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.

throat clamped in on itself.

of that? Because

But why now?

only after 13 years?

was too late now. How she

Jasper asked, forcing her

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myself Alice when we married?” she

Jasper’s heart. Of

nickname because she refused to answer when he

Alice in Wonderland.

wildest dreams did Jasper imagine that

intertwining their lives 13 years later. She had even

kept it secret for so

smiled lightly. “There’s no need

life, after all. Whether it was 13 years, three

Jasper’s breathing hitched.

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

he couldn’t stop the guilt weighing on his

for 13 years, yet he had forgotten her. All she ever

distance, unlike him, who only wanted to shut her

out. “I … really didn’t know… If

have still divorced me,

regrets about him, she wasn’t holding

Alice, they’re nothing more

to apologize, really. I should be the

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

properly thank you.”

Jasper wanted to know the answer to this.

because I saved you

doesn’t matter anymore, Jasper. It’s all in the past now. No point digging up a

a

getting to safety right now. I’m

be an unspoken truce between

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