Can't Win Me Back

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Thanks to timely treatment, the acute bleeding in Alyssa's stomach didn't turn into anything serious. She was sent to a regular ward to rest that same evening.

Jonah stayed by her side the whole time, looking after her. Cyrus, the workaholic, applied for time off from work. That night, he stayed back to look after Alyssa.

After hearing the news, Silas and Rose wanted to visit her. However, Jonah prevented them from doing so.

He was well aware that Alyssa was currently heartbroken and devastated. She would only force herself to smile and appear energetic when she faced them.

She was too drained. Staying at the hospital now actually gave her a chance to rest and prevented her from hurting herself before she came around.

*Cyrus... Can you tell me now?" Alyssa leaned back against the headboard weakly as she blinked. Her eyes were swollen.

Cyrus welled up with tears. In a pained voice, he remarked, "You're really rebellious, Lyse."

*I've always been rebellious."

With a frown on her face, a smile broke on Alyssa's face. As alluring as her smile was, she was pale and weak. She added, "Otherwise... why would Jasper and I end up the way we are right now?

*Jonah, Cyrus... please don't blame him, okay? He didn't do anything wrong. I was the one... I was the one who lost him. It's all my fault.."

Before she could finish speaking, her eyes misted over.

"You didn't do anything wrong. Neither of you did anything wrong."

Jonah wrapped his warm and calloused hands over Alyssa's tightly clenched fists. His quivering chest filled with sorrow, and his heart pounded heavily. "That said, Lyse, can you promise me that you will always look ahead no matter what?

*Jasper and love are not all that you have in your life. You have Dad, and the rest of us, your siblings. Lyse, what are we to do if you crumbled? I'm sure that Mom, even in the afterworld, wouldn't want you to wither your life away. Don't you think so?"

Mom...

A slight twinkle finally returned to Alyssa's dull eyes. She was reminded of Jennifer's imprisonment in Kontina. The authorities had chased Jennifer and displaced her. She'd only managed to escape after overcoming numerous challenges.

She eventually arrived in Belbanks, met Winston, got to know him, and fell in love with him. Finally, they became one. And that was how she came into existence.

Even after going through all that unimaginable suffering, Jennifer persisted and survived. She did not fall apart.

If Alyssa herself became dispirited and dejected for the rest of her days, she wouldn't be worthy of being Jennifer's only daughter.

She was Alyssa, not Catherine Earnshaw or Juliet. Even if her partner died, it didn't mean that she had to follow suit.

Moreover, Jasper was still alive.

Wasn't she the one who said that the most important thing was for him to still be alive and well?

*Jonah... I get what you mean. I will get better... Just give me some time. I will get better," Alyssa repeated over and over through her chapped lips.

Each time she said it, Jonah's heart wrenched.

"Out of all the people whom Jameson met with, I found someone who captured my attention," Cyrus said in a deep voice, breaking the sorrowful atmosphere.

Alyssa leaned forward immediately. "Who is it?"

"The private physician by Justin's side, Sheryl Gillis."