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.

he rolled down the car windows and let the wind

stopped at the pier, standing by the river and

cool down

planning to.

darkened apartment. She must be

what a

He felt just like this city shiny on

fmals approached, everyone-students, parents, and teachers-was caught

their socks on the

was as silent as the grave during the exams, with Jocelyn standing at the podium keeping an eye out, another teacher doing the same at

everyone did was check answers with

test papers, walked out of the classroom just as

it go?” she asked

“I’m already thinking about what favor you’ll owe

chuckled and nodded, “Wow, you did pretty good, didn’t

and the students had gone home

teachers were still nervously grading papers.

knew whose students did well or not until the results were announced,

had come in third in the grade.

when she saw his score.

paper again to make sure nothing was missed, and they all exchanging puzzled looks.

all the scores were tallied, most

was top of

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

by

looked at Preston’s report card, raising an eyebrow in

“No cheating?”

“You underestimate me. Earned it fair and square.”

report card. “Go

tell you, Preston sidled up to him, a mischievous grin spreading across his face. “I made a bet with Jocelyn. if I got into the top five, she’d grant

at him, his brow furrowing.

smirking, “Pretty clever, huh?”

you want

“Be my auntie.”

are you out

other uncles, you know. Don’t forget, my mom’s got a godbrother. He’s

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