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

Chapter 544: It Had All Started Out So Carefully...

Who am I?

The thought hit her hard, almost as if it were foreign to her, a question she had never asked herself before.

She did not know. She had no idea.

The voices and the echoes of the celebration around her faded into the background, and all that remained was the silence of her own confusion. She did not even realize she was heading toward a place where no one would find her. Her mind was too full, too lost.

Nnenna reached the forest, unaware that Arthur was trailing behind her, his footsteps quieter than she realized.

The cool air of the woods brushed past her, but her mind was still tangled in the fragments of memories she could not fully understand. She needed to be alone, to think, but even here, it felt like something, someone, was following her.

"Nnenna," Arthur’s voice called out, calm as ever, but with an unusual edge to it. The coldness of his tone, something Nnenna had come to recognize as his normal, was tinged with something more urgent now. Something off.

The sound of his voice pulled her out of her spiral. She turned, finding him standing there, just a few paces away.

At first, she didn’t even recognize him, not fully. He was standing there, his usual neat appearance in disarray. His white shirt was wrinkled, the sleeves rolled up messily, his hair even more tousled than usual.

There was a crease between his brows, something Nnenna had never really seen on his face before. He was always so composed, so sure of himself. But now... the lines of exhaustion, frustration, and confusion etched on his face made him seem almost vulnerable.

He was... different.

his usual composure faltering as his gaze locked with hers, sharp and searching. Nnenna blinked at him, the questions piling up in her mind, but his

was now softened, overshadowed by something else,

hesitant, as though he were trying to find the right words, to figure out how to approach her,

missed. His usual calmness was gone, replaced by

had been planning on asking him, wasn’t it? She could

moment when she had used that move, the stunned look on his face at

Now, here he was, asking her the exact same thing she

circles. She opened her mouth to respond, but the words didn’t

was searching for something

the sound of footsteps broke the tension. Somto emerged from the trees, his

are you two doing?" Somto asked, trying to sound calm, but there

questions swirling in her mind, the confusion, the fear, it all crashed down on her. She took a shaky step toward him, her eyes

asked, her voice barely above a whisper, as though asking

the answers. Not the answers that would quiet the storm in her mind. Not the kind

he

twisted at the sight of her, the way her eyes seemed so lost, so vulnerable.