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?"

quivered slightly before she answered hesitantly, "I don't think so. Otherwise, why wouldn't he have recognized

he should say more. He couldn't shake the feeling that Alyssa was concealing something heavy-something burdened

insisted she put on a scrub hat. Her radiant presence was difficult to

to sneak into the hospital

run-down hospital had personnel guarding both the front and back doors. Judging by their

her suspicion that illicit activities

she hid

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

then, she noticed a male healthcare worker leaving the building

as an idea began

an entry pass. The unconscious man

hospital, Alyssa realized she needed a more convincing disguise. She found a cart and began pushing it

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

her dismay, the rooms were filled with terminally ill patients. Men, women, the elderly, and even children lay on dirty hospital beds, hovering on the brink of