Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Utterly stunned, Mandy's hand halted mid-air, the sting of impact pulsing through
her palm. She had landed a hard slap on Jonah's face instead.

Julien gazed at Jonah, who had unhesitatingly shielded him, his heart pounding
so hard that it was about to explode. "Jonah, I..."

"Aunt Mandy, please do not hit Julien. He's not to be blamed. It's all my fault."

A deathly silence descended on the corridor after Jonah addressed Mandy. His
calmness in the face of unyielding pressure felt the more pitiful. "Julien has
suffered through beatings for me and the Taylor family. I do not ever want to put
him through anything like that. I will protect him to the best of my ability.”
Jonah's declaration caught everyone by surprise. Meanwhile, Julien's head hung
low. Though Jonah's gesture touched him, he found himself weighed down by
guilt and self-blame.

Since childhood, Edgar and Mandy had instilled in him the belief that he was the
hope of the Lovelace family, thus impressing upon him the expectation to
become a responsible and independent man.

Contrary to expectations, Julien had become a troublemaker, incapable of
bringing any value to the family. He lamented, feeling like he didn't deserve to be
called a man.

"Jonah, you said Julien was beaten. What does that mean?" Alyssa's chest
tightened.

"Julien has been in a bad place ever since he left the Lovelace family,” Jonah
recalled the frightening red marks on Julien's fair complexion. He clenched his
fist to suppress his anger. "When Julien heard about Dad's relapse, he rushed
over to treat Dad despite suffering from injuries."

Mandy grew nervous. "Did the Lovelaces. punish him by the family rule?"
"Jonah, stop it." Julien tugged at Jonah's sleeve and shook his head defeatedly.
He said in a barely audible voice, "Just drop it. It's all in the past. You don't have
to explain on my behalf."

From the sounds of it, Julien had suffered beatings from the Lovelace family.
Feeling cold from head to toe, Mandy stumbled backward. As an ex-Lovelace
who left the family, she was privy to their scary and inhumane family rules applied
to punish dissenters.

Now that Jonah and Julien's relationship had been exposed, Mandy genuinely
worried that the Lovelaces would beat Julien to death.

Without warning, the doors to the treatment room flung open. Winston was
wheeled out by Neil, still looking feeble from the severe relapse. Still, he sat
upright, refusing to reveal his vulnerability in front of his children.

"Dad!" Winston's children appeared worried and scared. Judging from the timing
of Winston's appearance, he must have learned about Jonah and Julien.

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"Dad." Feeling nervous, Jonah instinctively grabbed Julien by the arm and pulled
him to the back, a move that shocked Alyssa.

Jonah's behavior was no different than Jasper's protective stance. He loved
Julien the same way Jasper loved her.

There was nothing wrong with being gay. It did not affect anyone's life in any way.
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Julien stood frozen behind Jonah,

too afraid to look straight at Winston.

He looked oddly diminished dnd"!

smal despite being tall, good-looking,

and accomplished. Overwhelmed

with shame, he wanted to dig a hole

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