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

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

covering her

Taking a deep breath, she pulled it out.

was Melvin calling.

Hello?

they left yet? His tone sounded

response was equally frosty.

was a beef pause on the other

Chapter 18

I’m hanging up.”

was left staring at her

heading up. Opening the door,

their leftovers.

as she came in, not a

speaking up, “We’ll probably have a lot more days like today.

lit a cigarette, took a drag, and

a matter

to the

he was playing dumb or genuinely didn’t catch her drift. “What if they run into you here next

do we explain

that should have been filled

felt

was his issue, why did it always feel

however you want, Melvin said, puffing away; the smoke created a haze that obscured his true feelings.

of water. She stood opposite him and asked, Then why did you hide?”

continued to smoke in silence

quietness stretched on until Jocelyn felt a surge of old grievances. Looking down at her toes, her eyes

eyes caught a tear as it fell, and his brow furrowed. He crushed out his cigarette, pulled her into

his hands roaming around her waist, his face buried in her neck, and his kisses moving up to her sensitive earlobe. He felt her

and he promptly

knew it, she was straddling

Jocelyn swallowed hard, feeling a tingle at the tip of her heart

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

ablaze wherever he touched, stirring her

he overpowered her and how she

his heavy breathing and increasing urgency spoke

Jocelyn’s body arched back uncontrollably, losing herself to his rhythm

listening to the steady breathing beside her. A chill traced down the corner

at Melvin beside her, tracing his outline with her gaze.

ancient times, they said a beauty could captivate

captured her heart at first

and three years of love, how could she let