Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Alyssa was frustrated. She put her palm to her forehead and exclaimed, "Cyrus, I can't believe how thoughtless you are!"
Jasper felt his jaw tense up. His head was spinning.
Just as he was trying to come up with what to do next, a few chatty female students walked out of the school's back gate. They
were scrolling on their phones and having a discussion among themselves.
One of them said in a mocking voice, "Oh, my God! This can't be real! Isn't this Tatiana from the Performing Arts Department at
our academy? I can't believe that she started a livestream to accuse David of assaulting her!"
At that moment, it was as if Alyssa, Jasper, and Sean had all been struck by lightning!
All the blood drained from Sean's face. His body started to tremble as he staggered backward.
"Tatiana is already famous for being a belle at our school. She has already stolen the limelight. It has only been a few days since
graduation. Yet, she's already feeling lonely and hungry for attention?"
"Well, she's the smart one here. Once she gets enough views, she will become an online sensation. After that, she would start
getting sponsors for her live streams to earn big bucks.
"Who knows if she would even catch the fancy of some producer? She could then be scouted and enter straight into the
entertainment industry! Don't you know that this is called a shortcut?"
"A shortcut? I think she's being too clever for her good. She's playing with fire!"
One of the students had wavy curls in her hair. She didn't bother to cover up her jealousy and disdain toward Tatiana. She
smirked.

"She should first take a good look at herself. How dare she make fraudulent claims against the Schmidt Group's Mr. David? She
chose to do a live stream at this time to say that David assaulted her. Isn't she just doing this to get her 15 minutes of fame?"
"What? She'd choose to get fame in this way? That's just too shameless of her!"
"I agree! Tatiana must be too desperate for attention! A woman's chastity is so important. She has no shame!"
The curly-haired student then sneered. "Being infamous is still a type of fame. Plus, this is still the fastest way to stand out. It's
just that she just had to involve Mr. David, of all people.
"She talked about this on her livestream. Isn't she just bad-mouthing the Schmidt family? Wouldn't the Schmidts put an end to
her? That shameless bitch is just biting off more than she could chew!"
Another female student gloatingly said, "If you ask me, even if she and David did the deed, she must've been the one who forced
herself on him! I guess she didn't get enough, so she just decided to vent her anger via the livestream!"
Their mocking laughter resounded. The students' insults were revolting to hear!
"Fuck! Those big-mouthed women are full of crap! How dare they say such things about Ms. Tatiana?" Xavier had his fists
clenched tight.
Jasper furrowed his brows. His eyes were dark and filled with anger. It was as if there was an impending storm.
As for Sean, his eyes had turned bloodshot from his fury. His muscles tensed up, and the veins on the back of his hands were
popping. He didn't care if he was going against a group of female students. He couldn't hold back any longer!
At the moment when both Jasper and Sean were about to make a move, someone else reacted even faster than them. A female
figure in her sharp heels was already storming straight toward the group of female students.

The students were still laughing away when they realized that Alyssa was standing expressionless before them. Her
overpowering presence made their hair stand. In the blink of an eye, they were silenced!
"You... You are..."
Alyssa lifted her hand. She mustered all her strength and served two consecutive slaps to the student who accused Tatiana of
forcing herself on David!
The student was stunned for a few seconds. Following that, she started bawling!
The other students were shocked. Everything happened so quickly that they didn't have time to react!
That said, the student with wavy curls snapped back to her senses. She took two steps back and was about to make a run for it.
Much to her surprise, Alyssa responded by grabbing onto her hair. Alyssa pulled the student back toward her as if she was
capturing prey!
"Ah! Let go. Let me go!"
She felt like her hair was about to be ripped off. She was forced to face Alyssa. Before she could even find her balance, Alyssa
had given her four tight slaps!
The slaps made her ears ring. The world around her spun.
The other students were huddled together and shivering in fright. The speed of Alyssa's hands was so appalling that they barely
saw anything that just happened.
Although it was just a few slaps, the students felt as if Alyssa was trying to beat them to death!
Without any change in her facial expression, Alyssa released her grip on the wavy-haired student. The student's body slammed
into the steel door. She then embarrassingly fell on her bottom.
"Is. Is she Alyssa Taylor?"
"Maybe, maybe she is? She looks like her."
"How could it be her? How?"

Alyssa dusted her hands, which had turned red. She gave a cold sidelong glance to the female student.
She curled her lip and said, "Nice to meet you all. I'm Alyssa Taylor. I'm the elder sister of the so-called 'shameless bitch,' Tatiana
Taylor."