His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

Eliza's fingers slid reluctantly across the screen, but she still ended up showing her contact info to Casper.

In a flash, a million dollars landed in her account. The whole transaction took just three seconds.

Casper tucked his phone away, a satisfied, calm smile playing on his lips. He unlocked the car and gestured for her to leave. "I'll be here to pick you up tomorrow on time. Have a great day."

During her three years away from Falconridge, she'd gained her freedom but lost the chance to visit Robin.

It had been ages since she last saw Robin. She wanted to see him to check on how his treatment was going. Casper had her right where he wanted her.

The next morning, sunlight seeped through the gaps in the curtains, casting mottled shadows on Eliza's face.

She dressed carefully, opting for a pair of black-framed glasses. These glasses acted like shields, making even the prettiest face look plain and unremarkable. Even someone familiar would become hard to recognize with them on. Sitting in Casper's car, Eliza stared straight ahead, not glancing around.

Casper, looking effortlessly relaxed, turned his head to her.

After a moment.

Valerie, are you feeling

just didn't sleep well.

honest, I didn't sleep well either," he said, his slender fingers lightly massaging the bridge of

intense, fixed on her

of anyone coming back to life. Mr. Casper. Perhaps you are missing your wife a bit

laughed,

I keep thinking that if I'd been better to her, maybe she wouldn't have left so definitively. If I'd agreed to the divorce and let her go, would she now be like you, Ms. Valerie? Would she have found some older

Eliza was shocked that Casper had looked into her, her eyes wide. "We've never met. Why would you

cool gaze indifferent, focused on the angry woman before him. "I

you have all the power in the

eyes were cold. Casper

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