Dear Priyan:

“If she really did have feelings for me, she would have shown that, yes?“- I suppose she did show feelings for you when kissing you, hugging you, cuddling, etc., but she has a complexity of feelings and her most relevant and dominant  feeling in regard to you is that she wants space from you, and she views the relationship negatively enough to fear that it “might hurt” her (her words).

“Should I give her the space she asked for and wait until she gets back to me with an answer or should I just walk away? I know it is going to hurt either way, but, will the pain be any less if I walk away?“-

– I think that walking away and letting her know that you are walking away from her is a better choice because it is the choice where you are exercising some control over your life. On the other hand, to “wait until she gets back to (you)” is a choice where you give her control over you.

Like you said, either way it will hurt, but better that you hurt while having some power/ control over what happens in your life than hurting while powerless, waiting and depending on what she might or might not feel, say and do at any one time in the future. Does this make sense to you?

anita