Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

"Were you peeping again?" Jasper questioned.

Alyssa pursed her lips and gripped her coffee cup. "Yeah. I didn't want you bullied."

"How did I do? Was I cool?" He placed a hand on her head and slid his fingers between her hair.

She inched closer and kissed him on the cheek. "Yeah, you were incredibly cool."

He wrapped his arm around her waist, and his hot breath tickled the tip of her nose. He said, "You deserve the credit for what happened today. Had you not pressured the media with KS Group's power, I couldn't have successfully kept every single Solana City media out of the press conference.

"Javier Beckett hated that I disrupted his plans, but he hated the humiliation more."

After some thinking, Alyssa gently advised him, "Jasper, promise me that you won't go against your dad after the Sophia Kirkman case. Alright?"

for me?" He lifted her chin with a

"I'm serious."

receives her payback, I promise not to get into trouble with Javier Beckett as long as he doesn't unfairly target you and

his eyes softened, but he seemed troubled.

of them felt worried on their way to Crescent Bay. Knowing that Newton doted on them, they wondered if he had summoned them to the villa because he had learned about how Jasper messed up Javier's press conference. Did Javier complain to

all, Newton wouldn't want to see Beckett

had an idea. When she entered the villa,

I missed you too!" It had

brow at Newton's way of addressing

Now that the two were dating, Jasper thought it was

I'll perform a health checkup on you. Then, I'll make your favorite corn soup.

one knee in