Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 684

Jasper was taken aback, his arms still in midair. He had wanted to comfort Alyssa with a hug.

“I only wanted to…”

“I said, stay out of this!” Alyssa had no patience to deal with him further. She stormed away from him, still

on her phone, and slammed the door as she walked out.

The warmth and tenderness Jasper had so achingly wished for disappeared just like that. Their shared

moment from earlier burst, just like a short-lived bubble floating up into the sky.

Alyssa didn’t take the antique Jasper had given her. To her, family was the most important thing right now.

Sadness filled Jasper’s chest, making his heart twinge in pain.

But now wasn’t the time to be depressed. He quickly recovered and left the room.

“Mr. Beckett, I just saw Madam leave looking absolutely pissed. Did you upset her?” Xavier asked

worriedly, a sliver of blame in his eyes. After all, his boss had always been known to get on Alyssa’s wrong

side.

“Something’s happened to Madam Lyla,” Jasper said, his gaze dark.

commotion downstairs!” Xavier quickly took

the news online.

the screen. “Look at

the video that played on Xavier’s phone. Narrowing his

to take a closer

a video from decades ago, and the resolution was blurry. Yet it

shakily covered her legs.

shrieks and gasps of shock, followed by countless

starving wolves jumping upon

She told me about how Lyla’s reputation got

of the rumors that she was on drugs and how she even

celebratory live broadcast,”

internet wasn’t as powerful back then as it is today, nor

so the news didn’t spread as

attended the broadcast in person, being a fan and all, so she had seen the incident

firsthand.”

more upset by

a death sentence for someone like Lyla,

said that the incident was all over the news and magazine

next day. You could get it

of news about the incident

the papers, but they couldn’t find

had done

could force the entire country’s media outlets to go silent