"Let me hear you," Casper demanded, gripping Eliza's waist with a force that was almost brutal.

She struggled, trying to push him away, but he pinned her down without mercy. Her delicate hands clutched at the finely made silk sheets in silent protest. Under the moonlight, his profile was sharply defined, his gaze a cold mix of desire and indifference.

"Not enjoying this?" he whispered, biting the soft flesh behind her ear, his breath heavy. "If this doesn't do it for you, let me tell you something. Your brother's already at Mercy Hospital."

Eliza's face went pale. Mercy Hospital in Falconridge was notorious, masquerading as a psychiatric facility while engaging in horrific acts like organ harvesting.

Ignoring her humiliation, Eliza's fingers trembled as she grabbed his arm. "Why would you do this?"

"It's to make you remember this day forever," he said, stepping back and pulling on his shirt with long, clean fingers.

Last year, her father had been imprisoned, and her mother suffered a brain hemorrhage from a car accident, remaining in a coma ever since. Not long after, her father committed suicide in prison. That day, it had rained heavily.

ashes back to the cemetery. Despite all evidence pointing to Casper's involvement in her father's death, Eliza chose not to believe

to her, to humiliate her, and she endured it. But why

family?" Her eyes trembled, her fingertips growing cold. Her

continued, "Robin's

are the issue, not his mind," Eliza's voice cracked with

doing this for his

endured, appeased, and supported him, hoping to win a favorable glance from Casper and to have him protect her family, but

hated her for not giving up her marriage after relinquishing her identity as the Henderson family daughter. In his eyes, she was just a parasite clinging to him, desperate to stay in high society. She was vain and greedy for fame

eighteen years from his crush, Nova, taking her place in this marriage. She even stole Nova's legs. Eliza deserved to

Eliza pushed him away, bent down to open the bedside table drawer, and took

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