His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

"Of course."

...

The engagement was all Tristan's doing. To avoid any future slip-ups a few days before the event, Tristan called Casper over and warned him, "You're about to get engaged to Nova. Are you ready?"

Casper couldn't care less. With a cigarette lazily hanging between his fingers, he stared at his father with a look of boredom.

"Did I ever say I wanted to get engaged to her?"

"If not you, then who?" Tristan gestured to the elaborately decorated engagement venue. "Look at all this. What do you propose we do now?"

"Was this my idea?" Casper stubbed out his cigarette, his eyes scanning the romantic setup. "Whoever set this up should be the one getting engaged."

"You..." Tristan, trembling with anger, slapped Casper. "Who do you think I'm doing all this for? It's all for Welton International! What's the big deal about making a small sacrifice? Besides, don't you love Nova? You even had Eliza committed to an asylum for her. Why won't you go through with it?"

Casper's jaw tightened.

He let out a bitter laugh.

Love?

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What is love?

A meltdown and constant

He didn't know,

he refused to get engaged to Nova. He couldn't

Was it resistance?

Was it revulsion?

just the feeling of being

not the right

right time? Everything's set up. Even if you don't want to, just go through the motions. You can always break

reconsider letting Zach intot

Welton International."

was just

wasn't particularly interested.

it or not, Zach getting into Welton International is bound to

long as I back him and the board agrees, your objections won't matter, will

Casper. Zach

up with you. If you're willing