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.

Not only had he dragged her down in this

had also ruined her.

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

still tried.

you?” Alyssa said softly. “I was telling the truth when I said I loved you, when I said I didn’t want the divorce, and when

love you anymore.”

unshed tears. He held her hand. It

warm anymore.

once again, Jasper. I owe you one. I’ll definitely

isn’t too outrageous,” Alyssa

was clear she was setting up boundaries between

to say something in response, but she had fallen asleep on

as she did, her flushed cheeks standing out on her pallid complexion, reminiscent of

closer, reminiscing on the countless

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as he

blame himself for how things

nor could his phone pick up any signal. Though Jasper wanted this moment to last forever, he knew it couldn’t, not with Alyssa running a

he kept on feeling for her temperature and pulse.