Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 272

“Why are you … here?” Alyssa was caughtby surprise. She looked adorable and innocent with the freckles on her face and a head of messy hair.

Jameson Schmidt had a smile in his eyes as he pressed his lips together.”Can’t I be your suitor?”

Her lips formed a taut line as she struggled to answer his question. He resolved the awkwardness with a gentle smile that made his question sound like a harmless joke.

“May I take a seat?” asked Jamesongentlemanly.

“Please do,” she replied graciously.

Jameson did not look much different from their first encounter. He looked refined and suave, dressed in a striped emerald couture suit and wearing a pair of gold-

rimmed glasses.

“Ms. Taylor, you are rocking a ratheradorable and unique style today.” He squinted.”You don’t have to act in front of me, though. Just be yourself.”

She coughed in awkwardness.”I don’t recall having you as my date. Why are you here?”

again. I feel the

a suggestive

since our last meeting. I do wish to meet you again.”She cast a sh arp

and the hands on his knees trembled out of

aback, she politely

it’s been a while.”

but those memories were from decades ago. Jameson felt like

when he was younger.

a had been the popular kid in school. She was nicknamed

saw Jameson bullied, she helped him out right away by beating up three boys who were all taller than her. From

could recall from her childhood. Little did she know that Jameson, through the ups and downs in his later life, had

hope she cast into

to him. She was like the sun,

recognized me when I bumpedinto you drunk at the karaoke that

“Yes.”He smiled.

from danger becauseyou were following me, not because you happened to be

“That’s a yes too.”

She frowned.”Why didn’t you tellme who you