When they were children, love was too cheap and illusory for them, and when they couldn't even guarantee their own survival, where could they find the mood for romance?
And when they grew up, they had long lost any attraction to each other, making it impossible to develop any feelings beyond friendship.
Seeing Philip Shaw so troubled, Vivianne Lindsay seemed worried for him too, cradling her face with a long sigh, "What a bother. So, what should we do?"
Philip Shaw smoked his cigarette and said nothing.
*
As Guo Guo was about to start school, Aldana Candi used Philip Shaw's phone to call Elias Moore. She arranged to take Guo Guo to the stationery store in the mall near the city center after lunch to prepare their supplies.
Elias Moore responded obediently on the other end, saying he would inform Guo Guo, and then hung up the phone.
Philip Shaw sat on the sofa, watching Aldana Candi speak gently with Elias Moore, feeling intensely jealous.
