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.

but, thinking of the

death and lived under a new identity with you in Crescent Creek, claiming to be your husband, his affection for you ran deep. He was willing to leave his wife of over twenty years to be with you. How

was really that heartless, only seeing benefits, Eliza couldn't possibly share the little house left behind. But if she genuinely had difficulties, that was a different

wanted to say something but didn't dare. Hesitant, her head hung

a share of my dad's assets, you need

at Jarred, then finally met Eliza's eyes, "His love for me was real, but... my feelings for

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 in her knees. No matter what

"...my sister is timid. If you scare

becoming the other woman. Didn't she know my dad had a wife and kids? She could have been his daughter

were full of disdain

cut her off, "We're here to divide the