His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

The staff at Mercy Hospital had put her in a single room.

The room was bare, its walls lined with thick soundproofing foam. There was no table, just a rounded wooden bed and a moderately-sized window.

They untied the ropes around her wrists. She rubbed her sore wrists, staring out the barred window at the world outside. She thought she might never see the day she'd be free.

The person who brought her in handed her a clean set of hospital gowns, his face expressionless.

"Mr. Casper wants you to recover here. We'll take good care of you, but you need to follow the rules."

Eliza didn't say a word. She just stared outside, lost and empty, like a canary with its wings clipped.

She remembered the countless nights her brother must've looked out the same way, hoping and waiting for freedom. But in the end, it drove him mad.

dinner. Most of the time, she just sat quietly

her. After Casper took her phone, naturally, no one knew she was locked up

nausea hit, and she rushed to the bathroom. She leaned over

through her mind and exploded in her heart like a thunderclap. She couldn't believe it, closed her eyes, took deep breaths, trying to calm

pressure inside. She had planned to end her life in the coming days. Could she

called as the door opened.

surprised. Besides Casper, he was likely the only one

gazed heavily at Eliza in

than before. Her skin was now almost see-through,

Zach could somewhat understand. But locking Eliza up

desperate to marry treats you?" Zach couldn't

him calmly. "How did you know I was