Life After Prison by Silencieux novel Chapter 1359

Starkel knew right away that he had lost to Severin. He was not as good as Severin, and he was hardly on Severin's level. He had no choice but to accept that he was almost nothing in front of someone so strong.

However, he still could not resign himself to that crushing defeat. He walked up to Elsa, looked into her eyes, and said to her, "You know how much I care about you, don’t you? I feel compelled to tell you right now that I love you. I want to know whether you feel the same toward me. I hope you'll give me an answer."

Elsa was momentarily speechless. She felt that she had made her stance clear when she rejected his repeated invitations to watch a movie with her. She has been keeping a distance from him since the beginning! Elsa smiled bitterly and said to him, "I've always regarded you as a brother and a friend. I hope you'll understand that."

Starkel had a disappointed look. He smiled wryly and said to Elsa, "Guess I'm the one who's thinking too much then. I'll leave."

Starkel flew up and left. Severin smiled wryly and walked up to Elsa. "I'm really sorry, Elsa. I didn't expect to offend your friend."

Elsa smiled helplessly and said, "I can't blame you for that. I never paid much attention to him before. He was always pestering me, and I've been a little annoyed at him too. It's actually a good thing that I could make my stance clear this time. It'll save us both the trouble in the future."

"We'll be going then, Miss Elsa," Diane said. "Come look for us in South Link City once you hand in your resignation letter."