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.

had been fine without the call. Now that she had heard his voice, she

do today?" She

breathing, every second was dedicated to

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

talked about something serious. "I have something I haven't

the maid that Sophia ordered to switch your mother's medication for depression?" Alyssa was as quickwitted as a fox. She immediately connected

of Rolanda and has adopted a new name. The restaurant she operated shut down six months ago. There

of Rolanda. Eventually, they located that maid in a village. She is presently living in destitution, enduring abuse from her husband.

right! God

hatred, she said, "Even if she lives the most wretched life, it will never absolve her of the heinous deeds she committed. An innocent life was sacrificed because of

to

carefully executed his plan. "Plus, everything has to be done in secret. If Sophia or Betty finds

She naturally understood the gravity

on your end? How is