Chapter 32

At right, Melvin stood on the balcony puffing on a cigarette, gazing at the winding rivers, and the image of Jocelyn’s panic and evasion the moment she laid eyes on him popped into his mind.

Talk about tough she never backed down from him.

She’d block him on Facebook and his calls in a heartbeat, and when they met, she’d act like she didn’t even know him.

All the love he’d given over the past three years seemed to have gone with the breeze

Women are just unreasonable creatures

He’d explained himself, and she was still making a fuss about breaking up.

Totally irrational.

Thinking he’d go sweet talk her back? As if! Not in a million years.

He had given her a chance already It was her call to throw it away.

Melvin finished his smoke and turned back to his room.

Lying in bed, sleep just wouldn’t come

Every time he closed his eyes, images of Jocelyn’s seductive face and their steamy moments together flooded his

mind

Guys have their weaknesses, often with a hint of eroticism, and he was no exception and was just a regular dude.

Missing a woman, that’s just human nature.

Unable to sleep, he dived into the bathroom for a cold shower, thinking it might extinguish the fire inside him, but the

more he washed, the hotter he burned.

Ever since he and Jocelyn got together, he hadn’t taken matters into his own hands.

It was like scratching an itch, never quite as satisfying as when someone else would do it.

After spending over thirty minutes in the bathroom, Melvin got dressed, grabbed his car keys, and headed out.

let the wind mess up his

standing by the river and smoking another two cigarettes,

cool down

without really planning to. By the time he snapped out of it, he was already there.

at her darkened apartment. She must be sleeping like a baby

what a

open road. He felt just like this city shiny on the outside,

approached, everyone-students, parents, and teachers-was caught up in a tense atmosphere.

their socks on the two

grave during the exams, with Jocelyn standing at the podium keeping an eye out,

were over, the first thing everyone did was check

of the classroom just

it go?” she

thinking about what favor you’ll owe

chuckled and nodded, “Wow, you

over, and the students had gone home

were still nervously grading papers.

did well or not until the results were announced, and Jocelyn and the other teachers were gobsmacked.

had come in third in

completely shocked when she saw

again to make sure nothing was missed, and they

were tallied, most teachers were congratulating Jocelyn.

class was top of the grade again.

Preston’s third-place score, they left the second-place class

surprised by the

Preston’s report card, raising an eyebrow in skepticism.-

“No cheating?”

Earned it fair

the report card. “Go make

grin spreading across his face. “I made a bet with Jocelyn. if I got into

at him, his brow

in, smirking, “Pretty

want her

“Be my auntie.”

darkened instantly, “Preston, are you out of your

it off. “I have other uncles, you know. Don’t forget, my mom’s got a godbrother. He’s my uncle too. I think

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