The fifth rib on the upper left...
The faint stabbing sensation grew heavier, not so painful, yet it still pierced her, reminding her of a certain truth. She knew her own weakness and understood that if this continued, she'd be completely swept away.
But, she had been passive too many times, lost too disastrously—so much so that now, she desperately wanted to win just once.
Even though she wasn't at all confident, at the moment of near collapse, she still kept a cold face and deliberately turned her head away.
Didn't he want her to give him a suggestion?
Fine, she'd give it to him...
"Then let's just be strangers."
Upon hearing this, the man's smug expression froze slightly. But his momentary stunned look lasted only for an instant before he forced her face back to him with a teasing grip.
He stared directly into her eyes and pressed, "Would you actually let go?"
"Didn't you say so? Even if I don't want to, I have to!"
"..."
