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.

making him seem like some

“Jonah,”she murmured.

took off his coat,put it

were inside, he asked worriedly, “Where did

Alyssa looked down, feelinglike a child who had made

hardened as he grasped her arm and slowly pulled up her sleeve. His eyes filled

hurt much

took her

just think this is something I can handle on my own. That’s why… I didn’t want you to

depressive silence, Jonah looked up at her, growling, “I’ll

a split second, even after he’d embraced a more spiritual way of life for

that moment, Alyssa could see a shadow of his old self again—the man who had led thousands of

all, known

into his rapidly rising chest. You promised not to return to that path now

So what if you kill him? His

can’t waste this opportunity to catchthe bigger target, Jonah. That’d only make us look like

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

and pulled out the documents within.”What