Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Joseph finally broke when his son publicly challenged his ego as the family patriarch. Staring Julien down, he was about to approach the latter when a slim figure glided out of nowhere and stopped him.

"Mandy?"

In the next second, they heard a deafening slap. Mandy, filled with resentment, had slapped Joseph on the face. The impact of her slap caused his cheek to swell and his ears to ring.

"Mandy, did you just slap me? But I'm your brother!"

"My brother? Do I even have one?" She flashed him an indifferent smile. "I thought I was kicked out of the Lovelace family just like Julien. By the way, you're just a son adopted by the Lovelace family."

revelation of Joseph being an adopted son caught Aidan and Julien off guard. It was a family secret that had never been disclosed to the younger generation. Mandy must have been intent on humiliating Joseph by openly bringing up his

You're only benefiting from Dad's

power to assert dominance

Lovelace!" Despite nearly fainting from the anger, Joseph

was adopted. Edgar Lovelace, who failed to produce a son over many years, had secretly adopted Joseph from an orphanage with his wife, Agatha Borne, to

got pregnant with Mandy and gave birth to the only flesh and blood of Edgar. Alas, Mandy

and Agatha's favorite due to her good looks and intelligence. For a while, Mandy's talent had challenged Edgar's prejudice against women in positions