The Unwilling CEO’s Love Game

Chapter 18

After dinner. Daisy helped tidy up a bit and glanced at the closed bedroom door, commenting, “Usually, the room door is left open for ventilation. It’s not good if the air can’t circulate.”

Jocelyn, afraid that Daisy was going to open the door for her, quickly went over and did it herself. “Yeah, I just closed it while cooking. Didn’t want the cooking smell to get in”

Her eyes swept the room and caught sight of Melvin, frozen in place by her dressing table, looking like a deer caught in

the headlights

Just by watching his Adam’s apple bobbing nervously, she could tell he was on pins and needles

She found it both amusing and a bit heartbreaking

It was amusing seeing him trying to make himself invisible in the corner, but it was heartbreaking realizing how scared he was of their relationship coming to light.

Their so-called relationship only applied to the two of them; to everyone else, it was still under the radar.

Jocelyn saw her parents out of the building and watched them leave. Turning back to Preston, she said, “I don’t have your address so you’ll need to hail a cab yourself. I’ll cover the fare.

Preston has grown up now, right in the thick of adolescence and all the lovey-dovey stuff that goes with it

Add to that the internet age we’re in, kids grow up fast these days, so he was pretty clued up about the birds and the

bees

“Aren’t you bothered by how my uncle treats you? Preston was only now getting the picture of how little respect his

uncle had for Jocelyn.

Jocelyn smiled helplessly. “We agreed from the start.

“Is this what you call dating? Preston asked, cutting to the heart of the matter.

Jocelyn looked down, pressing her lips together, feeling a tightness in her chest.

Preston’s cab arrived. He looked at Jocelyn and sighed softly. “I’m off then.”

Mhm. Drop a message when you get home, or call your uncle.”

After Preston left, Jocelyn didn’t rush upstairs. Instead, she took a seat on a bench.

Flashes of her and Melvin together ran through her mind, crystal clear.

Falling in love is a two-way street, but what she had with Melvin was a case of a one-sided crush.

He didn’t need affection; he made that clear right from the start

had bravely accepted

her who wanted to break the rules of the game, her who wasn’t content with the

covering her face, feeling utterly

in her pocket Taking a deep breath, she pulled it out.

was Melvin calling.

Hello?

they left yet? His tone sounded

act tonight, plus her own irritation. Jocelyn’s response was equally frosty. “What’s the much? Can’t I spend some time with my parents?”

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enjoy I’m hanging

was left staring

fifteen minutes before heading up. Opening the door, she

their leftovers.

came in, not

a moment, then sat down opposite him. She waited until he finished his last bite before speaking up, “We’ll probably have a lot more days

a cigarette, took a drag, and leaned back in his

just a matter of

the

was playing dumb or genuinely didn’t catch

we explain

eyes locked onto hers, a gaze that should have been filled with passion but

felt incredibly on edge.

why did it always

Melvin said, puffing away; the smoke created a haze that obscured his true

a deep breath, stood up, and poured herself a glass of water. She stood opposite him and asked,

smoke

a surge of old grievances. Looking down at her toes, her eyes misted over, and soon enough, tears started to drop onto

tear as it fell, and his brow furrowed. He

hands roaming around her waist, his face buried in her neck, and

couldn’t help but tilt her head back, and he promptly

knew it, she was straddling him,

lower, and Jocelyn swallowed hard, feeling a tingle at the

are we going to keep up this… arrangement? Jocelyn asked,

intense, setting her skin ablaze wherever he touched,

easily he overpowered her and how she had no self-control

didn’t answer, his heavy breathing

body

steady

at Melvin beside her, tracing his outline with her

they said a beauty could captivate a heart

captured her

of love, how could she let him