Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Julien blinked. Being observant and having dated Jonah for a while, he immediately noticed his lover spacing out. "You're not

attentive. Are you feeling unwell?"

Jonah's heart sank. He denied in a raspy voice, "No. I'm fine."

"Julien, | have a favor to ask of you!" Alyssa quickly distracted Julien, whisking him away to the living room. She said to Jonah,

"Jonah, what are you doing? You should throw together sfood for Julien!"

"Sure." Jonah left without a word.

Meanwhile, Julien kept turning around to check on Jonah. Something felt amiss, but he couldn't quite put a finger on it.

Back in the living room, Alyssa laid out the pills she brought with her on the coffee table. "Julien, please run stests on the

components of this drug. You're the domain expert, not to mention you have the right equipment for it."

"What's this?" Frowning, he scrutinized the blue pills.

"There were a few consecutive cases of drug addicts dying of heart attack in Solana City, but in the post-mortem, the examiner

could not find evidence of the victims taking drugs.

that, the victims showed symptoms of seizure and mad

Their deaths were horrific.

that the victims had taken this type of drug before their deaths. This is a serious matter

Ivory Gang. Julien, please figure out if the

can."

learned that the case involved The Ivory

has always fussed over me. | will definitely

up. She pressed her lips, thinking, "Julien is really a nice guy. Jonah should never hurt him, or I'll never

about that. I'll get back to you as

couch. "Alright then. | won't be thirdwheeling any longer. I'll head

seemed upset," Julien called out to her with a

Jonah and only had eyes for him, just like how Jasper

because he could read her

Their Foxy appeared to be helplessly in

the best relationship in

still recovering

sense." Julien pressed his lips remorsefully. "It was my fault for stubbornly

next time. I'll

envious of your relationship with Jonah," she said without betraying her emotions, but her

his flaws and issues down the road, after decades of living together, will you think differently of him?

issues might make