Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

She was like an ant on a hot pan, jittering with worry.

The other end of the phone was exceptionally quiet.

"Mom? Mom! Did you hear what I said? What should we do now?"

"We need to get rid of that maid," Sophia said sinisterly after a long time.

"Pretend nothing ever happened. Let's keep it down and get someone to spy on her. When the time is right, we'll make this little troublemaker disappear from the face of the earth!"

Alyssa was discharged from the hospital after she recovered.

Axel wasn't there when she was discharged because he didn't want to see Winston. Everyone else from the Taylor family came. Even Winston's wives rushed over from Belbanks.

The wives were empathetic women. When they saw how scrawny the princess of the family had become, tears streamed down their faces. Alyssa had lost her usual radiant appearance.

"My dear child, you've suffered so much."

to Alyssa and hugged her tightly. "It's our

be apologizing." Alyssa returned

Did Dad buy you anything

that he's so stingy that he didn't

hand, Lyla bought a lot of premium ingredients and local products to cook for you for a month. She wants to replenish your body again," Colene

her hand. She was a fan of

for countless rounds of

the other side of the road. He stood alone in the chilly woods, staring at Alyssa from

smile, unable to pull

that she was leaving the hospital today, he

the dark, silently standing there as he stared longingly at the woman he once

bed with him. Now, she was a dream that

her face for a long time. He recalled how she had shrieked and scowled at him. She had even tried to

he clutched

pain tore his chest instantly. It was so painful that it