C172 Why Did She Have to Think about It?

Ah, it's all coming back to me now. How could it not hurt?

If it didn't hurt, why would anyone invest half their lifetime into it?

If it didn't hurt, what kind of fool would gamble half their life on a single victory or defeat?

And the only reward was that he finally deigned to glance her way.

She spent three years forcing herself to adopt his cold detachment, to face the harsh truth