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.

and vowed never to lose sight

Sean was shocked.

"Unless...

you suspecting that Sheryl and Liana are connected?" "Even though I hate to think so, their behavior and speech are

their

thing to

that are difficult to change once they are embedded deep into their core." Sean nodded in full

was always

something, her mind would race

truth, she would relentlessly

a matter of

started to take

and possibilities rushed to her mind, but they were disjointed fragments she couldn't yet assernble into

Liana‘s

had subsequently fled to Mosgravia, and interestingly, Sheryl] had returned from Mosgravia." Sean knitted his brows together as he pondered over

countless people

there wouldn't be doppelgangers in this world, would there?"

with such uncanny similarities have appeared in my

they've

don't you think?" Sean fell silent, realizing she had

Sometimes real life is even more dramatic than the stories we see

Sean gulped.

"Ms. Alyssa, if...