Ellison And Joycelyn: A Love Beyond The Rules

Chapter 57

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“Talking to you is enough to drive me mad,”

said with an almost existential expression of despair.

Joycelyn hesitated, unsure how to respond to the obvious mismatch in their wavelengths.

She could sense his frustration, yet he didn’t seem in a rush to leave. Instead, he took out his phone and began typing

She glanced up at him. The bright light fell on his chiseled face, accentuating his sharp features. His cold, penetrating gaze beneath those sword–like brows seemed to hide a profound depth, one that made him hard to read.

The two of them just stood there, with Joycelyn feeling increasingly uneasy.

Her bare feet shuffled nervously against the floor like a child caught doing something wrong,

Out of sheer boredom, she stretched her neck, trying to sneak a peek at his phone screen.

She couldn’t quite make out the contact name but saw the message he had sent. [Who told you to buy this watch for me!]

The few words, combined with the exclamation mark, carried an air of authority that made Joycelyn freeze.

Ellison glanced at her, having noticed her attempt at eavesdropping.

Realizing she’d been caught, Joycelyn quickly changed the topic, pointing to the watch on the table.

“Do you like this watch? Want to try it on?” she asked, offering it up casually.

Ellison immediately extended his left hand toward her.

“Mm?” Joycelyn blinked, her eyes lowering to his hand, which was elegantly sculpted.

strong, making it hard not to be

pants to keep herself from doing

typing on his phone, barely acknowledging

her still hadn’t moved, he turned to her and, in a low, commanding tone, said, “Put it on me.” “Ah? Oh.” Joycelyn felt silly, a bit slow to react. She took the watch and slowly unwrapped it from its plastic

90 thousand dollars

time

wrist, making sure

clasped the strap, her fingers brushed

it was just a small contact,

her from the corner of his

them felt charged, almost

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her voice quiet but polite as she withdrew her hand and looked up at

down at the watch on his wrist before turning off the

with a

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picking it out. I thought it was the best one. Though

that materialistic, Ellison replied, eyeing the watch in his hand.

your birthday already pass?” Joycelyn asked. Since she had learned that Ellison didn’t like celebrating

have

it up. Wait ten minutes before coming down,” Joycelyn said quickly, grabbing her phone

but instead of going downstairs, he went into his own room.

the watch onto a dresser, he made a quick call to William. “Check if Carmelo bought a Rolex at the commercial center last night at

looked at the watch again. He raised his wrist, watching the timepiece that

but a slight smile tugged at

a bouquet of flowers. She placed them on the coffee table and began

arrangement. The cake