Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

"What happened?" The look in Jasper's eyes hardened. He silently met Alyssa's eyes.

"Just now, Victor and Josh Schmidt bailed him out from the police station. Not only that, they brought along a group of reporters with them.

"Josh shamelessly cleared David's name in front of the media, claiming that someone had framed David. He said it was all a misunderstanding." Xavier's voice broke due to his rage.

"Fuck! How did that happen?" Alyssa jumped up from the bed. Jasper went pale and hurriedly pinned her back onto the bed. "Lyse, be careful! You don't want the needle to come off."

"How is that possible? That fucking pervert couldn't have been released from the police station." Alyssa grabbed the phone and yelled at Xavier in panic, "Jasper and I have made the arrangements. Winston knew about this as well. Knowing how much he cares for Taty, there's no way he would allow the Schmidts to do so. Why didn't he stop them?"

"M-Madam, please calm down," Xavier croaked, his throat dry from the panic. "I'm still looking into the situation. Please wait for my updates."

Before she could dial Cyrus' number, in a sudden

at the screen of Jasper's phone, Alyssa felt her heart thumping

Jasper hurriedly questioned

"It's... Jonah."

Soon, he coaxed her gently,

reeling from the aversion against her brothers' controlling streak, she answered the call with a hostile attitude, "Don't waste your time trying to get me

engulfed by pain. Alyssa had always treated him

state. The

usual, "Lyse, Axel told us about your situation. If you're safe and happy with him, I won't stop

held her breath. She was surprised