Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

"A love rival?" Alyssa rested her cheek on her palm while feeding Jasper blueberries. She mused, "It's quite unfathomable for Landon Harper to have a love rival. That's new."

Jasper snickered. "Lauren's living a secluded life because you're overprotective. She doesn't have a chance to meet with anyone outside—it's just you and your secretary. She doesn't even have a healthy social life, so what's all that talk about a love rival? You must be dreaming."

"Isn't that right?" Landon slammed a fist on the table as his voice broke from the tension.

He recalled the scene from last night where Lauren mumbled the name of this guy, Cyrus, while sleeping in his arms. How could she call out the name of another man in her dreams?

His heart immediately shattered into pieces.

Alyssa shot him a piercing glance. "Do you mean my brother, Cyrus Taylor?"

Jasper froze. He grappled with the far-fetched notion, struggling to imagine Lauren and Cyrus together.

Landon widened his eyes, looking amazed. "Oh, Lyse, how did you know? Are you God?"

"Hah, drop it." Feeling speechless, she told him, "You're an open book—I can tell from your face. I saw you standing across from Cyrus yesterday, staring at him fiercely, and I immediately knew something was wrong.

"But Mr. Harper, you shouldn't look down on the gentlemen of the Taylor family. None of them would ever get involved with unavailable women. You shouldn't imagine him as a love rival just because he spoke to Lauren."

start with." Jasper

out of fear of sounding like a

you into a crisis." Alyssa immediately read Landon's mind. "Seriously? Did you lose your head over a non-issue? Are

his lips

Jasper put on a serious face and advised Landon, "Your priority should be sorting out the mess in your family. Once you've established your

not be true for Lauren. He worried that, given her naivety, she might fall

for being too deep

Jasper and Alyssa finished breakfast, Xavier returned from his mission and exclaimed, "Madam, you're spot on! David Schmidt has been

the police station. The police have gathered evidence of David

the scum of the

to learn about David's reproachable behavior. Besides that, he was amazed by Alyssa's capability. Holding her shoulders and carefully

enjoyed the compliments. "Too bad David was caught in action. I heard a few reporters on stakeout had live streamed him completely naked,

live stream.

Alyssa's often surprisingly bold remarks, which he once found hard to accept. Now, he thoroughly enjoyed her snarky behavior. He'd much prefer to date a

out the nudity. If you want, I'll get you the raw video," Landon suggested with sincerity

if Landon was truly out of the

frosty expression unfolded on Jasper's face. "He must be panicking now since he has lost his support pillars. Next, he'll be fighting Jameson head-on for power in the Schmidt

talent to helm a company. Watching him fight Jameson will be as exciting