Chapter 182: A Slip of Tongue Chapter 182: A Slip of Tongue “And the worst part?

My other big brother, my own family, was the one who set this whole thing up.” Her chest tightened as anger, betrayal, and humiliation swirled inside her.

Carl wanted to explain, but looking at her now, he knew, no words would fix this, at least for now.

“What does he want?

To disgrace me?

To find something, anything, he can twist against me?

So they can finally achieve their goal of kicking me out of the family?” Nnenna spat out her suspicions, her voice trembling with rage.

Carl’s stomach twisted.

Kick her out of the family?

She scoffed bitterly.

“You know what?

It doesn’t even matter.” She turned on her heel and stormed off, not sparing him another glance.

Carl stood frozen, watching her retreating back, stunned.

Kick her out of the family?

His mind reeled.

What was really happening inside this Lionara royal family?

That one sentence echoed louder than anything else she had said.

It lit a fire in his chest.

He had eventually found out himself that she was adopted.

It all finally made sense.

Her beauty, her long hair and her other features were not the same with the rest of her family.

If they truly planned to cast her aside… even though she was adopted, even though she wasn’t blood… Did that really mean she wasn’t family?

His jaw clenched.

planning to abandon

it would take an act of the heavens for her to be welcomed into his Kingdom

find a way

had always wanted

way they

were gone,

wished for a sister, someone to protect,

he realized he wouldn’t

had grown on him, this stubborn, brilliant girl who had fought against

this was not the

as he recalled the events looming

had to

ensure her living situation here

when the time was right, he would

they could not appreciate her, if they chose to treat her like an outsider, then

sudden wave of frustration surged within

problem, then why had he stayed

live under this cloud of

damage to her mental state, ten years of doubt, of

tightening, he immediately set out

in conversation with a

and pulled him away without a word, his grip

they entered the private room, he did not waste

it true that you do not want Nnenna in your family?” His voice

caught off guard

you talking

She’s my adopted sister.

want her in

I was

Then explain the mistreatment.

from the

supposed to participate,

this for a long

out, and I highly doubt that was her own choice.” His

it’s clear that she feels like an

doing that makes her

you failed to do?” He leaned in slightly,

appear out of nowhere,

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