Can’t Win Me Back

Chapter 257

“Miss … Ms. Alyssa has gone to bed, Mr.Jonah,”Sean muttered.

“Your balls must be growing bigger whileyou’re away from my side, Sean. Are you seriously lying to me on her behalf now?”Jonah rarely got angry, but when he did, he was a menacing force.

Jonah then said, “I’ll repeat myself. Pass the phone to Alyssa. Or else you’ll be removed from your station right away!”

Alyssa chewed on her lip, her heart beating fast in her chest as she took the phone and put it up to her ear.

“Jo-Jonah.”

Jonah took a deep breath, as if suppressing some intense emotion.”Come outside. We need to talk.”

…

Alyss a walked out of her house, her heart in her throat as she went up to Jonah’s Aston Martin by the road.

man remained stoic and still against the car, his gray suit making him seem like some sullen god. All Alyssa could think of right now was how terrified

“Jonah,”she murmured.

in. It’s cold.”Jonah took off his coat,put it over Alyssa’s shoulders, then led

they were inside, he asked worriedly, “Where did he hurt

arm …” Alyssa looked down, feelinglike a child who

as he grasped her arm and slowly pulled up her sleeve. His eyes filled with anger when he saw the white gauze wrapped around

a skin wound.It doesn’t hurt much anymore, either.”Alyssa reassured him. She didn’t want her

her hand. The careful touch made her

have keptthis from you. I just think this is something I can handle

up at her, growling,

brother’s old fe rocity had returned in a split second, even

Alyssa could see a shadow of his old self again—the man who had led thousands of men in the underground,

all, known as

huggedhim tightly, nuzzling into his rapidly rising chest. You promised not to return to that path

was just a pawn in a biggergame. So what if you kill

can’t waste this opportunity to catchthe bigger target, Jonah. That’d

faded away. He sighed, leaned against Alyssa, and then handed her a brown envelope from the

envelope and