His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

Chapter 656

Dillon nodded, started the car, and headed to the hospital. Inside, the car was

wrapped in a deep, comfortable silence, both of them quietly embracing it. As they rolled to a stop at a red light, Caroline's voice cut through the stillness, "Maybe we should just break up."

Those words felt like they'd been practiced a thousand times in their minds, as if both were waiting for the other to be the first to speak, making it easier on themselves not to seem heartless. Dillon wasn't taken aback. He cast a sideways glance at her, "Still think Drew's the one for you?"

"This isn't about Drew." She knew Dillon had always misunderstood her friendship with Drew, but that was just a misconception. "He's even younger than you. Do you really think I'd go for him?"

"If you liked older guys, why'd you come after me in the first place?"

There was a touch of hurt in his voice. He was only a few years older, yet now it seemed like age had become this massive divide between them. To an outsider, they might have seemed a decade or two apart. Caroline struggled to explain how age shouldn't be a barrier to love, but where was the passion?

he was always so composed. She always felt that because she wasn't a young girl, he didn't see the need to woo her, to be attentive, or to spend every moment together.

not point fingers about who started what. We both got into this hoping for something real, but it just didn't pan out. I didn't meet the perfect wife criteria, and you weren't the ideal husband. Splitting up seems like the

expression layered with complexity. She wasn't wrong. Love isn't just a quick spark; without the willingness

"So, is this it?"

nodded gently, "If you're

wheel, taking a moment before nodding as if convincing himself, "I hope

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intimate moments on one hand. He was so busy, and there were stretches where she wouldn't see him for ages-once, it was six whole months. They'd become the

bland relationship wasn't what she wanted. Breaking up was

too, find someone right and tie

will." He chuckled, "I'll