Can’t Win Me Back novel (Alyssa and Jasper) novel Chapter 1593

"Lyse, Jasper, I have new updates on the Schmidt Group," Jonah announced.

Upon hearing that, Lyla glanced at Alyssa and sensibly said, "Taty and I will leave the kitchen now."

"It's fine, Lyla. We're family. There's nothing to be kept secret." Alyssa's expression grew serious. "Jonah, go ahead."

Sean's ears perked up as well. Alyssa had ordered him to focus on recovery and his relationship with Tatiana ever since he got severely injured by Jeffrey and nearly lost his left arm from being beaten up by the Schmidts' men. She had refused to involve him in other affairs since.

However, after years of working with Jonah in the business field and later serving Alyssa, Sean remained passionate and loyal. He had no interest in fancy titles or handsome compensation, only wishing to be of use to Alyssa and Jonah.

Sean had not worked on anything important after Sophia's case came to a close, which made him feel a little empty inside.

"Lyse, remember that Tsulu holiday resort project that Josh took away from me? After the project commenced, issues immediately surfaced," Jonah said with an icy look in his eyes.

"I know about that. There is a village housing ten or so families on the sole route to the holiday resort, no? Its existence will be a headache for land-use planning unless the Schmidt Group is able to bulldoze the village and make the villagers move away." Alyssa calmly worked on the ravioli with a smirk on her lips.

She added, "But I guess things aren't that straightforward, right? The Tsulian authorities would have gotten rid of the villagers instead of sneakily hiding the fact otherwise. If they displaced the villagers, the land's value could shoot up by another one billion dollars."

Sean nodded in agreement while Tatiana directed an admiring look at Alyssa. It was no wonder Sean was once in love with Alyssa so much that he'd risk his life for her. Tatiana thought that she would have done the same for Alyssa if she were a man.

In contrast, she thought of herself as timid and unremarkable, believing it was her honor to have received Sean's affection.

"Lyse was right." Jasper fixed a tender gaze on Alyssa and carefully placed another oddly shaped ravioli on the chopping board. "I ran an investigation and found out that the village has been around for two centuries.

"It's considered a historical and cultural heritage. Bulldozing it to build a holiday resort will lead to public outrage. Of course, the government dare not do it so openly."

"Do they think they're so invincible that they could wreak havoc abroad without blinking an eye?" Alyssa slammed her fist on the table, hammering a piece of ravioli into flat dough.

She continued, "Is there really no media that would report on that? Don't forget that the KS Group owns the '3 o'Clock News.' They shall wait for what happens at 3:00 pm tomorrow!"

Hearing that, Lyla shook her head and broke her silence. "The Schmidt kids are pretty unruly, aren't they? I thought they would behave better after lying low for a while."

Sean was equally furious. "Old habits die hard."

Alyssa raised a brow in amusement. "The Schmidt kids are fighting each other, and the head of the family is himself corrupted. Nothing good comes out of the Schmidt family."

After a pause, Jasper tightened his grip on her hand. He said, "I'll send my men to monitor the activities in Tsulu. You'll definitely provoke Josh after the news exposé, and he'll make a move to quell the scandal."