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

do today?" She

breathing, every second was dedicated

But too much of it is like

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

... Are you trying to find the maid that Sophia ordered to switch your mother's medication for depression?" Alyssa was as

she's elusive and cautious. She no longer resides in the city area of Rolanda and has adopted a new name. The restaurant she operated shut down six months ago. There

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

serve 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.

I have to capture her and hold her

to be done in secret. If Sophia

nodded. She naturally understood the gravity of the

how about on your end? How