Can’t Win Me Back

Xavier was confused.

He caught the tie bar in his hands and asked, " What's this, Mr. Beckett?" Jasper closed his eyes to rest.

He tugged at his tie knot but still felt suffocated.

"It was from Sheryl,"' he answered.

Xavier let out a cry.

"This filthy thing is from that wild woman? I don't want it!" With a disgusted look on his face, Xavier hurled the tie bar aside.

" I'm already seeing someone.

I don't want my girlfriend to misunderstand me." "Girlfriend?" "Yeah, Mr. Beckett.

Maggie is my girlfriend." With his eyes closed, Jasper frowned.

"She's become of age?" Xavier didn't know how he should react.

"She's already in university, Mr. Beckett.

Am I that much of an animal in your eyes?" Suddenly, the memory of himself and Alyssa rescuing Maggie flashed through Jasper's mind.

Just then, Xavier exclaimed in surprise, "Mr. Beckett, look!" Jasper opened his eyes slowly, and his heart jolted.

Standing alone before his car was Alyssa, framed against the piercing headlights, snow swirling around her.

hair, and she looked almost fragile as if the wind might carry

stepped out of the car and approached

Beckett." Alyssa

her face, which had turned red from the cold, he could tell that she had

mouth to speak but could not make a

could taste was a slight

that she was someone

to snuggle in his arms and use his hands as her source

hear any words

she didn't mind

Beckett, do you have

chat in my car."

Alyssa was very courteous to

of speech sounded a little

sensible

this pair of ex-lovers to spend time together by getting

tomorrow," Alyssa spoke up first to break the awkward

Jasper looked

He gulped silently.

just about to say that he didn't need any gifts when Alyssa surprised him with her

you remember what you promised me?"

low, deep voice,

it's time for you to fulfill that promise." She clenched her hands,

on a hike with

narrowed his eyes and asked, "A hike? Where?" "At Crater