Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

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Alyssa looked a little surprised. But she quickly lowered her head. Even though she did her best to suppress her emotions, Jasper could still see a hint of embarrassment in her eyes.

It made his heart pound wildly. His cheeks flared in embarrassment as well.

At that moment, Jasper’s phone started vibrating in his pocket. He fished it out to look at the caller ID. Then, he left the study immediately.

Jasper leaned against the wall in the corridor as he stared at the word “Lia” on his phone screen. Finally, he picked up the call silently.

“Jasper, are you still mad at me?” Liana’s cries drifted from the other end of the line before Jasper could say anything.

“No,” he replied emotionlessly.

But Liana clearly felt that Jasper was still angry at her.

“C–Can you come over to my place right now? I miss you so much, Jasper! I can’t even sleep because of how much I miss you…”

Liana confessed to Jasper in a soft and sweet tone.

“Not tonight. I need to keep Grandpa company.”

“You’re at Grandpa’s place right now? I’ll head over there, then. Didn’t you tell me that I need to pop over to Grandpa’s villa and show that I care about him? That way, he’ll accept me as a part of the family.”

Liana continued, “It just so happened that I baked a fresh batch of chestnut tarts earlier.

Remember when we used to eat them sneakily before dinner? I’ll bring some for Grandpa as well. I want him to taste my cooking, after all.”

Her tone was very gentle and kind.

“Lia, I can’t meet you tonight.”

Jasper’s heart softened when he heard Liana mentioning the past. Even his voice became gentler

right now,” he explained. “It’d be bad if you were to bump into her here. You know how much Grandpa likes

Alice right now?” Liana’s voice trembled at that

has been looking for her over the past few

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truth? Or is it because you want

overthink things, Lia.”

is that shameless woman up to this time? You two have already divorced. So, why is

She wants

now, Liana hated Alyssa’s guts

his throbbing temple while

way Jasper had stared at her earlier. Her heart skipped a

as a result.

blush just now? How pathetic

were naturally alluring. He could be glaring at

he was trying to

Newton suddenly called out to

Alyssa snapped out of her thoughts before smiling

the bracelet I gave you. You keep

was panic. Her mind went blank at

all of

“G–Grandpa-”

it. That bracelet will be with you for

Ben clean out my late wife’s jewelry. He found a couple more gems in her stash, so I’d like you to have them. Think

continued, “I’m already very old, you know. I used to think you’d live happily ever after with Jasper, but it seems he’s pretty

But if something were to happen to you in the future, you could sell those

Alice?

looked surprised. He was a domineering old man. Yet, at that