Jasper’s eyes were red as he took a step forward. His warm and shaky breath brushed against


    Alyssa’s


    red nose as he reached out to hug her.


    ‘Don’t touch me!”


    Suddenly, Alyssa, like a hedgehog with raised spines, stepped back and threw the ice cream she was


    holding directly onto his shirt.


    “Lyse, I’m telling the truth!”


    Jasper’s arms hung in the air, torn between wanting to approach her and fearing her resentment. He


    was


    in such a tangle that he was on the brink of madness.


    Jasper eximed, “I called you so many times tonight, but you didn’t answer! I thought something had


    happened to you, and I’ve been worried about you all night!!


    Alyssa was startled.


    So many times? When did he even call?


    Was he making things up?


    Alyssa didn’t receive any calls.


    Jasper was a liar-a liar who didn’t even make the effort to craft a believable lie!


    “I received photos from an anonymous number. They showed you being embraced by a stranger,


    entering


    a hotel together! I was worried for your safety, so I went to the hotel to find you. That’s when the scene


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    with the reporters urred!”


    Alyssa looked at him with a mocking expression “Jasper, if you’re going to make up an excuse, at least


    make it believable. If I had known you were going to say these baseless and nonsensical lies, I


    wouldn’t


    have bothereding to see you at all.”


    “I have proof.”


    Jasper gritted his teeth and, with hands shaking from the cold, he pulled out his phone.


    Alyssa’s heart raced, her lips pursed. She was giving him the benefit of the doubt.


    “These are the photos I received. Look, isn’t the person in these photos.


    Suddenly, Jasper’s eyes widened, fixated on the phone screen, repeatedly checking the messages in


    the


    The photos sent to him via text messages had all vanished!


    He swiped the screen frantically with trembling fingers. His perplexed stare gave the impression it could


    prate the screen, but he couldn’t locate the photos serving as evidence


    Alyssa couldn’t believe that the photos had all vanished.


    She forced a smile, but her eyescked any hint of amusement. She spoke coldly, sending a chill


    through


    Jasper’s heart. “Jasper, if you haven’t thought of a good reason or excuse, there’s really no need to


    rush to


    see me


    “I didn’t want to see you before, and I don’t want to see you now or in the future.”


    As Jasper watched her walk past him, Jasper felt as if he had fallen into an icy abyss.


    “Lyse! Lyse, don’t go!”


    He was about to stop her when another voice said, “Lyse.”


    Alyssa looked up and saw Jameson standing a few steps away. He was still wearing a patient’s gown,


    covered only by a sheepskin coat. His face was paler than the snow.


    *Jimmy! Why did you leave the hospital? Don’t you realize you’re still injured?”


    Alyssa rushed to Jameson’s side, looking displeased. “How did youe here? How did you know I


    was


    here?”


    “After you left the hospital, I couldn’t stop worrying, so I had someone follow you. But don’t get me


    wrong. I’m not stalking you. I just want to protect you.”


    As he spoke, Jameson weakly breathed and expressed concern, “How could I let you, a girl, go out


    alone sote at night? That’s against my conscience.”


    Jasper’s features adopted a chilly demeanor, and his gaze became as cutting as a knife. It was as if he


    wanted to tear Jameson apart!


    “Let’s go back. It’s too cold outside.”


    Alyssa helped him. She was ready to leave.


    “Was it you, Jameson?”


    The man’s voice, sharp as a de, cut through, deep and maic, hoarse with a hint of anger.


    “Mr. Beckett, you had an affair with Zoe Harper, and the paparazzi captured your hotel rendezvous


    How


    Jameson couldn’t help butugh, his eyes filled with mockery. “Isn’t this a case of mutual affection


    between you two?”