His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

Dillon sucked in a sharp breath, feeling the cold air sting his lungs. Casper's heart pounded, his blood racing to his head. Struggling to steady his erratic breathing, he asked, "Which shopping mall will he go to?" "I... I don't know."

Falconridge had plenty of shopping malls, and Aaron hadn't mentioned the details to Nova. Casper dialed Eliza's number, but there was no answer. Panic started to creep in.

"Dillon, round up more people. I want every shopping mall searched now!"

"On it, Mr. Casper."

Casper snatched his coat and hurried out of the office, Dillon right behind him.

Meanwhile, in a modest-sized shopping mall in Falconridge, Eliza was in the toy section, helping Brock pick out his favorite toy car.

"Do you like this one?" she asked.

Brock clutched one car in each hand, torn between the two. "I want both."

"You can only pick one," Eliza gently reminded him.

Brock looked from one to the other, clearly torn. Finally, with a reluctant sigh, he let go of one. "I'll take this one."

choice," she said,

walked over with two cups of iced tea, handing one to Eliza and the other to

often we get to enjoy a day

to come but was curious about Aaron's intentions, especially after the recent string of incidents-from near-drownings to kidnappings that made

smile was

a while now. You're living at Welton Estate,

each other. Honestly, I've missed you and

doing fine," she said

be hard living

him looking a bit embarrassed and

you're still upset with me," he said, a touch of

other for years. I know what kind of person you are

en

darkened. "Let's not dwell on that. There's an amusement park ahead. Let's take

to pick up Brock, but the

his nap time. Maybe

we'll head