Winning Her Heart Back (Emelie and William) novel Chapter 596

Ashley pushed him away.

As a strong-willed person, she didn't like being restrained. Meanwhile, Elias had an alpha's mindset. Hence, their personalities clashed with each other.

She put on oven mitts, took the noodles out of the microwave, and went back to the living room to eat.

Elias was always good at justifying things to himself. He convinced himself that Ashley wasn't trying to draw boundaries by eating her own food; she was probably just too hungry to wait.

He scratched his chin and opened the fridge. He scanned its contents before taking out two eggs.

Ashley ignored what he was doing in the kitchen. She ate her noodles while reviewing case files on her phone.

Before long, Elias came over and placed two sunny-side eggs on her bowl of noodles.

"I seasoned them with Himalayan salt, so they should taste good," he said.

While Ashley didn't know what they tasted like, the eggs looked perfectly cooked, with firm whites and runny yolks. Ashley poked one with her fork, and the yolk oozed out.

She glanced at him. "You can cook?"

Elias grabbed a puppy plushie and chuckled. "Have you forgotten already? When I got kicked out by my dad and begged you to take me in, I had to cook for myself if you forgot to feed me. I used up all the food in your house."

This triggered a long-forgotten memory for Ashley.

When Elias was around the age of eighteen, he was very rebellious. Eventually, he had a big fallout with his dad and ran away to her place.

During that time, he promised to protect her and everything she cared about. So, she took him in, and he stayed with her for over a month.

She was busy with college and couldn't always take care of him. If she remembered, she'd bring him food. If not, he had to feed himself.

He was an eighteen-year-old boy, not a puppy. There was no way he would starve himself.

Hearing this, Ashley realized he had really been waiting for her to feed him. When she didn't, he learned how to cook.

Ashley pressed her lips together. "You couldn't order takeout or go out to eat?"

Elias scooted closer to her. "I didn't have any money. My dad froze my bank accounts."