They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 27: Two Faced Sister

The queen's eyes narrowed, her anger barely concealed as she watched Nnenna slip the card under her pillow like it was nothing more than a casual gesture.

Chidera, however, felt oddly satisfied. His lips twitched into a small, awkward smile as he stepped back.

For reasons he couldn't fully articulate, giving her the card felt right, as though he had just fulfilled an obligation he didn't even know he had.

The atmosphere in the room shifted once again. The queen seethed silently, her thoughts racing. 'What is wrong with my children today? First Obinna, now Chidera? Why are they treating this girl like she's worth something?'

Nnenna, on the other hand, remained calm. Beneath her composed exterior, a spark of amusement flickered. 'Good points well spent,' she thought smugly. 'Keep underestimating me. You'll see soon enough.'

The silence stretched, thick with tension, before the queen forced herself to speak again, determined to regain control. "Well, isn't that generous of you, Chidera," she said, her voice dripping with false sweetness. "But remember, darling, there's such a thing as overindulgence."

Nnenna's smile widened slightly. Let her simmer, she thought, settling back into her pillow as though this was all just another ordinary day.

Frustration flickered across the faces of the rest of the family. Their carefully constructed plan to belittle Nnenna seemed to unravel before their eyes.

Ebere, however, was not one to sit idle. She decided to step in, a dazzling smile lighting up her face as she approached Nnenna with deliberate grace.

"Sister," she began, her voice syrupy sweet, "I'm so glad to see you're feeling better now. I wanted to come earlier, but school and other responsibilities kept me so busy.

so much, but I told them you wouldn't want

added with a warm laugh, "I hope you don't mind, but I felt very

perfectly practiced, but Nnenna noticed the glint in her sister's eyes. It was a sharp, calculating gleam that betrayed her true

someone who claimed to have missed her, Ebere's presence carried no warmth,

the most gullible would believe. "So, I decided, well, rather, I insisted, that we all come here. We've all missed you so much, sister. Honestly, your

in sweetness, but the truth behind them was as sour as vinegar. Her lips carried a

sister? The only

had grown used to having Nnenna at her beck and call. Without her, things were slightly inconvenient. Nobody else tended to her whims the way Nnenna

was the vague unease she felt, the

change only added to the discomfort

she would find a way to remind

else in the room missed the venom hiding beneath her syrupy tone. 'She loves this,' Nnenna thought. 'This girl

was the sheer delight of making someone she

ugly joy that only someone used

was worse,

wait for you to come back home, sister!" Ebere chimed. "When you do, I'll cook your favorite dish for you!" She paused

it. I'll have the servants make it, of course. Or,

silent at her mocking words, though no one dared speak.