A Superpowered Warrior in a Fake Heiress’s Body novel Chapter 106

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Brett came skipping all the way over to Isabella, bustling around her with total eagerness to please, “Let me get your backpack, Bella!

“Do you want this thermos?

“My mom brewed some honey water for you at home.

“She said surviving school is brutal!

“So she wants you to keep your throat coated!”

Brett wasn’t a complete idiot.

He caught onto his brother’s game right away and turned up the drama on the spot to play along.

“Oh man!”

He raised his voice on purpose so everyone could hear, “Mom didn’t pack anything close to that for me!

“Talk about total favoritism!”

His voice went high and squeaky, bordering on a total whine.

Beside them, Eugene stood completely still, his face an absolute blank.

Give me a break.

He pinched the bridge of his nose to fight off an oncoming headache.

Whatever, his brother’s acting was pure garbage, but it got the job done.

It wasn’t like Brett being a total blockhead was anything new anyway.

If anything, playing himself to a T made the whole performance way more believable.

Eugene took the thermos from Brett with a straight face, adjusted Isabella’s backpack straps, and said, “Have a good day in class.”

With that final word, he turned on his heel and drove off.

The exact second he left, the watching crowd erupted into pure chaos.

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A short distance away, Isaac and Hannah stood completely frozen from shock.

Hannah burned with absolute envy, while Isaac felt completely dazed.

Staring at the picture-perfect, tight-knit bond between Isabella and the Carters, then looking back at himself and Hannah, a wave of bitter irony washed over him.

What the hell is going on here?

I am her actual, biological brother.

Yet right now, my relationship with Isabella doesn’t even come close to what she has with total strangers.

Isaac felt a massive lump forming deep in his throat.

Watching the warm, genuine smile Isabella offered Eugene and Brett, he realized she had never looked at her own flesh and blood that way.

No…

Wait, she did.

Isaac’s expression turned total blank.

The memories came rushing back.

When Isabella first stepped foot back inside the Powell house, she used to look at him and their father with that exact same timid, hopeful smile.

Even though she was dead terrified, her eyes carried a brilliant spark of affection, hope, warmth, and pure joy.

But somehow… without him even noticing, Isabella stopped smiling altogether.

Every single time she crossed his path, she would keep her head down, refusing to make eye

contact.

Her fingers would twist into tight, anxious knots.

She looked total on edge, terrified out of her mind.

Whenever he came near, she treated him like a dangerous plague to be avoided at all costs.

Eventually, he grew flat-out fed up, losing all patience to check in on her or look her way, stone-blind to the expressions and emotions cutting through her gaze.

When on earth did things drift this far apart between us and Isabella?

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We are supposed to be a family, aren’t we?

Isaac stood there in absolute silence.

He didn’t want to admit to himself that Hannah was the root cause of this mess.

But Hannah is part of our family too!

We raised Hannah for over a decade; are we supposed to just throw her out on the street the second Isabella comes back?

That makes zero sense.

We can’t just flip a switch and erase our love for her!

Isaac’s mind spun in total confusion.

Meanwhile, Hannah’s entire soul was screaming with toxic, burning rage.

God dammit!

How is this even possible?!

Not only did Isabella spend the night at the Carter estate, but she’s also got both Carter brothers wrapped around her little finger!

Hannah’s original game plan was to spread some sketchy, vague rumors around campus the second she walked through the doors, leaking that Isabella spent the night at the Carters.

After all, it is the absolute truth, isn’t it?!

With a little bit of clever phrasing and selective omissions, she could twist the sleepover into something sordid and trashy without a hitch, ensuring Isabella became the school’s laughingstock.

When the dust settled, even if the tracks led straight back to her, she could play the innocent card and claim she was blameless without a single doubt.

She could just say she was over the moon for her sister and wanted to share the great news with campus!

Who could have predicted that people would take it out of context with such pure malice?!

But instead…

Eugene Carter went way out of his way to play the subordinate role.

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He dropped his entire pride to the absolute floor just to let Isabella step all over it.

With that display of absolute respect, how the hell can I spread any trashy rumors about Isabella now?!

Son of a b*tch!

Hannah’s brain was practically exploding from rage.

With a distorted mess of a look on her face, she stepped out of the car and called out toward them, “Isabella! Brett! Wait up…”

The words had barely left her mouth when Isabella shot her a cool glance and walked straight past without stopping.

Brett didn’t even bother to glance her way either, rushing straight after Isabella like a loyal pup.

“Hey! Bella, slow down, wait up!

“Oh, by the way, let’s grab lunch together later!

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