Can’t Win Me Back

Chapter 704

Jasper rolled out of his bed and rushed over to Alyssa.

“You-” she began. He grasped her wrist and spun her around dizzyingly into a hug. She bumped her head against his chest.

“Lyse, I’m so glad you’re safe,” Jasper mumbled repeatedly and rested his chin on her shoulder. He seemed to care more about her than himself even when he was injured.

Alyssa refrained from touching Jasper. She protested, “You’re still injured. Don’t move around. Go back to your bed and rest now.”

“No,” he stubbornly refused, tightening his arms around her.

Widening her eyes, she sensed his fast-beating heart. Why? His body was warm and tense, his trembling suggesting something was wrong.

me. You should-Mmph-” She was cut off when Jasper sealed her lips with a kiss. His heart raced, and

while she strumbled backward until her back was pressed against the wall. Having nowhere

an exhausted traveler who had come across an oasis. He forced her lips open,

after a while, and the trembling faded.

and he would have continued

panting. Jasper’s patient outfit was drenched and clung to his solid chest. He might as

he trying to kiss his

up?” she cursed

kiss, he felt

longer lingered.

He boldly pressed hirnself against her and