His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

The Snyder family was in a frenzy.

Three days after Mikey's funeral, the whole Snyder clan, along with a few family friends, gathered at Eliza's quaint little house.

It was Eliza's first face-to-face with Lynn. And the first time she seriously observed her half-brother up close.

"Eliza, we've all come here. Let's not play games. Lay out the assets so we can divide them fairly. What's ours, we won't give up. What's not, we don't want," Jarred said, slamming the table, his demeanor quite menacing.

Lynn didn't dare look directly at Eliza, keeping his head down, his young and somewhat charming face tinged with a barely noticeable helplessness.

"I'm willing to split the assets, but before we do that, I have some questions for her," Eliza's gaze locked onto Lynn.

wanted to object but, thinking of the money, he held

with you in Crescent Creek, claiming to be your husband, his affection for you ran deep. He was willing to leave

seeing benefits, Eliza couldn't possibly share the little house left behind. But if she

something but didn't dare. Hesitant, her head hung even lower, her body visibly

a share of my dad's assets, you need to tell me

silence, Lynn slowly raised her head... First, she glanced at Jarred, then finally met Eliza's eyes, "His love for me was real, but... my feelings for him... were always...

because of his age, or were you also confused?" Eliza was livid at such nonsense. People can be heartless, but they shouldn't be shameless. Lynn lowered her head again, this time even lower, almost burying it

asked your questions..." Jarred interjected, feeling it was time to get to business, "...my sister is timid. If you

know my dad had

were full of disdain

cut her off, "We're here to divide the assets, what's the point of rehashing all