His Destructive, Toxic Love

"Let's see what you're really worth." He gripped her waist, his thrusts increasingly forceful and possessive.

He knew every inch of her. In the two years they'd been married, their intimate moments were rare, but each time left him utterly bewitched, sometimes so much that he couldn't help but come back for more.

He couldn't deny his insatiable desire for her. He saw the flush of red on her face, and his grip turned even more domineering.

Afterward, he pulled away. Suddenly, he noticed the bed sheets beneath her stained red with blood.

She lay there with her eyes tightly shut, clearly in excruciating pain. The pain was so intense that she curled up into a tight ball.

The blood spread beneath her like a blooming poppy.

A sudden grip tightened around Casper's heart. This wasn't her period...

"Are you mute? Couldn't you tell me it hurt?"

Casper grabbed a blanket, wrapped up Eliza, and carried her downstairs. Her body was burning hot, her complexion pale and bloodless.

"Driver, get the car."

On the way to the hospital, Casper called Aaron, asking him to meet them there.

The moment he arrived at the hospital, he rushed Eliza straight to the emergency room.

"What's the situation?"

Aaron reached out to take her, but Casper dodged him. He carried her directly into the emergency treatment room.

Aaron didn't take offense, and after explaining the situation to the doctors, he waited outside with Casper.

Casper pulled out a cigarette, attempting to light it several times unsuccessfully.

"Smoking is prohibited in the hospital. Just bear with it," Aaron said.

Casper angrily threw the cigarette and lighter into the trash, rubbing his hands through his thick hair.

The light in the emergency room stayed on, stark and unsettling.

A nurse came out midway to speak with Aaron, handed him a form, then went back inside.

Aaron handed the form to Casper. "Sign here."

"What is it?" He looked over with bloodshot eyes.

It was a surgical consent form.Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

Aaron sighed. "Eliza has a ruptured corpus luteum and needs surgery."

He wasn't sure if Casper did it on purpose or if Eliza was just too fragile to withstand a grown man's strength. These private matters were not his to pry too much into.

"You got here in time, so there shouldn't be any danger to her life."

Casper's Adam's apple bobbed as he took Aaron's pen, his hand trembling as he signed his name.

Aaron took the consent form Casper signed and stood up to give it to the nurse.

When Eliza woke up, the room was stark white. Her vacant gaze fixed on the ceiling for a long, long time.

She wanted to cry, but she had no tears left. Even if she had tears, for whom would she cry?

She could only swallow all her grievances, with nowhere else to turn.

Aaron pushed the door open and entered. "You're awake."

"Shame I didn't die." Her dry lips curved in a self-mocking smile.

Aaron felt a pang in his heart. "Don't say that."

"Aaron, sorry you have to see this."

Aaron gently shook his head, his heart aching more for her. "Casper has a bad temper, he... I've already give him a piece of my mine."

"Aaron, please talk to Casper. If he loves Nova so much, cherishes her, adores her, then let him marry her. After all, I can't have children anymore. I'm of no value to the Welton family..." She hopelessly sighed, her eyes filled with a lonely confusion about the future.