Can’t Win Me Back

Alyssa's eyes brimmed with tears as she stared in disbelief at her empty hands.

Jasper had always been the one to hold her hand first during tender moments—whenever they kissed, embraced, or laced their fingers together, he would murmur in her ear, promising never to let go, no matter what.

Yet now, with a chilling detachment, he was pulling away.

The pain hit Alyssa as if her very soul was being torn apart.

When Xavier saw this, he gaped in shock, and his face ran pale.

No one knew better than him how much Jasper had loved Alyssa and how deeply connected they were before his coma.

But now, despite not losing his memory, the Jasper who had awakened was unrecognizable.

He treated Newton and Javier like before, except Alyssa, the woman he deeply loved, who was being treated with such coldness and detachment.

"Grandpa, Dad." Jasper turned his indifferent gaze away from Alyssa's heartbroken face.

In a deep voice, he said, "I'm tired.

I'd like to get some sleep.

Could you all please leave?" Javier was stunned.

Jasper had been like this since he was young.

He was no gentler or more emotionally intelligent than Justin.

He was always cold and aloof toward the people around him.

Even so, after he regained consciousness, he seemed to have become even more frigid and withdrawn.

Javier had no choice but to accede, "Sure, sure.

Have a good rest, then.

We'll come and see you again when you're awake!" Without replying, Jasper lay back down silently.

He then turned to his side so that his back faced all of them.

He closed himself off from everyone, including Alyssa.

After Alyssa left the hospital ward, she darted to Julien's office like a mad woman.

Although Javier didn't allow the Taylors to visit Jasper, Julien was an internationally renowned neurologist.

along so that he could

"Jul...

become like that?" Alyssa

before she finally managed to get a full sentence

is intact, he remembers me, but his

so?" Holding onto the latest scan, Julien frowned

" Jasper's amygdala, which is where feelings and emotions

cold to everyone because he's

himself off

this

a quivering voice,

will that affect his daily life?” "There's basically no impact on

possibly with even better efficiency than before because he will have no emotional distractions and will be even more focused."

stared at the scan

lost the ability to love, protect, and care for people."

do you mean?" "He doesn't know how to

other words, all he sees in his emotional world

His eyes welled up.

relatives, friends, and even you are the

you, but that is all

is special." "How

He didn't forget me.

the memory of us being in

was extremely dissatisfied with what she

he's unable to feel

were both once

he uttered next was

memories are only

He didn't want to lie to her.It would be better for her to get the pain over with

as before, Alyssa was not

in her eyes, she pressed on, "Is there no way to stir the emotions up in him? I

this is not a treatment that will

only a 50 % chance

it has to

will end

"There's also shock therapy.

send strong electrical currents to

shook her

I know what