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.

with my mom?" Eliza's heart

You

Eliza grabbed a taxi straight to the hospital. At the entrance, she bumped into Aaron. "Eliza," he said, his face warm, his black and grey cashmere coat adding to

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

up," he said, patting

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,

Her consciousness hasn't fully returned yet. It will

holding Rose's hand gently. "Mom, it's going

Eliza, Dr.

acupuncturist,

perform acupuncture on

her recover

step outside for now."

Casper unintentionally, unaware of the complex relationship between the

the room, his voice cold and sharp as