His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

"Do you really have any other choice but to trust me?" His large hand braced against the door frame, his body leaning in, almost nose-to-nose with her. "You think Aaron can help? The best he can do is get your mom into his hospital and delay the inevitable."

"You bought out the hospital, cutting off the project-was it all just to see my mom die, like you wanted?"

His revenge was successful, and now he was back, talking about restarting the project.

What was his game? Was this all just a twisted game to him?

She looked into his eyes, searching for any hidden meaning, but she couldn't read him.

"Restart the project? What are you really after?" She remembered what Nova had said earlier and couldn't help but sneer. "If this is still about your grandfather, you didn't need to go through all this. I can't escape it anyway."

"No," he denied quickly.

It was not about that? Then what?

She was sick of guessing, like burning with anticipation. A quick answer would be less painful.

"Then what is it?"

they were about to touch her

fingertips missed, and he looked displeased. "Does it matter what it

you find this

terms easily. She didn't want to be pushed to the edge, even

a reason, then... let's have a

boiling

Have a child?

and she shoved him away forcefully. Had he forgotten about the half bottle of birth control pills he made

didn't want her to be pregnant, and now he wanted

he

having a baby could produce antibodies to give your grandfather another ten years, forget it." Eliza was defiantly refusing to bear children. He felt deeply insulted. "How do

scoffed

face, tears misting

toe

to have sex with me. Did you ever take precautions? Did I get pregnant?

any woman he wanted, but she couldn't have