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 her kidney to me,

out a kidney donation consent form. "Look.

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

get away with this." Eliza tore the

unfazed. "We'll see about

"Eliza, I won't let you have a single

would happen to Eliza?

IV, changed her clothes, and left

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

got into

was rare to see Eliza this

eventually stopped in front

the missus go into an art

studio was familiar; it belonged to Zach. Eliza's presence

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

slightly stunned.

was

Tristan had intentionally arranged for Zach to join

Mr. Casper, do you want me

nose, forcefully suppressing his

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