She knew she wasn't worthy of being his wife. He was infatuated with someone else. What was she compared to Nova?

"Yeah, I know I don't deserve it," she said, her gaze icy as she pulled the blanket over herself and lay down.

Feeling ignored, Casper lashed out, swiping the tablet off the nightstand, sending it crashing to the floor. The sound made Eliza's heart skip a beat.

After Casper stormed out, she picked up the broken tablet. The shattered screen mirrored her own broken heart.

A nurse walked in, "Ms. Eliza?"

Eliza tucked the tablet away. "Is it time for my shot?"

"No, it's not that." The nurse looked troubled, her eyes filled with pity. "The hospital just called... you're being discharged." Discharged? They'd just agreed to move her to another room, so why did they accept her discharge request now?

"Is it because my deposit wasn't enough?"

"No, that's not it. It's just... an order from above."

would have the power or reason to do this. It looked like she really did offend his precious sweetheart. Casper's influence was far-reaching. Eliza

sorry. But you can

gave a weak smile.

felt sorry for Eliza, handled the discharge paperwork, and even wheeled her out to a

I hope

"Goodbye."

home, Eliza's knees were swollen and throbbing. She didn't bother going to another

Falconridge, Casper's power

legs hurt so much that she called a doctor online to attend to her

rang, Eliza struggled to her

"Eliza?"

surprised. "What are you doing

and asked me to fill in. I didn't expect..." He immediately reached out to steady her. "...how did you hurt your knee?" Eliza didn't go into details. She just said it was an accident. Once she was settled, Aaron opened his medical kit to

It was clearly festering. "This is serious. Why didn't

gave a bitter

asked, sensing something was off. "Surely you're not still fighting?" Eliza wondered what Aaron, an outsider, thought of her marriage. Did he think this

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