Ellison And Joycelyn: A Love Beyond The Rules

Chapter 206

Chapter 206

At lunch, Lucy was completely absorbed in the feast before her, devouring everything in sight.

Ellison kept serving Joycelyn, while Joycelyn, ever the attentive one, kept feeding Lucy, saying, “Roast ribs, your favorite. And this roast beef, and the seafood is pretty good too.”

Haddy, seated across from them, couldn’t help but glance up every time Joycelyn served herself or Lucy.

Joycelyn was so focused on taking care of Lucy that she didn’t even notice when Ellison, sitting beside her, kicked Haddy under the table with a little nudge of his long leg.

Haddy looked up with an innocent expression, his handsome face completely unreadable.

Ellison squinted slightly, and the look in his eyes seemed to say, “You better catch on.”

Haddy returned a polite glance, then elegantly speared a piece of the soft roast beef with his fork and placed it on his plate.

Lucy saw the fork heading her way, and without thinking, she grabbed her plate and shifted her body slightly to the side.

The message was clear: Not today, thank you.

Haddy paused in midair for a brief moment, then silently transferred the piece of beef to his own plate.

Sandra, sitting at the head of the table, was watching everything unfold with keen interest. She glanced back and forth, her eyes more focused on the drama at the table than the food in front of her.

After a few moments, she suddenly made a loud clink as she pulled her fork out and stared at it.

The metal fork had a noticeable bend in it.

“Sandra, why aren’t you eating?” Joycelyn asked, glancing at Sandra’s goofy grin.

“I am eating,” Sandra replied, still chewing, “I’m just watching the show.”

Joycelyn raised an eyebrow, a little puzzled. “What are you watching?”

“Benny Bull, eat your own food. Don’t tire out poor Joycelyn,” Ellison shot a glance at Sandra, who was lying like a child on the table.

“Benny Bull?” Joycelyn frowned, giving Ellison an almost reprimanding look. “Why are you calling her that?*

“Whenever Ellison’s mad at

no one calls a girl that,” Joycelyn said,

Leon said it, I’d knock his head off. Haddy doesn’t call me that.

Sandra said between bites of crispy bone, her mouth cracking with each crunch. “If Ellison doesn’t let me eat, I’ll have

her youth, Sandra had an eagle eye and wasn’t afraid to speak

she glanced at the smug man beside her, then quickly served him

still a kid, and you’re eating up her childish jealousy? And you still want a kid of your own?” Joycelyn

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cold, stoic man seemed to have softened just a

certificate?” Lucy asked between bites, glancing up at Ellison with a sly smile.

to you? You might want to consider it, Ellison replied with a wicked

coattails, but now she was completely caught off guard. “No thank you.

her job with Ellison, without getting involved in his personal life.

eyes twinkling with amusement

faces full

gently, watching them all with quiet

him an irritated glare, her eyes sharp.

continuing to eat his meal with a composed

help but feel that the atmosphere was just… off, though she couldn’t pinpoint exactly

five of them made their

downstairs.

him to switch the car. She didn’t want to take Joycelyn’s old bus anymore; she wanted a cooler, more

calling Leon to help

Joycelyn said, not wanting to be seen with the high–profile

president of the Grant Group and a rich heir leaving, it just didn’t feel right for her and Lucy to be walking around with them. It felt

arm through Lucy’s, clutching her tightly and not giving her any chance to escape. “Do you feel

was sweet and full of warmth.

type to act like that. He looks at

eyes serious. “You know, women’s intuition

his heart is still unattached. He’s not a guy who’ll just play games. He’s serious about his relationships. But if you get too close, you’ll start seeing through the

were fine for a fling, but building anything long–term