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?"

her left hand quivered slightly before she

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

scrub hat. Her radiant presence was difficult to disguise, and the more

suited, Alyssa planned to sneak into the hospital through its back

her expectations, even this desolate and run-down hospital had personnel guarding both the front and back doors. Judging by their stances, Alyssa quickly deduced that these guards weren't part of the police force.

that illicit activities

didn't act rashly. Instead, she hid

soon noticed that everyone entering the building had to present identification.

healthcare worker leaving the building to smoke in a secluded

eyes narrowed as an idea began to

an entry pass. The unconscious man

realized she needed a more convincing disguise. She found a cart and began pushing it steadily down

in one attempt. Her primary goal was to reconnoiter the area and devise a more comprehensive plan. She took deep

elderly, and even children lay on dirty hospital beds,