Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Later on, Alyssa learned that her troublesome classmate had dropped out of school just three days after the incident.
The family's business faced bankruptcy, and her father was incarcerated. Upon realizing the wrongs she had committed against
Alyssa, her mother lived in perpetual anxiety.
In the end, she succumbed to a bout of serious illness.
As such, it was a miracle that Winston hadn't done anything to Jasper yet.
It was Alyssa who was the creator of this miracle.
If it weren't for her telling him over and over not to touch Jasper, he might have already sent someone to assassinate him!
He probably wouldn't need to get the job done personally. Jonah and Axel would most likely have already gotten rid of Jasper.
"Dad, at the end of the day, I am also hugely responsible for the failure of the marriage."
Alyssa didn't address him by his name again. She had a serious look on her face, making it obvious that she was very persistent
and earnest about this relationship.
"Back then, I was too desperate to be with him and to call him mine. That was why I insisted on marrying him even though I knew
that he didn't like me.
"If the same thing happened to you, would you be able to let it go and accept a woman whom you don't love at all? Moreover, he
was in love with another woman at that time."
"Alyssa! Have you gone fucking mad? Has he brainwashed you or something? There are billions of men in the world. Why must
you insist there is only one way to Rome?"
In his rage, Winston slammed his fist against the table.
His eyes bulged with anger as he yelled, "I don't care who he was in love with at the time. If he didn't fancy you, he could have
chosen not to marry you! Since he married you, he should have been responsible as your husband!
"But what did he do? He was an illegitimate child, unloved by his family. He also couldn't take the pressure from Mr. Beckett
Senior. But did that mean he could abandon his old flame and marry a woman he didn't love?

"It is exactly this sort of weak loser behavior that makes me have no respect for him! He is not good enough for you and has no
right to be my son-in-law!"
Alyssa curled her fingers into tight fists on her knees. She felt like a boulder was weighing her heart down, and couldn't catch her
breath.
"It's not like what you're thinking, Dad."
"That's enough! I don't want to hear another word from you! I want you to break up with him immediately! It must be a clean
break! Don't make me do it for you!"
Winston showed no sign of slowing down on his rage.
In a cold and decisive tone, he shouted, "Now, news about your marriage in secret and divorce has already spread. So, you
shouldn't be entangled with the Becketts anymore!
"And yet, you have blurred the lines in your relationship with Jasper. What do you think people will say about you?
"They wouldn't care about whether you are both in love. They will simply assume that you had no choice but to return to your ex-
lover after your divorce. They will think that no one else wants to take you in. No one other than Jasper! Even if you don't feel
ashamed about that, at least think about your family!"
"You know me. I have never cared what people think about me. No one can stop me as long as it is something that I want to do.
Neither can anyone stop me from loving the man I love," Alyssa responded firmly but coldly.
"You!"
Winston felt the blood pressure rise within him. All of a sudden, his vision became black. He stumbled and quickly grabbed onto
the armrests on the sofa to balance himself.
"D-Dad!"
The blood drained from Alyssa's face. She rushed forward and kneeled on one knee in front of Winston. She held his trembling
body and tried to support him.
"Are you okay? Are you feeling unwell, Dad?"

"Winston!" Mandy, Lyla, and Colene jumped. Their hearts were pounding, and they also rushed over to check on Winston.
"I'm fine ... Don't make such a big fuss," Winston answered. He closed his eyes and forced himself to suppress the massive
headache he was getting. He could barely balance himself.
"Dad! Lie down, quick!"
Alyssa and Colene quickly helped him. They laid him on his back on the sofa. With eyes full of tears, Lyla whipped out her cell
phone to call 911.
As for Mandy, she seemed to be unusually calm. In a flash, she retrieved two bottles of medication from the drawer under the
desk.
She poured a few tablets onto her hand and fed them to Winston.
"Winston, take your medicine, hurry!"
Winston swallowed the pills and drank some water. As he lay back down, he began to relax his furrowed brows.