The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress novel Chapter 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 time anyone 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.

Before 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.

Citrine took her time responding, her tone calm and cool. “The NecroBlitz Tablets Kali brought are incomplete prototypes. Taking them causes serious side effects—they don’t destroy AI cells as claimed. In fact, they’ll only speed up the user’s death.”

She shot Kali a cold, sideways glance. “That’s why I slapped her. I 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 Carmichael says?”

“But President Vesper just bought one for eight billion dollars! If it’s a fake, he’s been completely swindled…”