Can’t Win Me Back novel (Alyssa and Jasper) novel Chapter 2357

The hot soup soaked through Jasper's clothes, and the scalding heat mirrored the intense temperature of his body at that moment.

Yet, his focus wasn't on the discomfort. He leaned forward and grabbed Alyssa by the wrists, pulling her hands toward him with firm insistence.

"Let me have a look. Do your hands still hurt?"

"Let go of me!" Alyssa struggled as tears filled her eyes.

"Stop struggling. You haven't recovered from your injuries!" Jasper's breaths became heavier as he tightened his grasp over her wrists.

He saw her tears glistening in her eyes as she waved her bandaged hands at him, her face a mixture of misery and comic helplessness. Yet, there was an undeniable adorableness about her that sparked a deep, protective instinct in him.

Memories of the past flashed in Jasper's mind.

As his gaze remained fixed on Alyssa, something dark stirred within him, a coldness he had held for so long rising to the surface.

Then, without warning, his mind blanked. He pressed his chapped lips against hers, feeling her soft, trembling mouth against his. Their noses brushed together, and he could sense the gentle dampness of her skin.

Through their tangled breaths, it was clear—Jasper's kissing was awkward, almost painful, like a teenager clumsily exploring love for the first time. He bit her tongue in his eagerness. But Alyssa—she endured it in silence.

As much as this was a terrible kiss, she couldn't help but sink into it.

Despite the clumsiness of the kiss, something in her could not pull away. It was as if, after a lifetime of hardship, she had been handed a piece of sweetness buried within sharp grains of sand, and she was willing to swallow it whole.

Jasper's intense masculinity took Alyssa hostage, consuming her from the inside out.

Suddenly, a sharp pain exploded in Jasper's temples, and his vision blurred. He was forced to pull away, his face stiffening as the agony surged through him.

Alyssa stared at him, her lips still moist from the kiss, her eyes wide with confusion.

Jasper felt like a thousand devils were howling and tearing at each other inside his mind. He bit his tongue until it went numb, desperately trying to calm the chaos within.

He summoned every ounce of strength within him to suppress the demons that roiled inside. It was the only way he could appear normal in front of Alyssa, rather than a creature dependent on medication to retain his humanity.