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."

even after all that, we didn't expect one of his business partners to bring it up. When Dad found out, he was furious. He said that you... betrayed the

to her forehead in frustration. Her chest felt tight,

and fell asleep. Lyse, when you get

forced herself to stay composed. Her voice was dull but steady.

alone, speeding toward the hospital where Winston had

and Mandy were by his side in the hospital ward. The

in her

he noticed the lilies. While the look

to ten years.

and partnered with Justin! Don't you realize

Alyssa answered

why did you do

"I..."

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

more people about the plan between her, Newton, and

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

if Justin, skeptical and calculating as he was, caught even a whiff of suspicion, everything she'd done