Lea's eyelashes quivered slightly as she replied softly, "I've known all along that he has ulterior motives."
Jason's gaze stiffened, and he hesitated to ask, "If you knew, why did you still come to see him?"
She asked, "What else do you expect me to do?"
Lea looked up at the man beside her, a self-mocking, cold smile on her face as she asked a question in return.
She said, "Only he can save my child now."
Jason's lips tightened, and the words he wanted to say suddenly got stuck in his throat, unable to come out.
After a while, he struggled to find his voice and said heavily, "He might not be able to save Carl, so why do you have to..."
Why pay such a high price?
Lea naturally understood what he meant.
Her hands clenched unconsciously, as she looked at him with a determined expres
