Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

"Lauren..." Jasper and Alyssa were both stunned.

Alyssa then smiled faintly and looked at Lauren gratefully while feeling warm inside.

"Lauren is right. Are you spreading rumors right in front of Mr. Beckett and Ms. Alyssa? Do you think the legal departments of Beckett Group and KS Group are useless?"

Landon held Lauren by the shoulder and gazed coldly at the gossipers. "If you have the guts, go ahead and say another word. Harper Group will play along with you."

Those gossiping women, already embarrassed by Lauren's scolding, were further intimidated by Landon's fierce demeanor. They didn't even dare breathe, cowering like a bunch of quails.

"I recognize you. You're Mr. Jameson." Lauren elegantly lifted her skirt and walked over, blocking Alyssa from view. It was the first time she had boldly met the gaze of a stranger. "Mr. Jameson, are you Alyssa's friend?"

Alyssa smirked at that question. The word "friend" seemed tainted when used in connection with Jameson. But she didn't blame Lauren. The innocent Lauren had no idea of the darkness behind it all, and Alyssa didn't want her to know either.

"What are you trying to say, Ms. Lauren?" Jameson smiled, looking gentle.

Alyssa's friend, you should have stood up for her the moment you heard people gossiping about her instead

real

her into an embrace to keep

his smile awkwardly froze

a few words, Lauren not only extricated Alyssa from this murky relationship,

Lauren is becoming more and more like the Harper family's matriarch." Landon came over and rested his

make sure to thank Lauren for me." Jasper's eyes softened as

eyes. "I won't just thank her verbally. I'll show it with

exhaust yourself from working. For Lauren's future happiness, you should take better

fit as a fiddle. My body

his lips in frustration. "Besides, I live a monotonous life now, always at work or

is like. I live for these intimate moments with my wife

know

letting Landon touch Lauren was as cruel as