Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 2305

Jasper remained silent. His hands balled into tight fists at his sides, trembling ever so lightly as a dark expression settled over his face.

After a moment of silence, Justin offered a casual smile, ignoring the tension on Jasper's face as he moved past him.

"Justin, I've always respected you since I was young." Jasper's voice broke the silence, hoarse and strained, with his back turned to Justin. "There are things I can compromise on, but some matters, I can't."

Justin, his back still facing Jasper, narrowed his eyes and asked, "Such as?"

"My need to see her now." A fierce determination lit Jasper's darkened eyes. "Justin, I won't deny your feelings for her. It's none of my business. But you have no right to stop me from seeing her either.

"If you and Ms. Alyssa are officially together, I'll never go near her again. You won't even need to say a word. I'll give you both my blessings and wish you a happy life together."

As Jasper said "happy life", his throat tightened, and a bitter taste of bile rose at the back of his mouth. Still, he continued, "But as long as she's not yours, we're equals in her eyes. You can see her, and so can I. If that bothers you, I'm sorry."

eyes hid any trace of emotion on his face. In a cold, detached voice, he asked,

lump rose in Jasper's throat, and his gaze

voice grew deeper, marked by a few dry coughs. "We may not share the same mother, but ask yourself-how have I treated

treated me very well,"

flooded his mind, moments of warmth shared with Justin, four years his senior, a brother who had always been

disdain from many. Justin was the first to show him care, standing

help Jasper escape that terrifying

you can see, I'll be bound to this wheelchair for the rest of my life. And the medications are the permanent part of it

smile. "I know that I don't deserve Ms. Alyssa. But she's willing to spend time

away from home on my own for so many years, I often feel lonely and lost. Oftentimes, I'd ask myself if my life is just going

too, crave the companionship of someone I love. I, too, want a normal life-to get married, start a family, and have a happy

stunned. His older brother, once so detached from the world, longed for a family? And the woman he wanted to

He recalled the earlier scene at the orphanage, where Alyssa and Justin had shared a smile in the

were either brimming with tears or clouded with sorrow. He had once been the man she loved. Now, he was only a source