Chapter 17 A Hard Reality Check

Watching the stunt plane soar across the bright blue sky, Curtis felt completely dazed. He couldn't believe it. Chloe was really flying that plane. The plane even performed several aerial maneuvers that even someone like him, a complete outsider, could recognize as extremely difficult. The crowd below couldn't stop gasping and cheering in amazement. "What, are you stunned into silence?" Lena sneered. "It's ridiculous that you thought Chloe would be jealous of Sonya just because she can fly a plane. You completely underestimated her!" Curtis' face flushed slightly. Her words hit him like a sharp slap, leaving him momentarily stunned and unbearably embarrassed. After a long moment, Chloe's plane slowly touched down, and her tall, confident figure climbed out of the cockpit. Curtis stepped forward. "You really… can fly a plane." "So what if I can? Flying a plane isn't a big deal," Chloe replied nonchalantly. Curtis felt his ears burning. Before Chloe had boarded the plane, he'd