Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 718

The winter wind howled outside. In contrast, Jasper’s room was a tranquil and cozy haven,

His bed and Alyssa’s were next to each other. Despite the distance between the beds, he considered it as sharing a bed with her.

Xavier had slyly moved Alyssa’s bed closer to Jasper’s, and it was too late for her to protest, as Xavier and the other movers had already left. She couldn’t move her bed on her own, and Jasper was too feeble to be of any help.

She lay on the bed and closed her eyes, her breathing calm.

Meanwhile, Jasper was in his own bed, taking in the scent that wafted from her hair. The scent tempted him, and even the mundane ceiling in his room seemed to have transformed into a starlit sky.

His palms were drenched, and his fingers shakily inched toward Alyssa.

Her voice suddenly rang in the silence. “Behave yourself.”

froze in the

don’t, you’ll regret it.

sweated profusely and managed a bitter smile.

felt like an eternity, he noticed that Alyssa

mustered all his

whispered, “Lyse, I love you, Good night,” before closing his eyes and falling asleep.

eyes and curled her fist. Her heart was pounding

back, “Good night, you scoundrel.”

Alyssa took some time off to visit her home in Belbanks. She went back out of concern for Lyla. Besides, she needed to ask Mandy for any medication that could help

manage Jasper’s PTSD.

might be Dr. White, but she wasn’t

how’s Lyla doing?” Alyssa asked, worried. She hugged

refused to meet anyone. She didn’t eat anything yesterday.

Xavier and two bodyguards lifted a huge bed into the room. Due to its size, they spent a lot of effort to fit it through