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?"

know she's decided to donate her kidney

out a kidney donation consent form. "Look.

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

with this." Eliza tore the document

unfazed. "We'll see

"Eliza, I won't

long as Casper loved Nova, she had the power. What would happen to Eliza? Was she just supposed to sit and wait for

out her IV, changed

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

into

was curious, too; it was rare to see

eventually stopped in front of an art

the missus go

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

the surge of aggression in his eyes. "She actually

slightly stunned.

man was a

Tristan had intentionally arranged for Zach to join

do you want me

bridge of his nose, forcefully suppressing his fury, and

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