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!”

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

curls,

been Betty’s imaginary enemy in their family. Betty envied her little

for new ways

try to make her sister

sister would steal her

result, she was relatively introverted and timid. In

the only one, aside from Mrs. Rosie, who treated Alyssa kindly. The only one who cared for Alyssa was Lauren, whom the rest of the family generally

Alyssa left the Becketts, she always worried about Lauren. To

and it

talking nonsense?” Betty glared fiercely at her sister. “No one was in the bathroom except

Alice! It wasn’t her!” Lauren pleaded desperately. Her words

jumble.

is none of your business. Go play somewhere else!” Sophia was

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her tiny fists and walked up to