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, his

some commotion downstairs!” Xavier quickly took

the news

the screen. “Look at this,

on Xavier’s phone.

to take a closer look.

decades ago, and the resolution was blurry. Yet

covered her legs. A

of shock, followed by countless snapshots from

were starving wolves jumping upon

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

of the rumors that she was on drugs and how

broadcast,”

the video. “The internet wasn’t as powerful back then as it is

videos, so the

attended the broadcast in person, being a fan and

firsthand.”

getting more and more

death sentence for someone like Lyla, who had

went on to say, “My mother also said that the incident

day. You could

only a couple hours later, every single shred of news about the incident suddenly ceased

papers, but they couldn’t find a single report on it anymore.