Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 168

Betty’s makeup–clad lace froze up as she shuddered.

“Are we close? It’s not nice to touch me all over without my permission.” Landon forcefully withdrew his arm from her hold.

“I–I’m sorry. I saw you as my brother because you’re Jasper’s friend. Nothing more than that. She worried that he might come to

her, so she had to explain hersell.

“You’re his sister, not mine. Mind your manners next time,” he dropped a frosty remark and left. He wouldn’t want a random stranger to dirty that precious shirt Alice had bought for him.

Betty clenched her fists hard. Suddenly, Landon stopped dead in his tracks, put a hand in his pocket, and squinted at her. She quickly wore a smile as her heart thumped loudly.

“Landon might be tough on the outside, but he is soft on the inside. He must care about me!” she thought excitedly.

“I can’t wrap my head around the recent fashion trends.” 1

“What?” She was taken aback.

that people were putting lipstick on their teeth now. I

rushed to the restroom and bared her teeth

as she fell

the study and slumped onto the couch with

is wild. She was eyeing me and touching me everywhere when I showed up. Rather shameless and cheap, don’t you think? Alice would never

reading the files that Xavier delivered. He cast

if you had caught the flu.” Landon narrowed his eyes and placed

at that smug look on your face.” Jasper’s face clouded as he tightened his grip on

okay. Better than those who can’t even step foot into Alice’s place.” Landon

Landon was right, though. As Alice’s husband of three years, Jasper was slapped in the face while standing in the rain

more he thought about it,

ashtray and sighed before he rose from the couch. He went up to Jasper and placed his

have to win her over. I want her

gaze was piercing, as though he wanted to dissect Jasper and find

forced her to agree

tighten as his knuckles paled. “Did you forget that she’s

than with

inside of Jasper. His breathing became