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.

victims showed symptoms of seizure and mad behavior

Their deaths were horrific.

found out that the victims had taken this type of drug before their

and The Ivory Gang. Julien, please figure out if

can."

put on a serious face when he learned that the case involved The

always fussed over me. | will

a nice guy. Jonah should never hurt him, or I'll never forgive

get back to

Alyssa rose from the couch. "Alright then. | won't be thirdwheeling

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

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

he could read her mind from her

in heartache. Their Foxy appeared to be helplessly

the best relationship in the

fine. | guess he's still recovering from exhaustion. He's not getting any

"It was my fault for stubbornly keeping him up last night. I'll be

time.

with Jonah," she said

of living together, will you think

to be, and sof his issues might make you