Can’t Win Me Back

In an instant, Landon felt like he had been shot in the heart.

The pain caused his sturdy body to tremble.

"Back in the Beckett family, Lauren had no sense of self, and she wasn't happy at all.

Now that she's with you, she's become the woman you keep by your side, living life according to your arrangements and preferences.

I don't think being too compliant is good for her." Jasper lowered his eyes and took a sip of wine.

"Take a few days apart from each other to calm down.

It's a chance to think about the future of your relationship and how you want to proceed." "Jasper...

do you even hear what you're saying?" Landon slammed his hands on the table, causing the wine in the glass decanter to ripple.

His eyes were redder than the wine within.

"When you pursued Alyssa, I never once asked you to give up! Now, when I need advice, you don't help...

to give up? "In the end, I'm just a worthless and irresponsible

never intended to truly entrust Lauren to me! I really regret ever being friends with you!" Jasper frowned at those

you're being too one-sided." "If it was Alyssa, and I asked you to give up on her, could you? I'm asking you,

could you? Losing Alyssa would kill you,

point of me living if I lose Lauren? "When you said I should reconsider this relationship and take

you're killing me.

my ashes!" "Lyse and

endure? Not to mention setbacks, just the slightest stimulus could make her world collapse!" Jasper's eyes

and anxiety at this moment were as if he were choosing a son-in- law for

what ordinary people can, and

her, you need courage, determination, and patience far beyond those of

clearly

Landon's heart sank, as if a bucket of cold

indeed been in the wrong, and he couldn't blame

as the tension reached its peak, a clear and loud voice

the middle of the night?" Both men