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Even so, after he regained consciousness, he seemed to have become even more frigid and withdrawn.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

so that he could continue administering

"Jul...

did Jasper become like that?"

before she finally managed to get

intact, he remembers me, but his

Holding onto the

amygdala, which is where feelings and emotions are processed,

is cold to everyone because he's unable to

sealed himself off completely in a closed space, away from

mind-blown by this

a quivering voice,

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

with even better efficiency than before because he will have no emotional distractions and

stared at the scan in

lost the ability to love, protect, and care

mean?" "He doesn't know

other words, all he sees in his emotional

His eyes welled up.

eyes, his relatives, friends, and

of you, but

one is special."

He didn't forget me.

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

was extremely dissatisfied with what

unable

and knows that you were both once in

uttered

memories are

memories carry no meaning." He didn't want to lie to

before, Alyssa was

no way to stir the emotions up in him? I don't believe that there's absolutely nothing

a treatment that will work 100% of

a 50 % chance that it'll

has to be

will

"There's also shock therapy.

to send strong electrical currents to

shook her head

I know what shock