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.

lean, and strong, making it hard not to

pants to keep herself from doing something

continued typing on his phone,

noticing 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

a 90 thousand dollars

was her first time touching something

it onto his wrist, making sure it was properly

strap, her fingers brushed lightly against his

it was just a small contact, her face flushed slightly.

of his eye,

between them felt charged, almost as if it were simmering with

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as she withdrew her hand and looked up at

focused on his phone, glanced down at the watch on his wrist before turning

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best one. Though I guess it’s a bit too cheap for someone like you,” she

that materialistic, Ellison replied, eyeing the watch in his hand. “The cake you ordered is

learned that Ellison didn’t like celebrating his birthday, she hadn’t dared

have one,” he

up. Wait ten minutes before coming down,” Joycelyn said quickly, grabbing her phone and rushing out of the room.

instead of going downstairs, he went

William. “Check if Carmelo bought a Rolex at the commercial center last night at six. I’ll send you

again. He raised his wrist, watching the timepiece

lips tightened, but a slight smile tugged at the corner of

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

up a cute little arrangement. The cake was small–a one–pound chocolate ice cream cake shaped like “The Little Prince.”