Chapter 134. She Was Kidnapped!

Adriel

After my failed attempt to open my heart and declare my feelings for Manuela, I felt even more determined than before. I wasn't willing to give up. It wasn't a matter of ego, but rather recognizing the depth of my feelings. I could no longer pretend that Manuela wasn't someone important in my life, as it was quite clear that she was at the center of everything I thought and did.

The feelings Manuela stirred in me proved that the love I thought I felt for Cecilia was just an illusion, a creation of my mind. Once again, I silently thanked Manuela for preventing me from making a fool of myself, ruining a friendship as valuable as Liam and Cecilia's in the name of something that was nothing but nonsense.

The conversation with my mother made me wake up once and for all, and now, more than ever, I need to show Manuela how much she means to me. I was determined to prove to her what I felt.

I was thinking about it during a session in the Senate, completely obl