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

a terrible kiss, she

of the kiss, something in her could

a lifetime of hardship, she had been handed a piece of sweetness buried

masculinity took Alyssa hostage, consuming

in Jasper's temples,

to pull away, his face stiffening

stared at him, her lips still moist from the

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

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

every ounce of strength within him to

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

"Don't be with Justin.

Don't meet him...

you promise me that? " His voice was

Cold sweat covered him.

broken up, haven't we? You were the one who ended

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

else? Are

just don't want you to get hurt again." Jasper's words

shook, but no one

to search for his

all I

you whether or not you want

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

"Earlier...

about?" Alyssa questioned him out