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.

wonder there was some commotion downstairs!” Xavier quickly

news online.

the screen. “Look at

video that played on Xavier’s phone. Narrowing

a

decades ago, and the resolution was blurry. Yet

shakily covered her legs. A clear

in shrieks and gasps of shock, followed by countless snapshots from cameras as if

starving wolves jumping

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

rumors that she was on drugs and how

celebratory live broadcast,”

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

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

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

firsthand.”

was getting more and more upset by the

like urinary incontinence in public was worse than a death sentence for someone like Lyla, who had been the

to say, “My mother also said that the

You could

of news about

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

exactly who had done that for

force the entire country’s media