She let out a low cough, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, splashing across Liam Summer's face.
She didn't even feel herself coughing up blood, only that with that cough, all the strength suddenly drained from her body, black spots swam before her eyes, and the hand that had been pushing against the man's chest slowly slipped down as her whole body fell back onto the bed.
As her consciousness gradually dissolved, she suddenly felt a trace of relief. If she could just die like this, maybe that would be the best ending…
Aldana Candi lay there, her pale face still smeared with blood, like fallen plum blossoms on snow, that glaring, eye-stinging red.
Blood kept seeping from the corner of her lips, as if somewhere inside her body a hole had been torn open.
Liam Summer was half-kneeling on the bed, his eyes slightly widened as he stared at her for a long time before his mind slowly came back.
