Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Late at night, Orlander summoned Freddy to the study, where Minnie was present as well.

"What? Calling off the engagement?" Minnie exclaimed in dismay. "Orlander Hodgson, are you joking? The engagement news is made public now. The wives of the local officials have been buttering me up and showering me with gifts when they learned about the engagement!

"We're so close to the marriage, and now you're telling me the engagement is canceled? How could I show my face in front of my friends?"

"Dad, what happened? Why are we calling off the engagement?" The memory of the humiliating night made Freddy seethe. "Lauren humiliated me enough by taking Cyrus' hand to my face and dancing with him. Now, they're calling off the engagement? It's a disgrace!"

Didn't Zoe claim that Lauren was a fool? Lauren was anything but that—she had flirted with another man under her fiance's watch.

Freddy thought, "I should have married that slut and tortured her daily for cheating on me!"

as my career," Orlander suddenly blurted out an outrageous remark with a look of

gasped, "What the heck did

that idiot?" Orlander sipped his tea slowly. He was giddy with pride for making the strategic decision. "Mrs. Taylor had a private talk with me. She requested that I give up

if I ceded Lauren. Mr. Winston is aware of this matter as well. If I declined, the KS Group would support my political rival instead. If you were me, you'd agree to

indignantly while Minnie was at a loss

us!" Orlander slumped on the couch and dangled his legs leisurely. It didn't take the elected official long to turn into a thug. "For one, my son doesn't need

without being subjected to Javier Beckett's whims since I'm not asking any favor from him. Secondly,

that Winston Taylor is sick.

woman is bad news—worse than her dad!" Freddy, under Zoe's influence, saw red whenever Alyssa was mentioned. "You might be able to handle Javier Beckett, but what about Alyssa

the couch and pointed a finger at Freddy. "Do you really think your marriage is a done deal, even if Mrs. Taylor did not

you make it. But you lost