Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Alyssa listened to Mandy's words, eyes slowly tearing up.

Battered and bruised...

Barely breathing.

What suffering did her mother go through to have nearly lost her life in a foreign country?

Jasper held on to Alyssa's trembling hand, asking Mandy curiously, "During all the years Mrs. Taylor was here in Belbanks alone and after giving birth to so many children, did she never once thought to contact her own family or return to her home country?"

Mandy shook her head, eyes downcast. "No, not once. Winston even changed Jennifer's lawful nationality and gave her a new identity, cutting her off entirely from her past."

Both Jasper and Alyssa were even more confused now. What did Jennifer undergo to be willing to hide her identity and permanently part ways with her home country?

more curious about her mother's identity

has also privately reminded

Alyssa's hand and pleaded tearfully, "I don't know why Winston is doing this, but you must trust him. He truly did love

So, Lyse, just pretend I never told you about Jennifer today. Don't ask Winston

mother deeply, but she didn't want to

deteriorated due to Dominic's actions, just as he had started to

up on Winston

his chair,

lover's father, after all. Who could understand the pressure of having to execute your job well in front of your future

his mouth crumpled up grumpily. Julien had helped Winston whenever the latter had a sudden and dangerous decline in health, saving him from death's

his feet, making him both exhausted and hungry. But Jonah, heartless as he was, only worried

wine and the company of men, had always navigated life effortlessly, winning over whomever he pleased. But encountering Jonah changed everything, as