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.

they were truly planning to abandon her, then he wouldn’t mind

an act of the heavens for her to be welcomed into his

way to

always

spoke, the way they sighed wistfully whenever they saw

they were gone, that longing

a sister, someone to protect, to share moments

Nnenna, he realized he wouldn’t mind taking her with

stubborn, brilliant girl who

this was not the right

darkened as he recalled the events looming in the

had

ensure her living situation

was right, he would take her

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

sudden wave of frustration surged

the problem, then why

he let Nnenna live under this cloud of

state, ten years

set out

deep in conversation with a servant, he did not

him away without a

as they entered the private room, he did not

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

widened slightly, caught

are you

She’s my adopted sister.

we want her in

what I was

Then explain the mistreatment.

was she sidelined from

supposed to participate, and

been training for this for

forced to sit out, and I highly

spoke today, it’s clear that she feels like an outsider in her

exactly have you been doing that makes her feel so uncertain

to do?” He leaned in

don’t just appear out of

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