Can’t Win Me Back

Chapter 684

Jasper was taken aback, his arms still in midair. He had wanted to comfort Alyssa with a hug.

“I only wanted to…”

“I said, stay out of this!” Alyssa had no patience to deal with him further. She stormed away from him, still

on her phone, and slammed the door as she walked out.

The warmth and tenderness Jasper had so achingly wished for disappeared just like that. Their shared

moment from earlier burst, just like a short-lived bubble floating up into the sky.

Alyssa didn’t take the antique Jasper had given her. To her, family was the most important thing right now.

Sadness filled Jasper’s chest, making his heart twinge in pain.

But now wasn’t the time to be depressed. He quickly recovered and left the room.

“Mr. Beckett, I just saw Madam leave looking absolutely pissed. Did you upset her?” Xavier asked

worriedly, a sliver of blame in his eyes. After all, his boss had always been known to get on Alyssa’s wrong

side.

to Madam Lyla,” Jasper said,

Xavier quickly took out his phone

news

showing Jasper the screen. “Look at this,

played on Xavier’s phone. Narrowing his eyes,

a closer

was blurry. Yet it was still clear enough to recognize

her legs. A clear

and gasps of shock, followed by countless snapshots from cameras as

jumping

my mother was Lyla Nelson’s biggest fan. She told me about how Lyla’s reputation got

on drugs and how she even pissed herself onstage during TS

broadcast,” Xavier

bring himself to watch the video. “The internet wasn’t as powerful back then as

the phones back then capable of taking videos, so the news didn’t spread as

my mother had attended the broadcast in person, being a fan and all,

firsthand.”

more upset by the

death sentence for someone like Lyla, who had been the number one celebrity actress loved

said that

the next day. You could get it anywhere!

a couple hours later, every single shred of news

had no idea who had bought all the papers, but they