His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

In the taxi, Eliza was lost in thought the whole ride. Her mind was a whirlwind of emotions. One issue had barely been resolved before another cropped up.

As they drove past the Henderson Estate, she noticed several fire trucks parked outside.

"Such a beautiful house. It's a shame to see it like this," the driver commented offhandedly.

Eliza finally lifted her eyes to look out the window. Henderson Estate was the place she had called home for over a decade. Her parents had always been busy with their business, leaving her alone often, but the house was full of memories. Now, it belonged to Nova.

"Could you stop up ahead, please?"

The driver glanced at her through the rearview mirror. "We haven't reached your destination yet. If you get out here, I can't charge you properly."

"It's okay, I'll pay the full fare."

Eliza confirmed the end of her ride, and the reassured driver pulled over to let her out.

A crowd had gathered in front of Henderson Estate, gawking at the damage.

"People are saying it was arson. But it doesn't make any sense. The Hendersons don't have many enemies. Why would anyone target them?"

"Could it have been a burglar? Maybe they set the fire when they couldn't steal anything?"

bold, committing a crime like that. You can't

caught the arsonist at the scene. They kept shouting that they were hired to do it. Looks like the Hendersons did have enemies

"Who knows?"

the speculative chatter, Eliza felt a hollow emptiness inside her. She stood at the entrance

hospital, Nova lay in bed, her leg broken and temporarily

see. I'm blind. Please don't leave

temporary. It should get better in

rubbed her back,

though his

showed little ease.

kill me?" Nova tightened her grip around Casper's waist. "Casper,

afraid, I'm

please don't

"I won't."

an injection, and

eyes as he stepped out of the room. Faithe approached quietly. "Mr. Casper, the police have caught the

arsonist claimed..." Faithe hesitated, "Mr. Casper, the arsonist said they

narrowed. "Hired? By

claimed it was...

the bank transfer and