Chapter 1096: Her existence is very important to him.

Her voice was very light, so light it lacked any trace of emotion.

It was like a feather, gently and aimlessly drifting into Philip Shaw's heart.

There was a slight itch, and an elusive emptiness.

He watched the woman's slender back to him, her long hair falling down, emitting a faint fragrance. He reached out his hand and wrapped his fingers around a lock of her hair, casually twirling it.

After a long time, he finally spoke, "I know you're Aldana Candi."

"..." The woman with her back to him, however, did not respond; it seemed she had finally succumbed to exhaustion and fallen asleep, her breaths quieting down.

In this silence that was too profound, the emptiness within Philip Shaw's heart gradually expanded to an extent that he could no longer endure.

Lying on his back in bed staring at the void, he didn't understand why, even though the person he had been searching for was back by his side, that hollow place within his heart still felt so cold.