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.

herself again and vowed never to

Sean was shocked.

"Unless...

though I hate to think so, their behavior

are their voices and their

easiest thing to change is

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

imagination was

something, her mind would race with

a hint of the truth, she would

was only a matter

suspicions started to take root at

her mind, but they were disjointed fragments she couldn't

then, and Liana‘s reputation was completely

Mosgravia, and interestingly, Sheryl] had returned from Mosgravia." Sean knitted his brows

countless

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

such

they've both been my

think?" Sean fell silent, realizing she had a

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 like

Sean gulped.

"Ms. Alyssa, if...