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

she had bravely

was her who wanted to break the rules of the game, her who

covering her

in her pocket Taking a deep breath, she pulled it

Melvin

Hello?

they left yet? His tone sounded

Jocelyn’s response was equally frosty. “What’s the much? Can’t I spend some time with

a beef pause on the other

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enjoy I’m

was left staring at

heading up. Opening the door, she found Melvin munching

their leftovers.

she came in, not a word

his last bite before speaking up, “We’ll probably have a lot more days like today. My folks are really poking into

a drag, and leaned back in his chair. “So what?”

a matter of time

to the

or genuinely didn’t catch her drift. “What

we explain it?

a gaze that should have been filled with passion but now felt

Jocelyn felt

even though it was his issue, why did it always feel like she was the one with the

the smoke created

glass of water. She stood opposite

to smoke in

felt a surge of old grievances. Looking down at her toes, her eyes misted over, and soon enough,

his brow furrowed. He crushed out his cigarette, pulled her

her neck, and his kisses moving up

but tilt her head back, and he promptly moved his kisses down

knew it, she was straddling him, facing

and Jocelyn swallowed hard, feeling

to keep up this… arrangement? Jocelyn asked, her voice trembling.

kisses were intense, setting her skin ablaze wherever he touched, stirring

overpowered her and how

breathing and increasing urgency spoke

body arched back uncontrollably,

the steady breathing beside her. A chill

Melvin beside her, tracing his outline with

they said a

captured her heart at first

of crush and three years of