Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Alyssa narrowed her eyes, her gaze cold.

The man before her often disguised his vile and vicious nature beneath a fragile exterior. Justin was everything Jasper wasn't—where Jasper was honest, strong, and serious, Justin exuded a chilling, sinister energy. He was like a snake in human form, cold and cunning.

"Lyse, don't listen to his nonsense," Silas said bluntly. "He's just trying to unsettle you, luring you in with lies."

Stepping forward, Silas positioned himself between Alyssa and Justin, confronting the latter. "Are you some plague or sewer pest? Why are you always around? You're not welcome here. Get out of Lyse's sight right now!"

"Silas," Alyssa murmured, gently tugging at his shirt as she shook her head.

Then, turning her emotionless gaze toward Justin, she said, "Mr. Beckett, you claim you can treat my father's condition. Care to elaborate?"

Justin pressed a clean white silk handkerchief to his mouth and nose, releasing a couple of dull coughs and furrowing his brows.

Silas scoffed. "You're a sick man yourself. How ridiculous of you to claim you can treat someone else."

Justin ignored the jab. Instead, he turned to Abel with a composed smile. "Dr. Liverton, I'll have one of my subordinates deliver a box of stroke-suppressing medication shortly."

The moment the Taylor siblings heard there was medication involved, they stiffened. Alarm bells rang in their heads.

lack of trust," Justin said, his voice thick with

run tests on it with Dr. Liverton

safe, I ask you to bury the hatchet, let the past go, and accept

turned pale. He wanted to speak but held back. It was as though all his resentment and hatred had

promised was delivered to

donned her lab coat and face mask. Alongside Abel and two biomedical researchers, she entered the lab

dragging her feet. She removed her mask, revealing

it

rushed

her lips

in a

"It's just regular medication.

with it."

swet

and Silas exclaimed in

good news, but they still found it hard to believe Justin hadn't pulled any

as a free lunch. Can we really trust this

it if you want, but Lyse