Ellison And Joycelyn: A Love Beyond The Rules

Chapter 56

Chapter 56

Joycelyn almost got thrown out, and the shock jolted her awake.

She blinked her eyes, hazy with confusion. ‘Did Ellison carry me upstairs?‘

She swallowed nervously and immediately shut her eyes, pretending to still be asleep.

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But little did she know, her subconscious movement of clutching him tighter was enough to alert Ellison that she was awake. Ellison lowered his gaze with deliberate slowness, his voice cold and deliberately quiet as he spoke. “Pretending to sleep now, huh?”

Joycelyn’s lashes fluttered, her breathing a little off, but she kept her eyes

shut.

The thought of having embarrassed him in front of his friend made her nervous.

She hoped he would just let it go if she pretended to be asleep.

Ellison carried her out of the bathroom and placed her gently on the bed.

He turned to leave, but the sound of his footsteps faded, and Joycelyn quietly cracked open her eyes.

Suddenly, she was caught off guard by the sight of Ellison, arms crossed and leaning against the doorframe, his amber eyes sharp and glimmering.

“Joycelyn, your acting is wasted; you should be dumpster diving with that talent,” he teased, his tone dripping with sarcasm. Joycelyn sighed, defeated, and stopped pretending.

She sat up and yawned daintily, her voice still a little nasal from the alcohol, and her eyes full of a hesitant innocence. “Sorry… I embarrassed you.”

The truth was, given the disparity in their positions, she felt like she had caused him a loss of face tonight.

Ellison’s expression softened slightly when he saw her sincere, childlike look, and for a moment, his heart softened against his will.

leaned against the doorframe, his gaze fixed on her, “how could you agree to something like that

Joycelyn replied, her eyes meeting his with an honest, almost too straightforward look, despite the guilt bubbling inside

his voice a little lazy. “So, the money ran out?”

plenty left,” she said, her delicate

“How much did you make in

thousand dollars….” she answered sheepishly, laughing a little

looked like he wanted to scold her but didn’t

said, “This is different from the money

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understand but

tensed up immediately, her eyes

she said nervously, her voice stammering as

offhand question, but seeing her panicked reaction made Ellison raise an

drunken haze and grogginess, she stumbled and ended up diving straight into Ellison’s chest.

winced, clutching her forehead.

as he

see?” Ellison beat her to it, unwrapping

business watch. The receipt

glanced at the price and the date on the receipt. It was bought yesterday.

birthday?” he asked, glancing from the watch to Joycelyn, who stood there awkwardly.

meant to be…” she trailed off, unsure

give it to me?” Ellison took the watch out, inspecting it.

100 thousand

wear… the one worth more than a million,” Joycelyn explained, rubbing her forehead where

as he glanced at his

run into Carmelo when you went to buy it?”

confused. “Who’s

from a friend of mine,” he replied

Wilson?” Joycelyn

about today’s gossip, but

that it was out, it made her

But she didn’t.

slip, she quickly added, “I didn’t mean to pry into your past with Ms. Wilson, really! I just overheard a bit of