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.

held his tongue out of fear of sounding like a

has plunged you

his

priority should be sorting out the mess in your

bothered. He had acknowledged Lauren as his future spouse, but the same might not be true for

was his punishment for being

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

"The media has swarmed the entrance to the police station. The police have gathered evidence of David Schmidt sexually assaulting multiple women, two

of the earth!" Landon slammed the

he was amazed by

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

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chided him but secretly enjoyed the compliments. "Too bad David was caught in action. I heard a few reporters on stakeout had live streamed him completely naked, having no

I missed the live stream. How exciting

to accept. Now, he thoroughly enjoyed her snarky behavior. He'd much prefer to date

blurred out the nudity. If you want, I'll get you the raw video," Landon suggested with sincerity and winked at

wondered if Landon was truly out of

two of his right-hand men." A frosty

Jameson head-on for power in the

has going for him—he lacks the

fight Jameson will be

cautioned, "Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Josh Schmidt