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 her, then he wouldn’t mind

if it would take an act of the heavens for her

way to make it

parents had always wanted

way they spoke, the way they sighed wistfully whenever they saw noble families with

they were gone, that

a sister,

he wouldn’t mind taking her

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

not the

he recalled the events looming in the

he had to

he would ensure her living situation

right, he would

not appreciate her, if they chose to treat her like an outsider, then he would claim the sister

wave of

of the problem,

he let Nnenna live under this

to her mental state, ten years of doubt, of questioning her place,

immediately set out to find

him deep in conversation with a servant, he did not bother

arm and pulled him away without a word, his grip firm

as they entered the private room, he

it true that you do not want Nnenna in your family?” His voice was sharp, cutting

eyes widened slightly, caught

you

She’s my adopted sister.

wouldn’t we want her in our family?” Carl folded

I was

Then explain the mistreatment.

she sidelined from the archery

supposed to participate, and

for this for a

highly

today, it’s clear that she feels

makes her feel so uncertain about her

you failed to do?” He leaned in

appear out of nowhere,

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