His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

Headlights swept across the floor-to-ceiling windows. Casper entered the room with determined strides.

Moments ago, Nova had been full of herself, but now she was holding a hot bowl, her voice quivering. "Eliza, this soup is too hot. Can I let it cool down first? It's really too hot; I can't swallow it. Please don't do this to me."

As she spoke, the bowl slipped from her hands and shattered on the floor under Casper's watchful eyes. Nova's hands, now red from the burn, immediately caught his attention.

Eliza dryly remarked that the Oscar Academy should create a special award for Nova's acting skills, or else it would be an injustice for them to go unused.

Casper's eyes darkened as he swiftly stepped forward, taking Nova's hands, "Are you alright?"

Nova, tears streaming, shook her head. "I'm fine, Casper. Don't blame Eliza. She just wanted me to have something warm. It's not her fault. Please don't be mad at her." Casper's expression tightened, his gaze shifting from the broken bowl on the floor to Marian's face.

"Is there more?" he demanded.

"Yes, sir," Marian responded, too scared to lift her head.

"Serve me a bowl of the freshly made meatballs."

bowl of meatballs and placed it in front of Casper. "Sir, here you

looked up at him,

Nova?" He placed the hot bowl into

bowl was scalding. Unable to withstand the heat, Eliza tried to

menacing, "Drop that bowl, and you'll regret it."

"Casper, don't do this. Eliza has delicate skin. A little burn is nothing to me. Let her put it

matter how tough Eliza was, she

The bowl shattered, and the meatballs fell to

from the burns. She winced in pain,

the cool

turned to

the bathroom, grabbed Eliza's wrist, and dragged

door signaled that no one inside would come out and

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