Can’t Win Me Back

-It was deep into the autumn season at Solana City. The autumn breeze was chilling to the bone.

Jonah hadn’t been home in three whole days. He stayed at church the whole time. He prayed and repented in front of God.

What was he repenting about?

He used to work for an underground mafia.

Was he repenting for the sins he’d committed back then, as he usually would?

Or was he repenting for succumbing to temptation and falling in love with someone he shouldn’t be in love with?

On the fourth day, it was as if Jonah was having an out-of-body experience. He felt an invisible pull that led him all the way to the Lovelace Residence before he even realized it.

He knew that Julien had been based in Mosgravia since he was young. He had no other properties in the country. Hence, there was nowhere else he could go apart from this house.

He was deeply concerned. He tried to hold back his concerns for three days.

he still

He knew that he

himself empathizing with Jasper. Back then, Jasper couldn’t care less about the winds or the storm. He insisted on waiting at the door of Heightsnew Villa just to

was overproducing stomach acids. He felt the acid rising in his throat, leaving a bitter taste in

an entourage of luxury cars drove toward the residence. The cars streamed in

a secretary escorted a middle-aged man from the car. The man was dressed smartly in

frowned. He recognized that this man was the person in charge of Lovelace Pharmaceuticals. He was

hurried out of the house to welcome

slightly to acknowledge Aidan’s greeting. His

“Where’s Julien?”

per your instructions.

to let out his pent-up frustrations. “Dad, Julien went overboard this time. He disregarded our family’s principles. Not only that,

out, our long-time perseverance would just become a joke to others. People will call us hypocritical

Taylor family, as if we are a highly moral family. However, in reality, we are secretly trying to please them. They’ll say that we’re

Joseph stopped. He smirked. “Let’s see who will be doing the pleasing

heard that Winston is quite ill this