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

Chapter 629

Chapter 629: We All Knew

Nothing she could say would stop him from taking care of her.

"There’s something I... I need to tell you," Nnenna began, her words slow and raw.

"Where’s Arthur?" she asked without turning.

"I’m here," Arthur’s voice answered from right behind her, calm, flat, a guard at her back.

"We should go inside first," Arthur suggested.

"No." Nnenna’s reply was sharp, sudden. "I can’t keep carrying this."

"Carrying what?" Carl asked, voice low and steady, trying to read her through the rain.

Nnenna swallowed hard, the words dragging through her. "What happened at the cliff..." she started.

"That’s in the past," Arthur interrupted, the way he always tried to close a wound before it bled more. "No need to revisit it."

"No!" Nnenna snapped, more desperate than angry. The rain pattered against their umbrellas, like a metronome counting down her confession. "You don’t know everything."

"It doesn’t matter—" Arthur began.

"It does," Carl cut in gently, looking straight at Arthur. "It matters to her."

Arthur’s jaw tightened. He nodded, the silence stretching as he gave her the space she needed.

urged softly. "We’re

on the cliff, I tried to stop it. I don’t know how or why, but the wind I caused... it swept Somto and you off the edge. I couldn’t control

The world narrowed to just those words, the confession sitting between them like an

not to. I wanted to find out about my past, about what happened to my

again to always be careful, to

on both their faces. They swallowed it down. They didn’t interrupt. Whatever she was saying made sense to

still be alive if I hadn’t been in such a hurry," she went on, grief turning to rage then to shame. "If I had made better choices, used my resources more efficiently, thought, he would be

He put his umbrella on the ground and bent to meet her eyes, not caring that the

searching for the right words. "... In fact your overall actions were impressive. You reacted to save

That’s not something we can explain." He held her gaze, gentle but steady. "But let’s set the wind aside. Even if you did something strange in that moment, you couldn’t have known the outcome. You didn’t see Somto or Arthur go over until Arthur shouted. You didn’t even know they

to fight," he added, voice rough. "Not proud because

outcomes," Carl repeated firmly. He glanced at Arthur, as if checking they were aligned. "And make sure you never forget this—" his voice softened but carried weight, "—we could never hate you. For anything. Even if you picked up a knife and stabbed it through my heart, Nnenna, I would still find a

up at him, startled, but Carl didn’t flinch. "I—we, know you. You care about people, even those who hate you. Somto told us

yourself. Somto, never forgive you? Nnenna—" he swallowed, finally letting it out,

at that. His jaw set, his gaze heavy, but he stayed

cracked. She already knew Somto had cared, but what she had

resolute. "No. I don’t think you do know." He drew in a steadying breath. "On the night of his coronation, he called me.

froze, her heart

advised him to wait until she

disbelief. Her chest tightened. "He... had feelings for

his death was already

urged, lifting a hand as

hard. "I don’t want to hear this anymore. I would rather

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