Until Aldana Candi suddenly asked him, "Why?"
Philip Shaw was taken aback, "What?"
Aldana Candi gently held his hand, her voice choked, asking sadly, "Why are you doing this?"
What did I do? Philip Shaw was completely bewildered. Hearing the tears in her voice, he dared not act recklessly, lying there without moving, his eyes wide open, confused and innocent as he stared at her.
Aldana Candi pursed her lips slightly. She raised her head and looked at him with wet eyes, "Philip Shaw, what on earth are you thinking?"
"I..." he stammered, "I just want to stay by your side."
"What's so good about being by my side?" She felt powerless—powerless about herself, about Philip Shaw, unable to find a way. "I'm not the person you imagine me to be. I'm very incompetent, just an ordinary woman. You should know, there are countless women better than me in this world, Angela Summer, Vivianne Lindsay..."
