Can’t Win Me Back novel (Alyssa and Jasper) novel Chapter 2343

Elias frowned deeply; his worry etched onto his face.

"We've been shouting Ms. Alyssa's name the whole way. With so many of us calling out, she should've heard us by now if she were nearby!"

In a deep voice, Jasper said, "The wind is too strong, and then there's the heavy snowfall. Our voices are being drowned out. Lyse might not hear us at all."

Lyse.

Her nickname slipped from his lips before he even realized it.

"I'm just afraid she's injured—or worse, fainted. If she blacks out in this cold…" Elias trailed off, his voice heavy with dread. "On a day like this, she won't survive long. She'll freeze to death."

The group exchanged uneasy glances, the reality of his words tightening their chests.

It wasn't that Elias was being a doomsayer. Rather, this was the cruel reality that might actually happen.

Crater Mountain claimed lives every year. Danger lurked unpredictably in the woods on the mountain—anything could unfold.

"Let's split up," Jasper commanded, his eyes fixed on the shadowy forest. His voice carried an edge of desperation. "We're not leaving until we find her."

Elias hesitated. "But what if—"

"If anything happens to her," Jasper cut him off, his voice trembling with fierce determination, "I'll make this place my grave. I mean it."

Before anyone could respond, Jasper turned and strode into the darkness, his figure quickly swallowed by the night.

Elias watched him disappear, exhaling a heavy sigh. "They're right when they say aristocratic families raise people with fiery hearts."

…

Jasper trudged through the snow, his mind racing.

When Alyssa finally convinced him to make her a promise, all she asked was for him to go hiking with her.

But she didn't mean just a hike. She wanted them to retrace their past. If he were Alyssa, where would he go?

Jasper's heart raced as he strained to stay vigilant. He arrived at the cave—the very place where he and Alyssa had once sought refuge during the landslide.

As he stared into the empty cave, memories of that day surged back—the harrowing brush with death, the suffocating fear, and the unspoken bond of survival that had tethered them together.

"If God doesn't protect you, I will."

That promise wasn't just words; it was carved into his heart. He had not forgotten it. He had remembered it.

Jasper's world swirled in dizzying chaos. A heavy thud echoed as his strength gave out, sending him crashing to his knees. His eyes, bloodshot and weary, glistened with the weight of exhaustion and turmoil.

"Alyssa… I have to find you…"

Just as she was on the brink of losing consciousness, she heard the sound of a familiar voice calling out to her, albeit vaguely.

"Alyssa!"

Was that Jasper?

Alyssa was startled, as if a jolt of electricity had gone through her. Her eyes fluttered open while she was still in that woman's arms, whose face was now blurry.

"Lyse, Jasper has already abandoned you. He no longer wants you, so why would he be here to search for you? Go to sleep. Sleep tight," the woman in Alyssa's imagination uttered bewitchingly. Her voice ate at her willpower.

Feeling despondent, Alyssa let out a bitter laugh.

Yeah, how could that be Jasper's voice?

She no longer had any hope in that man.

Nevertheless, in the next second, Alyssa felt a pair of hands gripping her shoulders tightly. It was as if they were about to dig their fingers into her flesh to anchor her soul.

Dazedly, she opened her eyes.

In the darkness and gloom, Jasper's sharp eyes shined brightly like the stars in the night sky.