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?"

must know she's decided to donate

kidney donation consent form.

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

get away with this."

"We'll

I won't let you

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

her IV, changed her clothes, and left

in a parked black luxury Dillon spotted Eliza. "Mr. Casper, your

got into

too; it was rare

eventually stopped in

"Why would the missus

Zach. Eliza's presence here must mean she had arranged to

it made it hard for Casper to conceal the surge of

slightly

was a

arranged for Zach to join Welton International, causing a recent uproar

Casper, do

his nose, forcefully suppressing

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