Can’t Win Me Back

Jameson's expression gradually hardened, the warmth of the orange sunset in the rose garden unable to pierce the chill that now surrounded him.

Alyssa, her lashes dampened by tears, glanced at the pebble at her feet before turning to Remy.

He observed Alyssa's reddened, swollen eyes with a detached expression and took a loud, deliberate bite from his apple.

Suddenly, a powerful urge surged within her.

She trembled, gathering every ounce of strength to push herself upright, intending to walk toward Remy.

With a loud crash, her wheelchair toppled over, sending her sprawling onto the soil.

"Lyse! Are you okay?" Jameson panicked, reaching out to lift her, but she shoved him away and screamed, "I don't need your help.

I can manage on my own!" Gritting her teeth, Alyssa dug her hands into the earth, struggling to her feet.

Though disheveled, she stood with fierce determination.

Jameson watched in disbelief.

He had injected her with a tranquilizer last night.

Even though it was now the next day, it should have kept her paralyzed.

Logically, she shouldn't have been able to move.

extraordinary willpower, allowing her

mid-bite, his cold gaze deepening as he watched

fleeting moment, a flicker of something stirred

at Remy, her eyes

Damien; she

like the sea,

you doing here?" Jameson

Alyssa's surging emotions

glared at Remy with

by," Remy replied, shifting his gaze away from Alyssa's pale

lovely, but

dull." Jameson's face fell.

mean by that?" "It's obvious that

isn't willing to

well be a field of weeds."

enough yet."

clenched his hands into

"Mr.

commands to a tee? You wouldn't say things

up with you today, being all

probably rarely smiled because

"That's true, typically.

I see someone I despise, I can't help but speak my mind." Alyssa's