Chapter 27 - Deep Love

"Thank you, Will. Because of you... I'm so happy," I replied to the boy who hugged me tightly.

Then he smiled sweetly with his face buried in his broad chest.

But not with him. He sounded pitiful, a feeling of sadness still enveloped him.

"No, Rumi. I am grateful that you still want to be with me even though you already know from Mrs. Ruth and Mr. Sala about my bad behavior last night," the voice of the young man wearing a white shirt sounded cold and trembling. But full of deep meaning in every word he uttered.

I shook my head slowly, my smile dropping to a frown.

"I thank you because you not only brought me happiness in love. But also because you have changed my mother into a better person for her daughter. Now her attitude is different from what I used to be. Now I feel more free and less constrained by all Mother's wish."

"That's because he want