Can’t Win Me Back

After making the arrangements, Jasper and Alyssa traveled home to Solana City. During the journey, he pulled her into a hug, kissing her on the ear. “Lyse, thank you. How can I ever thank you enough?”

“Why so formal?” Alyssa wrapped her arm behind his neck while tapping the tip of his nose, sending his heart fluttering. “In return, how about you take Mrs.

Rosie’s place and cook for me for a month?”

“A month? You’re underestimating me.” He squinted at her with an affectionate look. “I can cook for you forever.”

She shook her head. “Oh, never mind then. I appreciate the thought. Eating your cooking forever will only be torture.”

She rendered Jasper speechless with that remark. Pouting, she added, “To be honest, I feel sorry for putting this burden on Cyrus, but it’s the only way to pressure the Hodgsons into calling off the marriage.

“Only when the Hodgsons give up on Lauren will Landon have the luxury of time to focus on his family matters. He’ll stand a chance to get back with Lauren once he sorts out his family issues.”

“Lyse, I have other ways to deal with the Hodgsons,” Jasper began.

She shook her head. “I know you’re prepared, but you shouldn’t get into trouble with the politicians in Solana City.”

mind crossing anyone

side for now. You can’t give him ammunition against you. If he thinks you’re a liability to the Beckett Group, he has more reason to get rid of you.” She sat up

for years. I’m sure she will make the Hodgsons give up on their

her again when her phone rang. She answered the call from

on Betty Beckett,” Sean reported urgently, “We got news that Betty went for a health checkup at the hospital,

great news, then.” She spoke in a low voice, her eyes shining with a chilling look,

“Got it, Ms. Alyssa!”

the same time, Betty struggled with continuous low fever for a week at Mosgravia. The fever did not subside even though she took

in Mosgravia. Her allowance was a pittance that wasn’t enough to sustain her lavish lifestyle, not

had people tending to her for something as minor as a prick in the

night, as new symptoms such as lethargy

through multiple checkups and tests, she wrapped herself in a dirty jacket and drifted to sleep on the bench in the hospital

the middle of her sleep, a nurse woke her up and reminded her to get the test

“Madam, I’m sorry to let you know that you have caught HIV. We came to this conclusion from all the tests we