Can’t Win Me Back

The cloudless sky was a brilliant blue.

After a long drive, the luxury car came to a stop outside a private manor.

"We're here," Jonah announced.

Jonah's broad frame dwarfed Julien's as he reached across to unbuckle Julien's seatbelt.

All he felt was that the atmosphere around him was warm.

It felt even warmer than sunshine.

"Why isn't there anyone around? We're not in the wrong place, are we?" Julien blinked, a flicker of unease crossing his features.

Julien was intelligent, but around his lover, his mind seemed to cloud over.

Jonah easily manipulated him, taking advantage of Julien's lovestruck state.

"We're not.

Maybe we're just early.

Let's go." Jonah exited the car first, then circled around to open the door for Julien.

This grand gesture left Julien speechless.

He narrowed his eyes suspiciously.

"Why are you acting so attentive, Mr.

Taylor? People aren't usually this nice without an ulterior motive." Jonah took Julien's hand and helped him out.

gave Julien a tug, and their tall forms pressed together as if trying

hard to trust me?" Jonah's warm

calling you 'Foxy' is

head is full of tangled thoughts." Julien couldn't

mumbled into Jonah's chest,

played by so

someone treat

But sometimes...

feels a little surreal."

truth was, before getting together with Julien, Jonah had sent people to Mosgravia to

wasn't out of suspicion or apprehension but a desire to understand him

was the one

of money,

for true

repeated heartbreak, he kept opening his heart,

strong and dignified, he masked his vulnerability with a facade of

passed, he became

down, Jonah kept

really drawn in by his face, which looked so much like that person's? Was this what captivated him? No, it

was Julien's unrelenting perseverance

that Jonah's heart was a barren

have him open up

too good to me, Jonah." Julien

look flashed across his eyes as if he were afraid of

a little? You're going to spoil me." "I can obey your every

His breathing was low.

He continued, "Except this.