Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Nina trembled as she curled herself in the wardrobe with a red wine bottle in her hand.

She was overwhelmed by shock, and her face drained of color. Her eyes were bloodshot, as if she had cried profusely.

What was she supposed to do?

She was frantically trying to find an answer in her mind.

She wondered who she should break this groundbreaking secret to-Jasper or Alyssa?

After Betty helped Sophia settle in, she returned to her room.

When she helped Sophia out of her clothes, she noticed needle marks on the latter's arms. Betty couldn't help but shudder at the thought of it.

Javier and Sophia no longer stayed in the same room. Since Lyla's accident, the couple had had more bad blood between them.

Had they been sleeping on the same bed and Javier had seen those needle marks, Betty had no idea how he would react to them.

When she reached her room, Betty saw Nina standing outside the door blankly as she waited for her with a red wine bottle in her hand.

She didn't look well.

"Ms. Betty, I've brought the wine you asked for. Would you like me to help you with it?" Nina asked carefully.

"There's no need for that. Give it to me. You don't need to stay here anymore." Betty snatched the wine bottle from her. Then, she got into her room and slammed the door.

Nina stood by the door, looking lost. Her maid's uniform was drenched in cold sweat.

By the time Betty had returned to her room, she had lost her mood to drink.

The more she thought about Sophia's doctor, Dr. McAlister, the more fearful she became. She needed to find time to get to the bottom of things with this guy.

Betty took off the face mask that had already dried up. She cleaned her face and took off her bathrobe. She opened her wardrobe to get a set of pajamas.

Suddenly, she froze. Her heart tightened.

Betty was a careless woman. However, she was very careful when it came to her personal belongings. She would notice any fine details, no matter how small they were.

She could tell that someone had messed with her wardrobe. She could sense the stifling warmth cascading from it.

Betty suddenly remembered that she heard a noise in the bedroom when she had been talking to Sophia.

She took her phone immediately and opened a surveillance app on it.

It turned out that even someone as dim-witted as Betty had installed a hidden surveillance camera in her room.

She had installed it a long time ago. She was like her mother,

who never trusted a single soul. She was suspicious of the maid messing with her belongings when she wasn't around.

She gritted her teeth and replayed the surveillance footage.

She saw Nina walking into the room with the wine bottle not long after she had left the room. Nina hid in the bedroom. Then, as Betty approached the room, Nina hid in the wardrobe.
Betty shrieked and threw her phone away.

She realized Nina had eavesdropped on her entire conversation with Sophia. That meant Nina now knew about the treacherous secret!

Betty's back broke out in a cold sweat. She clenched her teeth as she paced around her bedroom anxiously.

She picked her phone up. Her fingertips trembled as she dialed Sophia's number.

"What's up? I'm about to go to sleep," Sophia asked lazily.

"Mom, we're in big trouble!"

Betty curled up on her bed. Panicked, she said, "Nina heard everything we said. She was hiding in my wardrobe the entire time. I caught her on my surveillance camera."