Girl Get Rid Of That Jerk by Melissa Johns

Girl Get Ride 71

Chapter 71 Chapter 71

In the apartment, Joshua was wearing an apron, busy in the kitchen whipping up a meal for Allison. Allison leaned casually against the kitchen door, arms crossed, watching him with a playful glint in her eyes.

“Who would've thought the Fisher family's golden boy could cook?” she teased.

Joshua rinsed the vegetables with a calm, practiced ease. "Remember when you asked where I got that meal I brought you last time?” he replied, glancing over with a sly smile. “Well, I made it myself."

Allison's eyebrows shot up in surprise. “You made it? How does it taste just like my mom's cooking?"

Joshua chuckled softly, a twinkle in his eyes. "I picked up a few tricks from your mom's kitchen when I came over for dinner."

Allison was dubious. "Seriously? You were only over a handful of times. How on earth did you pick up her recipes?"

The first time she met him, she had just turned ten, and her mom passed away when she was twelve. In those nearly two years, Joshua had visited for dinner less than five times. It seemed impossible he could have learned her mom's cooking so well.

“I don't buy it,” Allison said, eying him skeptically.

"Remember I said I wanted to take you somewhere? You got hurt last time, so

have anything to do with cooking?” Allison

with a knowing

"Alright, I'm in.”

eggs with - mushrooms, and a hearty corn soup. Allison, who usually picked at her dinner or skipped it altogether, found herself eating a lot, with the two of them finishing off

dinner, Allison got up to do the dishes, but Joshua gently stopped her. "Nah, I've got

grinned, teasing him, "Wow, Joshua, you're such a catch. Should

flick on the forehead. "That's the

Allison leaned against the doorframe, looking at his handsome face and wondering why he didn't make

at herself.

grin, "What are you thinking about?

cleared her throat, a bit

See

taking the trash out

him walk away, a smile tugging at her lips. He was so straight-laced it was almost suspicious. Meanwhile, Shawn found himself at the police station giving a statement. He was supposed to be held overnight, but his assistant

morning air, it was already four o'clock. The assistant looked worn

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