Can’t Win Me Back

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.”

never wasted food during my time in the army,” Jasper replied

a

was indeed capable of doing something like

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

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

blinked quickly, conflicted emotions filling

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

me some

saw through his

the kitchen in 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 smoke and oil that came from the

Jasper of the slums he had lived in with his mother. Their house had been surrounded by shabby

scrubbed their clothes, that smell never

Jasper was willing to cook for her and do something he had never done before. He truly doted on Alyssa, even

“That’s enough of

suddenly, her allergy acting up

know to switch on the hood?

wrong, Lyse? Did you catch a cold?” Jasper asked worriedly.