Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Axel tiptoed over to the bed when he heard Amber's shallow breathing after she fell asleep. Kneeling on one knee by the bed, he studied her lovely sleeping face.

Moments later, he mumbled in a low voice, "You're not like Lyse."

Amber probably overheard him. Her lashes fluttered gently as tears crept to her eyes.

Axel gulped upon seeing her tears and thought of wiping them away, only to withdraw his hand and head toward the balcony forlornly.

When Amber woke up groggily the next morning, Axel had left. She sat up in her comfortable sheets and paused in shock when she found Axel's black windbreaker draping across the blanket. He had clearly left it behind for her.

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still as caring as ever. Whoever gets to marry him will be the happiest woman ever." Chuckling, Amber ran her trembling fingertips through

balcony. When she pulled open the floor-to-ceiling doors, she felt an electrifying jolt. The cigarette stubs that scattered across the floor were proof that Axel hadn't slept

but they ended up crashing two of their luxurious cars

Amber back. Because of that, Carl anxiously searched high and low for Amber. However, his search was futile

used Amber like a tool and never had any

the entrance with a look of calm. She went up to Jameson with a

the time when Amber had not yet been molded into Alyssa

openly. "Do I need to take it off so you could burn