Can’t Win Me Back novel (Alyssa and Jasper) novel Chapter 2260

"Back then, the Dutton family was a wealthy family who was as highly regarded as the Beckett family is today. Mr. Javier's first wife was the second daughter of the Dutton family, Caroline Dutton. Their marriage was ordained by Mr. Newton personally and was publicly known as a marriage alliance between corporations.

"It is said that both parties barely met a few times before their marriage, so there was no opportunity for them to date romantically. In other words, their marriage wasn't built on love. Back then, the marriage alliance Mr. Newton forged with the Dutton family was only to salvage the Beckett Group, which was embroiled in some financial turmoil at the time."

As Alyssa listened to Jonah's elaboration, she looked unperturbed. "Marriage alliances between wealthy families are commonplace. Winston even wanted to have Taty marry into the Schmidt family previously."

"Mrs. Beckett only had one son, Mr. Justin. Even though the relationship between Mr. Justin's parents wasn't great, there weren't any malicious rumors at the time either. After all, the Becketts benefited from the Duttons' power, and Mrs. Beckett gave birth to a son. Even if Mr. Javier has any objections about anything, there's no way that he would've shown it.

"This harmonious relationship went on until Mr. Justin turned four."

Cyrus listened intently, as if he were listening to a story. It was the same for Alyssa. She quickly prompted, "What happened after that?"

The look in Jonah's eyes dimmed. "One night, Mrs. Beckett used a shotgun to end her life by the pond in Seaview Manor."

Alyssa's eyes widened in shock. She started breaking out in cold sweat. "She took her own life with a gun? But, why?"

"Damn! That's real brutal of her!"

Cyrus was greatly astonished. "Most people would either choose to jump from a building, slit their wrists, or take sleeping pills when they try to take their own lives, just so that they won't die a painful death. I can't believe that she actually dared to shoot herself. She was really determined to die!"

Jonah furrowed his brows. With a tad of helplessness in his voice, he said, "Truth be told, no external party knows what Mrs. Beckett's cause of death was. That said, our father is an extremely nosy person. Back then, he even had that buddy of his, Mr. Victor, who was a busybody. So, as much as the Becketts tried to keep everything under wraps at the time, there were people who managed to catch wind."

"When Justin was four…"

Suddenly, a glint flashed across Alyssa's eyes. Her chest tightened. "That year, Jasper's mother happened to be pregnant. Could it be that Mrs. Beckett took her own life because Mr. Javier had an affair?"

Cyrus couldn't help but feel terrified. His head went numb.

"A four-year-old child should be old enough to know what was going on, right? If Justin's mother's death was really because Mr. Javier had an affair, wouldn't Justin want to seek revenge on Jasper when he grew up?

"In that case, he might have returned with ulterior motives this time. Jasper might be in danger!"

Alyssa's thoughts were in a whirl. She also happened to have the same thoughts as Cyrus.

"It seems like it isn't that simple."

Jonah fell into deep thought. In a low voice, he continued, "When I was young, I once mentioned to Dad that Mrs. Beckett was really strange. She didn't seem too willing to meet people.