Can’t Win Me Back

"Maggie, I love you!" Xavier typed.

Maggie replied, "Xave, you're not usually this corny. What happened?"

Xavier couldn't bring himself to tell her that those words were his final ones if something happened to him. His phone buzzed again. It was Maggie sending another message that read, "I love you too, Xave."

Tears filled Xavier's eyes. His lips quivered, and his heart raced. He cursed under his breath. It was time to go all out.

With that, he grabbed the machete, swung open the car door, and swiftly took down two of Jasper's attackers.

But Xavier wasn't a fighter. He had no real combat experience. It didn't take long before a blade sliced into his arm, the deep cut searing with pain.

Jasper's eyes widened. He roared, "Xavier, get back in the car!"

Distracted, Jasper's opponent swung a machete at his face.

Xavier gasped, "Mr. Beckett!"

dodged the strike, his reflexes quick. He retaliated by snapping the

Now, he understood why Jasper had told

by one, they fell in a bloody

then, the next wave of

blade from one of the fallen assassins and cracked his neck. He couldn't take them all down.

Even if Jasper survived, the

roar of a sports car engine

"Jasper, we're here!"

turned, his heart swelling with emotion as Jonah and Axel stepped out

determination surged through him.

had been prepared to walk

and Jonah became brothers-in-arms, sharing perils together, while he and Axel reconnected

have been possible if Alyssa

Jasper and the witness with you. I'll handle this," Axel said, his