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?”

know that you must havewanted to meet me again. I feel the same too.” He took

a suggestive

our last meeting. I do wish to meet

wavered a little, and the hands on his knees trembled out of joy. He

she politely

it’s been a while.”

in their childhood, but those memories were from decades ago. Jameson felt like

he was younger. Due to his feminine looks and reserved personality, other

been the popular kid in

boys who were all taller than her. From then on, no one dared to bully Jameson because she

Jameson, through the ups and downs in his later life, had never forgotten the

cast into his

term failed to describe her importance to him. She was like the sun, igniting the world anew with such

you drunk at the

“Yes.”He smiled.

me from danger becauseyou were following me, not because you

“That’s a yes too.”

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