Ellison And Joycelyn: A Love Beyond The Rules

Chapter 36

Chapter 36

Joycelyn wasn’t fully awake yet, but the little puppy in her arms was already wide awake, barking at Killion

“Rocky,” Joycelyn mumbled sleepily, patting the puppy in her arms.

The puppy grew more excited, barking louder at Ellison

“Shut up!” Ellison’s voice was cold and sharp, his tone cutting through the air as he glared at the noisy puppy.

Startled, the little dog immediately burrowed its head into Joycelyn’s arms, whimpering softly, as if it had been deeply wronged.

Joycelyn was completely jolted awake by the sound. She blinked her drowsy eyes and looked up at Ellison, who was standing a few steps away.

“You’re up,” she said groggily, her voice a little muffled by sleep.

“You slept here last night?”

“Yeah.” Joycelyn nodded sheepishly, looking at him with a small smile. “The puppy was scared and kept barking

“I was worried it might disturb your sleep, so I came downstairs to keep it company for a while. I must’ve dozed off” She gave a bashful laugh, her pale face flushed with embarrassment.

Ellison didn’t respond immediately. His expression remained unreadable, but his dark eyes seemed to be holding some unspoken emotion.

Joycelyn blinked up at him, instinctively pulling the puppy closer to her chest.

“For a dog, you really went all out,” Ellison said, his voice flat and indifferent. Clearly, he couldn’t understand why she’d spent the entire night sitting outside with a dog.

Joycelyn gave an awkward smile, clearly picking up on his displeasure. She didn’t know how to reply to that.

“But it’s really pitiful,” she said softly, her voice tinged with sympathy as she gently stroked the puppy in her arms. “It’s only month old and doesn’t have a mother anymore.”

“I’ll have William find a dog trainer. Let it stay with them for a few days,” Ellison said, still maintaining his cool demeanor. But at least he didn’t push her further.

instinctively hugged the trembling puppy tighter,

she asked quietly, as

on how it turns out. If it’s not trained well, what’s the point of keeping it?” Ellison said

little embarrassed by

arms. “We’ve only been

still early. You should get some more sleep,”

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his morning

Joycelyn said, gently placing the puppy back in

for a while. Don’t bark, or we’ll both be

puppy sat quietly in the crate, wagging its tail happily

well the night before. After closing the crate, she absentmindedly forgot

soon as the puppy saw she was gone, it began to whine restlessly. It pawed at the crate a few times before the door popped open. The puppy immediately leaped out and dashed into the living room

his run, Ellison noticed the open crate from a distance and immediately had a

living room, he saw a puddle of urine in the middle of the floor, soaking into the rug. His anger flared

guilty puppy was happily chewing on his

dog.” Ellison gritted his teeth in frustration.

startled by his outburst, barked once and then scrambled under the couch with the slipper in

was absolutely livid. Without a second thought, he grabbed his phone

her nap, showered, and changed into a fresh set of clothes, she was shocked by the scene in the living room.

of her loungewear and, looking confused, asked William, who was already there

we moving?” Joycelyn froze on the stairs, staring at

to a truck, and near the door, she saw a familiar dog

the crate, the little puppy, which had been curled up earlier, was now excitedly pawing at the bars

went to the bathroom twice in the living room and chewed up Mr. Grant’s shoes. Mr.

processing the situation when the gravity of William’s

really mad?” Joycelyn’s heart raced. Ellison was already obsessive about cleanliness and didn’t like dogs. She felt like she’d stepped into a

happy. He went upstairs,” William said, his tone reluctant. It was clear that even he didn’t know how to properly explain the intense frustration in Ellison’s voice when he’d called

lively little dog. She crouched down beside

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