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.

Now that she had heard his voice, she longed for him

did you do today?" She switched the

was dedicated to thinking about

of it is like having too much meat to eat. It

something I haven't told you. The men I sent to

mother's medication for depression?" Alyssa was as quickwitted as a

of Rolanda and has adopted a new name. The restaurant

is presently living in destitution, enduring abuse from her husband. Her son, who joined a gang at a young age, is currently serving

her right! God

a tone filled with hatred, she said, "Even if she lives the most wretched life, it will never absolve her of the heinous deeds she

have to capture her and hold her

executed his plan. "Plus, everything has to be done in secret. If

understood the gravity

how about on your end? How is Uncle