Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 940

Hot air blasted out of the pan. Jasper wiped away the sweat on his face and sighed. “Dammit. Burnt again.”

Only then did Alyssa see the countless burnt eggs in the trash bint beside the stove.

“Pft. The heat is too high, silly. You’d go through an entire chicken farm without succeeding at this rate,” she teased.

Jasper’s heart skipped a beat as he turned around, meeting Alyssa’s

eyes.

“Did I… wake you?” he asked nervously.

“No, my biological clock did. I don’t have a habit of sleeping in,” Alyssa replied.

She then pointed at the trash bin beside him, teasing, “You’re lucky Sean isn’t around to see this. He hates it when people waste food. If he had been here, he would have made you scoop everything back out and eat it.”

“I would be fine with that. I never wasted food during my time in the army,” Jasper replied lightly.

It wouldn’t be a first for him.

Alyssa knew how serious Jasper could be at times and that he was indeed capable of doing something like that. She hurriedly waved her hands. “I’m kidding. Don’t actually go eating that.”

watched Rosie cook. Now that I’ve actually tried it, I can see just how difficult this technique is,” Jasper

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the messy kitchen countertop, guilt filled his chest. “I know you must’ve been so tired and put in so much effort

conflicted emotions filling

for you. But it looks like Sean will have to buy

Give me some

saw through

their three years of marriage. Rosie had told Alyssa it wasn’t purely because of his prejudice against her, but because he had never liked the smell of

oil that came from the kitchen area.

Their house had been surrounded by shabby eateries

matter how hard they scrubbed their clothes,

something he had never done before. He truly doted on Alyssa, even crossing his

for

Jasper away. “That’s enough of terrorizing my house. Let me

her allergy acting up again

smoke earlier.

Jasper know to switch on

catch

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“I’m fine. I’m just

Allergic… to smoke?