Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

That night, moonlight cast a silvery glow on the ground while the night breeze rustled the trees outside the window.

Closing his eyes, Jonah clutched a cross in his hands, devoutly praying in front of the statue of God.

Since the passing of his former beloved, he had day after day sought self-redemption through prayer, repenting for the sins he had committed.

Countless times in the past, it had all been for him.

But now, standing once again before the statue of God, Jonah found himself unable to discern his own feelings. He felt lost and adrift.

He breathed out a long sigh. Just as he turned away, the doors of the church were suddenly pushed open.

A chilly wind rushed in, dispersing the sorrow between his brows.

The next moment, that slender and graceful figure with fox-like eyes tore through the desolation and caught his gaze.

Jonah...

Julien's slender figure stood alone in the center of the doorway. His eyes were brimming with tears. "You've come looking for me... Why didn't you wait for me? Would it have killed you to wait a little longer?"

Jonah's heart wrenched. His entire body froze, and the emotions in his bloodshot eyes surged uncontrollably.

"Jackass... Don't you know... how hard it was for me to find you?"

Julien tried so hard to suppress his emotions that he was trembling all over. But he finally broke down in tears upon seeing his beloved.

anyone from the Taylor family or even Aunt Mandy... I was afraid of causing trouble for you and each and every one of

to the point of losing his voice. "But... what I'm afraid of even

he said "afraid" in

son of the Lovelace family, who had

him to become like

it the feud between the

ambivalence toward him or the ruthlessness he showed in extinguishing the rekindled flame of

steadily at Julien's tear-streaked face. His heart throbbed painfully as if it were being

you walk away from my house that

can't let

as if speaking for the first time. "This is a church. Please refrain from saying such

it! If there truly is a God, then let him punish

forcefully. "It's hurting so much here... I don't care about the Lovelace family. I don't care about the punishment

fall, I'll hold it up for you. If we're

strength, his eyes

by a warm embrace tinged with

which he had longed for

the thin shirt as his hand rested on Julien's waist. "You're

"I'm fine."

also wanted to hug Jonah, but he was in too much pain. He was too weak to lift

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