"Did you recognize me from the start?" she asked, her voice barely a whisper.

She should have known. Out of all those beautiful girls, why did he choose her?

His cool fingertips brushed lightly over her red lips. "Is that really so hard to believe?"

"I just wanted to make some extra money," she said, her eyes trembling with fear she couldn't quite name, her fingers shaking uncontrollably.

"Making extra money means selling yourself?" His grip tightened around her wrist, making her face turn purple. "Will you tell your husband how many men you've spent the night with?" "No, I haven't slept with any," she stammered.

No one had been as generous as Casper. And no one had focused solely on her.

She clutched his wrist, her face losing all color. "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have left with a client."

"Is that so, Mrs. Welton?" he asked, his voice dripping with skepticism.

She nodded, struggling to breathe. "Yes."

Maybe her desperate explanation softened him a bit because his grip loosened slightly. But did he fully believe her? Not really.

a cigarette, taking slow drags. The gray smoke swirled

state is getting worse. For your own health and safety, I think you should spend some time at Mercy Hospital," he said, his voice soft but heavy enough

Hospital? Was he planning to lock

sheer terror. "You drove Robin mad.

gaze deep and complex like the ocean at night,

doing this for

own good? Was

still had a sliver of hope. Little did she know, she was the last to be dealt with. All the talk of divorce, of letting her go, was a lie. He had never intended to truly let her go. His goal was to push her step by step into the abyss, letting her struggle

to hate you? Why?" she cried, tears of despair

her liberation. Instead, it turned out to

she glared at him with

better, I'll get

might never see that day come. "Casper, you're so cruel. Stop lying to me." Wiping her tears, Eliza stood up and ran. Tears streamed down

hand stopped her, pulling her back by

think you're

to the ends of the

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