, heard a faint 'come in.'
She opened the door and walked in, seeing him sitting behind his desk looking imposing but not for the new Mirabelle. She looked straight at him standing upright.
"You have to meet with Erix Smith soon. I will set a dinner meeting for the both of you tomorrow evening." He said without even asking how she is or how she is feeling after returning from the hospital.
Mirabelle clenched her fist, resisting the urge to beat him up in the office. " Yes, father. I will be expecting the information on the dinner. "She said in monotone that Gabriel looked up at her for seconds but he looked back down ignoring her.
Mirabelle left the office and walked down back to the living room, she was about to step out when she saw Stephanie and Audrey coming in. Behind them were maids holding various shopping bags. The mother-daughter pair had just returned from the shopping mall.
"What are you doing here?" Audrey asked glaring at her. "In case you have forgotten, this is still my father's house and I have every right to be here." Mirabelle said to her. "You this stupid girl, watch what you say or I will have Gabriel take you out of the family register." Stephanie threatened glaring at Mirabelle.
Mirabelle only scoffed. "Once it is time, I will make sure I have no ties with this family and you two, I will make sure you two become beggers in this city."
"The only person becoming a begger here is you." Stephanie said glaring at her. "How do you think you can do anything? Also, didn't daddy say you are to get married to Erix Smith. Do you think you can make use of his powers and influence?" Audrey scoffed. "Dream on, he doesn't want a silly wife who can't do anything for themselves."
"Is that why you are not getting married to him? Because you are stupid?" Mirabelle asked with a blank face.
Furious at the insult, Audrey raised her hand to slap Mirabelle but she held it up and moved closer to whisper to her. "Don't think I don't remember you pushing me down the stairs, watch your back because where I will be pushing you will be worst than a stairway." Leaning back, Mirabelle smirked.
She walked around them and left the house. Taking few minutes to walk down to driveway out of the house, she hailed a cab and got in. "To the mall." She said to the driver.
If she is going on a date with this Erix Smith, she might as well look good enough. Arriving at the mall, she first went to the spa and got a full body massage. In her past life, she never engaged herself in activities like this, her life was always about work so it felt good to unwind. After the spa, her next stop was the salon. She got her nails done and her hair.
The long hair is something she was not used to, so she got a hair cut. The hair went from waist length to back length, just a few inches past her shoulders and she also added red highlights, something familiar from her past life.
Her hair stylist was a very cheerful male who could not help but complimented her every step of the way. The two of them became close. His name is Lucas
"I am so happy to be the one who gave you such a makeover. Oh my goodness, I know I'm good at my job but with you, I'm speechless." Lucas said dramatically. Mirabelle chuckled, being with him is such a good vibe. "Stop exaggerating." Mirabelle said. "I am not!" He exclaimed, then leaned in, "So tell me, who are you going on a date with?"He asked.
" How do you know I am going on a date?"Mirabelle asked him amused. "Those shopping bags, the new look. I can smell the oil from your body massage, I think those are pretty good clues." He replied with a wink.
"It's a blind date, I only know his name." Mirabelle replied. "Ooh, I love blind dates, been on many myself. So who is the guy?"
"Erix Smith."She replied.
"Oh, you mean that stone cold CEO who is so handsome that makes my gay self so giggly." Lucas said staring at her wide eyes through the mirror. Mirabelle nodded. "I need to take a look at your choice for the date. Even though he's got a heart of steel, you have to make him speechless."Lucas said.
" The date is tomorrow evening, I will call you so you will come over and help me."Mirabelle told him.
Once she was ready to leave, they exchanged contacts.
Back home, Mirabelle went up to her room. After arranging all what she got, she took her laptop and sat by the desk in the room. First thing first, she wanted to get an apartment. Not that she did not want to live with her grandparents anymore but if she wants to begin her plan, she would need the space and privacy.
She checked her account balance. She had saved a total of 150 million, getting a house in the best community was usually around a hundred million.
She began to search for a simple one, most likely in a gated community to avoid some unwelcomed company. One community stood out to her, Hong Community. Not everyone could get a house there as the lowest amount for a house in that community is 200 million.
Mirabelle only had 150 million. Thinking of a solution, she called Gabriel.
After ringing for a while, he picked it. "What do you want?" He asked harshly. "200 million sent to my account." She replied.
"And what do you want to use such a ridiculous amount of money to do?" He asked. Mirabelle scoffed,his mistress and daughter uses 100 million daily for their shoppings and outings but he can't even give her any amount.
"To prepare for the meeting with Erix Smith, 200 million or I am not going anywhere." She replied.
Gabriel only ended the call, not up to five minutes later, she received the alert.
They really wants to sell her to this Erix Smith man, thinking he would kill her or something and they would take over the company. She smirked, Erix Smith might be a trump card over them.
Now having a total of 350 million oner account, she would buy a house at Hong Community. She closed the account.
The following morning, Mirabelle woke up and got ready. She would first go to the housing agency for Hong Community to get a house then call Lucas in order to get ready for the date.
Opening her phone, she saw that Gabriel already sent a text message with the information for the date, the venue and time.
Mirabelle went down to the kitchen and met her grandmother there. Hugging her from behind, she kissed her cheek.
"Good morning, grandma."She said." Oh, good morning darling, you did not come down for dinner yesterday."Her grandmother turned around and noticed Mirabelle's new look.
"You cut your hair, why?"
"Trying a new look grandma, how do I look?" Mirabelle asked. "Still very pretty."
The two of them made breakfast together.
"Call your grandpa from the backyard. So we can all eat."Her grandma said after they finished setting the table.
Nodding, Mirabelle left the kitchen and went through the door that led to the backyard. She saw her grandfather sitting on a wooden chair.
" Your father told me that you decided to meet Erix Smith."He said to her as soon as he noticed her. " Are you going to stop me?"Mirabelle asked."No, I am not. You making this decision, you must have a plan, I will not stop you." He replied. "Okay then. Grandma is calling us in for breakfast." She said saying the real reason why she came out in the first place.
They both went in and sat to have breakfast together. After helping to clean up, Mirabelle went up to her room to get ready to go out. Her destination, the house agency office for Hong Community.