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.

her, and so can

The darkness in Justin's eyes hid any trace of

You haven't let go, have you?" A lump rose in Jasper's throat, and his gaze went

Justin's voice grew deeper, marked

same mother, but ask yourself —how have I treated you since we

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

entered the Beckett family, his life seemed bleak,

him care, standing by him when

his own life on the line to help Jasper

have been the one sitting in the wheelchair today, unable to

see, I'll be bound to this wheelchair

part of it too, just to keep me going." Panting slightly, Justin managed a

that I don't deserve

Alyssa.

time

humans

on my own for so many years, I often feel lonely and

if my life is just going to drift away

companionship of

get married, start a family, and have a happy and fulfilling relationship."

once so detached from the world, longed for a family? And the woman he wanted to share that with was

Jasper's chest tightened.

at the orphanage, where Alyssa and Justin had shared a