Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Landon lowered his head with a bashful look. He confessed, "I'm the one who's worried that you might not want to attend."

Choking on emotions, Cyrus went up and offered him a hearty hug.

When Landon entered the car, he saw Lauren leaning her head against the car window and wrapped in the blanket while getting some shut-eye. In her feeble condition, she had pushed her limits by embarking on this outing even with the help of a wheelchair.

"The window is chilly. Come rest your head here." He opened his arms and pulled her into an embrace. Then, he rubbed his chin on top of her head.

The car cruised toward the hospital.

Leaning against Landon's chest, Lauren suddenly cast a puzzled look at him upon feeling something solid in his suit.

"Does it bother you?" After some hesitation, he retrieved Angelina's diary from within his jacket.

Angelina's diary. One night, she couldn't fall asleep as Landon was on a business trip, and she wandered to Angelina's room, only to accidentally

notebook solemnly. "I do not want

but did not accept the notebook. After some wiggling underneath her blanket, she reached for her phone and typed in the notes app. "I know. Angie has always

his throat clamming up, he demanded. "Lauren,

had the chance to know her better after spending time with her every day. She took care of me. Landon, you were with her every day. Couldn't you tell? You can't conceal feelings of love. I knew

feelings of love were hard to be concealed. He wondered if he had ever been attentive to Angelina because he had failed to pick up

"Angie had been confessing her love to you all the years simply through staying by your

companionship

had been silently waiting at the cemetery since early morning. She watched the funeral and participated in

daisies by the tree. When