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

you do today?" She switched

from breathing, every second was dedicated to thinking about

talk. But too much of it is like having too much meat

talked about something serious. "I have something I haven't told you. The men I sent to Rolanda came

you trying to find the maid that Sophia ordered to switch your mother's medication for depression?"

in the city area of Rolanda and has adopted a new name. The restaurant she operated

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

her right!

teeth and 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 committed. An innocent life was sacrificed because of

before that, I have to capture her and hold her

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

understood the gravity of

your end? How