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

ago?” Jasper asked, pain

in on

call her Alice because of that? Because he

But why now?

after 13 years?

late now. How she wished he had never remembered.

forcing her to meet

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I called myself

Jasper’s heart. Of course he

given her that nickname because she refused to answer when he

in Wonderland.

in his wildest dreams did Jasper imagine that

ultimately intertwining their lives 13 years later. She had even married him.

for so long,

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

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

Jasper’s breathing hitched.

forgetfulness of her or in his act of saving

Yet, he couldn’t stop the guilt weighing on

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

only wanted to

out. “I … really didn’t

have still divorced me,

smile widened. Though she had her regrets

they’re nothing more than

to apologize, really. I should be

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

properly thank you.”

still marry me, Alyssa?” Jasper wanted to know the answer

just because I saved you once, and you wanted to pay me back?”

past now. No point

if closing a tender place in her heart away.

she said, “We need to focus on getting to safety

be an unspoken truce between them as they waded through the

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