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

years ago?” Jasper asked, pain and anguish

in on

Alice because of that? Because he suddenly remembered?

But why now?

only after 13 years?

late now. How she wished he had

Alyssa!” Jasper asked, forcing her

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myself

heart. Of course

given her that nickname because she refused to answer when he asked. He

Alice in Wonderland.

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

13 years

for so long,

no need to, really. I never hoped you

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

Jasper’s breathing hitched.

was nothing amiss in his complete forgetfulness of her or in his act of saving

couldn’t stop the guilt weighing on

heart for 13 years, yet he had forgotten her. All she ever did was try

unlike him, who only wanted to

out. “I … really didn’t know…

would have still divorced me, no?”

her regrets about him, she wasn’t holding on anymore.

I’m Alyssa or Alice, they’re nothing more than just names. It

apologize, really. I should be

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

properly thank you.”

to know the

I saved you once, and you wanted

anymore, Jasper. It’s all in the past now. No point digging up

a tender place

she said, “We need to focus on getting to safety right now. I’m freezing here.”

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

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