Can’t Win Me Back

In his deep sleep, Winston furrowed his brows tightly, and his fingers twitched reflexively.

Perhaps he was dreaming, or perhaps it was a telepathic connection with his daughter, Alyssa.

"Was Mom...

a member of the royal family?" Liam held his breath.

Alyssa shook her head.

"I don't know.

Even if she were and got chased out for some reason, there wouldn't be absolutely no record of her.

"So, I'm guessing that she might have been someone from the palace or someone connected to the royal family.

However, I'm not sure about the specifics.

After all, we aren't familiar with the situation in Kontina at all.

"There's one thing I'm sure of, though." Her eyes gleamed with a cold intensity as she clasped her hands together.

"There was probably some kind of grudge between Mom and the Kontinian royal family that forced her into exile.

"By some miraculous chance, she ended up in Belbanks, and of all people, Dominic saved her." The word "grudge" hit Liam like a sharp, invisible knife.

always showered us with love, and he let us make our own choices

family, he never pressured

wanted us to find happiness on our own terms." Tears welled up in Liam's eyes

so against Yules and

your theory is

in Mom's past

strong reaction." Upon hearing that, Alyssa

with his and

stricter with Mandy's

Miley's marriage to someone from Kontina, tried to arrange a marriage alliance for Tatiana with the Schmidt family, and

he treated his five children

only put up

her stint with Doctors Without Borders or other rebellious moments, he always

the most, and

so in love with her, why did he have to marry time and time again? If Jennifer reciprocated Winston's love and their life was blissful, why did she allow him to marry again and again? Why didn't she stop him and even become close to his other wives? Alyssa was

humans have always had

Jennifer not be jealous? She wouldn't have been able to live through those days of polygamy unless there was no love between

having children with aman like him? 1 "If there really was bad

a

anymore." Liam's breathing hitched as he fought back

a raspy and trembling voice, he continued, "Before it's all too

sacrifice your happiness based on what -ifs."