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

kiss, she couldn't help

of the kiss, something in

had been handed a piece of sweetness

took Alyssa hostage,

sharp pain exploded in Jasper's temples, and

pull away, his face stiffening as the agony surged through

at him, her lips still moist from the kiss, her

thousand devils were howling and tearing at each other inside

until it went numb, desperately trying to calm

strength within him to suppress the demons that roiled

the only way he could appear normal in front of Alyssa, rather than a creature dependent on medication to retain

"Don't be with Justin.

Don't meet him...

you promise me that? " His voice

Cold sweat covered him.

broken up, haven't we? You were the

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

once yours with someone else? Are you

get hurt again." Jasper's

but no

for his pills almost

all I

to you whether or not you want

harm you." After saying that,

"Earlier...

Alyssa questioned him out of