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.

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

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 terrible kiss,

of hardship, she had been handed a piece of sweetness

Alyssa hostage, consuming

temples, and his vision blurred. He was forced to

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

tearing at each other inside his mind. He bit his tongue until it went numb, desperately trying to calm the chaos

within him to suppress the demons that roiled inside. It was the only way he could appear normal in front of Alyssa, rather than a creature dependent on medication to

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

ended things. What right do you have to tell me what

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

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 about?' Alyssa questioned him out of the

his tracks. He closed

tormenting me," Alyssa said with a