Can’t Win Me Back

Sean was gobsmacked when Alyssa changed into a medical outfit, donned a face mask, and tied her hair back into a neat ponytail.

As night fell, her twinkling eyes glistened like stars in the Milky Way, enchanting anyone who stole even a fleeting look.

"What are you staring at? Haven't you seen me like this before?" Alyssa asked, amused by Sean's dumbfounded expression.

But she could tell he wasn't gazing at her with any amorous intent. His eyes reflected only pure fondness and admiration.

"N-No... It's not that," Sean stammered, scratching his head awkwardly. "I was just thinking-even with just your eyes visible and dressed in a lab coat, you still look amazing."

He hesitated before adding curiously, "Did you look like this when you worked with Doctors Without Borders in Luminara?"

Alyssa straightened her outfit and replied, "Yeah, something like this."

Suddenly, Sean perked up and asked, "I heard that Mr. Beckett once participated in an emergency combat mission in Luminara when he was in the military. Luminara isn't that big of a country. Did you meet him back then?"

hand quivered slightly before she answered hesitantly, "I don't think

unsure if he should say more. He couldn't shake the feeling that

presence was difficult to disguise, and the more she covered up, the safer

into the

and back doors. Judging by

suspicion that illicit activities were

didn't act rashly. Instead, she hid among the trees, observing

entering the building had to present identification. This place was tightly secured. Alyssa frowned,

a male healthcare worker leaving the building to smoke in a

narrowed as an

an entry pass. The unconscious man now lay hidden

convincing disguise.

Her primary goal was to reconnoiter the area and devise a more comprehensive

ill patients. Men, women, the elderly, and even children lay on dirty hospital beds, hovering on the