His Destructive, Toxic Love novel Chapter 353

The car window slid up slowly. Casper didn't give David another glance as the car pulled away, leaving David standing there, stunned. It took him a moment to gather his thoughts before he called Eliza.

Eliza, who picked up the phone, was initially shocked but quickly started packing her things, ready to go find Casper. "David, this isn’t on you."

"I didn't think Casper would just take the kid like that," David sighed, clearly feeling guilty. "I couldn't even keep an eye on a child; you have every right to be mad at me."

"That guy… don’t worry, he won’t hurt Brock. I’m heading back now, you stay out of this."

Brock liked Casper, and Casper didn’t mind the kid either. Taking the little guy was just Casper’s way of messing with David and making his presence known. And maybe using the kid as an excuse to see her again. It seemed the things said at the hotel that time had really bruised his ego.

After hanging up, Eliza slung her bag over her shoulder and got ready to leave the school. Carlos came running after her. “Ms. Valerie.”

“Mr. Carlos, what’s up?”

“The deadline for the competition submissions is coming up, and I noticed you haven’t turned in your artwork yet.”

Eliza had been swamped lately. She simply hadn’t had the time to paint. She gave him an apologetic smile. “I’m sorry, Mr. Carlos, I haven’t had the time. Maybe I’ll skip this one.”

“Is everything okay at home? You’ve been taking quite a bit of time off recently.” His concern was evident.

Eliza nodded but didn’t elaborate. “I’ll be heading out now.”

“Ms. Valerie.” Carlos called out again, “I heard the fool... returned to Falconridge?”

Eliza knew what Carlos was getting at. But Casper wasn’t a fool anymore. If he had any ideas, it wouldn’t do him any good. “Mr. Carlos, his name is Casper Gu. Look him up online; he’s not into guys, so don’t get any ideas.”