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

Chapter 208: Under Surveillance Chapter 208: Under Surveillance Somto nodded, stepping inside the room with his usual calm demeanor.

He wasn’t angry at Carl for being here, nor was he particularly surprised.

He had expected Nnenna to need someone to talk to.

And since he hadn’t been available while making his own preparations, he was actually grateful that Carl had been.

As he walked in, his eyes immediately went to Nnenna, observing her carefully.

“How are you doing?” Somto asked, his voice steady as always.

“Fine,” Nnenna answered with a single word, her tone unreadable.

Then she let out a small sigh, glancing between the two of them.

“Well, now that the cat’s out of the bag, I guess you guys must be really happy,” she added with absolute certainty.

A frown flickered across Somto’s face.

“You’re not going to participate in the hunt?” he asked, his tone sharper than before.

“I am,” she replied.

“I was just about to leave when you came over, actually.” Silence settled between them, thick and awkward.

None of them seemed to know what to say next.

Somto’s gaze wandered around the room, his years of training making unconscious security checks a habit.

Then, his eyes landed on something.

Something that shouldn’t be there.

A small piece of sleek black metal peeked out from under Nnenna’s duvet, not entirely covered.

His mind processed it instantly, was that…a phone?

His jaw tightened.

Without warning, he stepped forward and pulled the duvet away.

There it was.

A phone.

not just any phone,

to the only person who could have been responsible for

locked onto Carl, burning with

a phone,” he said, his voice

tightening around the phone as Carl leaned lazily against the desk, completely

course, I bought her

it,” Carl said,

she doesn’t,” Somto shot back,

were you two actually planning

things from you.” Somto exhaled through his nose, clearly trying to keep his temper

but now that everyone does, she

register a SIM card and stop

enter university, you know how important a phone is

able to contact her friends and family.” Somto’s glare didn’t

Carl’s argument was solid.

though his voice was

“She needs it.

told me before buying it for her.”

the need to tell

sworn older brother?” His golden eyes held Somto’s, daring him to

paused for a second,

do trust you to be her sworn older brother, but at the end of the day, she is my

make decisions as important as this and expect me not to

don’t know everything about her,

accidentally cause harm to her

time, tell me before buying her something like

to take this for a

right back, I promise.” “No,” she

Somto frowned.

want to take my phone?”

boost another spying

one?” Somto’s eyebrow arched slightly

time a digital one?” he repeated, his voice calm but

Nnenna held her ground.