Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Aidan called out, "Aunt Mandy."

An oppressive silence hung in the living room. Mandy gritted her teeth as she laid her eyes on Aidan. He wore an amused expression.

He did not courteously address her as "Aunt Mandy" to protect her ego; it was all to uphold his image and reputation as the eldest grandson of the Lovelace family.

"Grandpa hasn't been eating or drinking for two days after learning about what Julien had done. He is bedridden because of anger. You can imagine how furious he is now."

Aidan's eyes were emotionless as he continued, "The last time Grandpa had an outburst of a similar extent was when you decided to be with Mr. Winston despite knowing he was a married man. You volunteered to be his mistress, tainting you and our family's reputations."

Aidan had used the insulting word "mistress" to describe one of his family members. Mandy turned white but did not back down. She might no longer be a Lovelace, but she still carried a dignified air.

Alyssa felt a stabbing pain in her chest. Trembling, she felt anger flooding her veins.

Jasper furrowed his brows as he grasped her cold hand tightly. At this moment, he had finally wrapped his head around the situation. The Lovelaces had a vendetta with the Taylors due to the relationship between Mandy and Winston.

humiliated was Julien's last straw. He bellowed, "Aidan, enough is enough! I have agreed

in anger. He pointed a finger in Julien's face. "Shut up! This is not

chose to live

dumb or just plain stupid? Go fly a kite! Stop talking shit here!" Colene freed herself from Lyla and Tatiana. She barged toward Aidan

Only a six-foot man like Sean

me here for two reasons—to bring Julien home and to send you a

breaking ties with the Lovelace family. Stop coming up with excuses to drag

recall the time Ms. Alyssa nearly had her uterus removed after she suffered a rupture from the miscarriage? You knelt and starved in the garden of Grandpa's house for three days and

in to you only because you were

among the Taylor family members. Alyssa's eyes brimmed with tears as

his eyes in shock and bitterness. Hanging his head low, he closed his

comforting whisper in his ear. Alyssa tightened her grip on his cold hand. She managed to utter, "It's alright, Jasper. It's all in the

belatedly learned that his heartlessness had cost his Alyssa their only