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.

want to know,” Ellison leaned against the doorframe, his gaze fixed on

with an honest, almost too straightforward

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

left,” she said, her delicate

asked, “How much did you make in

dollars….” she answered sheepishly, laughing a little at her

He looked like he wanted

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

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but didn’t push further.

immediately, her eyes widening.

said nervously, her voice stammering as she

her panicked

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

that hurts,” she winced,

grunted as he instinctively caught

you want anyone to see?” Ellison beat her to it, unwrapping the

black men’s business watch. The receipt was still there.

date

glancing from the watch

she trailed off, unsure

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

it was less than 100 thousand dollars, the design

one worth more than a million,” Joycelyn explained,

narrowed his eyes as he glanced at his

run into Carmelo when you went to buy

replied, confused. “Who’s

a friend of mine,”

it bought by Ms. Wilson?” Joycelyn blurted out without

stay silent about today’s gossip, but

was out, it made

But she didn’t.

really! I just overheard a bit of your conversation today. Everyone has a

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