The Unwilling CEO’s Love Game

Chapter 18

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

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

covering her face, feeling

a deep

Melvin calling.

Hello?

left yet? His

irritation. Jocelyn’s response was equally

a beef pause on the other

Chapter 18

enjoy I’m hanging

was left staring at

heading up. Opening the

their leftovers.

came in, not a

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

and

just a matter of time

to the point

didn’t catch her drift. “What if they run into you here next

we

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

least, Jocelyn felt incredibly on edge.

why did it always feel

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

poured herself a glass of water. She

to smoke in silence

a surge of old grievances. Looking down at her toes, her eyes misted

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

tears from her eyes, his hands roaming around her waist, his face buried in her neck,

head back, and he

was

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

up this… arrangement? Jocelyn asked, her

her skin ablaze wherever

hated how easily he overpowered her and how

heavy breathing and increasing urgency spoke

her completely, Jocelyn’s body arched

like still water, listening to the steady breathing

turned her head to look at Melvin beside

they said a beauty could captivate

he had captured her

of love, how could

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