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.”

of cooking. I used to think it was easy whenever I watched Rosie cook. Now that I’ve

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guilt filled his chest. “I know you must’ve been so tired and put in so much effort to cook for me in the past.”

blinked quickly, conflicted emotions filling her heart.

But it looks like Sean will have

me some more

immediately saw through

it wasn’t purely because of his

that came

mother. Their house had been surrounded by shabby

how hard they scrubbed their clothes, that smell never left.

to cook for her and do something he had never done before. He truly doted on

for her.

Alyssa’s chest. She gently nudged Jasper away. “That’s enough of terrorizing

coughed suddenly, her allergy acting up again

smoke earlier.

Jasper know to switch on the hood?

catch a cold?” Jasper asked

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covered her mouth and mumbled, “I’m fine. I’m just allergic to smoke. I just need some fresh air.”

Allergic… to smoke?