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.

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

do today?" She switched the

every second was dedicated to thinking about

is like having too much

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

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

has adopted a new name. The restaurant

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

right!

it will never absolve her of the heinous deeds she committed. An innocent life was sacrificed because of her greed. She should pay with a life

that, I have to capture her and hold

plan. "Plus, everything has to be done in secret. If Sophia or Betty finds out about my plan, they might intercept and kill

She naturally understood the gravity of the

your end? How is