A Superpowered Warrior in a Fake Heiress’s Body novel Chapter 40

Chapter 40 In Your Dreams

“What, do you bark orders at Hannah with that exact same attitude?

“You treat me like dirt and expect me to bow down to you?”

Isabella let out a cold, sharp sneer.

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She didn’t give a single d*mn what kind of lofty role Adrian played within the household.

Whether he was the untouchable golden child or the pillar of the family business meant absolutely nothing to her.

At the end of the day, he was a total nobody in her eyes.

Driven by her words, Adrian felt like his head was about to explode with pure rage.

He had always ruled this house with an iron fist, and even Daniel completely stopped interfering with his decisions after handing over management of the Powell Group.

Yet here he was, getting thoroughly put in his place by Isabella.

“You arrogant-”

Fuming with rage, he opened his mouth to roar, but Isaac chose that exact moment to walk through the front door.

Isaac had just survived a massive headache listening to Hannah’s hysterical sobbing on the phone, and walking into a standoff between Isabella and Adrian made his ears ring even harder.

He had no clue what had gotten into Isabella lately to make her so hostile and short–fused.

But after everything that had gone down over the past few days, Isaac found himself completely unable to resent her.

She was his flesh and blood–even if they hadn’t spent much time together, she was still his biological sister.

No matter how much closer he felt to Hannah, he couldn’t just write Isabella off entirely.

Besides, her fierce actions over the past forty–eight hours made him realize just how brutally they had neglected her since her return.

“Adrian,”

he quickly cut in, attempting to play the peacemaker, “Isabella is still adjusting to life here, so

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stop taking her attitude to heart.

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“Isabella, why don’t you head up to your room first?”

Hearing his intervention, Adrian let out a heavy, furious snort.

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Forcing down the white–hot rage burning in his chest, he took a deep breath and demanded coldly, “You are going to call the police station right this second and drop all charges against Mia and her friends!

“The Bexleys have already phoned my office directly.

“Mia and her crew crossed the line at school, sure, but you don’t need to be so petty and vindictive about it.

“Drop the investigation, and we’ll let this whole matter blow over.”

Isabella paused on the stairs, letting out a sharp, dismissive laugh before tossing back, “In your dreams!”

At that blunt refusal, Adrian completely snapped.

“Isabella Powell!”

His roar shook the entire entryway.

Isaac immediately threw himself between them, shielding Isabella as he pleaded, “Adrian, calm down.

“Isabella didn’t actually do anything wrong this time.”

Isaac had already gotten an earful of Hannah’s side of the story, but he didn’t think Isabella was in the wrong at all.

Mia and her clique had tried to destroy Isabella’s reputation with a disgusting lie, so they fully deserved a brutal wake–up call.

Adrian’s face turned purple as he snarled, “You’ve got some nerve saying that!

“You’re the one who completely spoiled her!

“Look at the monster she’s become! She doesn’t have an ounce of respect for me or Dad!”

His voice dropped to a freezing whisper as he added, “The Powell Group is currently facing a massive financial crisis, and we desperately need capital. We cannot afford to burn bridges with the Bexleys.

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“Make sure she wipes those charges clean immediately.

“I don’t want another single piece of drama involving the Bexley family reaching my

Storming off, he left the foyer in a cloud of pure fury.

Isaac stood frozen, a look of profound shock washing over his face.

I had no idea the company was in hot water.

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desk!”

Everything seemed perfectly fine the last time I stopped by the office.

Preoccupied with those alarming thoughts, he watched Adrian disappear down the hall.

After a long moment of hesitation, he let out a quiet sigh and headed upstairs, lightly rapping on Isabella’s bedroom door.

“Isabella, can I come in?”

After a brief pause, Isabella’s cool voice echoed from inside the room.

“Come in.”

Pushing the door open, Isaac stepped into the bedroom.

Isabella was perched at her desk by the window, her fingers flying across the keyboard of her laptop as she typed furiously.

Shifting his weight uncomfortably, he walked over and said softly, “Look, don’t be mad. I know you were the one who got a raw deal today.”

He paused for a beat before continuing, “Mia and her friends came looking for blood, so they had it coming, but as for Adrian…”

He hesitated again, then leaned in with a deadpan expression and suggested, “How about this? What if I help you jump them with a couple of potato sacks?”

Isaac offered the solution with complete seriousness, adding, “Trust me, I’m an expert at this. I’ll take you to their usual hangout spot, corner them so they can’t fight back, and scare the living daylights out of them to get even.”

Isaac’s logic was beautifully simple and wonderfully aggressive.

Adrian wanted him to persuade Isabella to make the legal trouble go away.

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