Can’t Win Me Back

Jonah? There was a mystery surrounding Jonah? Every word was like a blooming poppy, drawing Julien in, tempting him to the point where it was difficult to resist.

But that was only because of how deeply he loved Jonah.

And that love was the chink in Julien's armor, leaving him vulnerable to manipulation.

In the end, Julien wavered.

In a heavy voice, he asked, "How long will this take? I need to go home to celebrate my lover's birthday." "It'll be quick." Uri Holland shut his gloomy eyes.

He turned to his side and slipped a hand into his pocket.

He gestured to Julien.

"Let's take my car.

This way." As the black vehicle sped through the dark winter night, colorful lights flashed past them on both sides.

Seated in the passenger seat, Julien held onto that bouquet of white roses in his arms as he gazed out the window with a restless, doubtful expression.

As Uri drove, he glanced at Julien's strikingly handsome, almost ethereal face as he drove, his gaze unreadable.

asked, trying to gather some sense of security from the man's

knowing anything left

gaze away from Julien and looked straight

on the steering wheel, he answered, "My name is Uri

mentally

Or is it some kind of resentment?"

black car pulled into a deserted courtyard

disrepair, Julien could see the villa's potential — it could be a beautiful house

design

quite

out of the car before Julien and opened the

regret, but at this point, it

a word while Julien

are we?" Uri

has a house

house is Jonah's? Why did he abandon this place then?"

place no longer meant anything

was cold, dusty, dark, and