Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 2357

The hot soup soaked through Jasper's clothes, and the scalding heat mirrored the intense temperature of his body at that moment.

Yet, his focus wasn't on the discomfort. He leaned forward and grabbed Alyssa by the wrists, pulling her hands toward him with firm insistence.

'Let me have a look. Do your hands still hurt?"

"Let go of me!" Alyssa struggled as tears filled her eyes.

*Stop struggling. You haven't recovered from your injuries!" Jasper's breaths became heavier as he tightened his grasp over her wrists.

He saw her tears glistening in her eyes as she waved her bandaged hands at him, her face a mixture of misery and comic helplessness. Yet, there was an undeniable adorableness about her that sparked a deep, protective instinct in him.

Memories of the past flashed in Jasper's mind.

As his gaze remained fixed on Alyssa, something dark stirred within him, a coldness he had held for so long rising to the surface.

He pressed his chapped lips against hers, feeling her soft, trembling mouth against his. Their noses brushed together, and he

exploring love for the first time. He bit her tongue in his eagerness. But Alyssa-she endured it in silence. As much as this was a terrible kiss, she couldn't help but sink into

a lifetime of hardship, she had been handed a piece of sweetness buried

intense masculinity took Alyssa hostage, consuming her from the inside

vision blurred. He was forced to pull away, his face stiffening as the agony

her lips still moist from

mind. He bit his tongue until it went numb, desperately trying to calm

him to suppress the demons that roiled inside. It was the only way he could appear normal in front of

meet him... Can you promise me that?" His voice was

broken up, haven't we? You were the one who ended things.

bitter smile playing on her lips. "Does it bother you to see the person who was once yours with someone else? Are you bothered, or do you still care

for his pills almost consumed him. "That's all I wanted to say. It's up to you whether or not you want to heed my words.

about?' Alyssa

He closed his eyes briefly, simply responding. "Good

Alyssa said with a wry