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.

some commotion downstairs!” Xavier

the news

suddenly frowned, showing Jasper the screen. “Look at this,

that played on Xavier’s phone.

take a closer

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

her legs. A

and gasps of shock, followed by countless snapshots from cameras

were starving wolves jumping upon fallen

She told me

was on drugs and how she even

live broadcast,” Xavier explained.

himself to watch the video. “The internet wasn’t as powerful back then as it is today, nor

the phones back then capable of taking videos, so the

in person, being a fan and all, so she

firsthand.”

getting more and more upset by

was worse than a death sentence for someone like Lyla, who had been the number one celebrity actress loved and

“My mother also said that

You could get

hours later, every single shred of news about

all the papers, but

had

of his power and influence could force the