Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Landon sat by the bedside, lifting Lauren's bruised hand and gently pressing it to his cheek. He rubbed her hand tenderly against his cheek before placing a delicate kiss on her palm.

This was also how he typically showed her affection. He treated her like an incredibly fragile and precious object, guarding her with unwavering devotion.

He had cared for her diligently, yet those monsters had mercilessly ravaged his beloved, dragging her through the mire and shattering her.

"Lauren, I'm right here. Open your eyes and look at me, will you?" he implored, tears welling in his eyes, his lips quivering with emotion. "Wake up... Don't leave me alone."

In the end, he remained seated like that until daybreak.

Early the next day, Javier, accompanied by Rory, arrived to visit Lauren.

Jasper was sitting outside the hospital ward. He hadn't slept all night. A conflicted look came across his eyes when he saw Javier, but he stood up anyway.

"Have you been sitting here all night without sleeping?" Javier was surprised to see the dark circles beneath Jasper's eyes.

Jasper replied coldly, "Yeah. I wasn't sleepy."

four days, hasn't it? The longest someone can go without sleep

eyes met. The atmosphere was awkward

widened slightly. He couldn't believe that Javier

used to

and cleared his throat. "I had Rory buy some breakfast. You haven't eaten, have you?

of takeout. He placed

hospital food tastes bland. He specified that he wanted pancakes and such. I don't understand what's so tasty about pancakes that

heard that Alyssa was also here

had misheard. He stared at Javier and asked, "What

that incident with Lauren. She even hired a doctor from Mosgravia to

lips together. The look on his face was as prideful as usual. "Although I don't really

what Javier had said

noticed all these and smiled

as if Javier and Jasper were starting to