Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 513

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It was as though Jasper was adrift in a pool of pure astonishment, and the fact that the ledge beneath

them was falling apart only enhanced this surreal feeling.

“Hurry, Alice!” he cried, resurrecting a name that had been dormant in his mind for years.

Alyssa jolted in shock. The call of that name seemed to give her a boost of adrenaline. She was able to

push herself up on the ledge at the last second, right into Jasper’s arms.

He held her close in his arms, keeping her safe.

A thunderous boom echoed through the air.

Just as the rocky ledge disintegrated and tumbled down the mountainside, Jasper deftly rolled aside,

narrowly escaping the peril.

“Fuck!” he hissed in pain when his back collided with a boulder. The intensity of the pain led to an

immediate outbreak of sweat on his skin.

“Are you hurt?” Alyssa asked worriedly, noticing how pale he was.

Jasper shook his head, his voice steady as he reassured, “I’m okay.”

Alyssa heaved a sigh of relief, falling back against his chest. By now, both were thoroughly drenched and

shivering from the cold.

“Why… Why didn’t you tell me?” Jasper asked hoarsely, gazing at her.

“What?” Alyssa avoided his gaze.

“Why didn’t you tell me that we met 13 years ago? Why didn’t you tell me you were the girl I saved all

Jasper asked, pain

in on itself.

of that? Because he suddenly remembered?

But why now?

only after 13

now. How she wished he

Alyssa!” Jasper asked, forcing her to meet his

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called myself

pricked Jasper’s heart. Of course he

to answer when he asked.

Alice in Wonderland.

dreams did Jasper imagine that a seemingly trivial and long-forgotten

lives 13 years later. She had even married

secret for so long, too.

you do.” Alyssa smiled lightly. “There’s no need

than another passerby in your life, after all. Whether it was 13 years,

Jasper’s breathing hitched.

amiss in his complete forgetfulness of her or in his act of saving her

couldn’t stop the guilt weighing on

13 years, yet he had forgotten her. All she

who only wanted to shut her out.

really didn’t know… If I knew, I-”

have still

she had her regrets about him, she wasn’t holding on

I’m Alyssa or Alice, they’re nothing more than just names. It wouldn’t

to apologize, really. I should

you saved me all those years ago, I never got a chance to know your name or who you are, nor

properly thank you.”

Alyssa?” Jasper wanted to know the answer to

end. “Is it just because I saved you once, and you wanted

in the past now. No point digging up a

as if closing a tender place

to focus on getting to

to be an unspoken truce between them as they waded through the thunderstorm.

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