Can’t Win Me Back

"What's wrong, Jonah? Is something on your mind?" Seeing that they were alone, Jasper seized the chance to approach Jonah.

His gaze was firm as he pressed on, "Did something happen when you were in the palace? "Everyone's overwhelmed by Lyse's situation.

The psychological pressure on you must be just as intense, maybe even more than the rest of us." Jonah met Jasper's concerned gaze, feeling moved.

"Jasper, I really appreciate you noticing how I'm feeling, even at a time like this." "Don't say that, Jonah.

We're family.

To me, you and Lyse are equally important." Since losing contact with Alyssa, Jasper had been restless, plagued by sleepless nights and a constant state of anxiety.

Every shift in the moods of those around him only magnified his own stress, making him hypersensitive and on edge.

"What really happened?" "To be honest, not much." Jonah pursed his lips.

"After entering the palace, I met the king.

He was kind and friendly, giving me a personal tour.

We even dined together and talked about my health and work.

"He felt like a warm-hearted elder, not a king.

Even though I'm not from Kontinia, it made me feel unworthy of all that attention." Jasper understood how Jonah felt.

have been just as nervous in Jonah's

"It is, but it's too

so that I couldn't

even felt strange to me." Jonah looked into Jasper's dark eyes with

was my first

he's

so kind to me?" Upon

Jonah retrieved a quaint-looking

was of a noble and mysterious-looking

tell that this wasn't something from an ordinary

belonging to the Kontinian royal family." A gleam flashed

his upbringing under Javier and Newton, Jasper had

from

seen this in a museum's promotional booklet

ornament is an antique, a

passed down through

it's only passed down to

crown princes." "Say what?" Jonah stared at the

a significant item to his only

did he give it to me?" Jasper pressed his

just felt a strong

a king's intentions?" "No, I can't

she can bring it back to His Royal Highness."