Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

"Lyse, what are you doing?" Winston warned her.

"Dad, please trust Jasper," Alyssa pleaded in a coarse voice, her eyes shimmering in tears.

As witty and calculative as she was, she couldn't stop herself from going up to Jasper.

Winston felt sorry for his daughter and said sternly, "I never said I distrusted him. But he's at odds with Javier, and he's involved with the Harpers. If he's a man worth marrying, I would like to see how he'll resolve the situation."

The situation grew extremely tense and awkward. Judging from Jasper's steely expression, he seemed reluctant to show any regard for the Harpers.

take it anymore. He pulled Zoe along to confront Jasper, "Jasper, you are free to love whoever you want, but how could you not offer an apology

with his stinging remarks. "Are we wrong for wanting you to take responsibility for Zoe? Why did you even get involved with her if you claimed to

you think Zoe can be easily bullied because no one could stand up for a poor, kind girl who lost her

from then, the Harpers had pressured the Becketts to take action, only to be ignored by Jasper. He watched as Zoe made a scene until she gave

to tremble in fear. He began in an authoritative and firm tone, "I have neither slept with your granddaughter nor keep in touch with

scandal, and I'm still investigating it. Zoe might not be bothered by her reputational

reputation had been in tatters even before the scandal. They mused about the possibility of Zoe

smudging her eye makeup. Cornelius certainly preferred to have trust in Zoe's character, and he assumed that Jasper was merely finding an excuse to get out of