She felt suppressed, confined, and despairing.

"You're awake."

Eliza's tired eyes slowly focused on the man, revealing a glimmer of fragile, haunting beauty. "Aaron."

"Don't be sad." Aaron had also lost his mother, so he deeply understood Eliza's feelings. "Actually, you've got it wrong about Casper. He never mentioned anything about a kidney swap."

Eliza shook her head, her voice strained. "Not mentioning it doesn't mean he hadn't thought about it. Hasn't Casper done enough monstrous things for Nova already?"

"I know better than you the kind of person he is," she added.

Aaron pressed his lips together, giving up on defending Casper. "I didn't expect Rose's illness to worsen so quickly. If I had been more vigilant, maybe..."

"It's not your fault." If it was anyone's fault, it had to be Casper's. "Aaron, I'm exhausted. I want to sleep for a bit."

"Then rest well."

Aaron had just left when Nova appeared at the door of Eliza's hospital room.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, what a pity." Nova looked down at Eliza lying in the bed, her voice dripping with mockery. "Heard your mom's dying?"

she's decided to donate her

consent form.

from her bed and snatched the form from Nova's hands. The more she read,

this." Eliza

was unfazed. "We'll

"Eliza, I won't let

long as Casper loved Nova, she had the power. What would happen

changed her

luxury Dillon spotted Eliza. "Mr. Casper, your wife has left the hospital. She looks panicked, like there's some

into

was curious, too; it was rare to see Eliza this agitated. "Follow

eventually stopped in front

"Why would the missus go into an

to Zach. Eliza's presence

thinking about it made it hard for Casper to conceal the surge of aggression in his eyes. "She actually came to see

slightly stunned.

was a

intentionally arranged for Zach to join Welton International, causing

Casper, do you

of his nose,

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