Aldana Candi's face appeared a shade of transparent white under the light.
She was tied to the bed, eyes open, staring into the void. Above her was Steven Balance's face, but her gaze seemed not to fall on his face but to look far into the distance.
Her whole being exuded a faint pallor of confusion.
When Eric Candi betrayed her, she felt disbelief. When Philip Shaw treated her like that, she felt only despair. But Hilary Candi's betrayal left her a bit perplexed—what was she struggling for again and again?
Was it to plunge herself into an even more miserable situation?
Heaven had never been kind to her. What she thought was a desperate chance of survival turned out to be another game of cat and mouse, savoring the joy of what she thought was an escape, only to cast her back into the abyss of despair and fear.
