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 taking

seizure and mad behavior before their deaths, like they were

Their deaths were horrific.

we found out that the victims had taken this type of drug before their deaths. This is a

figure out if the drug carries any

can."

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

me, and Colene has always fussed over me. |

up. She pressed her lips, thinking, "Julien is really a nice guy. Jonah should

"Don't worry about that. I'll get back

| won't be thirdwheeling

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

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

because he could read her mind from

Their Foxy appeared to be helplessly in

relationship in

he's fine. | guess he's still recovering from

his lips remorsefully. "It was my fault for stubbornly keeping him up last night. I'll

time. I'll

with Jonah," she said without

and issues down the road, after decades of living together, will you think differently of him? He might

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