Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

"What did you say? That's impossible!"

Amber's eyes widened in panic. She struggled fiercely against Carl's grip, pummeling his chest with her fists, but it was futile. "That's nonsense! You're lying!" "Amber... Amber..."

Unfazed by her resistance, Carl stared at her with unfocused eyes, breathing heavily. "Why would I lie? My feelings for you are genuine. I've never lied to you." "Look at me! I have Alyssa Taylor's face! Why would Mr. Schmidt allow me to marry you?" Amber was on the verge of hysteria. "I don't want to marry you! I don't!" Carl's glare intensified as he roared, "Who then? Axel Whitaker?" His eyes were bloodshot.

Amber's body stiffened in his arms, a sharp pang shooting through her heart.

Carl grabbed her chin forcefully, squeezing so hard it felt like it would break. "Mr. Schmidt has had his fun with you. You're also a woman who looks exactly like Axel's sister. Do you think he truly desires you? Can he?

share of beautiful women. Women who would pay to be in his bed, to be his wife. He wouldn't even need to

were a knife twisting in Amber's gut. "He was momentarily interested. Perhaps he pitied your beauty and despair. As someone of high status, he merely sympathized with a lowly person like you! "I'm the one who truly loves you! If I

Axel's watchful, captivating eyes flashed in

back any words. Tears

Novak was arrested out of the blue. You were the one who provided

to interrogate her. "Wesley was the one who gathered the evidence against

able to catch him

He must have hidden the evidence somewhere I wouldn't

own carelessness that led to their current situation. He almost wished he could bring Wesley back just to kill him again. "Tell me, how

a chilling sound against the backdrop of her tear-streaked face. "What's