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.

were visible against his skin–long, lean, and strong, making

pants to keep herself from doing something

on his

it on me.” “Ah? Oh.” Joycelyn felt silly, a bit slow to react. She took the watch and

a 90 thousand

first time touching

onto his wrist, making sure it was properly

the strap, her fingers brushed lightly against his skin.

just a small contact,

the corner of his eye, observing her

them spoke, but the air between them felt charged, almost as if it were simmering with

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but polite as she withdrew her hand and

the watch on his wrist before turning off the

he commented with

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the best one. Though I guess it’s

eyeing the watch in his hand. “The cake

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

could have one,”

I’ll go set it up. Wait ten minutes before coming down,” Joycelyn said quickly, grabbing her phone and rushing out

but instead of going

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

ending the call, Ellison looked at the watch again. He raised his wrist, watching the timepiece that Joycelyn had

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

She placed them

a cute little arrangement. The cake was small–a one–pound chocolate ice cream