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

like the 'love rival' has plunged you into a crisis." Alyssa

his lips

have a careful discussion about the marriage in the future." Jasper put on a serious face and advised Landon, "Your priority should

not be true for Lauren. He worried that, given her naivety,

was his punishment for being

returned from his mission and exclaimed, "Madam,

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

He's the scum of the earth!" Landon slammed the table

amazed by Alyssa's capability. Holding her shoulders and carefully pulling her into a

was right. You're like God.

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sweet talker," she playfully chided him but secretly enjoyed the compliments. "Too bad David was caught in action. I heard a few reporters on

stream. How exciting

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

have blurred out the nudity. If you want, I'll get you the raw video," Landon

Landon was truly out

right-hand men." A frosty expression unfolded on Jasper's face. "He must be panicking now since he

fighting Jameson head-on

all he has going for him—he lacks the talent to helm

Jameson will be as exciting as a cage

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