Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 2261

'M-Mr. Beckett?"

Jasper was in a daze. He turned his eyes slowly toward Sean and stared at him coldly.

"How's Ms. Alyssa?" he asked. His voice was deep and throaty, as if he was parched.

Sean fixed his eyes on the man before him. Suddenly, he was overcome by a plethora of emotions and was moved to tears. He choked, "Ms. Alyssa... She's sick. Very sick. Go on in and see her. I'm sure she will be very happy to see you and she will get better."

Promptly, Sean pushed the door open for him.

Jasper pursed his lips into a thin line. Clenching his hands into fists, he walked into the ward slowly.

Jonah and Cyrus were moved by Jasper showing up. Even so, they did their best to keep a straight face before coming up with an excuse to leave the room.

Soon enough, Alyssa and Jasper were the only ones left in the room.

As much as they used to be a sweet, intimate, and happy couple in the past, they had nothing to say to one another when they now looked into each other's eyes.

There was an inexplicable feeling of loneliness, desolation, and sorrow.

*I heard that you threw up blood."

Jasper stood stiffly by the side of Alyssa's bed and didn't even sit down. He was so distant that it made him look like he was just a visitor. "I remember that you have gastritis, but it hasn't flared up in a long time. Why did this happen all of a sudden?"

Tears welled up at the back of Alyssa's throat. She forced herself to hold back her tears as she gave him a slight, bitter smile.

She had gastritis and a pretty bad one at that. It used to flare up frequently, and it was because she started living with him that it stopped flaring up.

Each day, Jasper looked after her attentively. He learned to make remedies personally, regulated her diet, and tirelessly made nutritious and easily digestible dishes for her. He watched over her like she was a child, forbidding her from taking cold drinks and dishes. This was why her gastritis hadn't flared up in a really long time.

After he left her, her heart was in a mess, but so was her life.

She had long been pampered by him. Her decision-making skills and life skills went downhill. She had become a woman who could no longer care for herself.

Nevertheless, she was aware that she could never be a child forever. She needed to grow up once again.

"How did you know that I fell ill?" Alyssa asked in a soft voice. Her long lashes quivered slightly.

Jasper answered straightforwardly, "Dr. Lovelace was the one who told me."

"Oh, it was Jul?" She forced a smile on her face. "I'm fine. I'm much better now."

"That's good to know."

Thereafter, it was a long period of silence again.

'Mr. Beckett...

"Ms. Alyssa."

They spoke up at the same time, as if they could read each other's minds.

Alyssa shot him an unnatural smile. "You go first."

'Ms. Alyssa, if you have acute gastritis, I wish you the best of health in the future. Take good care of yourself in your daily life.

"If you ruined yourself like this because of me, I hope that you will stop with such foolish and borderline self- harming behavior moving forward."

A frigid look swirled within Jasper's clear eyes. An incomprehensible feeling surged within him. "Besides, it's not like doing this will result in any change in our relationship.

"Even if you're wanting to pursue someone, using an extreme tactic like this will only backfire and make them feel repulsed.