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Even so, after he regained consciousness, he seemed to have become even more frigid and withdrawn.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

still invited him to tag along so that he could continue

"Jul...

did Jasper become like that?"

time before she finally managed to get a full sentence

he remembers me, but his character

so?" Holding onto the latest scan, Julien

Jasper's amygdala, which is where feelings and emotions are processed, was

to everyone because he's

phone without any reception, he has sealed himself off completely in a closed space, away from contact

was mind-blown by this

quivering voice, she asked,

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

before because he will have no emotional distractions and will be even more

simply stared at the scan in his

lost the ability to love,

"He doesn't know how to love

other words, all he sees in his emotional

His eyes welled up.

his relatives, friends, and even you

of you, but that is

special."

He didn't forget me.

retains the memory of us being in love!" Alyssa exclaimed

dissatisfied

he's unable

knows that you were both once in love,

he uttered next was

Lyse, memories are only

heart of someone with an emotional disorder, their memories carry no meaning." He didn't want to lie to

Alyssa

pressed on, "Is there no way to stir the emotions up in him? I don't believe that there's absolutely nothing we can do!" "As a follow-up, I will conduct

treatment that will work

only a 50 %

has to be conducted

will end up

"There's also shock therapy.

to send strong electrical currents to stimulate him."

her

what shock