Chapter 512: No Way I’m Letting This Go
How could he look his best friend in the eye, knowing he stood in the way of a love Arthur never even got the chance to reclaim?
Both paths hurt.
Both led to heartbreak.
Somto looked down, voice low and cracked.
"What do I do?" he whispered.
He wasn’t asking Arthur. Or Carl. He was just... asking.
To Arthur, watching quietly from the side, that whisper only added to the weight he felt in his chest.
He’s furious, Arthur thought. He probably thinks I crossed a line I swore I wouldn’t. That I betrayed our brotherhood.
Carl, on the other hand, had gone completely silent. But he was observing. Reading. Thinking.
His eyes moved between them, quietly forming theories, piecing together half told stories and unsaid truths.
He didn’t fully understand it yet, but one thing was becoming clearer by the second:
Somto wasn’t just protective of Nnenna.
He was attached.
And in Carl’s mind, that attachment might be the reason Somto couldn’t imagine anyone, not even Arthur, being worthy of her.
But one thing was certain now.
Carl finally broke the silence, his voice steady and firm.
whole heart," he said, looking straight at Arthur, "then yeah, it’s better to let those feelings
tone carried no
Arthur didn’t hesitate.
immediately, his voice filled with quiet conviction. "I already made
a few
"Good."
like that, the
leaned back, stretching with a dramatic sigh. "It’s late. I need my beauty sleep before I start looking as
breath of laughter, shaking his
his trousers. He reached out a hand to help
turned to Somto, who still hadn’t said a word. His expression remained unreadable, though his eyes burned with
on," Carl said, stretching a
then took
pulled him up in one smooth
said quietly. "The man already said
reply, but his
hand on
he said with a small, bittersweet smile.
a quiet beat. A
expected Somto’s face to finally
Somto gave him right when he mentioned
one of Carl’s old theories, the one he
Does Somto... like Nnenna?
shake the thought as the three
the night of
mentioned had been a minor, close in age to
clearly said... she didn’t
they knew in that age range, but Somto
thought about it... Nnenna’s recent fondness toward Somto had grown
three of them with casual playfulness... but something shifted when she got to Somto. A different vibe
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