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."

continued, "But even after all that, we didn't expect one of his business partners to bring it

to her forehead in frustration. Her chest

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

was dull but steady. "I understand. Thank you,

speeding toward the hospital

were by his side in the hospital ward. The rest of

flowers in her arms. She

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

Group for the next five to ten years.

directors and partnered with Justin! Don't you realize how cunning that

Alyssa

did you do

"I..."

her plan, though she managed to

couldn't tell more people about the

matter how much she trusted her family, she

skeptical and calculating as he was, caught even a whiff of suspicion, everything