His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

"Me?" He let out a chuckle, finding the accusation utterly ridiculous. "Why would I want him to say that? What would I gain from it? Eliza, can you stop being so biased against me?" She was furious, but she couldn't stay angry. "I refuse to believe he's that kind of person."

She shook her head. Her father was a devoted husband and father. He couldn't possibly be such a man.

Suddenly, she grabbed Casper's shirt, her eyes trembling slightly. "What did you do to him to make him change like this?"

"His change has nothing to do with me. I didn't report him back then, nor did I help him escape, Eliza..." He gripped her shoulders firmly, trying to calm her down. "...I'm also a victim. I've been set up, too." "Who on earth would go out of their way to do this to you?" Eliza shoved him away forcefully.

She had just asked Mikey, who had reported him five years ago. He said it was Casper, and the contents of the USB Zach gave her were true.

Casper had orchestrated the whole mess, and now, here he was, pretending to be a victim.

"Casper, how can you lie like that? My dad said it was you. You reported him back then and slapped him with baseless accusations. Why won't you still admit it?"

Casper was stunned. He hadn't anticipated Mikey to spout such lies. "Did Mikey tell you who sent him to Crescent Creek?"

Eliza's face was icy. "He did. It was Aaron."

Mentioning this only increased her disdain for the despicable man before her. How could one be so kind and the other so evil?

help, my dad would be ruined by now." Eliza's

suddenly laughed. Aaron had really twisted

up everything about his current situation?" He countered, his eyes

right to

her chin, making her meet his eyes. "Eliza, do you really trust Aaron that much? Where's

tinged

me I should trust you?" she

me just once?" he pleaded, looking into her eyes. "Just

his

and looking

"You're simply not trustworthy,

you

deserve my trust."

She turned to leave.

grabbed her wrist. "If you think I've deceived you, I can

you plan to

performance for me?"

laughable, her tone filled