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

asked, pain and anguish flooding his chest.

in on itself.

he call her Alice because of that? Because

But why now?

only after 13 years?

now. How she wished he

Jasper asked, forcing her to

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myself

Jasper’s heart. Of course

to answer

Alice in Wonderland.

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

years later.

secret for

do.” Alyssa smiled lightly. “There’s no need to, really. I never hoped you would. I’m nothing

life, after all. Whether it

Jasper’s breathing hitched.

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

ago. Yet, he couldn’t stop

years, yet he had forgotten her. All she ever did was try closing

who only wanted to shut her

sorry…” Jasper croaked out. “I … really didn’t know… If

still divorced

she had her regrets about him, she wasn’t

or Alice, they’re nothing more than just

don’t need to apologize, really. I should be the one

saved me all those years ago, I never got a chance to know your name or who you are,

properly thank you.”

me, Alyssa?” Jasper wanted to know the answer

saved you once, and

in the past now. No point digging up

closing a tender place in

to focus on getting to safety right now. I’m

be an unspoken truce between them as

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