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.

skin–long, lean, and strong, making it hard not to be

to

continued typing on his phone, barely acknowledging her.

it on me.” “Ah? Oh.” Joycelyn

a 90 thousand dollars watch.

was her first time touching something that expensive.

his wrist, making sure it was properly adjusted.

she clasped the strap, her fingers brushed lightly against his skin.

small

at her from the corner of his eye, observing her

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

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her voice quiet but polite as she

phone, glanced down at the watch

bad,” he commented with a slight

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spent a long time picking it out. I thought it was the best one. Though I guess

watch in his hand. “The cake you ordered

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

thought we could have one,” he said,

Wait ten minutes before coming down,” Joycelyn said quickly, grabbing her

followed her out, but instead of going downstairs, he went into his own

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

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

smile tugged

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

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