His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

Eliza was finally discharged from the hospital and decided to check the company's intranet forum. To her surprise and relief, the posts accusing her of being a rapist's sister were gone. Instead, the forum now featured a statement against defamation, emphasizing company image protection and banning rumor-mongering. This directive had come straight from the CEO's office. The forum had quieted down considerably since then.

Still, Eliza was uncertain about returning to work.

Her phone buzzed with a message from Molly.

[Eliza, when are you planning to come back to work? You've used up all your annual leave.]

After a moment, Eliza replied, [I'll be back at work tomorrow.]

[Come early. We have some arrangements for you.] Molly responded.

Eliza wondered what kind of arrangements Molly spoke of. Was it a dismissal? A salary deduction? Or something else?

Exhausted, she returned to her apartment from the hospital. Then, Dr. Sanders from the Wellness Medical Center called her.

"Eliza, you need to come to the hospital," he said urgently.

wrong with my mom?"

awake. You should come

bumped into Aaron. "Eliza," he said,

hardly express how I'm feeling," Eliza said, her emotions a whirlwind

up," he said, patting

door to the ward, they stopped in their tracks. Casper was there. His look towards them wasn't fierce, but it carried an undercurrent of tension. Eliza chose to ignore his gaze and hurried to her mother's bedside. Rose was awake, but her gaze seemed vacant, and her mouth was slightly open, which was concerning. "Dr. Sanders,

fully returned yet. It will take

hand gently. "Mom, it's going to be okay. Don't

Dr. Martin

an acupuncturist, Dr.

soon. He'll perform acupuncture

help her recover

step outside for now."

unintentionally,

room, his voice cold and sharp as if cutting through