Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Jamie exclaimed, "They managed to scare us off. How embarrassing and humiliating!"

"You're kidding, right? It'd be even more embarrassing to stick around any longer," Lydia countered as she suppressed the pain in her wrist.

Lydia then retrieved her phone, opened the browser, and found a picture of Jonah Taylor, the president of KS Group.

Jamie peered over her shoulder. When she saw the picture, she gasped, "Isn't this the guy we saw earlier? He's the president of KS Group!"

Lydia's eyes darkened as she gazed at the picture, feeling beads of sweat forming.

Initially, the man had seemed familiar, but she couldn't place him. Then, as she left through the exit, it clicked—he was one-half of the gay couple that had recently made headlines.

"That can't be right. The president of KS Group is gay. How could he also be the one claiming to be Rose's boyfriend? They just bear a striking resemblance."

right. That bitch couldn't be so lucky as to

they look so alike. Anyone would

her other hand frantically searched her drawer for nitroglycerin pills. She found them, poured out

distress even after taking

to him, Rose's once proud posture now slumped slightly. She slowly tightened her grip on her chest, the strain

lips, his gaze turning

from a cheap and lowly background. What's the point of a fancy designer title anyway? It can't scrub away the stains of my past. You must be really let down, huh? Well, now that they're gone, you don't

a warm, reassuring presence enveloping her

over him, Silas expressed his affection by pulling her into a

found herself yielding to the comforting

pretending?" Silas murmured,