Chapter 159

The group's expressions shifted in unison as they rushed to surround Citrine once again.

"You really think these losers could take me down?" Citrine sneered, cracking her knuckles. In just a few minutes, the bodyguards were left sprawled on the floor, gasping for air, some of them writhing in pain.

At that moment, the entire Everly family and Salome stared wide-eyed at Citrine.

"That's my niece!" Salome cheered, clapping with enthusiasm. After all these years of swallowing her pride in the Everly household, today finally felt like payback. Salome couldn't remember the last time she'd felt this triumphant.

No one in the Everly family expected Citrine to be such a fighter; their faces shifted from shock to dismay.

Just then, a housemaid brought over the nourishing soup Salome had been drinking. Citrine took the bowl, sniffed it cautiously-nothing smelled off. Still, she frowned, dipped her finger into the soup, and tasted it.

The moment she recognized the medicinal flavor, Citrine's expression darkened. "Noah, you're despicable," she spat. "How dare you put birth control pills in my

aunt's soup."

of birth control could damage a woman's reproductive system, even cause infertility.

control?" Salome's eyes instantly filled with tears as she glared at Noah, betrayal and fury mingling in her

was the one who was infertile-so why did the Everly family insist on making her the scapegoat? Why secretly drug her, trying to

for over a year

nearly lost the chance

the lot of them. Rage boiling over, Salome lashed out, clawing at Derrick's face. When that wasn't enough, she slapped

bastard! Derrick, I wasted the best years of my life on you.

she screamed at Derrick, tears

sobbing might make her physically ill, Citrine

let's go home," she

the sight of

She had transformed from a bright, spirited young woman into a weary, ordinary housewife, and now she felt like her life was

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