Can’t Win Me Back

The once pristine white rose petals were now marred by the dark stain of Julien's blood.

"Let's end it here." Julien's voice was soft, yet those four words shattered Jonah's heart into fragments.

"Julien, I will not allow you to leave me!" Every muscle in Jonah's body trembled with desperation.

A ferocious rage ignited in his eyes.

"I know who I love.

You are not a substitute for anyone! Julien, don't leave me...

I cannot let you go!" Panic coursed through him.

He cried and pleaded, desperately trying to hold Julien back.

Torn between gentleness and force, he was willing to accept any outcome as long as the man he adored stayed with him.

The first time it happened, Jonah had barely survived the emotional turmoil.

If it happened again, it would drive him to the brink of insanity and death.

His breathing became ragged; his bloodshot eyes blazed with determination.

With open arms, Jonah moved to embrace Julien, who had been reduced to pieces.

But just as he leaned in, a sharp pain shot through his left eye.

"Don't touch me!" In a moment of uncontrolled rage, Julien had grabbed another rose, dragging its thorny stem across Jonah's face.

Jonah was fortunate to have closed his eyes just in time; otherwise, that thorn could have slashed his eyeball, leaving him blinded.

Julien stared at the bloodied cut on Jonah's face, momentarily forgetting his own pain.

Dazed, his hands trembled as the instinct to care for Jonah flickered within him.

Yet he fought against it, forcing out the words, "Jonah, you need to go to the hospital—" Jonah couldn't be bothered about himself.

drop of blood trickled down his

he pulled Julien

"Promise me, then...

with me!" "Jonah, I admit that I still

myself to stay with you." Despite allowing Jonah to hold him, Julien's eyes

that he once

to stay in this relationship, living by your side in

of your love

particular, is just that bit of purity." As he said

throaty voice, he continued, "I really envy you

was thanks to him that I was able to have such an unforgettable

Jonah, that's enough.

time Alyssa and Sean arrived, Julien had already

a

Alyssa's heart sank.

She stumbled backward slightly.

but resembled an empty shell, crushed

"Ms.

in the world

Jonah and Dr.

Lovelace?" Sean questioned anxiously.

her the entire journey there but was unable to get a

a few years when Jonah was KS Group's

devastated as this!

wait

in private." Knitting his

no other option but to retreat

downcast expression, Alyssa

picked up the roses that had scattered across the

she picked up the greeting card containing Julien's heartfelt

her vision, smudging

of fury