Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

"Everyone, please make sure that you've made a well-thought-out decision. You will no longer be part of The Ivory the moment you step out this door.

"From today onward, you cannot seek profit under the nof The Ivory. And you will no longer be under the organization's protection the moment you leave this place." Alyssa squinted. She rested her arms on the armrest gracefully. With a tap of her foot, she spun her chair around and faced them. "Gang life was never about violence. It's about knowing the ways of the world. I hope none of you assumed that your safety all these years was because people feared your names." Everyone in the group looked at one another.

A look of diffidence flashed across the eyes of a few division heads, whose divisions were not as big as Harry's.

"What are you trying to say, Ms. Alyssa? Are you threatening us?" Harry gave her a fierce stare.

"The Ivory is able to have business dealings and survive till today because my father has been supporting your organization behind the scenes. Yet, your naivety was telling you that all of you were the ones who built The Ivory's success. That's ridiculous, don't you think?" Everyone was dumbfounded.

from behind the scenes? They had never

maintain your businesses annually. These are all recorded in your accounts. I'm not making this up." Alyssa rested the side of her head on her palm. She smiled. "Those of you who no longer wish to stay in The Ivory will also lose this support from the Taylor family. As for the drug that you rely on... Too bad." Alyssa's cold chuckle made the senior gang members go numb! "My brother, Cyrus, is chief of the Criminal Investigation Unit. Those of you who have been in the underworld

to continue running your businesses then? "He is a perfectionist. The moment

Alyssa, as if he was trying to

until now. He would be embarrassing himself if he were to back down

returned to their seats. But he was

well-respected in the underworld and also by Mr. Marc himself! ne "All these years, we have contributed more than enough to the Waters family. You claim that you spend ten million dollars a year to keep us afloat. But what we've given to the Waters family amounts to more than that! Not only are we being oppressed, we're not even allowed to consdog meat. We've had enough of such miserable days!" Harry was a man who was

all, he knew that mentioning the ban on dog meat would rile

members had returned to their seats,