"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."

of his business partners

frustration.

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

voice was

alone, speeding toward the hospital where

just woken up. Jonah, Silas, and Mandy were by his side in the hospital

bouquet of flowers in her arms. She had brought

snap at her when he noticed the lilies. While the look in his eyes softened

KS Group for the next five to

their board of directors and partnered with Justin! Don't you realize how cunning that brat is? He's been scheming for their heir position

know," Alyssa answered

did

"I..."

disclose her plan, though she managed to hold

couldn't tell more people about the plan between her,

trusted her family, she couldn't be sure the information

caught even a whiff of suspicion, everything she'd

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