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.

come back again. It was as

see you? What did

in her eyes, finally lifting her gaze to him. "He said he wants

out

scoffing at

go with him?" His dark eyes narrowed slightly, a

who enjoys having affairs within a marriage.

lifting her chin.

pulled her chin away, disdain flickering in her eyes. "Jealous? Bitter? Mr. Casper, you give yourself too

home right now," he leaned down, his lips almost brushing

all depend on

icy yet carrying an elusive emotion that made

you'll never learn

fooling around? Would you become a normal husband, Mr.

threw him a

It cut deep.

ink spreading in water. "You're the abnormal

thing about me was marrying you." She looked at him somberly, her lips curling into a bitter smile. "Casper, if I die one day, would you

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