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.

to abandon her,

of the heavens for her

a way to make it

always wanted a

way they

after they were

had wished for a sister, someone

at Nnenna, he realized he wouldn’t mind taking

grown on him, this stubborn, brilliant

not

recalled the events looming in the coming

he had to

her living situation here

the time was right, he would take

to treat her like an outsider, then he would claim the sister he had come

sudden wave of frustration surged

Somto wasn’t part of the problem, then why had he stayed

let Nnenna live under this cloud of

ten years of

he immediately set out

he finally spotted him deep in conversation with

grabbed Somto by the arm and pulled him away without a

soon as they entered the private room,

do not want Nnenna in your family?” His voice was

slightly, caught off guard

are you

She’s my adopted sister.

we want her in our family?” Carl folded

I was thinking

Then explain the mistreatment.

sidelined from the archery competition

to participate, and you knew

this for a long

was forced to sit out, and I highly doubt that was her own

way she spoke today, it’s clear that she feels

been doing that makes her feel so uncertain about

He leaned in slightly,

appear out

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