Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

After a while, Alyssa realized Jasper had disappeared. Leaving the party on her own, she ran into Mrs. Rosie in the corridor. "Mrs. Rosie, have you seen Jasper?"

"Mr. Jasper went back to his room. I knocked on his door for a long time, but he wouldn't open it," Rosie replied, shaking her head. "With everyone here tonight, enjoying such a lively occasion, I don't understand why he's isolating himself like a depressed teenager. It's so lame of him to call it a night this early."

Alyssa frowned, her smile wry. She felt concerned, aware of how downcast Jasper could be on his mother's death anniversary. Moreover, the confrontation with Javier at the cemetery likely brought back painful memories. Returning to such a lively home must have stirred up his emotions.

"Mrs. Rosie, could you please entertain our guests on the balcony? I'll go check on Jasper."

Alyssa stood before the room's door, taking a brief pause before gently knocking. "Jasper? Are you there?"

There was no response.

"Don't be sad. Come and enjoy the delicious food outside. Everyone is waiting for you."

Jasper was silent.

be missing your mother. I feel the same

the door panel, her voice as gentle as a dove. "Don't worry. I will make sure to treat you really well from now on. I know you've always felt lonely, but don't forget,

my whole family with you. Family, friends, the love of your life. You have everyone that anyone could

she could finish,

was abruptly pulled into the darkness. In the next

pressed her against the door in the dark.

Jasper murmured seductively in her

her ample bosom pressed tightly against his sturdy chest. Her

bodies as intimately

raced in this suggestive atmosphere.

all that to trick me, right?" Jasper's eyes glistened in the