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.

was some commotion downstairs!” Xavier quickly took out his

news

showing Jasper the screen.

Xavier’s phone.

to take a

resolution was blurry. Yet it was still clear enough to recognize

she shakily covered her legs. A clear liquid was flowing down

gasps of shock, followed by countless snapshots from cameras

jumping upon

was Lyla Nelson’s biggest fan. She told me about how Lyla’s reputation got

on drugs and

celebratory live broadcast,” Xavier explained.

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

the phones back then capable of taking videos, so the news didn’t spread as rampantly

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

firsthand.”

more upset by the second.

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

that the incident

day. You could get

a couple hours later, every single shred of news about the incident suddenly ceased to exist in

had no idea who had bought all the papers, but they couldn’t find a single report on it anymore.

had done that for Lyla-Winston Taylor.

a man of his power and influence could force the entire country’s media outlets to