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

of the victims

showed symptoms of seizure and

Their deaths were horrific.

this type of drug before their deaths. This

family and The Ivory Gang. Julien, please figure out if the drug carries any harmful components

can."

learned that the case involved The Ivory Gang. He promised,

over me. |

She pressed her lips, thinking, "Julien is really a nice guy. Jonah should never hurt

I'll get back to you as

then. | won't be thirdwheeling any

Jonah just now? He seemed upset," Julien called out to her with a worried

had eyes for him, just like how Jasper felt toward

him because he could

heartache. Their Foxy

best relationship in the

he's still recovering from exhaustion.

was my fault for stubbornly keeping him

time.

your relationship with Jonah," she said

discover his flaws and issues down the road, after decades of living together, will you think differently of him?

you envisioned him to be, and sof his issues might make you