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.

No wonder there was some commotion downstairs!” Xavier

the news

Jasper the screen.

focused on the video that played on Xavier’s phone. Narrowing his eyes, he snatched

take a closer

the resolution was blurry. Yet it was still

legs.

audience erupted in shrieks and gasps of shock, followed

wolves jumping upon fallen

She told me about how Lyla’s reputation got ruined

the rumors that she was on drugs and how she even pissed herself onstage during TS

live broadcast,” Xavier

bring himself to watch the video. “The internet wasn’t as powerful back then

the news didn’t spread as

broadcast in person, being a fan and all,

firsthand.”

more and more upset by the

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

mother also said that the incident was all over the news

day. You could get

couple hours later, every single shred of news about the incident suddenly ceased

idea who had bought all the papers, but they couldn’t find a single report on

who had done that for Lyla-Winston

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