Can’t Win Me Back

The hot soup soaked through Jasper's clothes, and the scalding heat mirrored the intense temperature of his body at that moment.

Yet, his focus wasn't on the discomfort.

He leaned forward and grabbed Alyssa by the wrists, pulling her hands toward him with firm insistence.

"Let me have a look.

Do your hands still hurt?" "Let go of me!" Alyssa struggled as tears filled her eyes.

"Stop struggling.

You haven't recovered from your injuries!" Jasper's breaths became heavier as he tightened his grasp over her wrists.

He saw her tears glistening in her eyes as she waved her bandaged hands at him, her face a mixture of misery and comic helplessness.

Yet, there was an undeniable adorableness about her that sparked a deep, protective instinct in him.

Memories of the past flashed in Jasper's mind.

As his gaze remained fixed on Alyssa, something dark stirred within him, a coldness he had held for so long rising to the surface.

Then, without warning, his mind blanked.

He pressed his chapped lips against hers, feeling her soft, trembling mouth against his.

Their noses brushed together, and he could sense the gentle dampness of her skin.

Through their tangled breaths, it was clear—Jasper's kissing was awkward, almost painful, like a teenager clumsily exploring love for the first time.

He bit her tongue in his eagerness.

endured

as this was a terrible kiss, she couldn't help but sink into

kiss, something in her could not

as if, after a lifetime of hardship, she had been handed a piece of sweetness buried within sharp grains of sand, and she was

took Alyssa hostage, consuming

a sharp pain exploded in

face

her lips still moist from the kiss, her eyes wide

devils were howling and tearing at each other inside his

bit his tongue until it went numb, desperately trying to calm the chaos

ounce of strength within him

way he could appear normal in front of Alyssa, rather than a

"Don't be with Justin.

Don't meet him...

me that? " His voice was

Cold sweat covered him.

broken up, haven't we? You were the

tell me what to do now?" Alyssa's eyes were red,

else? Are you bothered, or do you still care for me?" "We were once

hurt again." Jasper's words trembled with

but no one

for

I wanted

up to you whether or not you want

never harm you." After saying that, he strutted toward the

"Earlier...

about?" Alyssa questioned him