Can’t Win Me Back

Julien blinked. Being observant and having dated Jonah for a while, he immediately noticed his lover spacing out. "You're not

attentive. Are you feeling unwell?"

Jonah's heart sank. He denied in a raspy voice, "No. I'm fine."

"Julien, | have a favor to ask of you!" Alyssa quickly distracted Julien, whisking him away to the living room. She said to Jonah,

"Jonah, what are you doing? You should throw together sfood for Julien!"

"Sure." Jonah left without a word.

Meanwhile, Julien kept turning around to check on Jonah. Something felt amiss, but he couldn't quite put a finger on it.

Back in the living room, Alyssa laid out the pills she brought with her on the coffee table. "Julien, please run stests on the

components of this drug. You're the domain expert, not to mention you have the right equipment for it."

"What's this?" Frowning, he scrutinized the blue pills.

"There were a few consecutive cases of drug addicts dying of heart attack in Solana City, but in the post-mortem, the examiner

evidence of the victims

that, the victims showed symptoms of seizure and mad behavior before their deaths, like they were

Their deaths were horrific.

research, we found out that the victims had taken this type

Colene's family and The Ivory Gang. Julien, please figure out if the drug

can."

put on a serious face when he learned that the case involved The Ivory Gang.

me, and Colene has always fussed over me.

lips, thinking, "Julien is really a nice guy. Jonah should never hurt him, or I'll never forgive

that. I'll get back to

then. | won't be

Jonah just now? He seemed upset,"

only had eyes for him, just like how Jasper felt toward

because he could

stared at Julien in heartache. Their Foxy appeared to be helplessly in

deserved the best relationship in the world,

lied, "Oh, he's fine. | guess he's still recovering from exhaustion. He's not

remorsefully. "It was my fault for stubbornly

next time.

your relationship with Jonah," she said without betraying her emotions, but her breathing grew

flaws and issues down the road, after decades of living

you envisioned him to be, and sof his issues might