Can’t Win Me Back

Landon was looking down as he twirled his pen between his fingers.

Everyone else in the room shook their heads as they glanced scornfully at Penelope, who was causing a scene.

“Zoe was en route to the hospital for treatment when she vanished without a trace, and they have yet to locate her. I know it was you who took her!”

Penelope’s voice reverberated as she advanced toward Landon, pounding the table with both hands. Ignoring the presence of the board members, she continued, “Landon! Give me back my daughter!

“If you don’t return her to me, I will hold a shareholder meeting and have you ousted from Harper Group! Return Zoe to me!”

Landon stopped twirling his pen. However, he still didn’t look up at Penelope.

“What are you doing, Penelope?” one of the board members interjected.

“Perhaps Ms. Zoe left of her own volition while the police weren’t looking. If you wish to pursue this matter further, it’s best addressed with law enforcement.”

“Indeed,” another chimed in. “This is a board meeting; personal family matters shouldn’t be aired here.

It reflects poorly on Harper Group.”

“Personal family matter?” Penelope’s eyes widened incredulously. “Are you dense? If it were your child, would you spout such callous remarks?”

The board members fell silent. In their minds, they acknowledged that Penelope hadn’t exhibited such behavior when Bill was alive. Her widowhood seemed to have taken a toll on her sanity.

Landon, despite being the focal point of the conflict, had remained passive.

a composed tone, “That concludes today’s

“Alright, Mr. Landon!”

up and left the room, fleeing the

unison of “Mr. Landon” echoing in their wake slammed into Penelope. The realization that her outburst had made her look like

meeting room. “Landon,” she spat, her voice laced with barely contained fury, “did you take

His eyes, devoid of warmth, held a darkness. “Trash deserves to be discarded.” “Return Zoe to me! She is my flesh

watched as Penelope went

cornered tigress. For most of her life, Penelope had

how Zoe was her flesh and blood. She appeared to have forgotten that Landon

appeared to have overlooked the fact that it was Landon who had shouldered the family burden at a tender age since Bill’s passing. Thanks to Landon, they were able

colors upon seeing Landon

threatened, “You’re not going to

will hear about this!

them everything—how you brutalized and kidnapped

Your

her tirade. Landon had tossed his phone

watched Zoe being violated by three men. The

head in her hands and pulled at her own hair.

a monster that you nurtured

video. His lips were a pale line, pressed thin with repressed fury. and

must be in despair now. She’s your biological daughter after all. Go ahead and let those

tears, spewing curses between

by Penelope’s antics, Jordan turned to Landon. “Mr. Landon, I’ll have Madam Penelope escorted to the VIP parking lot