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Alyssa’s calm demeanor remained as she watched the interaction between the two men, but a flicker of something dark crossed her eyes. She had no intention of allowing this confrontation to escalate further. The dynamics between her, Jasper, and Sean were more tangled than she cared to admit.
“Don’t worry, Mr. Beckett,” Alyssa said, her voice cool but firm. “I’m fine. Sean isn’t overreacting. But I’m sure you’re used to overreacting when things don’t go your way.” Her words hung in the air, cutting through the tension like a knife.
Jasper’s jaw clenched, and he held her gaze for a moment longer, trying to gauge whether she was being sincere or playing a deeper game. He knew her well enough by now to sense when she was hiding something behind that cool façade, but for the life of him, he couldn’t tell what it was.
“It’s quite telling, isn’t it?” Alyssa continued, ignoring the growing frustration in Jasper’s eyes. “You never really understood me, did you? No matter how many years we spent together. You’ve always been so caught up in your own world, always thinking you know best. But look at you now—grasping at straws.”
Jasper’s patience was quickly wearing thin, and his grip on the situation was slipping. Her words stung deeper than he expected. It wasn’t just about business or revenge anymore. It was personal.
“You’ve changed, Alice,” he said quietly, his tone low but heavy with emotion. “I don’t know who you are anymore. You’ve become someone I can’t even recognize.”
Alyssa didn’t flinch. Instead, she met his words with a faint smile, her expression unreadable. “Maybe it’s not about me changing, Jasper. Maybe it’s about you never really seeing who I was to begin with.”
The distance between them felt insurmountable. The woman standing before him now was so different from the one he had once known. But beneath it all, a bitter truth lingered in his chest: he had never truly understood her, and now, it was too late.
Sean stepped in front of her again, an unspoken warning to Jasper that he wouldn’t tolerate any further aggression. The message was clear—this conversation was over.
Alyssa gave Jasper one last look, her eyes full of a quiet, detached triumph, before turning to walk away.
Jasper stood frozen, his chest tightening. He wasn’t just losing a business rival. He was losing something far more significant: the woman who had once been his everything, now beyond his reach.
As Alyssa and Sean disappeared from his view, Jasper exhaled sharply, the weight of everything settling onto his shoulders. What had he really lost?