Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

"Lyse doesn't know you're meeting me, right?" Axel lowered his voice with ragged breathing.

"She's asleep." Jasper glanced at him deeply. Frowning, he questioned, "Axel, you look unwell. Are you feeling sick? I'll get my grandpa's physician to check on you." Axel ushered Jasper into his room and shut the door. Letting out a sigh, he walked to the couch, where he gritted his teeth and took off his torn black shirt under the dim light.

Jasper's pupils dilated in shock. He gasped at the horrific wounds across Axel's muscular body, swith scabs and sstill bleeding.

What shocked Jasper was the palm-sized burnt injury on Axel's back. Axel's honeyed skin turned a shade of red. Bloodied fluids oozed out of the burst blister.

"How did it get this bad?" Jasper's heart nearly stopped. He hurried over and helped Axel to take a seat.

Later, they set a fire around the villa to burn us alive." Axel clenched his jaw when he recalled

hardy man, he rarely complained or groaned when injured. In fact, he nearly couldn't make it when he arrived at Alyssa's door, yet he kept his injuries to himself to avoid

by anger, Jasper

breath and chuckled. "Now, I'm really thankful that Lyse has always been into you, even when Jameson tried to woo her. Thank

have you to thank," said Jasper

protected her when she was a kid. And us brothers, we've been there for her as adults. No one truly wants to be overly

the the belatedly realized the depths of his feelings, she had already