Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

"You're awake, Lyse." Jasper's voice was gentle and coy. She could practically get pregnant with that voice in her ear.

Yet, she felt oddly secure.

"I'm not tired." Alyssa got up and went to the balcony. She looked up at the moon in the warm evening breeze.

"Are you finding it hard to sleep after leaving me? No one is there to cuddle with you." Jasper chuckled.

"Pfft, of course not! A man does not consume my everything." Alyssa's face was burning up, but she was stubborn with her words.

"But Lyse, you are my everything."

Her heart beat wildly at Jasper's sudden declaration of affection. She felt her body was burning up and was about to reach boiling point.

She missed him so much.

the call. Now that she had heard his voice,

do today?" She switched

every second was dedicated to thinking about

But too much of it is like

to her and talked about something serious. "I have something I haven't told you. The men

your mother's medication for depression?" Alyssa was as quickwitted as a fox. She immediately connected

area of Rolanda and has adopted a new name. The restaurant she

men scoured every corner of Rolanda. Eventually, they located that maid in a village. She is presently living in destitution, enduring abuse from her husband. Her son, who joined a gang at a young age, is currently serving a two-year sentence for theft. Her life has reached rock

right!

teeth and a tone filled with hatred, she said, "Even if she lives the most wretched life, it will

before that, I have to capture her and hold her

done in secret. If Sophia or Betty finds out about my plan, they might intercept

She naturally understood the gravity of

on your end?