Can’t Win Me Back

Jasper and Alyssa's faces fell. Alyssa felt her chest tighten. "Did Tristan turn himself in?"

"Yes. He has also turned in all evidence against Sophia. Every one of them is devastating to the Beckett Group. Javier Beckett's blood pressure will go through the roof if he sees it. Simon Lynch could try all he wants, but he'll never be able to save Sophia."

Despite the good news, Alyssa couldn't muster any joy. Jasper, sensing her distress, embraced her. "I know you won't feel like eating now. Let's head to the police station. I'll heat up the food when we get back."

She leaned into his chest, nodding with a troubled expression.

Tristan sat calmly in the interrogation room, with just a wall separating him from Sophia. His composure was the exact opposite of Sophia's hysteria.

"Sir, that's all I have to report regarding the details of my drug dealing with Sophia," Tristan concluded.

his face and wondered, "Mr. McAlister, you should know that you're in deeper trouble than

Cyrus, I know." Tristan seemed

why?" Cyrus could not overtly ask the question because of his job, but Tristan knew what he

couldn't have done anything to him even if Sophia had ratted him out, as she did not have evidence of his crimes. To

for someone you care deeply about," Cyrus speculated, Alyssa's face flashing in his

like you've guessed it. What a

joy-filled smile resembled someone infatuated with a newfound

but

you don't. No one would ever understand my pure and complex feelings for her,"