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

that idiot?” Orlander sipped

me. She requested that I give

my electoral campaign

the KS Group would support my political rival instead. If you were me,

while Minnie

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

I’m not asking any favor from him. Secondly, I have secured my campaign funding by agreeing

Winston Taylor is sick. He’s living abroad for his medical treatment. I bet he won’t last more than two years. I have

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

Orlander jumped up from the couch and pointed