Can’t Win Me Back

Xavier was envious of Alyssa. If only he could marry Jasper too!

“Ahem. That’s unnecessary.” Alyssa’s voice softened. “I didn’t date you to make you my human shield. I mean, you’ve done that a few times, but you’re only human. Don’t risk your life for me. You’ll only break my heart.”

Heart racing, Jasper grinned widely. At that moment, he’d die for Alyssa.

He said to her, “Lyse, I’ve finished the lunch you delivered to me.”

Then, he embarrassedly turned away. Breathing heavily, he croaked, “Can I enjoy ‘supper’ tonight?”

the deaths, had officially prosecuted the local employees in charge of the demolition. On top of that, the government requested an astronomical amount of compensation from

were one of the four esteemed families in Cyrris, the Tsulu government extorted

site with centuries of history and architecture. The government could make the company pay a dear price

the Schmidt Group’s attempt to cover up the matter for its reputation and thus had to accept any

to pay three billion dollars for compensation on top of the initial development cost. Putting aside the talk on the group’s financial ability to withstand the blow, such an

itself a debacle all because of

in an emergency board meeting in the afternoon, where he

wasn’t the harshest punishment Josh could have faced as the culprit behind the demolition. It paled in comparison

board members left, the father and son got into a huge fight in the meeting room. Blinded by rage, Victor hit Josh on the head with an ashtray, causing the latter to bleed from