Can’t Win Me Back

Jasper remained silent.

His hands balled into tight fists at his sides, trembling ever so lightly as a dark expression settled over his face.

After amoment of silence, Justin offered a casual smile, ignoring the tension on Jasper's face as he moved past him.

"Justin, I've always respected you since I was young." Jasper's voice broke the silence, hoarse and strained, with his back turned to Justin.

“There are things I can compromise on, but some matters, I can't." Justin, his back still facing Jasper, narrowed his eyes and asked, " Such as?" "My need to see her now." A fierce determination lit Jasper's darkened eyes.

"Justin, I won't deny your feelings for her.

It's none of my business.

But you have no right to stop me from seeing her either.

"If you and Ms.

Alyssa are officially together, I'll never go near her again.

You won't even need to say a word.

I'll give you both my blessings and wish you a happy life together." As Jasper said "happy life", his throat tightened, and a bitter taste of bile rose at the back of his mouth.

Still, he continued, "But as long as she's not yours, we're equals in her eyes.

see her, and so

Justin's eyes hid any trace

asked, “Jasper, do you still have feelings for her? You haven't let go, have you?" A lump

deeper, marked by a few

same mother, but ask yourself —how have I treated you since we were kids?" "You've treated me very well," Jasper

moments of warmth shared with Justin, four years his senior, a brother

entered the Beckett family, his life seemed bleak, as he was met with disdain

the first to show him care, standing by him when the household staff mistreated him and offering

put his own life on the line to help Jasper escape that

Jasper would have been the one sitting in

can see, I'll be bound to this wheelchair

medications are the permanent part of it too, just to keep me

know that I don't deserve

Alyssa.

willing to spend time with

humans

home on my own for so many years, I often feel

my life is just going to drift

the companionship of

normal life—to get married, start a family, and have a happy and

longed for a family? And the woman he wanted

Jasper's chest tightened.

had shared a smile in the snow -covered courtyard, their