Can’t Win Me Back

Chapter 1229
MMeanwhile, Zoe experienced dizziness in the aftermath of the slap.
The taste of blood lingered in her mouth. She grimaced from the excruciating pain in her ear. Due to the pain, she abandoned
her attempts at maintaining composure in the public eye.
“COuch! My ear! It hurts!” After being slapped twice on the right cheek, hher ears rang, causing her to yelp in pain.
Z’Zoe! My dear Zoe!” Cornelius wailed and rushed toward his
ggranddaughter without carrying his walking stick. His eyes widened in sshock as he tried to help her up from the floor, but she
was too weak too get up after Landon’s powerful slaps.
Ssitting on the ground and looking frail, she sobbed. “Grandpa, my ears hhurt & can’t hear anything in my right ear.”
“What did you say, Zoe?” Cornelius was frightened. Despite raising his voided by her ear, she couldn’t hear him very well.
Unfurling a trembling haaddroom her right ear, she gasped at the sight of blood on
Sheerdedout,MMMy ear! I’m going deaf!”
All the elaarper’s bodyguards and assistants rushed up to her, c the doctors aand the ambulance in a frenzy. Landon, standing
as observed thaekhaos emotionlessly, as if an invisible barrier separat hirm from hisisaanityly.
Once proud dbbbising Cornelius’ grandson, he now felt nothing but shame
“Landon, are you insane?Cornelius glowered at him in disbelief, momentarily disorientadd by the shock. “Zoe is your only sister
and the sole daughter of yourppanants! How could you hurt her?”
Landon sneered. “Dad’s not around anymore. As her brother, don’t you think I should be the one to instill some morals into her?”
The guests were surprised by Landon’s declaration, which sounded pretty convincing.
“Y-You brat!!” Comelius cussed him out, “Zoe is my granddaughter! I’m still in power in the Harper Group. Do you have any
respect for me when you hit your sibling in front of my eyes?”

“Of course I respect you,” Landon replied with a chilling look. “That’s why I stopped after slapping her. Otherwise, I would have
done worse.
The guests fell into a hushed silence.
Jonah stared silently at Landon. Before this, he had regarded Landon as a playboy and a loyal friend of Jasper’s. However, he
now saw Landon in a new light.
He was grateful that Landon courageously went against his family to teach Zoe a lesson for Alyssa’s sake. At the same time, he
felt vilty for having looked down on Landon in the past.
Hearing Landon’s threet, Zoe trembled and clung tighter to her grandpa. Cornelius choked with anger, stammered, “Y-You-”
Javier, who reveled in the unfolding events, hated it when Landon intervened. He reluctantly assumed the role of peacemaker.
“Lando Zoe is your sister, after all. You shouldn’t have said that. It reflects poorly on you and damages your relationship with your
family. It’s a lose-lose situation.”