The 24th Century Warrior Became a Fake Heiress novel Chapter 367

Chapter 367 Borrowing the Prototype

The prospect made Noah sick to his stomach.

Looking at Isabella, he grumbled, “You shouldn’t have agreed to that wager.”

The tribute had almost certainly been sent by Andre.

The Kellers wouldn’t dare fabricate something of that magnitude.

Noah had enjoyed watching Isabella take Damian down a peg.

Yet once the high–stakes wager was locked in, anxiety seized his chest.

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If Damian proved the device came from Andre, would Isabella really be forced onto her knees to apologize to the Kellers?

How could he ever let that happen?

Panic setting in, he blurted, “I’m going to my dad! I’ll tell him not to hand the parcel over to Damian.”

Once presented, the gift belonged to Steven Wayne.

As long as his father refused to surrender it, Damian would have no means to demonstrate its efficacy.

Unless he carried a secondary unit on hand.

Even then, who could verify that a spare unit was identical to the one gifted to the host?

That way, Damian would remain entirely powerless against her.

Seeing him turn to leave, Isabella caught his sleeve with a gentle shush, “Relax, I baited him on purpose.”

Leaning in close, her lips practically brushed against his ear as she whispered, “I suspect the items Andre delivered to Mr. Wayne carry hidden risks, but I have no concrete evidence yet. need them to unpack and operate the device themselves.

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“Don’t worry. I will ensure both you and Mr. Wayne receive an ironclad explanation when this is over.

“For now, just trust me, okay?”

Her words sent a rush of heat straight into Noah’s cheeks.

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She was standing far too close.

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A faint, delicate fragrance drifted from her skin, soothing and captivating his senses.

Her melodic whisper tickled his ear, accompanied by warm, fragrant breaths that seemed to carry the sweet softness of her lips across the empty air.

Whoosh. Noah’s ears burned bright scarlet in an instant.

“O–Oh… right, okay…”

He stammered incoherently, his mind blank.

Having delivered her whispered explanation, Isabella straightened her posture, paying no attention to his flustered reaction.

Even if she had noticed, she would have assumed his heightened flush was lingering anger from Damian’s provocations.

He had looked ready to murder someone moments prior, after all.

While Isabella comforted Noah, Damian stormed into the main reception hall to find his father, spilling the altercation with indignant fury.

“Dad, we cannot let this go!

“Isabella openly challenged us, claiming our tribute was never sent by Professor Grant!

“You have to stand up for our family!

“Otherwise, the entire room will whisper that we gifted General Wayne cheap knockoffs to curry favor. How will our firm hold its head up in capital circles after tonight?!

“We’ll become the laughingstock of the entire establishment!”

Damian was cunning enough to omit that he had initiated the insults.

In truth, even if he had provoked the quarrel, Isabella’s barb directly undermined the Keller family’s prestige, making a counterstroke necessary.

Listening to his son’s account, Preston’s eyes narrowed into dangerous slits.

He let out an icy sneer, “So that was her game all along.”

He had assumed Isabella possessed extraordinary patience, seeing how she remained silent when he prodded her earlier. He had almost credited her with veteran composure.

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