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.

never to

Sean was shocked.

"Unless...

I hate to

are their voices and

easiest thing to change is

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

was

began suspecting something, her mind

was even a hint of the truth,

was only a matter

take root at that very

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

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

fled to Mosgravia, and interestingly, Sheryl] had returned from

Alyssa, there are countless people who share similar

this world, would

two people with such uncanny similarities have appeared

what's more, they've both been

think?" Sean fell silent, realizing she

of those TV shows where a woman retums for revenge after undergoing plastic surgery? Sometimes real life is even more dramatic than the stories we see on screen." Alyssa's own life had often felt

Sean gulped.

"Ms. Alyssa, if...