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.

she endured it in

kiss, she couldn't help but

kiss, something in

handed a piece of sweetness buried

intense masculinity took Alyssa hostage, consuming her from

sharp pain exploded in Jasper's temples, and

to pull away, his face stiffening

lips still moist from the kiss, her eyes wide

like a thousand devils were howling and tearing at each

until it went numb, desperately trying to calm

within him to suppress the demons

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

"Don't be with Justin.

Don't meet him...

promise me that? " His

Cold sweat covered him.

up, haven't we? You were

have to tell me what to do now?" Alyssa's eyes were red, and she provoked him deliberately, a bitter smile playing on

was once yours with someone else? Are you

you to get hurt again."

but

search for his pills

all I

whether or not you want to heed my

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

"Earlier...

that about?" Alyssa questioned