Can’t Win Me Back

"A love rival?" Alyssa rested her cheek on her palm while feeding Jasper blueberries. She mused, "It's quite unfathomable for Landon Harper to have a love rival. That's new."

Jasper snickered. "Lauren's living a secluded life because you're overprotective. She doesn't have a chance to meet with anyone outside—it's just you and your secretary. She doesn't even have a healthy social life, so what's all that talk about a love rival? You must be dreaming."

"Isn't that right?" Landon slammed a fist on the table as his voice broke from the tension.

He recalled the scene from last night where Lauren mumbled the name of this guy, Cyrus, while sleeping in his arms. How could she call out the name of another man in her dreams?

His heart immediately shattered into pieces.

Alyssa shot him a piercing glance. "Do you mean my brother, Cyrus Taylor?"

Jasper froze. He grappled with the far-fetched notion, struggling to imagine Lauren and Cyrus together.

Landon widened his eyes, looking amazed. "Oh, Lyse, how did you know? Are you God?"

"Hah, drop it." Feeling speechless, she told him, "You're an open book—I can tell from your face. I saw you standing across from Cyrus yesterday, staring at him fiercely, and I immediately knew something was wrong.

"But Mr. Harper, you shouldn't look down on the gentlemen of the Taylor family. None of them would ever get involved with unavailable women. You shouldn't imagine him as a love rival just because he spoke to Lauren."

"Cyrus isn't that type of man. Landon, you shouldn't even suspect Lyse's family to start with." Jasper hugged Alyssa by the waist as he pondered the absurdity of Landon's accusation.

and held his tongue out of

has plunged you into a crisis." Alyssa

pressed his

"Your priority

future spouse, but the same might not be true for Lauren. He worried that, given her naivety, she might fall for the tricks

was his punishment for

and Alyssa finished breakfast, Xavier returned from his mission and exclaimed, "Madam, you're spot on! David Schmidt has

an admirable glance at Alyssa, Xavier professed his amazement, "The media has swarmed the entrance to the

He's the scum of the earth!" Landon

he was amazed by Alyssa's capability. Holding her shoulders and

was right. You're like God. You're

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action. I

the live stream. How exciting would it

Alyssa's often surprisingly bold remarks, which he once found hard to accept. Now, he thoroughly enjoyed her snarky behavior.

If you want, I'll get you the raw video,"

Alyssa, rendered speechless, wondered if Landon was truly out of

has lost two of his right-hand men." A frosty expression unfolded on Jasper's face. "He must be panicking now since he has lost his support

fighting Jameson head-on for power

he has going

be as exciting

pleased by the imminent victory. She cautioned, "Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Josh Schmidt