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?"

to donate

donation consent form. "Look.

shot up from her bed and snatched the form from Nova's hands. The more she

won't get away with this." Eliza tore the

unfazed. "We'll

Nova added, "Eliza, I won't let you have

What would happen to Eliza? Was she just supposed to

changed her clothes, and

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

got into a

rare to see Eliza this

stopped in

puzzled. "Why would the

familiar; it belonged to Zach. Eliza's presence here must mean she had arranged

hard for Casper to conceal the surge of aggression in his eyes. "She

slightly stunned.

was a

Zach to join Welton

do you want

his nose, forcefully suppressing his

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