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 that

break the rules of the game,

bent over, covering her face, feeling utterly frazzled.

a deep breath, she pulled

Melvin calling.

Hello?

left yet? His tone sounded

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

was a beef pause on the other

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I’m hanging up.”

left staring at her phone.

heading up. Opening

their leftovers.

as she came in,

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

a drag, and leaned back in his chair.

matter

the point

or genuinely didn’t catch her drift. “What if

we

onto hers, a gaze that should have been

Jocelyn felt incredibly on edge.

though it was his issue, why did it always feel like she

said, puffing away; the smoke created a

stood up, and poured herself a glass of water. She stood opposite him and asked, Then why did

to smoke

down at her toes, her eyes misted over,

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

kissed away the tears from her eyes, his hands roaming around her waist, his face buried in her neck, and his kisses moving up to her sensitive earlobe. He felt her shiver, then

couldn’t help but tilt her head back, and he promptly moved his kisses down her

it, she was

and Jocelyn swallowed hard, feeling a tingle

keep up this… arrangement? Jocelyn asked, her voice

were intense, setting her skin ablaze wherever he touched, stirring her emotions.

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

didn’t answer, his heavy breathing and increasing

completely, Jocelyn’s body arched

the steady breathing beside her. A chill

her head to look at Melvin beside her, tracing his

they said a beauty could captivate a heart

her he had captured her heart at

and three years of love, how could she let