Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 2463

The bar was alive with striking lights and thundering music, and the air was thick with the scent of tobacco and alcohol. The atmosphere was one of moral decay-corrupt, degrading, and vile.

"Where's Julien?" Jonah's voice cut through the noise, his tone icy and sharp.

When Jonah stepped inside, the eyes of several men turned toward him, their gazes filled with illicit intent.

"Why, hello there. Are you here alone? Are you feeling lonely?"

A sexy man sauntered over, draping himself over Jonah's shoulders. He let his hands linger with a playful squeeze. "If you're bored, I'd be happy to keep you company."

Jonah's expression darkened. His hands trembled, veins bulging with barely contained rage.

Suddenly, Evan burst through the crowd, his face twisting in alarm at the sight of Jonah surrounded by a swarm of predatory men.

Evan yelled, "Don't touch him!"

A heavy thump reverberated through the room. Gasps erupted as people scrambled back.

now lay crumpled on the floor, groaning in pain. Jonah hadn't even moved from his

Jonah to brawl so long as his actions were morally justifiable. "Where's Julien?" Jonah repeated, stepping over the man without a second glance and closing in on Evan. "H-He's at the bar. Let me walk you

need," Jonah rasped, eyes already

amidst the chaos, Jonah's commanding presence

his mind whirring. Jonah was right-Julien and Blake were polar

gentle and quiet, with a demeanor so unassuming that it bordered on demure. He wouldn't be caught dead in a place like this,

feel safe and content, leading Evan to believe he sought a loving and

however, shattered that assumption. While strikingly handsome and bearing a resemblance to Blake, Julien was

with Julien, and it wasn't just about his looks anymore. He loved the whole package, the flaws, the rebelliousness-everything. He might even have loved Julien more

drunken gaze was unfocused. With a few buttons undone, his sculpted collarbone and a

leaned toward him with a hungry gleam in his eyes. "I noticed you the moment I walked in," the

a wide, sarcastic smile. Turning his cheek to the man, he deliberately displayed his scar. "And now?" he asked, his voice dripping

startled the man, his eyes widening in surprise. But the shock quickly gave way to something else, something akin to awe. He reached out, his touch gentle,

onto a bench,

joined in, grinding to the music with a reckless abandon that made the crowd's

the stage, a hand seized