Can’t Win Me Back

The room was silent.

Sheryl heard the name "Lyse" clearly.

Alarm bells started ringing in her head.

Didn't Justin warn that this type of medication could interfere with a person's emotional processing? It was meant to erase all traces of Jasper's passionate devotion to Alyssa so he would never yearn for the woman he once loved.

So why would he mention Alyssa's name now? Jasper stared at his reflection in the mirror, surprised to see himself standing there alone.

He had convinced himself he didn't need anyone else in his life.

Yet, for some strange reason, the moment he said "Lyse"’, it felt as if ahole had formed in his heart.

An echo reverberated through that void, one he couldn't ignore.

He didn't realize that her name echoed because he couldn't forget her.

While Jasper stood lost in thought, soft hands suddenly glided across his broad shoulders and around his neck.

A light fragrance drifted to his nose.

Looking down, he met Sheryl's eyes, filled with tenderness.

The intensity in his dark gaze dulled immediately.

too

Jasper.

traced her fingers gently around his dark gray

a captivatingly sweet voice, she offered, Let me

Mr.

the others will

to see you like this." Even though

intentionally so that they could

breaths intertwined, and their noses

Jasper frowned slightly.

about to speak up when heavy

up immediately, only to see Julien standing there with an icy look on his face, watching all that

especially intimate from where

looked as if they were about

eyes widened, blood boiling

"Oh, Dr.

Lovelace." Sheryl turned around.

at Julien, who had a gloomy look

in an innocent

Mr.

his necktie, so I was just helping

second, he raised his hand and slapped Jasper's

side, a burning red handprint