Chapter 5

Jason's expression froze for a moment.

I asked, feeling lost, "Jason, is 100 thousand dollars really a big deal to you?"

To him, it only meant a meal, a bottle of wine, or a bracelet, not even close to the price of a single watch. But to me, it was an astronomical sum.

I clearly had a chance to save my mom. I had already done it. I knew I had no right to ask him for anything.

If we'd never been together, if he hadn't given me hope and then bit by bit crushed it with his own hands,…