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.”

to think it was easy whenever I watched Rosie cook. Now that I’ve actually tried it, I

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you must’ve been so tired and put in so much effort to cook for me in the

quickly, conflicted emotions filling her heart.

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

some

saw through

in their three years of marriage. Rosie had told Alyssa it wasn’t purely because of his prejudice against her, but because he had

came from the kitchen area.

his mother. Their house had been surrounded

they scrubbed their clothes, that smell never

was willing to cook for her and do something he had never done before. He truly

boundaries for

nudged Jasper away. “That’s enough

her allergy acting up again after

smoke earlier.

to switch

catch a cold?” Jasper asked worriedly.

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covered her mouth and mumbled, “I’m fine. I’m just allergic to smoke. I

Allergic… to smoke?