Can’t Win Me Back

Julien beamed from ear to ear. "Hi, Aunt Mandy, Madam Lyla and Madam Colene. Hey, Taty."

"Where are you going, Jul?" Tatiana's eyes were wide with curiosity.

"There's a famous brand of desserts at Bernardia. I wanted to buy some back for everyone to have a taste."

"Yay! We get to have desserts, thanks to Jonah." Tatiana clapped her hands in joy.

She really didn't treat him like an outsider. She simply spoke her thoughts.

A sheepish smile flashed across Julien's face. He waved and headed off while humming a tune.

When he brushed past Mandy, her sharp senses detected that peculiar scent from Julien.

As she lifted her eyes, she caught a glance of his chest underneath his V-necked T-shirt. The faint, red marks on his chest made her blush!

Mandy exhaled and remarked, "Young men are physically fitter indeed." She picked up her cup of tea and took a sip. She let out a cryptic smile.

"What did you say, Mandy?" Lyla looked at Mandy with a confused look on her face. She didn't catch Mandy's comment.

She chuckled, "It's nothing.

desserts. Although he had only said it in

he could give Jonah a small surprise when they got up

in a foreign land. He had to brave the

he entered the shop, his ears had turned red from

to his heart's content and settled the bill. Then, with two large bags of desserts

"Ah!"

just walked through the door. The paper bags fell from bis hands, and his purchased desserts were scattered across the

"I'm sorry, so sorry..."

man apologized continuously while he knelt to help

that man was struck

think too much about it. After all, he was publicly

would be caught in a daze. It was

his lips upward and

as Julien was about to brush past him, the man suddenly grabbed his arm.