Can’t Win Me Back

Julien got released from his “cell” and taken to the courtyard.

The front yard of Lovelace Residence was packed with people as everyone had gathered there.

Julien was looking fit. He stood tall in the middle of the courtyard. Joseph was sitting on a wooden chair. Julien watched as his father sipped on his tea.

Aidan was standing respectfully by the side. They had also called on an audience to watch the spectacle that was about to happen.

Julien felt extremely uncomfortable. His stomach churned.

Beyond the walls lay a modern civilization, yet within the confines of their home, it remained a feudal society.

When he was young, he always thought that Mandy’s actions weren’t justified.

She was from the Lovelace family. This was a family that gave her such a luxurious life. However, she would rather rebel and escape this family. It wasn’t worth it at all.

said, his heart was being swayed right now. He was

Joseph ordered in a

in now? We don’t even have to kneel

Joseph froze.

the wrong. You were the one who put

so. I have said what I needed to say. It’s

going to

like his heart was bleeding. It was

I’ve already given in to this extent. Why must you humiliate me like

argument made everyone go

held immense importance within the Lovelace family. No one else other than Edgar Lovelace, Joseph’s father, would dare to

with the Taylor family has breached our Lovelace standards. This is

will you even

values will lose their significance. Who will continue to uphold them? Who will honor