Can’t Win Me Back

Late at night, Orlander summoned Freddy to the study, where Minnie was present as well.

“What? Calling off the engagement?” Minnie exclaimed in dismay. “Orlander Hodgson, are you joking? The engagement news is made public now. The wives of the local officials have been buttering me up and showering me with gifts when they learned about the engagement!

“We’re so close to the marriage, and now you’re telling me the engagement is canceled? How could I show my face in front of my friends?”

“Dad, what happened? Why are we calling off the engagement?” The memory of the humiliating night made Freddy seethe. “Lauren humiliated me enough by taking Cyrus’ hand to my face and dancing with him. Now, they’re calling off the engagement? It’s a disgrace!”

Didn’t Zoe claim that Lauren was a fool? Lauren was anything but that—she had flirted with another man under her fiance’s watch.

Freddy thought, “I should have married that slut and tortured her daily for cheating on me!”

“Your feelings are not as important as my career,” Orlander suddenly blurted out an outrageous remark with a look of impatience.

Minnie and Freddy gasped, “What the

Orlander sipped his tea slowly. He was giddy

talk with me. She requested that I give up on the

her support to my electoral campaign next year if I

this matter as well. If I declined, the KS Group would support my political rival instead. If

jaw indignantly while Minnie was at a

this is the best arrangement for us!” Orlander slumped on the couch and dangled his legs leisurely. It didn’t take the elected official long to turn into a thug. “For one, my son doesn’t need to settle for

favor from him. Secondly, I have

difficult than Javier Beckett!” “Everyone knows that Winston Taylor is sick. He’s living abroad for his medical treatment. I bet he won’t last more than two years. I have nothing to fear,”

his daughter, Alyssa Taylor, is the president of KS Group! That woman is bad news—worse than her dad!” Freddy, under Zoe’s influence, saw red whenever Alyssa was mentioned. “You might be able to handle Javier Beckett, but what about

jumped up from the couch and pointed