Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

"Say what?" Alyssa exclaimed.

Her face turned pale with shock as she leaped to her feet. Worry surged through

her, and her voice began to tremble. "Jonah, why didn't you tell me earlier? This is serious!"

"You've been really busy lately..."

"So what? Even if I collapsed from exhaustion, I'd still crawl home. He's my father!"

Overcome with anxiety, Alyssa grabbed her coat from the back of her chair and headed for the door. "Has Dad's condition stabilized? I'm on my way now!"

"Lyse, hold on. Listen to me."

Jonah exhaled. His voice grew heavy. "This time, Dad's emergency hospitalization has a little something to do with you."

Alyssa froze in her tracks. "What do you mean?"

"Dad's wives and I have been trying to distract him- spending time with him, watching shows together-because we were afraid he'd see the news about you joining Beckett Group's board and pulling out of Project A5."

all that, we didn't expect one of his business partners to bring it up. When Dad found out, he

pressed a hand to her forehead in frustration. Her chest felt tight, and she struggled to

fell asleep. Lyse, when you get here, talk to him really talk

voice was dull

alone, speeding toward the hospital where Winston had been

she arrived, Winston had just woken up. Jonah, Silas, and Mandy were by his side in the hospital ward. The rest of the family

a bouquet of flowers in her arms. She had brought

was about to snap at her when he noticed the lilies. While the look in his eyes softened somewhat, he

crucial for KS Group for the next five to ten

Don't you realize how cunning that brat is? He's been scheming for their heir

know," Alyssa answered

why did

"I..."

prompted Alyssa to almost disclose her plan, though she managed to hold

tell more people about the plan

matter how much she trusted her family, she couldn't be sure the

he was, caught even a whiff of suspicion, everything she'd done would