His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

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?"

decided to donate her kidney

a kidney donation consent

from

get away with this." Eliza tore the document

was unfazed. "We'll

I won't let you have a single good

the power. What would happen to Eliza? Was she just supposed to sit

yanked out her IV, changed her clothes,

your wife has left the hospital. She looks panicked, like

into a

too; it was rare to see Eliza this

stopped in front of

"Why would the missus

it belonged to Zach. Eliza's presence

to conceal the surge of aggression in

was slightly

was a vendetta

had intentionally arranged for Zach

do

of his nose, forcefully suppressing his fury, and