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.

her, “I know you’ve been through a

to me. Stop giving Lauren trouble.

never return to

Alyssa was dressed in Jasper’s oversized white shirt. Sitting on the table of the wine cellar, she dangled her legs and

Beckett, we secured

an arm on the table. His eyes were filled with desire. When

waist. The red wine stained the shirt that she

you sure you can have a good sleep?” he said in a raspy voice while rubbing his fingers against

aren’t you? You’re not that young either. Can you handle it?” Alyssa teased

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

instead of fooling around with him. “Let’s talk about something serious. Mandy told Winston about Cyrus’

Early this morning, he got Ben to prepare the gifts for Lauren. He even said he’d meet with your grandpa to discuss