Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

It was a dark and windy night. The moon was casting a dim and cold glow on everything beneath it.

As agreed, Cornelius arrived at the study on the second floor of Primrose Manor. Preston was already waiting there, as expected. His lonely shadow on the floor was like a ghostly figure that had returned from hell to seek revenge.

"Dad, I am your son, after all. I really never thought that you'd be so cruel toward me."

Preston sat languidly on the couch. He grinned sinisterly. "I have always been respectful toward you. I have toiled hard for the corporation too. Yet, you're kicking me out because I have become handicapped? Aren't you being too heartless?"

Cornelius suddenly sensed that something was wrong. He turned around to open the door but found that he couldn't pull it open!

"Stop wasting your energy. Without my permission, you're not taking a single step out of Primrose Manor." Preston put a cigarette between his lips. However, he remembered that he no longer had a hand to light his cigarette. So, he clenched his teeth and stuffed the cigarette back into its case.

"Caspian... Caspian!" Cornelius shouted for his secretary. His back was covered in sweat.

Then, the door opened.

"Mr. Cornelius, Caspian is here."

flung Caspian's body in front of him as if he were a piece of rubbish. "It's a pity

fear and started to shiver all over. He felt faint. He roared at Preston, "How dare you murder someone? Are you

if I've gone insane, it's all because you

killing someone. What's all that fuss about? I'm sure that you've gotten lots of blood on your hands

long? Now that you're old, have you forgotten

"Preston Harper!"

documents that he had prepared and tossed them onto the tea table. "Sign these. I'm no longer interested in your shares. Harper Group has

to do is to agree to transfer all your assets to me. If so, I

blood drained

true that he had aged. But all this while, he was never afraid of anything. He never yielded to anyone for the sake of his own survival. He had never allowed himself to be

had done so, how could he have been able to build such an extensive family business in this chaotic world? How could he have become one of

was his own son, whom he had

"You acted like a good son in front of me and stooped low for so many years. You're

you contacted me, I had already transferred all my assets and shares to Landon! He is now the head of the Harper family. He is the final decision maker in all of Harper