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.

pressed his chapped lips against hers, feeling her soft, trembling mouth against his. Their noses brushed together, and he could sense the gentle dampness

tangled breaths, 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. But Alyssa-she endured it in silence. As much as this was a

her could not pull away. It was as if, after a lifetime of hardship, she had been handed a piece of

hostage, consuming her from

a sharp pain exploded in Jasper's temples, and his vision blurred. He was

stared at him, her lips still moist from the kiss, her eyes wide

howling and tearing at each other inside his mind. He bit his

to suppress the demons that roiled inside. It was the only way he could

Don't meet him... Can you promise me that?" His voice was low and strained. Cold

were the one who ended things. What right do you have to tell me

deliberately, a 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

you to get hurt again." Jasper's words trembled 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 wanted to say. It's up to you whether or not you want to heed my words. But just know that I will never

Alyssa questioned him out of

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

said with a wry smile,