Can’t Win Me Back

Jasper and Alyssa arrived at the abandoned factory just as Landon did.

Landon stepped out of the car, his complexion pallid, his eyes emanating a chilling intensity. In the glow of the car’s headlights, a menacing glint flickered in his gaze.

“Where’s Lauren? Does anyone have any updates?” Landon’s eyes widened in desperation as he spoke, his voice cracking from the strain on his dry, cracked lips. His throat felt hoarse, each word a struggle to utter.

Jasper noticed everything, feeling an unspeakable pain gripping his heart.

Witnessing Landon’s successive blows, he understood that despite his outward appearance, Landon was likely on the verge of an emotional collapse.

“Angelina has already arrived. She’s tracking them, but I can’t reach her when I tried calling her just now!”

Alyssa whipped out her phone and gritted her teeth. “Phone signals are jammed here. The kidnappers chose this place on purpose! Motherfucking bastards!”

“Alyssa, stay calm. I anticipated this. Xavier has reached out to the telecommunications company under the Beckett Group.

put in an urgent request to get a portable emergency communications system and some new equipment. This will recover our

reason why he was so well-prepared for a kidnapping was because he had gone through whatever Lauren was experiencing right

investigator. It’ll be alright. She’ll find her. She’ll find

those words, almost like he

the mountain. Jasper intercepted him,

unfocused. It was as if

yourself? You’d never find them even if you combed

“Don’t panic. The men Alyssa and I brought are searching for her right

who got

took on a crazed sheen. “I don’t have anything left except for Lauren. If anything happened to Lauren. If anything happened to

continue

but right now, he felt no difference from being

were enough men to

search the back of the mountain! Squad Two,