?Chapter 2250


    Alyssa wasn''t a cowardly woman.


    Just as Jasper was about to pull her hand away, she gritted her teeth, bracing against the pain, and made her move.


    She pressed her body against his firm chest, her quivering lips seeking his, locking them in a deep, desperate kiss.


    Jasper''s eyes widened. He stiffened up and fell into a daze, thanks to Alyssa''s sudden and passionate move.


    He hadn''t forgotten her. He remembered that they used to be lovers. However, those heart-fluttering memories were dispensable and meaningless to him. He could no longer find the love that he had for her. Yet, he didn''t push her away.


    Noticing that Jasper wasn''t moving, Alyssa became more daring. She knelt on the bed and cupped that well- sculpted face of his in her hands. She couldn''t stop herself from kissing him, biting him, and reeling him in.


    In truth, they had learned about intimacy from one another. Jasper, especially, was a natural and fast learner. He was the one who discovered all her erogenous zones. Whenever they were intimate, he would advance ording to her preferences, putting her in seventh heaven every time.


    She, too, was familiar with his sensitive areas. Whenever she bit on his Adam''s apple and his scap, it would send him into a frenzy.? 2024 N?v/el/Dram/a.Org.


    Desperate to stir something in him, Alyssa threw caution aside. Shame no longer mattered.


    Jasper, however, was as firm as a mountain. The look in his eyes was nk, as if he were an emotionless statue. Alyssa''s heart raced with panic. She kissed his nose, and with trembling courage, her lips brushed his Adam''s apple.


    That was when he pushed her away.


    ''Alyssa," Jasper uttered her name.


    Alyssa bit her lip, her eyes glistening with unshed tears, a delicate yet haunting sight.


    "I know that we used to be lovers. Grandpa told me stories about us when it was just him and me."


    Jasper lowered his eyes, avoiding Alyssa''s pitiful gaze. ''But I''m sorry. Even though I used to be very much in love with you, I''m no longer able to love you now."


    The wrenching pain in Alyssa''s heart made it difficult for her to hold herself together. She faltered, but still managed to keep herself together.


    That being said, her tears started falling uncontrobly once again, and they just wouldn''t stop.


    She had said the same words to Jasper in the past, but she didn''t realize how hurtful these words could be. They were way more cruel than saying, "I have never loved you."


    Losing something she once had was more painful than never having it at all.


    "What I''m trying to say is, don''t waste your time on me anymore."


    Jasper looked at Alyssa once again. For some reason, he felt a little afraid of looking at this delicate yet seemingly badly hurt face of hers, so his tone became rushed. "There''s nothing good about me. As for you, youe from a really good family. You''re talented, beautiful, and notcking in pursuers.


    "You should find someone who loves you. There''s no meaning in pining for something you''ve already lost."


    With that, he got up to leave.


    Alyssa''s eyes had turnedpletely red. She grabbed onto him tightly to hold him back, so much so that her fingers were almost wing at his muscles.


    "In that case... In that case, let''s start afresh."


    Jasper turned around in shock, only to be met with the determined and bright look in her eyes.


    She was someone from a noble background, someone who was prideful, and someone whocked nothing. He had thought that someone like her would naturally hate it when he treated her with such frigidity and heartlessness.


    But he had forgotten that Alyssa was someone who never gave up or admitted defeat.


    *Jasper Beckett, nice to meet you. I''m Alyssa Taylor."


    She slid her hand from his forearm down to his hand, and gave him a firm handshake. She lifted her head slightly and held back the tears in her eyes. "It''s alright if you don''t love me. I will always, always love you very much."


    After saying that, she let go of his stiffened hand. Without any hesitation, she leapt off the bed. Forcing herself to withstand the pain in her hips, she left the hospital ward.


    Jasper remained at the same spot, dumbfounded. After a long while, he looked down at his palm, and curled his fingers inward slowly.