Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Xavier was envious of Alyssa. If only he could marry Jasper too!

"Ahem. That's unnecessary." Alyssa's voice softened. "I didn't date you to make you my human shield. I mean, you've done that a few times, but you're only human. Don't risk your life for me. You'll only break my heart."

Heart racing, Jasper grinned widely. At that moment, he'd die for Alyssa.

He said to her, "Lyse, I've finished the lunch you delivered to me."

Then, he embarrassedly turned away. Breathing heavily, he croaked, "Can I enjoy 'supper' tonight?"

Meanwhile, the Schmidt Group was in deep trouble. The Tsulu government, provoked by the deaths, had officially prosecuted the local employees in charge of the demolition. On top of that, the government requested an astronomical amount of compensation from the company.

that the Schmidts were one of the four esteemed families in Cyrris, the Tsulu government extorted a three-billion-dollar payment from

to demolish a site with centuries of history and architecture. The government

the Schmidt Group's attempt to cover

on top of the initial development cost. Putting aside the talk on the group's financial ability to withstand the blow, such an incident had already made them

itself a debacle all

finally had a massive outburst in an emergency board meeting in the

as the culprit behind the demolition. It paled in comparison to the

the board members left, the father and son got into a huge fight in the meeting room. Blinded by rage,

stop the bleeding on his head. He then scurried out

legs. There, he happened to run into

"Josh, you look badly injured. Want me to call the ambulance for