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.

Alyssa— she endured it in

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

the kiss, something in her

if, after a lifetime of hardship, she had been handed a piece of sweetness buried within sharp

Alyssa hostage,

a sharp pain exploded in Jasper's

away, his face stiffening as

lips still moist from the kiss, her eyes wide

a thousand devils were howling and tearing at each other inside his

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

every ounce of strength within him to suppress the demons

of Alyssa, rather

"Don't be with Justin.

Don't meet him...

you promise me that? " His voice was low and

Cold sweat covered him.

broken up, haven't we? You were the

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

it bother you to see the person who was once yours with someone else? Are you bothered, or do you still care for me?" "We were

to get hurt again." Jasper's words trembled with barely contained

hands shook, but no one

to search for his

all I wanted to

whether or not you

never harm you."

"Earlier...

that about?" Alyssa questioned