His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

Repaying a debt was a whole different ballgame.

Eliza could tell good from bad.

"Casper, saving my son doesn't make you a saint. You might be just like Aaron, with some hidden agenda."

She wasn't about to trust anyone again. Not even Casper.

He let out a dry, sarcastic laugh. Even though he'd saved her son, she still saw him as a dark and twisted villain. No matter how many times he played the hero, it wouldn't change a thing.

He should've known better than to hope that she'd see him differently or that she'd look at him with any warmth.

He realized now that she wasn't going to be kind or friendly towards him. In his world, such hopes were just a luxury.

Inside, he felt a sense of helplessness, and it wasn't just anger. It was more like a deep, gnawing sadness.

"Yeah, I have hidden motives. I'm a bad guy, a real piece of work, okay?"

He didn't even bother changing his shoes before heading upstairs.

of emotions churned inside Eliza. She realized her words might have been

seemingly noble as Aaron could turn dark, how could Casper, already a villain, ever become a good

needed to figure out

Eliza thought of someone.

Caroline.

Aaron than Casper ever was. Maybe she could get

afternoon for tea, and went to Welton

three years apart, this

daze. Her eyes welled up, trying to force a smile that ended up looking awkward and ugly. Eliza broke the silence.

her tightly.

"I'm doing okay."

and they sat down. She was dying to know how Eliza had been

everything, even that Brock was

he's a father

probably didn't. "I haven't told him,

to take Brock away. "Have you thought about what happens

love me, so do you think he would