Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

As Lauren wrote, a soft and motherly glow cacross her face.

Landon, on the other hand, hid behind her. His face was downcast, and his pale lips trembled uncontrollably.

He hugged her from behind and rested his chin on her shoulder. He nuzzled against her longingly. His eyes filled with tears that were so close to streaming down his face.

"Darling, didn't you say... that you didn't want to have children?" Landon's voice was unusually low and gravelly. With his lips right next to her ear, he asked, "Didn't you want to study art and be my only woman forever?" Lauren's lashes fluttered shyly. She focused her attention on writing, "That was in the past. That's not what's on my mind now." A lump rose in her throat. "Landon, I know that my physical condition isn't great. I have to take medications and get injections every day. I don't even know when I can be discharged.

"It doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl. I want to have a child whom we can raise together. This way, even if I were to one day leave this world before you, our child will still be here to keep you company. You won't feel lonely then." Landon couldn't stand seeing those words. With his finger, he pressed down hard on the screen and erased all that Lauren wrote. His heart ached, and the tears in his eyes blurred his vision.

"Don't say things like that, Lauren! We will be alright... I'm sure we can grow old together! As for children, I'm okay without them! All I need is you. I don't like children and I don't want any!" "Ah... Ahh..." Landon's sudden outburst of emotions made Lauren panic. Immediately, she grabbed his hand tightly and placed his shaking hand on her chest. With tears of pain in his eyes, Landon pressed his lips onto hers and kissed her deeply yet tenderly.

to slip in with his tongue. The gentle biting on his lips made

ever since

Whenever that happened, he would not

her all the time. Now, he had learned how to suppress his urges and be abstinent. He didn't mind the agony he had to go through. Whatever it was, he definitely could not let Lauren suffer a single bit. After a long while, they pulled away from one another. Landon used his finger to wipe away the

held her hand to

don't." He shook his

"Ah..." Lauren frowned.

it was as

done it in a very long time. She was afraid that he was enduring it alone, so

us. We have time." Landon hugged her tightly once again. He blinked