His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

Eliza kept quiet, her fingers slowly curling into fists.

Nova let out a breath, feeling a surge of satisfaction. "I need to change into a stunning dress. I'll be joining Casper at the banquet later."

A servant brought in a wheelchair. Nova tossed aside her crutch and settled into the wheelchair, heading upstairs.

Feeling a wave of guilt, Marian took a deep breath before approaching Eliza. "I'm really sorry, ma'am."

"You have nothing to be sorry for, Marian. Adapting to the situation is your right." Eliza's words were soft but distant, lacking her usual warmth. Marian, troubled, fidgeted with the hem of her dress before quickly fetching the first aid kit and offering it to Eliza. "Let me take care of your wound, ma'am." "No thank you, Marian."

Nova had control over this household. Aside from the title Mrs. Welton, Eliza was treated worse than a servant.

She cleaned her wound with alcohol. It wasn't too deep, but it throbbed painfully.

After roughly bandaging it, she picked up the broken screen from the floor, found a bag to put it in, and left the house.

She had gone with Audrey to order this screen. She knew where it could be fixed.

frame and the stained embroidery, Eliza felt another

the day. She had to

was kind enough to agree to come and

embroidery, Eliza waited in the cold wind for two hours before the

you fix this?" she asked, handing over the

blood-stained piece and hesitated for a moment. "It can be restored, but... it's a big project. Even with

tag. Eliza didn't have much

was no small sum for

"I'll... think about it.

problem. It's not cheap, so take your time to

"Alright, thank you."

Eliza sat on the curb, staring at the night sky, lost in

her mother's hospital bills, and her balance was nowhere near

thought about it, the angrier she became.

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