Can’t Win Me Back

Chapter 76

“Wait.”

For some reason, the conversation irritated Jasper. Sternly, he asked, “Ms. White, don’t you owe Liana an apology?”

Landon sighed helplessly, resisting the urge to stuff his socks into Jasper’s mouth.

A dull pain throbbed in Alyssa’s heart. She turned around to cast him a blank stare.

Her disappointed gaze pierced Jasper’s soul.

“She didn’t do it! Alice didn’t do it!”

Just at that moment, a sweet, gentle voice cut through the air. It arrived unannounced, like lightning on a clear day, foiling the plot that had been carefully planted.

When Alyssa turned her gaze toward the source of the voice, there was a glimmer in her eyes.

“Lauren!”

girl clad in a simple white dress was hurrying toward them. She was sporting

curls, which was Betty’s

had always been Betty’s imaginary enemy in their family. Betty

for new ways to bully

they appeared in public, she would try to make her sister look bad. She was afraid

sister would

other hand, was autistic. As a result, she was relatively introverted and timid. In the presence of

the three years that Alyssa was part of the Becketts, Lauren was the only one, aside from Mrs. Rosie, who treated Alyssa kindly.

left the Becketts, she always worried

and it

at her sister. “No one was in the bathroom except Liana and her. If it

wasn’t her!” Lauren pleaded

jumble.

is none of your business. Go play somewhere

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fists and walked up to Jasper. She looked up