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.

to lose sight of who she

Sean was shocked.

"Unless...

Sheryl and Liana are connected?" "Even though I hate to think so,

their voices and their

to

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

was

suspecting something, her mind would race with

the truth, she would

was only a matter

to take root

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

then, and Liana‘s reputation was

returned from Mosgravia." Sean knitted his brows together as he pondered over

Ms. Alyssa, there are countless people who

in this world, would there?" Alyssa

people with such uncanny similarities have appeared in my

more, they've

think?" Sean fell silent, realizing she

plastic surgery? Sometimes real life is even more dramatic than the stories we see on

Sean gulped.

"Ms. Alyssa, if...