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.

soft, trembling mouth against his. Their noses brushed together, and he could sense the gentle dampness of

it was clear-Jasper's kissing was awkward, almost painful, like a teenager clumsily exploring love for the first time. He bit her tongue in his eagerness.

a lifetime of hardship, she had been handed a

Alyssa hostage, consuming

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

her lips still moist from the kiss, her eyes wide with

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

only way he could appear normal in

with Justin. Don't meet him... Can you promise me that?"

we? You were the one who ended things.

you to see the person who was once yours

with barely contained emotion. His hands shook, but no one saw. His urge to search for his pills almost consumed him. "That's all I

Alyssa

stopped in his tracks. He closed his eyes briefly, simply responding.

Alyssa said with a wry