"Casper, I'm in so much pain. Can you please come and stay with me?" Nova's fragile voice trembled on the other end of the phone.

Nova always knew how to play her cards right because Casper never could resist that tone.

He cast a cold glance at Eliza. "You're coming with me to the hospital."

"I'm not going." Her response was even icier.

His face darkened, eyes blazing with an anger he rarely showed. "Eliza, are you seriously refusing me?"

Casper was used to getting his way and always seemed blind to the obvious. Whenever Nova was involved, he'd always be on her side.

"Go upstairs, change your clothes, and come to the hospital with me."

Eliza gently straightened her torn blouse. Upstairs she went.

Her wardrobe held only a few high-end dresses she hadn't taken when she moved out. There were gifts from her mother-in-law.

She'd never worn them, always dreaming that someday Casper would take her to some grand event.

chuckled at her

she descended the stairs. "I'm

stop her and was about to speak, but his phone rang again. This time, it was a call from

wrist, pulling her outside. "You're coming with me to

I'm not

is in emergency

over a decade, and at ninety, his passing would normally be seen as a natural part of

fortune teller once said that if Jeffrey died, the Welton family's luck would take a

and Jeffrey was kept

they turned their sights on

refused to marry Eliza. But when Jeffrey gave his approval, she

Welton family must have known her blood was special. Otherwise, an engagement alone wouldn't have been

family crowded outside

and pulled him aside. "Your grandfather's condition has

"Nothing," Casper replied flatly.

antibodies; if she's not pregnant,

Jeffrey. That was trading one

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