A Superpowered Warrior in a Fake Heiress’s Body novel Chapter 372

A Superpowered Warrior in a Fake Heiress’s Body

Chapter 372 The Midnight Confession

He couldn’t fathom how he would ever show his face in capital social circles again.

From tomorrow on, peers would weaponize this fiasco to mock him at every turn.

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Worse, presenting a defective medical device to Steven Wayne was a political disaster that could sink them entirely.

He wished the ground would open up and swallow him whole.

Damian was practically shaking in despair.

Listening to his son’s pathetic wails, Preston stood frozen.

Could Andre genuinely have dispatched the wrong parcel?

Had an assistant in the overseas lab mixed up the prototypes?

Whatever the cause, Preston could no longer stomach lingering in the ballroom.

He offered Steven Wayne a hurried, generic farewell and fled the venue.

Otherwise, once whispers leaked into the main hall, his reputation would be torn to shreds.

Watching Preston retreat toward the exit like a man fleeing a ghost, Steven Wayne and his aides exchanged bewildered glances.

Most oddly, Preston had fled without returning the borrowed medical case.

Steven shook his head in amusement, finding it too petty to chase the man down over a borrowed box.

He let the Kellers vanish into the night without a word.

Only when reports from the private lounge drifted into his ear did Steven finally grasp what had transpired.

Good grief.

Even Steven couldn’t help letting out a hearty laugh.

The Keller family had truly disgraced themselves tonight.

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Chapter 372 The Midnight Confession

As midnight approached, the gala drew to a close.

The vast majority of guests departed, leaving Isabella, the Carters, and the Sinclairs lingering until the end.

After escorting Raymond and the Carters to their vehicles, Isabella turned back and stepped up to Steven Wayne. “Mr. Wayne, I owe you an apology.”

“Oh?”

Surprise flickered across Steven’s weathered features.

He had assumed she approached for a casual chat, not a solemn apology.

Chuckling warmly, he asked, “Is this concerning the Keller boy’s little show?”

Steven figured that a veteran magnate like Preston Keller wouldn’t brazenly gift fraudulent hardware, meaning something unexpected had unfolded in the lounge.

Isabella’s apology all but confirmed his suspicion.

“Yes,” Isabella nodded candidly, “The Neuro–Blocker the Kellers presented was functional, but I deliberately neutralized its current.

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