Chapter 14

AYLA

Money.

I stared at his face wondering if money could ever be the reason when your life is in danger? I don't know.

"Is it worth it?" I asked. "Is it worth to risk your life for few dollars?"

He blinked, looking down at me, his jaw was still locked and his eyes held no emotion but if I wanted to read them, I would've have find something, something like pain in them because it was there. Even if he tries to mask it, his expressions were somewhere telling me that he's in pain.

"Yes." He replied, releasing a low breath.

"Why?"

"My mother's in hospital, Ayla. I need money to afford her expanses." He whispered.

I stilled. My world stilled for a moment. He's risking his life for his mother? Why haven't I thought about this before? Off course, he was doing every sort of part time jobs, he need money for her hospital bills. And I was having all the possibilities that he fights in the underground for fun?

Then again,