Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 257

“Miss … Ms. Alyssa has gone to bed, Mr.Jonah,”Sean muttered.

“Your balls must be growing bigger whileyou’re away from my side, Sean. Are you seriously lying to me on her behalf now?”Jonah rarely got angry, but when he did, he was a menacing force.

Jonah then said, “I’ll repeat myself. Pass the phone to Alyssa. Or else you’ll be removed from your station right away!”

Alyssa chewed on her lip, her heart beating fast in her chest as she took the phone and put it up to her ear.

“Jo-Jonah.”

Jonah took a deep breath, as if suppressing some intense emotion.”Come outside. We need to talk.”

…

Alyss a walked out of her house, her heart in her throat as she went up to Jonah’s Aston Martin by the road.

The man remained stoic and still against the car, his gray suit making him seem like some sullen god. All Alyssa could think of right now was how terrified she was.

“Jonah,”she murmured.

off his coat,put it over Alyssa’s shoulders, then led her into

were inside, he asked worriedly, “Where did he hurt

feelinglike a

up her sleeve. His eyes filled with anger when he saw the white

skin wound.It doesn’t hurt much anymore, either.”Alyssa reassured him. She didn’t want her brother to

set her arm down and took her hand. The careful touch made her feel

I shouldn’t have keptthis from you. I just think this is something I can handle on my own. That’s

a depressive silence, Jonah looked up at her, growling, “I’ll kill him

rocity had returned in a split second, even after he’d embraced a more spiritual way

moment, Alyssa could see a shadow of his old self again—the man who had led thousands

known

nuzzling into his rapidly rising chest. You promised

So what if you kill

this opportunity to catchthe bigger target, Jonah. That’d

in Jonah’s gaze slowly faded away. He sighed, leaned against Alyssa, and then handed her a brown