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 it

much as this was a terrible kiss, she

the kiss, something

been handed a piece of sweetness buried within

hostage, consuming her from

a sharp pain exploded in Jasper's

was forced to pull away, his face stiffening as the agony

her lips still moist from the kiss, her

felt like a thousand devils were howling and tearing at each other inside

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

within him to suppress the

could appear normal in front of Alyssa, rather than a creature dependent on medication to

"Don't be with Justin.

Don't meet him...

"

Cold sweat covered him.

haven't we? You were

Alyssa's eyes were red, and

someone else? Are you bothered, or do you still care for

don't want you to get hurt

but

for his

I

or not you want to heed

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

"Earlier...

was that about?" Alyssa questioned