His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

"Come on, stop messing around and behave for once."

Casper thought Eliza's request for a divorce was just her throwing yet another tantrum.

Eliza was someone who rarely made decisions, but when she did, she stuck to them. As for their marriage? Well, a marriage involving three people was just too crowded.

Casper didn't love her, and she couldn't keep loving a man who'd left her with nothing but emotional scars.

"Casper, I'm not throwing a tantrum," she said, her voice steady. "I've thought this through. I don't want to be your wife anymore. Let's get a divorce."

"Do you really have to divorce me?" He asked, his tone turning icy. "Eliza, you think you get to decide?"

"I'm willing to step aside."

A heart doesn't turn cold overnight. For two long years, she poured her soul into being the perfect wife and future mother, working harder to please him than any servant ever would. Time and again, she convinced herself to wait just a little longer. She thought he'd come around, and he'd see her worth.

How laughable it turned out to be. It was nothing but a pipe dream.

Half a bottle of birth control pills had stolen her chance to be a mother and also made her see her marriage for what it truly was.

Casper had taken up her entire youth - she was finally ready to let him go.

sudden jolt made Eliza almost hit

he

and pushed the door open. The

phone buzzed. It was the Welton family

was Casper's childhood friend and went to the same university with

"Hi Aaron."

you about some things to keep

Conceive?

all of

"Casper didn't tell you?"

"No."

with a blood transfusion, and your blood carries a rare genetic marker that produces the highest antibody levels during pregnancy..." Eliza heard nothing after that.

remnants of warmth drained away, leaving her feeling like she was standing in an ice

Casper's recent kindness, the card, the sudden reluctance for a divorce - it was all because she still had some use to him.

"Eliza, are you listening?"

"Thanks, Aaron.

talk to you

she shared with Casper and

"Ma'am, are you