Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

With a loud bang, Alyssa barged into the room.
Anger had made her face flushed while her hands were clenched into fists.
Both Winston and Neil were shocked.
Winston then grumbled, "Don't you know proper manners, Lyse? Or did you forget how to knock?"
"I've never knocked since I knew how to walk here in Heightsnew Villa! Oho! Are you bringing up civility and manners now?
Feeling guilty, are we?"
Alyssa was so angry that she was trembling. "Do you think you're some sort of a warlord, Winston? Having so many wives is one
thing, yet now you're trying to use your own daughter to appease the Schmidt family?
"What a wonderful father you are! I thought you were just a flirt, but it looks like you're also a coldblooded, selfish man! I truly
held my hopes too high!"
Winston was furious. He wasn't as tolerating as before, though. He coldly said, "What would you know? These are ad hoc
strategies."
"Selling your daughter out, separating a pair of sincere lovers, and ruining Taty's happiness for life is your idea of ad hoc
strategy?" Alyssa sneered.
She had never been as angry as she was right now, considering all the outrageous things Winston had done in the past.
"You're still young. You have no idea how difficult it is to have all the power in your grasp. How could you possibly satisfy the tens
of thousands of staff in KS Group alone? I endured all sorts of pain and made painful sacrifices when I came into power just to

get the family to where it is today!" Winston snapped.
"So you're saying you want me to advance our family at the cost of everything else?" Alyssa glared at her father. "Who else do
you want to sell off after Taty? You must be so angry that Miley got married early and that you don't have any more daughters to
sell off!"
"Alyssa!" Winston stood up, angrily glaring at his most beloved daughter.
The father and daughter were locked in a tense confrontation.
Neil panicked. The last thing he wanted to see was Alyssa fighting with Winston.
"What else can we do? Do you want to have the other three families antagonize us? Do you really think you can handle such
powerful antagonists?" Winston asked.
"How do you know I can't? We haven't even started yet! What are you looking down on me for?" Alyssa
exclaimed.
She grew furious by the second. "Jameson Schmidt is a devious, cold-blooded hypocrite! He antagonized Miley and Jeremy
countless times in Kontina. He even tried killing Jasper and Jonah!
"Did he drug you or something? You're eating right out of his hands! Now, you even want to send your own daughter into the
wolves' den. Did you really pave your way to success all these years, or did you take a fucking shortcut?"
Winston's eyes widened. Beside him, Neil's expression grew into one of sheer shock.

Winston quickly scoffed. He scrutinized his daughter, saying, "Don't you have even an ounce of guilt to show for making up lies,
Alyssa?"
"Oh my fucking God. Are you seriously taking all that I said as lies?" Alyssa was so angry she might as well have high blood
pressure now. "Did Jameson cast a spell on you, old man?"
"This is no small accusation, Ms. Alyssa. Do you have any evidence?" Neil was in disbelief. "Mr. Jameson has known you since
you two were children. Mr. Winston and I can see his sincerity toward you. How could he have done such a thing?
"I can understand if he tried to harm Mr. Jasper, given the latter is a rival in love. But why would he try to harm Mr. Jonah? It
makes no sense for Mr. Jameson to do that."
"Neil is right. Do you have evidence?" Winston knew how cunning Alyssa could be. She'd do anything to prevent Tatiana from
marrying into the Schmidt family.
"I will get the evidence. I just need time!" Alyssa gritted out.
Of course, she would get the evidence needed to end Jameson once and for all. But that man was too cunning. They couldn't
take action against him even as his tricks and schemes were laid bare for all to see.