Chapter 194

Why would such a powerful man be interested in her friendship? Gerald wouldn’t just come out and say why, either. Today was just a chance meeting. He was a soft-hearted man and held particular sympathy for people who were suffering. Of course he could just solve their problems straight away: Find them a nicer place to stay in, put all the kids in school… all it would take was a few words from him. However, from the moment Gerald saw Queta again, his heart had been racing wildly out of control. Some subtle emotion was compelling him to get closer to her, to get to know her better. He didn’t understand this feeling. Yet, thinking back now, he’d known from the first time he laid eyes on her… Just one look from the side and her face had been burned into his memory. A girl he’d met purely by chance. How could he be feeling this way about her? He didn’t have the slightest clue. All he knew was that, from the moment he met her, he’d felt like he’d known her forever. The two of them b