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

the victims showed symptoms of seizure and mad behavior before their deaths,

Their deaths were horrific.

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

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

can."

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

Colene has always fussed over me. | will definitely

her lips, thinking, "Julien is really a nice

"Don't worry about that. I'll get back to you as soon as |

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

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

Jonah and only had eyes for him, just like how

he could read

stared at Julien in heartache. Their Foxy appeared to be

deserved the best relationship

guess he's still recovering from exhaustion. He's

makes sense." Julien pressed his lips remorsefully. "It was my

next time.

said

decades of living

envisioned him to be, and sof his issues might