Can’t Win Me Back

Liana's name was one that Sean hadn't heard in a really long time.

At first, he was caught by surprise, stunned into silence.

After a while, his eyes widened, and a surge of resentment welled up in his chest.

He had to take a few deep breaths before he could calm himself down enough to say, "Ms. Alyssa, don't mention her name.

It feels like a curse! When I think about all the pain she caused you, I—" "Those are stories of old.

Forget it.

Let's just focus on the now.

Sheryl always reminds me of Liana." It sounded almost absurd to say that aloud.

Liana had been Jasper's childhood friend, growing up alongside him.

But, of all people in the world, Alyssa was the one who knew Liana best.

When Newton matched her with Jasper, Alyssa secretly tried to emulate Liana in subtle ways, hoping to please him.

She mimicked Liana's style, soft voice, and mannerisMs. Over those three years, Alyssa had humbled herself, compromising and living in misery.

She lost herself in her feelings for Jasper, becoming someone she wasn't.

But that was over now.

vowed never to

Sean was shocked.

"Unless...

I hate to think so, their behavior

their voices and their

thing to

habits, on the other hand, that are difficult to change

was always

her mind would race with

of the truth, she would relentlessly

was only a

to take root

they were disjointed fragments she

and Liana‘s reputation was completely tarnished during

had returned from Mosgravia." Sean knitted his brows together

are countless people who

be doppelgangers in this world, would there?" Alyssa smiled faintly, her

with such uncanny similarities have

more, they've both

suspicious, don't you think?" Sean fell

real life is even more dramatic than the stories we see on screen." Alyssa's own life had often felt like a thrilling drama,

Sean gulped.

"Ms. Alyssa, if...