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

find evidence of the victims

victims showed symptoms of seizure and mad behavior before

Their deaths were horrific.

taken this type of drug before their deaths. This

Julien, please figure out if the drug carries any harmful

can."

serious face when he learned that the case involved

Colene has always fussed over me.

a

that. I'll get back to

couch. "Alright then. | won't be thirdwheeling any longer.

what's wrong with Jonah just now? He seemed upset," Julien called

him, just like how Jasper

him because he could

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

the best relationship

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

Julien pressed his lips remorsefully. "It was my fault for stubbornly keeping him up last night.

next time.

with Jonah," she said without betraying her emotions,

issues down the road, after decades of living together, will you

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