Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

"Aren't you curious what I told Jameson after barging into his plane?" Alyssa resisted the entire day and eventually decided to ask.

Jasper smiled lightly. "Why? Are you afraid I would be jealous?"

"Pfft! If you would get jealous of someone like him, you are basically questioning my character." Alyssa poked his chest hard with her fingertip.

"Before this, I was really jealous when I saw both of you together." Jasper's eyes reddened slightly. He lifted her hand and planted a warm kiss on her palm.

"I know. It was so obvious. I'm not blind."

Alyssa pouted as a light sense of uneasiness appeared on her face. "At that time, you and I just divorced, so I had accumulated so much anger at you. I was overjoyed when I saw you getting angry.

"I thought I was different from other women. Divorce wasn't a big deal. I thought I could let it go as easily as getting divorced. Then, I finally understood the joy I felt seeing you angry didn't stem from the satisfaction of getting revenge—it was the feeling that you still cared."

It was 13 years of pursuing, crushing on, and obsessing.

was impossible to let it go that

rushed through

brewing in his heart for so long. He even dreamt of the day he would

Was he worthy?

worthy of being

choked so much that he couldn't utter the last

so she changed the subject. "Actually, I didn't say much

to vent it

in Kontina for the past 15 years. What could he possibly experience, or who did he meet that had caused his heart to harden

in Alyssa's mind. She shook her head. "He was never like this. I still remember the time we snuck out to play when we were younger and saw a snake in the

terrified than I was but still courageously stood before the snake. He shivered all over and scared the snake away. There are still many instances... He was a pretty good person

favorable. Three of the children were not hers. She had to be careful,

you know how he was. He was too weak and unable to