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.

suit making him seem like some sullen

“Jonah,”she murmured.

it

inside, he asked

…” Alyssa looked down, feelinglike a child who had

up her sleeve. His eyes filled with anger when he saw the white gauze

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

her hand. The careful touch made

I shouldn’t have keptthis from you. I just think this is something I can handle on my own. That’s

looked up at her, growling, “I’ll kill him

split second,

shadow of his old self again—the man who had led thousands of

known

Jonah.” Alyssa huggedhim tightly, nuzzling into his rapidly rising chest.

just a pawn in a biggergame. So what if you kill him? His

bigger target, Jonah. That’d

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

envelope and pulled