Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 144

Cold sweat broke out on Xavier's forehead. "I just think if you don't want to separate from Madam, then why don't you just tell her that? Tell her how you feel?"

"How I feel?" Jasper sneered. "Hmph. I've already made up my mind about how I feel. We are never getting back together!"

"Then why did you—"

"Drive!" Jasper roared, nearly causing Xavier hit the brakes. He bit his lip, staying quiet for the rest of the drive.

Jasper leaned back in his seat, feeling unbelievably tired.

Only then did he remember the quartz shards he had picked up before they left

The shards had pierced his skin, causing drops of blood to ooze and bleed from his palm.

What had gotten into him? He had wanted so badly to bring Alice home tonight, away from Jonah Taylor and his family, away from Belbank.

All he had wanted was for Alice to come home with him.

After seeing Axel off, Alyssa went to console her father alongside Jonah and Silas. Only after that did she finally get some time to herself.

She remained deep in thought for a while. In the end, she sent Mandy, Colene, and Lyla each a text message. "Come to the garden, please. I'll be waiting in the Cloud Pavilion. There's something I have to tell you guys."

Five minutes later, the three women had gathered in the garden. Their usually boisterous selves were now silent and calm before Alyssa.

Alyssa was sitting in a gazebo, arms crossed over her chest, and her brows knitted tightly. It looked like she was about to give them a lecture.

Mandy and Lyla shared a look but said nothing.

Colene, as usual, went straight to the point. "Did you want to tell us something, Alyssa? You need to start talking because we have no idea what's happening."

Alyssa lightly shook her head. Colene was as direct as ever.

"Is there anything you want to tell me about after you and Mandy stepped out in my defense earlier tonight?"

"There really isn't much to tell, dear." Colene sat down in front of Alyssa, crossing one leg over the other. "If it weren't for

Mandy and Lyla, I would have cut that man down and strung him up to feed Bobo."

"Who's Bobo?"

Mandy answered, "Colene's pet alligator. Winston gave it to her for her birthday last year."

Alyssa was left speechless.

Lyla noticed that Alyssa's face had changed a shade, so she quickly went to stop Colene. "Alright, Colene. Why don't we change the topic..."

"I'm being 100% honest here! That's what family is for!" Colene cried, getting riled up. "Alyssa, you can't deny that Jasper is the asshole of the ages. Even my Bobo is more humane than him!

"You married him and gave him your all for three whole years. You gave up your life here to suffer there as what? His nanny? Look what he did to repay you! He's a god-awful douchebag! Men like him deserve to be hit by a car!"

"He already made it clear that he never loved me. I've anticipated he would go and marry someone he actually loves, so there's no point holding on.

"What I want to know is why did you all have to drag this thing out between us? It adds nothing to my life." Alyssa massaged her aching temples, sighing.

She continued, "The more we drag things on, the more suffering arises. It will only chip away at our sanity, bit by bit. Why can't we just let time wash it away..."

"Like hell!" Colene yelled, jumping up furiously and gripping Alyssa's shoulders. "How do you expect time to wash that away? I know I can't! You bore his child, Alyssa! Has he no heart?"

Alyssa's face paled instantly. Colene's words sliced into her heart like invisible blades, and pain began to lance through every part of her mind and body.

"We swore to never speak of that, Colene!" Mandy gasped, pulling Colene away from Alyssa.

"Can we please not talk about that, Colene?" Lyla added worriedly. "Alyssa doesn't want to bring that up."

"He doesn't know."

Alyssa slowly looked up at the three women, holding her tears back. "I never told him. I never told Jasper I was pregnant with his baby."