His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

Chapter 596

"You're saying you want me to stay home, watch the kids, and quit working altogether?"

How's that any different from making the same old mistakes? The only change now is there's a kid in the picture.

She pushes him away, clearly miffed. "So, you expect me to be a full-time housewife, just catering to your every whim, right?"

Casper, caught off guard by her strong reaction, is unsure what he messed up. "What I meant was..."

"Casper, you have no right to tell me how to live my life," she cuts him off, not in the mood for his explanations.

He hadn't expected Eliza to blow up like this. Sure, their child is still little. And he doesn't want to be apart from her. There was really no need for such a blow-up.

"I just think our baby is still young, and hey, we're not exactly strapped for cash. What I meant is..." he tries to explain, hoping she'll see there's no need for her to push herself so hard.

"I know the baby's young, just stop talking," she interrupts, clearly not in the mood to listen.

She gets out of bed and heads to her vanity, taking off her earrings and tossing them on the table. Casper watches from a distance, sees her frustration and misery. He knows that during their marriage, when he didn't let her work, she felt so stifled.

He only wanted to make things easier for her. Of course, she's free to work. But why Oak Falls?

shouldn't get all bent out of shape over this,"

but thinks Casper's got it wrong. "Women aren't just meant to stay

you should, just that our baby's still little, he needs you, and you wouldn't be at ease

his head around what she's upset

I'm being unreasonable?" she glares at him in the

his head. "Absolutely not, it's just

can't talk to

even know why she's this

and holds her close. "Why can't we talk it out? Let's just take

our relationship now is

child, not really a marriage. There's

Casper: ...

to put some distance between them? Does she

he says, keeping her in the chair. "If a marriage certificate doesn't make us a couple,

to get back together

That leaves him speechless.

here. Even with a marriage certificate, it doesn't

year. You can't deny your feelings for me,