Chapter 40: I Can Save Him

Sighing in my mind, I pushed him away. I heard him gently but definitely ask me why. "Willard, I thought we were just friends. Besides, I have someone I want to spend the rest of my life with now." I didn't want to leave Willard hanging. He was great, but I never thought I'd have a family with him. Although I was shocked that he was the one who saved me back then, I also clearly knew that the gratitude I felt back then was far different from the feelings I felt with Krell. Only then did I realize that my feelings for Krell might have unknowingly become deeper than I had imagined. Unfortunately, Willard's words indirectly confirmed Kasim's words. Krell indeed had some purpose in getting close to me in the beginning. I couldn't help but sigh. "Who? Is it my brother? He treated you like that! He was so arbitrary and oppressive. Why did you still choose him?" Willard looked at me in disbelief. I frowned slightly at his words. Although what Krell had done yesterday made me angry, I could un