Can’t Win Me Back

hapter 277

Alyssa had always been like that. She would be completely focused on an object of her interest and fall into a world of her own.

Suddenly, it occurred to her that Jameson was waiting for her. She quickly spun around to find him patiently standing on the side, this time with a straw basket in his hand filled with pink roses that carried an understated beauty.

The breathtaking char m of the flowers reminded her of a quote from Wislawa Szymborska, which said, “Only a rose blooms as a rose, no one else.”

“Ms. Taylor,”Jameson addressed herwhile approaching with the flower basket.

“Oh, don’t step in here! Be careful not todirty your clothes!” she hurriedly stopped him when she noticed his sparkly clean outfit. However, he made his way through

the thorny shrubs in an attempt to get to her.

She pursed her lips in embarrassment.

“Ms. Taylor, this is for you.” His eyeswere as soft as the sunset colors when he handed her the basket.

your gift,”she turned him down

be inappropriate to accept roses from him, which appeared more like a

with a smile.”A beauty like you is worthy of the roses. More importantly, I wanted to give you

roses come with soil. You can plantthem in your garden and

After some deliberation,

bent toward her. She blinked in surprise, holding her breath as his face

there

He nodded in

her face inconfusion, leaving a soil mark on

forehead. It took her a while to react to his swift move, and she frantically said, “I’ll do it

now.”Gazingdeep into her eyes, he quickly withdrew

exact moment she started

very soon. Perhaps Jameson was merely being attentive because of his mild temperament and the fact that she was a childhood

their direction. Alyssa raised

her. He was not agitated nor furious, even though something was

observed the interaction between Alyssa and Jameson. He clenched his fists,