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.

of blood trickled down

pulled Julien

"Promise me, then...

up with me!" "Jonah, I admit

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

he once had

by your side in

your love for me is now

particular, is just that bit of

a throaty voice, he continued, "I really envy you

was thanks to him that I was able to have such

Jonah, that's enough.

time

room, Jonah knelt, a forlorn shadow of

Alyssa's heart sank.

She stumbled backward slightly.

was alive but

"Ms.

what in the

Jonah and Dr.

Lovelace?" Sean questioned anxiously.

journey there but was

for a few years when Jonah was KS Group's

this! Alyssa

Sean, wait

with Jonah in private." Knitting his brows

to retreat and wait outside

expression,

and picked up the roses that had scattered

the greeting card containing Julien's heartfelt confession, she couldn't contain

her vision,

a ball of fury exploded