Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

"I had thought Josh or Victor would be the mastermind, but it was the doing of David's man," Cyrus explained with doubt. "I was worried that David would pull some tricks, so I sent someone to keep an eye on his attorney. After all, he hasn't met with anyone except for his attorney.

"But we found nothing suspicious about his attorney. We dug into his call log—he did not contact the culprit."

"That's odd. Did one of David's men act without permission out of his loyalty to David? Was he worried that David's scandal would be publicized? Does David even have a lackey who's that sharp-witted?" Frowning, Alyssa fell into deep thought.

Then, she suddenly chuckled. "Maybe Josh had a card up his sleeve and pulled an act of killing with a borrowed knife."

"Is he using David?" Jasper wondered in a low, icy voice.

"As impatient as Josh, he must have wanted to silence Maggie after his men noticed we had reached out to her." Alyssa might be hot-tempered, but she always remained cool-headed in times of urgency.

high because he had to succeed at one go under our noses. It was certainly a

man to pull it off. Even if we got hold of the weapon, we'd suspect David instead

Jasper fixed an admiring gaze on her. She glowed radiantly like an angel who had descended onto earth. He

"I'll look into Josh Schmidt. He and his brother will not get

believe Josh has gotten the news and cleared himself of suspicion. It's hard to accuse him of anything if he did not personally reach out to the culprit. I'm afraid it's impossible to arrest

the case," Cyrus thundered. "I hate the humiliating feeling of failing to arrest a

flow. Do not get anxious or obsessed. You

call, silence descended on the

his chin on the top of her head. Her hair smelled fragrant. "This might sound horrible, but I quite

arrested on sexual assault charges; he'd be facing charges of contract killing and attempted first-degree murder. He'd be in jail forever

same thought?" Alyssa moved closer to him and wrapped an arm around his