Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 517

No love lingering on.

Alyssa couldn’t lie. Pain swept through her chest when she said those words out loud.

This pain had become a familiar companion. It was a constant presence in her three years of marriage to Jasper, and she often worried it might trigger a heart attack. It struck her more often than the occasions

when Jasper spent time with her.

“What’s the point of asking all this now, Jasper? Do you still expect me to feel the same way for you and not move on?” Alyssa asked weakly. She rarely appeared so fragile in front of others.

She continued, “I’ve loved you for 13 years. Tell me, how many more years could I possibly sacrifice? I

can’t bring myself to love you anymore. I’m afraid to.”

She was scared of loving anyone else at this point.

It felt like someone was squeezing Jasper’s heart. Painful emotion rose like a wave in his throat, cutting

his breath off.

he had been. Not only

he had

you telling the truth, Alyssa?” Jasper asked, knowing he would be defeated by her answer

still

softly. “I was telling the truth when I said I loved you, when I said I didn’t want the divorce, and when I cried those tears… Of course I

I don’t love you anymore.”

held her

warm anymore.

I owe you one. I’ll definitely pay back the favor

isn’t too outrageous,” Alyssa said.

was setting up boundaries

but she had fallen asleep on his

cheeks standing out on her pallid complexion,

He hugged her closer, reminiscing on the countless

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chances by already. So he was going to appreciate this opportunity here and now as

he

could only blame himself for

pick up any signal. Though Jasper wanted this moment to last forever, he knew it

kept on feeling for her