Can’t Win Me Back

Chapter 718

The winter wind howled outside. In contrast, Jasper’s room was a tranquil and cozy haven,

His bed and Alyssa’s were next to each other. Despite the distance between the beds, he considered it as sharing a bed with her.

Xavier had slyly moved Alyssa’s bed closer to Jasper’s, and it was too late for her to protest, as Xavier and the other movers had already left. She couldn’t move her bed on her own, and Jasper was too feeble to be of any help.

She lay on the bed and closed her eyes, her breathing calm.

Meanwhile, Jasper was in his own bed, taking in the scent that wafted from her hair. The scent tempted him, and even the mundane ceiling in his room seemed to have transformed into a starlit sky.

His palms were drenched, and his fingers shakily inched toward Alyssa.

Her voice suddenly rang in the silence. “Behave yourself.”

in the

don’t,

and managed a bitter smile.

what felt like an eternity, he noticed that Alyssa had drifted

deep breath and mustered all his courage to hold

whispered, “Lyse, I love you, Good night,” before closing his

his light snoring, she quietly opened her eyes and

back, “Good night,

after Jasper, Alyssa took some time off to visit her home in Belbanks. She went back out of concern for Lyla. Besides, she needed to ask Mandy for any

manage Jasper’s PTSD.

might be Dr. White, but

how’s Lyla doing?” Alyssa asked, worried. She

has been hiding away in her room and refused to meet anyone. She