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
with an honest, almost
eyes narrowed, his voice a little lazy. “So,
still plenty left,” she said, her delicate face radiating a sort
did
sheepishly, laughing a
side–eye. He looked like he wanted to scold
money you were given. That’s someone else’s earnings.”
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but didn’t
up immediately, her eyes
her voice stammering as
it seemed like an offhand question, but seeing her panicked reaction made Ellison raise an eyebrow. He picked up the
out of bed, but in her drunken haze and grogginess, she stumbled and ended up diving straight
that hurts,” she winced, clutching her
grunted as he instinctively caught her.
want anyone to see?” Ellison beat
business watch. The receipt was
the price and the date on the receipt. It was bought yesterday.
glancing from the watch to
meant to be…” she trailed off, unsure how to
me?” Ellison took
was less than 100 thousand dollars, the design looked
the one you wear… the one worth more than a
narrowed his eyes as he glanced at his own
into Carmelo when
Joycelyn replied, confused. “Who’s Carmelo?”
watch was a gift from a
Ms. Wilson?” Joycelyn blurted out without
stay silent about today’s gossip,
out, it
But she didn’t.
she quickly added, “I didn’t mean to pry into your past with Ms. Wilson, really! I
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