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.

She was cut off when Jasper sealed her lips with a kiss. His heart raced, and his breathing was ragged.

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

an exhausted traveler who had come across an oasis. He

kissed her. His breathing stabilized after a while, and the trembling

and he would have continued doing so all day if not because

outfit was drenched and clung to his solid chest. He might as

Was he trying to kiss his way back

right after you woke up?” she cursed him out harshly as she struggled to gather herself after

kiss, he

longer lingered.

her and lifted her chin as he