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

Sean was shocked.

"Unless...

though I hate to think so, their

only differences are their voices

easiest thing to change is

hand, that are difficult to change once they are embedded deep into their

imagination was

her mind would race with

the truth, she would relentlessly dig until she

a matter

suspicions started to take root at that very

they were disjointed fragments she couldn't yet assernble into a coherent

then, and Liana‘s reputation was completely tarnished during her engagement

Mosgravia, and interestingly, Sheryl] had returned from Mosgravia." Sean knitted his brows together as he pondered over Alyssa's

Alyssa, there are countless people who

this world, would there?" Alyssa

but two people with such uncanny similarities have

what's more, they've both been my

that's suspicious, don't you think?" Sean fell silent, realizing she had a

dramatic than the stories we see on screen." Alyssa's own life had often felt like a

Sean gulped.

"Ms. Alyssa, if...