Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Preston quivered in anger. His face turned white.

"Dad, how could you say so? Preston is your son too! I don't know how he'll live out the rest of his life after what Landon did to him!

"You didn't offer him words of comfort or even hold Landon responsible. Instead, you're pinning the blame on him. Do you want him dead?" Sylvia widened her eyes in disbelief and raged.

"How am I supposed to hold Landon responsible? He's the second largest stockholder of Harper Group and the company president. All the directors on the board pledged their loyalty to him. Laying a finger on him would mean hurting the company.

"As the family patriarch, shouldn't I look at the big picture?"

Preston clutched his bedsheet tightly. Anger festered in him. What Cornelius did wasn't "looking at the big picture", but sacrificing his second son.

silence. Then, he said resolutely, "Preston, I bought the flight tickets for you.

you mean?" Preston was

no business staying in Solana City. You'll only make the Harpers a laughingstock." Cornelius marched out of the room without hesitation, seemingly worried that he

If you keep living in denial, you might lose more than an arm the next time you go up

the opportunity to leave with Cornelius. After the three of

that the tide had turned against them, brazenly pointed a finger at Preston and laughed at him. "Hahaha! Seems like your dad has completely given up on you. You are of no use to him anymore. This

He's kind and passionate. He always took good care of you. Too bad he died an untimely death, no thanks to a certain somebody." "Shut the fuck up!"

from her luxury bag and tossed them onto his bed. "Sign the divorce papers as soon as you can. You need to fulfill all the conditions I listed in the document, or your secret of ten years

left the room