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

much as this was a terrible kiss, she

the kiss, something in

as if, after a lifetime of hardship, she had been handed a piece of sweetness buried within sharp grains of sand, and she was willing to swallow it

hostage, consuming her from the

a sharp pain exploded in

forced to pull away, his face stiffening as

stared at him, her lips still moist

devils were howling and tearing at

his tongue until it went numb, desperately trying to calm

ounce of strength within him to suppress the demons that

could appear normal in front of Alyssa, rather than a creature

"Don't be with Justin.

Don't meet him...

you promise me that? " His voice was low

Cold sweat covered him.

You were the

eyes were red, and

bother you to see the person who was once yours with someone else? Are you bothered, or

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

hands shook, but no

to search for

all I

or not

never harm you." After

"Earlier...

was that about?" Alyssa questioned him out of the