Alyssa's feet were now adorned with wounds, streaks of blood, and dried-up residue. His heart was on

the verge of shattering as he witnessed it.

"Lyse, I want to make you happy, but look at what I've brought you."

Closing his eyes, Jasper drew in a deep, audible breath, struggling to hide the tightness in his hoarse

throat.

Suddenly, his phone vibrated. It was a call from Ben.

Jasper rubbed his eyes as he stood up and went to the window to answer it. "Mr. Gorham, how is

Grandpa doing?"

"Mr. Newton is doing well. He misses Ms. Alyssa a lot, so he sleeps very late. Mr. Jasper, have you

found Ms. Alyssa? Mr. Newton asked about her before he went to bed." Ben sounded worried.

"I've found her. Tell Grandpa not to worry anymore when he wakes up. I will be by her side."

However, he didn't know how long he still had with her.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Jasper..."

Ben felt guilty. He uttered with difficulty, "It's my fault. If I had told you earlier about Ms. Alyssa's

miscarriage, things wouldn't have turned out this way."

"This has nothing to do with you. I singlehandedly caused the tragedy today."

fell silent. He suddenly

recalled that three Christmases ago, he had embarked on a business trip

project.

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the car accident happened, it was daytime for him because of the time difference. There

have missed the phone

Gorham, I remembered you said Alyssa called

tense.

the first

"That incident is in the past. Plus,

at that point, so you were often away for work. You

that you didn't have time to eat. I'm sure you didn't mean to

was struck by lightning. His shoulder

He suddenly remembered!

working at the Beckett Group's branch in Mosgravia.

him to some party.

rejected Liana. She threw a

Alyssa must have made a distress call

Instantly, Jasper's gaze darkened.

Jasper? Mr. Jasper? Why did you stop talking? Are you okay?"

Jasper rested his hand on the window sill. His towering

on the verge of

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