His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

Eliza was still downing her bitter wine, glass after glass. Whether she liked it or not, Mikey had a new family now, and that was a fact. Should she just gracefully accept her new stepmom? Or maybe she should quietly leave Crescent Creek and stop messing with his

happiness?

She could do it, really. But it hurt. It hurt a lot.

Casper wasn't in a great mood either. Hearing the clinking from the next room, he knew she'd had too much to drink. He left his room, explained their relationship to the front desk, and got a room key.

He opened Eliza's door to a strong smell of red wine. She was sitting on the floor, her face red as a tomato, mumbling drunkenly to herself with a wine bottle in hand. He walked over with an almost domineering air, scooped her up, and gently placed her on the soft bed. Just as he was about to leave, her arm snaked around his neck like a vine. "Aaron."

Aaron? She thought he was Aaron?

A surge of irritation welled up inside him. He gripped her wrist tightly, trying to pull her arm off him. But she didn't seem to get it and clung even tighter.

"Aaron, why are you being as rough as Casper... so... rough." Her voice was a mix of flirtation and dazed annoyance.

He had never seen this side of Eliza. They were usually focused on tearing each other apart when they were together. It was a bloody, torturous, and painful entangled.

heart. He suppressed a deep breath. "Alright, get some

neck, pulling him closer, almost making him lose his balance. "Stop

a bit like Casper today?" She stared at him with

nose, and

"Don't become like him Pretty faces often

know what to

I know you've wanted to marry me for a long time. How about we

hard to win her back, and she wouldn't agree. Now, she was even making a move on Aaron. Casper was suffering

know you're drunk.

I

for Aaron, and

But thinking

happy is just naive." His voice was low, almost like he was talking

hear him. Her cries grew louder. It was like he'd wronged her. He couldn't