They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System
Chapter 233 - 233 Twenty Seven Years Ago

Chapter 233: Twenty Seven Years Ago Chapter 233: Twenty Seven Years Ago “It’s nothing,” she muttered.

Ebere frowned.

Nothing?

It was clearly something.

But before she could press further, her mother abruptly changed the subject.

“By the way, what exactly did you and your brother disagree on?” Ebere stiffened.

A sudden wave of regret washed over her.

I should have just left when I had the chance… She had already gotten what she wanted, her mother’s protection from Obinna’s threats.

But now, she had allowed herself to be pulled into something deeper.

“It’s nothing, Mom.

Just some trivial things,” she tried to brush it off.

Queen Chioma narrowed her eyes, her sharp instincts picking up on the hesitation in Ebere’s voice.

“And what trivial things would those be?” she asked suspiciously.

Then, as if something clicked in her mind, her face twisted with anger.

“Don’t tell me you’re still spending time with that girl.

The one you’ve been getting closer to despite everything I’ve warned you about.” Ebere didn’t answer, but her silence spoke volumes.

The queen scoffed bitterly, her expression darkening.

“How many times have I told you to stay away from her?” she snapped.

“That bitch ruined everything for me, just like her mother did!” Ebere’s breath hitched.

“She didn’t just ruin my life,” the queen continued, her voice laced with venom.

“She ruined my marriage.” Ebere felt like the air had been sucked out of the room.

Her mother had always hated Nnenna, but never, not once, had she spoken of her mother before.

Something was very wrong here.

Ebere was stunned.

Ruin your life?

Ruin your marriage?

For years, their family had been the ones making Nnenna’s life miserable, so how did her mother’s own life factor into this?

“Mom, what are you talking about?” she asked, her voice laced with confusion.

Queen Chioma sighed, her expression darkening.

“There are things you don’t understand.

Just listen to me when I say, stay away from that girl.

Nothing good will come from being near her.

Is there anything good about her origins?” Ebere frowned.

Her origins?

“What do you mean by that, Mom?

She is from a powerful kingdom, yes, it fell, and her parents are dead, but how does that still affect you?” Queen Chioma hesitated for a moment, then let out a weary sigh.

“Sit down,” she said.

“Let me tell you a story.” Ebere obeyed, her curiosity piqued.

Her mother never spoke of the past, especially not this part of it.

Queen Chioma’s eyes seemed distant as she began.

“Twenty seven years ago, I attended Royal College.

That was where I met your father, whom I was already engaged to.

We fell in love, and everything was perfect…

until she appeared.” Ebere’s heart pounded.

She?

“There was a particular woman who wouldn’t leave us alone,” Queen Chioma continued, her voice filled with old resentment.

“She kept appearing in front of your father, slowly seducing him.

And eventually… he fell for her.” Ebere inhaled sharply.

“He wanted to break off our engagement,” her mother said bitterly.

“If it hadn’t been for the intervention of our parents, your grandparents, he would have succeeded.

Just because of that girl… a girl he barely even knew.” Ebere was speechless.

She had never seen her mother so emotional about anything before.

And more importantly, who was this woman?

And what did she have to do with Nnenna?

“That woman humiliated me!” Queen Chioma’s voice trembled with raw bitterness.

“She made me question myself so many times… and even after all these years, it never stopped.

Twenty seven years, Ebere!

Twenty seven years… and yet, your father never forgot her.

He died saving that woman’s daughter!” She sounded almost unhinged, her emotions unraveling right in front of Ebere.

Ebere’s eyes widened.

What?!

“Mom… are you saying that Nnenna’s mother was a third party between you and Dad?” she asked, struggling to process this revelation.

“And that the reason he saved her was because he was still in love with her mother?!” Queen Chioma let out a hollow laugh.

“Exactly.” “And you’ve known this for twenty seven years?” Ebere continued, her voice softer now, laced with something close to pity.

“Mom, what kind of emotional torture have you been going through?” She leaned back in her seat, still in shock.

“Are all these things really true?” she asked hesitantly, hoping, desperately, that there was some mistake.

Queen Chioma scoffed.

“Why would I lie to you, Ebere?

I am your mother!” she snapped.

“This is the reason I’ve been like this.

How can a woman be happy knowing that her husband loved another woman for almost three decades?

And then, he died protecting that woman’s child!” She let out a sharp breath, shaking her head.

“If I didn’t know any better, I would say she was his illegitimate child.” Ebere gasped.

“If I hadn’t tested her DNA myself, I would have concluded that she was really his daughter, with the way he loved that woman, and with what he just did for her child!” Queen Chioma looked ashamed, almost defeated.

“I don’t even know how to tell any of you this.” Her voice dropped to a whisper.

“How would you react, knowing that your father might not have loved you at all?

That he put somebody else before his own wife, his own children?

That he never truly loved this family?” Ebere stared at her mother in silence.

“That’s why I told you to stay away from that girl!” Queen Chioma’s tone turned sharp again, her eyes burning with hatred.

“Stay away from her, Ebere.

She is a cancer to this family.

From the moment she arrived, she has brought nothing but trouble.” Ebere stood frozen for a moment, her thoughts racing.

Then, as if something clicked in her mind, she shook her head.

“No, Mom.” Her voice was firm but calm.

“Dad loved us.

I’m sure of it.

Yes, maybe he really loved that woman, maybe even more than you.

I won’t deny that possibility.

But I know that he loved us too.” ———————————- Your gift is the motivation for my creation.

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