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.

remained stoic and still against the car, his gray suit making him seem like some sullen god. All Alyssa could

“Jonah,”she murmured.

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

were inside, he asked worriedly,

feelinglike a child who had made a

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

okay, Jonah. It was just a skin wound.It doesn’t hurt much anymore,

down and took her hand.

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

at her, growling, “I’ll

in a split second,

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

known as

rising chest. You promised not to return

if you kill him? His

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

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

curiously opened the envelope and pulled