The grand gates of Mercy Hospital creaked open slowly.

A sleek Rolls-Royce glided in, and the gates shut behind it with a heavy thud.

Eliza was just like before, sitting there hugging her knees, lost in thought.

Casper walked in, and she didn't even flinch.

He turned to the staff who had followed him in. "How's she doing?"

"She's fine. Her meals are prepared separately as you ordered, Mr. Welton. But her appetite's not great; she barely eats."

Casper's eyes lingered on Eliza's slender frame for a moment before he waved the staff away.

"Why aren't you eating? Is the food not to your taste?" He approached her, looking down from his towering height.

Eliza stayed silent.

She didn't want to talk to him.

She just stared blankly out the window at the sparrows perched on the bare branches.

back again. It was as if they couldn't

see you? What did you two talk about?" he asked,

away the sting in her eyes, finally lifting her gaze to him. "He said

out a

scoffing at Zach's

His dark eyes narrowed slightly, a hint of danger in them. "Do you not want to

cool gaze pierced his. "I'm not like you, Mr. Casper, who enjoys having affairs within a marriage. I bet the whole of Falconridge is laughing

lifting her chin. "Aren't you always so composed and magnanimous? Why

flickering in her eyes. "Jealous? Bitter? Mr. Casper, you give yourself

If you admit you're wrong, I can take you home right now,"

not all

her gaze icy yet carrying an

darkened. "Eliza, you'll never

Would you stop fooling around? Would you become a

him a disdainful

It cut deep.

ink spreading in

him somberly, her lips curling into a bitter smile. "Casper, if I die one day, would you be relieved? You'd probably wake up

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