Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

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"A man in a suit?" Maggie looked staggered.

"Oh, I remember now! No wonder he looks familiar. He's that fellow who dropped by for a visit with the young couple last time. I gave him a good beating then. Yes, it's him! He is acting very suspiciously;

certainly up to no good."

Before Miriam was done speaking, Maggie darted out of her place with a pounding heart without even bothering to put on shoes.

In the end, Xavier couldn't muster up the courage to call Maggie. He felt that he was destined to go home disappointed, a victim of his own cowardice.

Just as he was about to turn and leave dejectedly, he heard a bright, sweet voice calling out to him. "X- Xavier!"

Feeling surprised, he spun around and saw Maggie hurtling toward him, dressed in bunny pajamas and tying her hair into a bun.

disappeared, and his

stammered Xavier with a foolish look on

flowers and the

the flowers but declined

the flowers, but I can't possibly accept your gift," she said in

all—just a minor gesture compared to what she had done for me.

tears.

beat in sync, nearly shaking the

Maggie blushed,

gift on Mr. Beckett or Madam Alyssa's behalf." Xavier's warm breath tickled her ear. Embracing her, he could not let go. "Everything I did was for you. I'm

miss

feast was laid out, and the guests bustled around Alyssa and Jasper's home. The place looked as merry as

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