His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

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

pulled out a kidney donation consent form.

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

this."

"We'll see

added, "Eliza, I won't

long as Casper loved Nova, she had the power. What would happen

IV, changed her clothes, and left the

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

into

it was rare to see Eliza this

taxi eventually stopped in front of an

puzzled. "Why would the missus go into

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

to conceal the surge of aggression in his

slightly

man was

Zach to join Welton International, causing a

do you want

his nose,