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.

like you're not too familiar with tying neckties,

Jasper.

fingers gently around his dark gray

sweet voice, she offered, Let

Mr.

the others will

nice for them to see you like this." Even though she was in heels, Jasper

intentionally so that they could Jean closer

their noses

Jasper frowned slightly.

was about to speak up when heavy footsteps sounded

immediately, only to see Julien standing there with an icy look on his

looked especially intimate from

as if they

widened, blood boiling as

"Oh, Dr.

Lovelace." Sheryl turned around.

at Julien, who had a gloomy

an innocent tone, "Please

Mr.

how to do up his necktie, so I was just helping him out

he raised

head snapped to the side, a burning red handprint blossoming on