NovelOnlineChapter 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 lovedback all these years," Cynthia hissed, her voice trembling between rage and
heartbreak, "but when you cinto the picture almost two years ago... it sealed everything."
She gripped the knife tighter, her eyes shining with unshed tears. "In the past, | would serve him in the dining
hall and just watch him eat, quiet, peaceful moments | cherished. But since you cinto 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.
"| could see it in his eyes from the very first day he returned from Lionara," Cynthia continued bitterly. "He loves
you. | 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 | 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! | couldn't even compete with
someone who wasn’t in the skingdom."
Her grip on the knife trembled, her eyes wild. "Then suddenly he’s rushing off to Prigrian because he’s worried
about you. And when he comes back? He's more worried! He barely ate, barely slept, always working, and why?
Surprise, surprise, it was because of you! Because of sbig argument you two had!"
Nnenna’s pulse hammered.
"Then you show up three weeks ago," Cynthia's voice cracked into a scream, "and start acting like you own the
place! | could try to make him forget you when you were far, but how do | do that when you're near?!"
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtShe stepped closer to Carl's bedside, her body trembling with rage. "I've known him my whole life! I literally
grew up with him! What gives you the right to steal him from me?!"
Nnenna froze, her breath caught. Carl... loves me?
Her mind spun, piecing together every worried glance, every quiet gesture, every unexplained sacrifice Carl had
made for her. Of course he does... It suddenly made sense. | always knew.
"Cynthia," Nnenna forced her voice steady, though her heart was racing, "I think you're mistaken about this."
"What?" Cynthia barked, her voice hoarse. "You're going to deny it? You'll keep pretending you and | share the
spain? That cowardly?" She let out a bitter laugh. "I really don’t know what Carl sees in you."
"No," Nnenna answered at last, her voice calm but firm. "Actually, | agree with you. But not in the way you
think."
Cynthia's eyes narrowed. "Agree? So now you're gloating? You got in months what | couldn't get in years?" Her
voice shook, like she expected Nnenna to smirk in triumph.
But Nnenna only shook 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 for me. He loveslike a little sister."
Cynthia froze, confusion flickering in her eyes.
"All those times he wouldn't shut up about me?" Nnenna continued, almost amused because Cynthia's
complaints sounded exactly like Carl.
"It’s because he was 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 how lonely he gets. For him, havingaround isn’t about
romance, it's about relief. Comfort. Belonging."
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Her voice softened, steady as her eyes stayed locked on Cynthia's. "But if you keep going down this path, it will
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It wasn’t a problem to Nnenna. It was more of a relief. Afterall, Somto was the only person she had loved even
before she knew what that word meant.
Her eyes locked on Cynthia's trembling figure. But even if | say this, will she even listen?
Nnenna exhaled slowly. "Looks like the truth won't reach you, Cynthia. Not yet." She steadied her voice and tried
a different angle.
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