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

Grant nodded and casually brought up the idea of switching the employment contract to a collaboration agreement.

The vice president furrowed his brow. "Partnering with a herbalist? What's David thinking? How's that going to look for our Pharmacist Association?"

Grant lowered his eyes. "If we can actually grow rare herbs, a partnership doesn't seem like a problem."

The vice president shot him a sideways glance. "Is he the only herbalist out there?"

David's approach seemed to be losing its touch more and more.

Grant stayed quiet.

The vice president waved him off. "Alright, you're free to go."

Grant nodded and quickly headed to the elevator, always feeling a bit stifled after these encounters.

Once upstairs, Grant updated David on the situation but left out the vice president's skeptical attitude from their earlier conversation.noveldrama

"Get Paul a flight to River City tomorrow. I'm worried those secret orchid seedlings can't wait," David said, looking serious.

The assistant nodded.

"Make sure you escort him yourself, and have the master herbalist from the base tag along to learn," David added.

There was a big difference between hiring someone and collaborating— collaborations could end anytime.

The assistant replied, "Got it."

"Alright, off you go," David dismissed him.

After the assistant left, David leaned back and remembered something. He grabbed his phone and sent a quick voice message to Mirabella via Messenger, explaining that the association's assessment period was coming up and asked if she'd be interested in being an evaluator.

*

Mirabella got David's message while heading to the school cafeteria with Lisa.

She shot back a voice message, "Can't, I'm buried in studies right now. I'll skip the chaos."

David, anticipating this, replied, "I've got a student hitting a rough patch. Could you lend a hand?"

Mirabella raised an eyebrow, thought for a moment, then agreed, "Sure, have him add me on Messenger."

David, seeing her reply, quickly dug up Devon's Messenger contact and sent him Mirabella's details. After forwarding the contact, he gave his student a call.

The call connected quickly, and David didn't mention that Mirabella was the new vice president. He simply advised Devon to add the contact he had sent and suggested, "If you want to break through in this year's assessment, chat with Mirabella. She can probably help with a lot of your issues."

Devon paused for a moment before giving a simple acknowledgment.

They didn't chat much and ended the call soon after.

Devon opened Messenger, clicked on the contact David had sent, hesitated briefly, but went ahead and added her as a friend.

Not long after, his friend request was accepted.

Recalling his teacher's advice and eyeing the pile of herbal prescriptions on his desk, Devon didn't want to depend on others for his assessment score. After a few minutes, he sent Mirabella a message.

"Thanks, but I don't need help right now."

Devon, naturally reserved and not one for long explanations, put down his phone and got back to studying his herbal prescriptions.

To him, understanding things on his own was far more valuable than relying on others, especially with his natural talent.