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 accepted that

the rules of the game, her who wasn’t content with the status quo

bent over, covering her face, feeling utterly frazzled.

Taking a deep breath, she pulled it out.

Melvin calling.

Hello?

they left yet? His tone sounded harsh.

his hide-and-seek act tonight, plus her own irritation. Jocelyn’s response was equally frosty. “What’s the much? Can’t I spend

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I’m

staring at her

downstairs for another fifteen minutes before heading up. Opening the door, she

their leftovers.

barely glanced up as she came

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

drag, and leaned back in

just a matter

the

he was playing dumb or genuinely didn’t catch

we

onto hers, a gaze that should have been filled

Jocelyn felt incredibly on edge.

it was his issue, why did it always feel

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

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

to smoke in

down at her toes, her eyes misted over, and soon enough, tears started to

as it fell, and his brow furrowed. He

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

head back, and he

she knew it, she was straddling him, facing him.

swallowed hard, feeling a tingle

we going to keep up this… arrangement? Jocelyn

setting her skin ablaze wherever he touched,

how she had no self-control or boundaries

didn’t answer, his heavy breathing and increasing urgency spoke

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

listening to the steady

her head to look at Melvin beside her, tracing his outline with her gaze.

a beauty

he had captured her heart at first

two years of crush and three years of