Chapter 829

• Nevertheless, her situation didn't improve much. She never clearly communicated her feelings to him. After enduring repeated hurt, she built up a tough exterior, using their shared pain to inflict wounds on each other, leaving them both battered and bruised, in excruciating agony.
• Beneath that hardened facade lay a tangle of vulnerability, eager to reveal their most delicate sides to each other...
• Tears inexplicably welled up in her eyes.