"Why?"
Pei Sen looked at Xia Xin, a flicker of pain crossing his eyes. Even though he hadn't truly fallen in love with her yet, he couldn't deny that she had once attracted him, stirring the thought of marrying her.
After all, what greater affirmation is there for a man than to marry a woman?
He couldn't believe his judgement could be so poor, to have been interested in someone whose character was so low that she would betray her own country.
He couldn't figure out why she would betray her country.
Was it for money?
Impossible.
Xia Xin wasn't short of money. Not to mention her shares in the highly profitable company run by her brother, which brought her hefty dividends every year. As a senior researcher at the first batch of the Botanical Research Institute on Yunhua Star, her monthly salary and benefits were not to be underestimated either.
Moreover, if she married him, he wasn't stingy—she would be even less likely to lack money...
Or was she being threatened?
