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."

Lyse's family to start with." Jasper hugged Alyssa by the waist as he pondered the

out of fear of sounding

with Lauren. Looks like the 'love rival' has plunged you into a crisis." Alyssa immediately read Landon's mind. "Seriously? Did you lose your head over a

his lips

in the future." Jasper put on a serious face and advised Landon, "Your priority

Landon felt bothered. He had acknowledged Lauren as his future spouse, but the same might not be true for Lauren. He worried that, given her naivety, she might fall for

for being too

Alyssa finished breakfast, Xavier returned from his mission and exclaimed, "Madam, you're spot

"The media has swarmed the entrance to the police station. The police have

He's the scum of the earth!" Landon slammed the table

amazed by Alyssa's capability. Holding her shoulders and carefully pulling her into a hug, he praised, "Lyse, Landon

she playfully chided him but secretly enjoyed the compliments. "Too bad David was caught in action. I heard a few reporters on

the live stream. How exciting would

to accept. Now, he thoroughly enjoyed her

get you the raw video,"

Landon was truly out of the situation or simply

Daisy and David Schmidt are done for. Josh has lost two of his right-hand men." A frosty expression unfolded on Jasper's face. "He must be panicking

lacks the talent to helm a company. Watching him fight