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 her kidney to

consent form. "Look.

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

get away with this." Eliza

unfazed. "We'll see

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

happen to Eliza? Was she just supposed to

changed her

black luxury Dillon spotted Eliza. "Mr. Casper, your wife

got into a

was rare to see

in

puzzled. "Why would the missus

it belonged to Zach. Eliza's presence

conceal the surge of

was slightly stunned.

was

After Jeffrey passed on, Tristan had intentionally arranged for Zach to join Welton International, causing a recent

do you want

pinched the bridge of his nose,

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