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.

gather some sense of

knowing anything left

away from Julien

the steering wheel,

U-R-I." Julien mentally

asked, "You know Jonah? How did you guys meet? Do you have a grudge against him? Or is it some kind of resentment?" Uri did not look at him again or answer any

a deserted courtyard and stopped in front of an abandoned

could see the villa's potential — it could be

Sedonian design immediately caught his

quite a

Julien and opened the

Julien felt a twinge of regret, but at

ahead without a word while Julien

he asked, "Where are we?" Uri stopped briefly, his

he has a house

Jonah's? Why did he abandon this place then?" Uri clenched his teeth as he pushed open the

no longer meant anything to him." Inside, the furniture was draped in white

cold,