Chapter 212

"Mr. Beckett!"

…

Jasper woke up to find himself lying on a patient bed.

"Alyssa …" The first thing out of his mouth was Alyssa's name.

"The tendon in your right hand is injured. We observed some light concussion and a bit of blood clot, but they shouldn't pose an issue." Alyssa stood by the windows with her back against the light, leaving him with the sight of her lovely silhouette.

When Jasper was in a coma, Xavier filled in Alyssa with the details of the car crash. Xavier claimed that Jasper had not slept at all. He found Jasper in the study filled with suffocating cigarette smoke in the morning.

"I think he must have lost his focus because he didn't sleep well. His headache might have affected his driving as well."

Alyssa was aware of the intensity of Jasper's headache. For that reason, he had rarely driven himself anywhere in recent years.

He had pulled off sleep deprivation, heavy smoking, and refusal of medical treatment in one day.

"Who are you torturing yourself for?