Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 617

Zoe stood there, utterly shocked. Her face darkened, and it was as if a bolt of lightning had struck her. She stumbled over her words, asking, “Landon, what are you saying? Do you no longer see me as your

sister?”

Landon ignored her questions. Instead, he focused on Lauren, who was now in his arms.

He gently massaged her trembling back and reassured her, “There’s nothing to be afraid of, Lauren. I’m

here now. No one will hurt you.”

Yet Lauren was no longer as at ease as before. She had put up a guard against him, her rapid breathing

reflecting her aversion.

She stated, “No. You’re Zoe’s brother, not mine…”

She weakly pushed against his solid chest with her arms. Each shove felt like a dagger in his heart. She pleaded, “Let me go! I’m going home to Grandpa. I want to go home!”

“Lauren, be good.” Anger colored Landon’s eyes as he stubbornly soothed her.

“Let go of me!” Lauren cried out, but Landon refused to release his grip on her, tightening his embrace

instead.

gripped her waist so tightly through the fabric

You’re right.

in and whispered into her ear, “You’re right. I’m not

Beckett.”

witnessed her brother showering Lauren

she had bullied since she

her soul had been crushed. The

she had learned about

most important man in her life. She had always believed that she

thanks to

on the verge of losing her brother’s love. It

everything to Lauren.

through tears, her

yours,” he confessed hoarsely, his eyes filled with

life shattering and collapsing, while Angelina smiled in a corner, happy to

heartfelt confession to Lauren.

Lauren’s old trauma. Overwhelmed, she

arms.

tenderly wiped away

tucking her in.

which only hurt

the anger