"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?"

just as they were about to touch her face, she reflexively dodged

matter what it

find

to his terms easily. She didn't want to be pushed

reason,

boiling

Have a child?

forcefully. Had he forgotten about the half bottle of birth control pills he made

want her to be pregnant, and now he wanted her to bear a

did he take her

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 you know if

She scoffed at

tears misting her

toe

with me. Did you ever take precautions? Did I get pregnant? Mr. Casper, those birth

any woman he wanted, but she couldn't have children anymore. She had lost the right and opportunity to be a mother

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