NovelUSAChapter 519 Although Kali was only the adopted daughter of the Glenwood family, she had been pampered by them her entire life. With a doting older brother like Theo- who watched over her like a hawk-she was used to being the center of attention, never having suffered the slightest injustice.
This was the first tanyone had ever struck her.
Citrine hadn't held back. Now, both sides of Kali's face were swollen and burning with pain. She couldn't even decide which cheek to clutch, staring at Citrine in stunned disbelief.
"You actually hit me?" Kali's expression was a storm of shock, humiliation, and fury.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtBefore anyone could react, her eyes flashed with anger. She lunged at Citrine, hand raised and ready to slap her back.
"Yeah, I hit you. What of it?" Wade scoffed, sticking out his foot on purpose.
Kali barely got her hand in the air before she was sent sprawling to the floor, tripped hard. She clutched her knee, wincing and gritting her teeth in pain.
Theo's face darkened the instant he saw his sister being attacked. He crossed the room in a few long strides, dropping to one knee beside Kali to check her injuries.
"Kali, are you alright?" he asked, worry flooding his voice.
Kali had never been so humiliated. She pressed her lips together, refusing to say a word.
Seeing how crushed his little sister looked, Theo's fists clenched. He stood up, eyes narrowing on Citrine behind Wade. His voice was icy with threat. "You dare lay a hand on my sister? You do realize the Glenwood family won't let you get away with this?" Wade was about to retort when Citrine laid a calming hand on his shoulder.
Wade shot her a confused look. "Citrine?" "Relax. They can't do anything to me," Citrine said softly, giving him a reassuring glance.
Then she stepped out from behind him, meeting Theo's glare with a faint smile. "Theo, you should be glad your father isn't here. If he'd heard you just now, you'd be the first one he smacked." The Glenwood family ruled Crestwood with an iron fist and controlled the city's shadow network, but over the years, that powe had earned them plenty of enemies. Talbot Glenwood knew this better than anyone he wasn't reckless enough to pick a fight with the CICI Group. If it ever cto blows, neither side would cout unscathed.
Theo, as Talbot's only son, was no fool. Citrine's words made the stakes clear.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmStill, looking at his sister's battered face, he couldn't let it go.
He shot a glare at Citrine, then sneered at Wade behind her. "Citrine Carmichael, you really are something. First you have Hastings wrapped around your little finger, and now you've got Wade falling for you too." Citrine just smiled, unruffled. "I suppose I am, aren't I? Thanks for the compliment." She didn't stop there, adding pointedly, "But don't worry, Theo-I wouldn't dream of setting my sights on the Glenwood family's golden boy." Her words were so infuriating that Theo nearly choked.
Just then, someone among the guests called out, "President Carmichael, what's really going on with these NecroBlitz Tablets?" Citrine took her tresponding, her tone calm and cool. "The NecroBlitz Tablets Kali brought are incomplete prototypes. Taking them causes serious side effects-they don't destroy Al cells as claimed. In fact, they'll only speed up the user's death."
She shot Kali a cold, sideways glance. "That's why slapped Rer! ] couldn't stand to see her hurting people like this." A stunned hush fell over the crowd. Everyone turned to stare at Kali, even Sebastian on the second-floor balcony, though his expression was unreadable.
Quiet murmurs rippled through the room.
"How could this be? Are the tablets really just prototypes, like President Garmichaelsays?"
"But President Vesper just bought one for eight billion dollars!fit's a fake, En he's been swindled..."
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