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.”

that. I never wasted food

wouldn’t be a first for

indeed capable of doing

to think it was easy whenever I watched Rosie cook. Now that I’ve actually tried it, I can see just how difficult this technique

at the messy kitchen countertop, 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.”

quickly, conflicted emotions filling her heart.

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

smiled bitterly. “Sorry, Lyse. Give me some more time to practice.

immediately saw through his intentions.

of his prejudice against her, but because he had never liked the smell of smoke and oil that came from the kitchen

he had lived in with his mother. Their house had been surrounded

how hard they scrubbed their clothes,

was willing to cook for her and do something he had never

She gently nudged Jasper away. “That’s enough

suddenly, her allergy acting up again after inhaling the smoke earlier.

know to switch

catch