Can't Win Me Back

Alyssa held her breath. She tapped into one of her skills eavesdropping. She pressed her ear close to the door, straining to catch every word of the conversation inside.

"What's with you, Dad? You've been pestering us to get a girlfriend all these years. Now that I've taken a liking to Yules and want to be with her, you're opposing us so strongly. Why is that?"

Out of all of Winston's children, Liam was the one with the gentlest personality. Even when he wasn't seeing eye-to-eye with Winston, he sought to find out Winston's reasoning patiently. "Miley likes Yules very much too. They interact often in Kontina, and they get along very well.

"Yules is the only princess in the Kontinian royal family. If you're talking about family backgrounds, I'm the one who reached above my station. Why are you so displeased?"

"Your girlfriend can be the princess of a country. She can be a goddess or a homeless woman. I don't care!"

Winston took a deep breath. His eyes were reddened. With a tremble in his voice, he declared vehemently, "But... she cannot be Kontina's royalty. I will never approve of her!"

"Dad! But, why?" Liam's voice was clear. He was extremely puzzled.

Even Alyssa, who was eavesdropping from the other side of the door, was also full of questions.

She could still understand Winston if he had gotten upset because Yuliana was Kontinian and reminded him of Jennifer. However, he was now so adamant about Liam and Yuliana's relationship. That made him seem ridiculously merciless.

His reaction was as if Liam was going to marry his enemy's daughter.

This, though, piqued Alyssa's innate curiosity even further.

"No reason."

Winston shivered. He shut his eyes tight and put his palm on his burning forehead. "Kontina's royal family is infamous for being wicked and scandalous. They are a pile of filth!

"I do not want my son to get his hands dirty. I don't want any of you to be corrupted by that filthy environment. Plus, you have set your mind on joining the military since you were young. You've finally achieved your current position after all that hard work. Are you going to give up on everything you achieved just because of a woman?"

Liam was sharp-witted. With a deep gaze, he looked at Winston and remarked, "You're not being truthful with me, Dad."

Winston's chest tightened. Instinctively, he avoided Liam's analytical gaze.

"Ever since we were young, you have never requested much from us. You would never interfere with the choices we made or the paths we chose."

Anxiety made Liam's breathing quicken. In a hoarse voice, he continued, "Even when Jonah got together with Dr. Lovelace, you shielded them. You supported them fully. Why can't you do the same regarding Yules and me?

"Please tell me. Is it because you have some sort of grudge or dispute with the Kontinian royal family?"© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

On the other side of the door, Alyssa pursed her lips together tightly. She was so nervous that even the veins on the back of her hands started to pop as she pressed her hands against the door.

"It has nothing to do with the younger generation. You don't have to probe further." Winston dismissed him and refused to share further.

Liam, however, pressed on. "Mom was Kontinian. After that, with your help, she became a citizen of our country, You are so repelled by the royal family. I can even say that you're against them. Is it because Mom is somehow connected to the Kontinian royal family?"

Alyssa's heart pounded.

She recalled the time when she talked to Mandy about Jennifer's background. Jasper had also theorized that Jennifer had come from the coastal waters around Kontina. Everything was pointing toward one possibility...

Jennifer was connected with the Kontinian royal family!

That said, information about

Kontina's royal family members was searchable on the internet. Their king and queen had a son and a daughter. Their son was frail and sickly, so he was often hospitalized for treatment. The king's younger

brother only had two princesses. He

did not have any sons.

In Kontina, the throne was passed down only to male members of the family. Thus, regardless of how useless a prince was, he could be the only one to inherit the throne in the future.

The issue was that there was no place for Jennifer among the royal family members at all!

If Jennifer was indeed connected to the Kontinian royal family, what role did she have in the family?

And how did she end up fleeing to Belbanks?

"No, no..."

Winston's sharp eyes had now gone dull. He slumped on the couch, suddenly feeling like all the energy had been drained from him. "It has nothing to do with you. Your mother has nothing to do with the royal family either. Stop asking me about it!"

Alyssa clenched her teeth together tightly.

Winston's repeated denial was an affirmation.

Although Liam had a softer personality, he was more stubborn than anyone else once he set his mind on something. "Dad, if that's true, then there's all the more no reason for me to cut ties with Yules!

"She is a member of the royal family,

and the only way for me to come in contact with the Kontinian royal family. Only by getting close to her and being with her will I get a chance to understand Mom's background. Only then will be able té find out what happened to Mom back then!"