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

Chapter 601: More of a Relief

Nnenna’s breath caught. "I don’t understand... what does this have to do with me?" she asked, genuinely taken aback.

"Don’t you dare pretend you don’t know!" Cynthia scoffed, her eyes burning with accusation.

"Carl might not have loved me back all these years," Cynthia hissed, her voice trembling between rage and heartbreak, "but when you came into the picture almost two years ago... it sealed everything."

She gripped the knife tighter, her eyes shining with unshed tears. "In the past, I would serve him in the dining hall and just watch him eat, quiet, peaceful moments I cherished. But since you came into his life, it’s been Nnenna this, Nnenna that, every breakfast, every lunch, every dinner. He wouldn’t shut up about you!"

Nnenna’s throat tightened, but she kept her expression calm, watching Cynthia unravel.

"I could see it in his eyes from the very first day he returned from Lionara," Cynthia continued bitterly. "He loves you. I stayed by his side for years, loyal, patient, rejecting suitors, waiting for him. And then he makes one trip to Lionara and comes back with you already in his heart."

Her laugh was sharp, broken. "For goodness’ sake, he only knew you for a few months! And more than half that time, you were in a coma! Yet he adopted you, gave you rights to the throne, prepared a special room just for you... waiting to bring you over."

Cynthia’s eyes brimmed with fury and despair as her voice cracked. "What do you think that felt like, watching him hand over everything I had dreamed of, just because you appeared out of nowhere?"

"When he finally settled here six months ago, I thought, finally," Cynthia spat, her voice breaking. "But no. For two months straight, you were all he thought of. You, who were miles away! I couldn’t even compete with someone who wasn’t in the same kingdom."

Prigrian because he’s worried about you. And when he comes back? He’s more worried! He barely ate, barely slept, always working, and

Nnenna’s pulse hammered.

three weeks ago," Cynthia’s voice cracked into a scream, "and start acting like you own the place! I could try to make him forget you when you were far, but how do

stepped closer to Carl’s bedside, her body trembling with rage. "I’ve known him my whole life! I literally grew

breath caught. Carl... loves

every unexplained sacrifice Carl had made for

Nnenna forced her voice steady, though her heart was racing, "I

"You’re going to deny it? You’ll keep pretending you and I share the same pain? That cowardly?" She let

voice calm but firm. "Actually, I agree with

months what I couldn’t

her head. "No. You’re wrong. Yes, Carl does love me... but not the way you think. He doesn’t have those kinds of feelings

froze, confusion flickering in her

wouldn’t shut up about me?" Nnenna continued, almost amused

excited, excited to finally have someone he could call family again. You know what he’s been through. You grew up with him. You know