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.

Ellison leaned against the doorframe, his gaze fixed on her, “how could you agree to something like that with your… friend?”

with an honest, almost too straightforward look, despite the guilt bubbling

little lazy. “So, the money ran out?”

she said, her delicate

did you make

answered sheepishly, laughing a little at her

like he wanted to scold her but

said, “This is different from the money you were given. That’s someone else’s

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understand but didn’t

immediately, her eyes

she said nervously, her voice stammering as she tried to stop

offhand question, but seeing her panicked reaction made Ellison raise an eyebrow. He picked up the bag.

bed, but in her drunken haze and grogginess, she stumbled and ended up diving straight into Ellison’s

winced, clutching her

he instinctively

Ellison beat her

was a black men’s business watch. The receipt was

the date on the

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

be…” she trailed off, unsure how to

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

was less than 100 thousand dollars, the

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

eyes as he glanced at his

run into Carmelo when you went to buy

Joycelyn replied, confused.

was a gift from a friend of

bought by Ms. Wilson?” Joycelyn blurted

silent about today’s gossip, but unexpectedly, she couldn’t hold

it was out, it made her seem jealous.

But she didn’t.

quickly added, “I didn’t mean to pry into your past with Ms. Wilson, really! I just overheard a bit of your conversation today. Everyone has a past, right? It’s