Can’t Win Me Back

Chapter 1070

“Without it, I would rather die!” Sophia cried out.

Betty hadn’t had any first-hand experience with medication reliance.

Though Sophia wore a crooked expression, she gleaned a fleeting insight into the agony of drug withdrawal.

“About Jeffrey… Have you managed to deal with him?” Sophia suddenly inquired in a sly manner.

Betty’s heart dropped. She replied softly, “I have arranged someone to handle it. The only thing is, that person hasn’t gotten back to me till now. I’m afraid that they haven’t done it yet.”

“So useless! All of them are good-for-nothings!” Sophia opened her eyes wide in fury.

“Mom, we’re talking about a prison here. It’s good enough that I was able to find someone to do the work for you.

“His movements in there are limited. Unlike the outside, he can’t just do as he wishes. So, please just wait a little longer. We should hear back very soon.”

“Wait? How can I bear to wait? Each day that Jeffrey is still alive… My heart is just like a cat on a hot tin roof. I can’t sleep nor eat well!”

In her nervousness, Sophia began to pace. She said, “I’m certain that Alyssa and Jasper have met with him. Plus, they are surely thinking of a way to make him open his mouth and testify against me!

It would only be a matter of time before he rats me

that the stakes were high. But she truly

“Calm down, Mom. Iw

have done so long ago. Why would he wait until now?

many lives with his hands before he came to work for you. But he was still able to come over safely.

be ruined in Alyssa’s and Jasper’s hands. That

as she listened to Betty. She also thought that Betty sounded reasonable.

knock at the door made both of them

it?” Sophia asked as she walked into the

me,” Rory replied emotionlessly.

look in Sophia’s eyes dimmed. She opened the door just a and peeped callously

respectfully, “Madam Sophia, Mr. J sent me to pass a message to

asked me to go with him? I’m not grounded anymore?”

the annual horse racing event. This year will not be an exception.”

will surely attend. I will be there!”

closed the door. Tears were welling up in her

being grounded, she was finally about to be able to see the light of day again.

proof that Javier was no longer mad at her? Was the tension

But…