His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

"Do you really think a port can tie me down? Let me tell you, our engagement is just a business deal."

"You Torres folks give me a port, and I can make you Mrs. Welton. You get to bask in the glory of Welton International, and I get my profit. It's a win-win. Don't act like I've taken advantage of you." "From the start, our engagement was just a piece of paper. If I choose to honor it, it's a contract. If not, I can tear it up anytime, got it?"

He had never truly accepted this engagement, nor had he ever considered her his fiancée.

So... the engagement could be annulled as easily as it was made.

The woman's face turned a deep shade of purple as she struggled to breathe.

Gasping for air, she slapped at the man's hand, "Casper, let me go, you're going to kill me... My grandfather, he's watching us from heaven, if I die, let me go..."

Eventually, Casper released his grip on her neck with a look of disgust, "Remember your place. Cause another scene, and I'll make sure the Torres family vanishes from the face of the Earth."

Susan didn't think she was causing a scene.

She was merely defending the rights of a fiancée.

"How am I wrong? You just... you've never gotten over Eliza." Rubbing her sore neck, she persisted, "Casper, I look so much like your ex-wife, why can't you see me as her? I don't mind being her stand-in. Can't you be a bit more forgiving, a bit gentler with me?"

"Do you think you can compare to her?" He looked at her, a face so similar to Eliza's, yet filled with disdain, "Remember what I just said. If there's a next time, the Torres family can prepare for bankruptcy."

The threat was indeed chilling.

didn't believe Casper had the capability or the

she meekly acknowledged,

signaling the driver with a flick of

stopped at Ronan's place,

stomped her foot, "Casper, what makes you think you can threaten the Torres

to come to the woman's

she died, would he, in his

But...

She couldn't kill someone.

Hire a hitman?

No, that wouldn't do.

would just

timid, daring in thought

importantly, she valued her own life too much to risk it over someone

to Ronan

Bu

endure to appease, to think of the greater good of the Torres

tired of

Then, suddenly...

She thought of someone.

had left