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.”

really underestimated the art of cooking. I used to think it was easy whenever I watched Rosie cook. Now that I’ve actually tried it, I can see

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

conflicted emotions

you to have breakfast I made for you. But it looks like Sean will

bitterly. “Sorry, Lyse. Give me some

saw through his

Alyssa it wasn’t purely because of

came

of the slums he had lived in with his mother. Their house had been surrounded by shabby eateries that constantly emanated the heavy smell

they scrubbed their clothes, that smell never

for her and do something he had

boundaries for

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

suddenly, her allergy acting up again after

smoke earlier.

Jasper know to switch

catch a cold?” Jasper

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

Allergic… to smoke?