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."

of his business partners to bring it up. When Dad found out, he was

hand to her forehead in frustration.

his medication and fell asleep. Lyse, when you get here, talk

forced herself to stay composed. Her voice was dull but steady. "I understand. Thank

toward the hospital where

side in the

bouquet of flowers in her arms. She had

when he noticed the lilies. While the look in his eyes softened somewhat, he still spoke furiously, "You brat.

Group for the next five to ten years. Yet you...

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

Alyssa answered

why did

"I..."

misunderstanding prompted Alyssa to almost disclose her plan,

more people about the

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

if Justin, skeptical and calculating as he was, caught even a