Can’t Win Me Back

Zoe calmed down and said to Betty, “I have an important call to take. Wait for me. I’ll make the arrangements and call you back.”

Then, she hung up on Betty and picked up Penelope’s call with a sweet tone, “Hello, Mom.”

Penelope sighed. She began hesitantly, “Zoe, come with me to visit Uncle Preston in the hospital. Your grandpa will be there as well.”

“Is Uncle Preston… hospitalized?”

“Landon beat him up badly. He suffered from serious injuries—he lost his arm, to be exact, and he’s forever crippled. He drifts in and out of sleep all day. I hesitated to tell you about it because I’m worried that his bad condition would give you a scare.”

“What? Did Landon.” Stunned, Zoe cared less about Preston’s misfortune than her own fate. She feared for herself now that Landon had dealt with Preston.

Landon seemed to be getting serious. Based on Zoe’s understanding of his character, she knew that this was just the start. He wouldn’t go easy on Preston, and that was the price one had to pay for hurting Lauren.

family!” Worried for Zoe, Penelope advised her, “I know you’ve been through a lot. Landon is unfair to you. But nothing good comes from fighting against him now that he’s in power

giving Lauren trouble. I’ll

to

to celebrate the canceled engagement. Alyssa was dressed in Jasper’s oversized white shirt. Sitting on the table

look. “Mr. Beckett, we secured our

filled with desire. When

by the waist. The red wine stained the shirt that she was wearing

in a raspy voice

work lately, aren’t you? You’re not that young either. Can you handle

better than my peers on average, even when I am 80 years old.” Smiling, he ran his lips

on a serious look instead of fooling around with him. “Let’s talk about something serious.

that Winston was too excited to sleep last night. Early this morning, he got Ben to prepare the