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.

symptoms of seizure and mad behavior before their deaths,

Their deaths were horrific.

that the victims had taken this type

figure out if the drug carries any harmful

can."

serious face when he learned that the case involved

always fussed over me. | will definitely see to this

"Julien is really a nice guy.

about that. I'll get back to

Alyssa rose from the couch. "Alright then. |

with Jonah just now? He seemed upset," Julien called out to her

Jonah and only had eyes for him, just like how Jasper felt toward Alyssa. She

him because he could read her mind

heartache. Their Foxy appeared to be helplessly in

deserved the best relationship in the world,

guess he's still recovering from exhaustion. He's

was my fault for stubbornly keeping him

next time.

relationship with Jonah," she said without betraying her emotions, but her breathing

road, after decades of living together, will you think differently of

and sof his issues might make you look at him