His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

Renee only asked Eliza to design the dress out of pity, to give her a chance to earn a bit of pocket money. But this simple little dress was something Eliza could only dream of owning. Daniel's love for Renee was absolute. Eliza was insanely jealous to the core, but she knew she'd never have someone like that in her life.

So, she embellished Renee's dress with sparkling rhinestones, hoping Renee's life would always shine brightly. In a way, it made Eliza's shadowed life sparkle too.

"Sir, ma'am, dinner is served," the butler announced.

Eliza, with little appetite, got up from the sofa. "I'm not hungry."

"Still upset about today?" he grabbed her wrist. "Is it just about the painting? Or because it was a gift from David?"

"Casper, you buy your mistress paintings to win her over, and I don't make a fuss. But please, don't blame your actions on me."

She shrugged him off and headed upstairs. It wasn't just anger; it was the constant frustration and unfairness. He and Nova were getting engaged, and had she said anything? He was the epitome of a hypocrite.

Casper barely touched his dinner before heading upstairs to shower. Eliza went to bed early.

After Casper got into bed, his phone buzzed. He glanced at Eliza and answered.

"Hello?"

Faithe delivered the painting, and I absolutely love it. I didn't expect you to buy

Nova's shrill, excited voice or the volume of the loudspeaker, but Eliza felt

gentle, totally different from the arrogance and harshness he had with her, "You're still recovering; get

can you come over? This house feels so big, and I'm a bit scared." Suddenly, a noise in the background made Nova

Nova's antics always spun around Casper,

was dressed and ready to go. She watched him emotionlessly, not saying a

suddenly caressed her head gently. "Go to sleep. I need to step out for a bit." Right. Was this his attempt at placating her? It was

Casper

of his whereabouts through blurry paparazzi

return for

weekend, Eliza went to the swimming pool alone. With

few laps, someone called out to

from her face, she

to her, "Are you

"Mm."

with the pool's owner, spotting Eliza and