Can’t Win Me Back

Rose stood behind Silas, her heart initially unsettled. Her lips were pressed thinly together.

However, she nearly broke into a smile after hearing Silas’ remark.

Silas possessed a formidable ability to dismantle a convict in court and ruthlessly exploit someone’s vulnerabilities with his words.

“Nonsense! I’ve never had my face done!” Lydia retorted, hastily covering her stiffened face, a mix of shame, anger, and guilt consuming her.

Silas shook his head. “It’s not your fault for aging, but it’s not right to run around scaring people off with that face either.”

Lydia seethed with outrage, feeling her blood boil at his audacity.

“Who are you to Rose?” Jamie interjected, clinging to her mother and demanding an answer.

“Who am I to Rose?” Silas mused, touching the inside of his cheek with his tongue before turning to Rose with a serious expression. “Ms. Emerson, she wants to know my role in your life.”

his gaze, her heart

take the liberty of calling myself your boyfriend,” Silas announced with a wide smile, a gentle glint in his

and

this sophisticated

cheeks flushed instantly. She looked down shyly,

softened as he reached for her cold hand, intertwining

intervene when you were bullying Rosie earlier because I wanted to witness the extent of your cruelty and shamelessness. I wanted to see just

didn’t disappoint me. It’s truly eye-opening to see both of you devils in action,” he

Rosie?

her eyes,

her teeth. “This concerns only the Emersons. I don’t think this has anything to do with

is mine, so that makes her problems mine as well..” Silas rubbed his cheeks, his gaze sharp enough to deter anyone from meeting

has never spoken