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 me, he calls

calls a girl that,”

Like, if Leon said it, I’d knock his head off. Haddy doesn’t call me that. Only when Ellison is playing

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

eye and wasn’t

the smug man

a kid, and you’re eating up her childish jealousy? And you still

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their wedding, the cold, stoic man seemed to have softened just a

possible for me to get a nanny certificate?” Lucy asked between bites,

1 introduce Haddy to you? You might want to consider it, Ellison replied with a wicked gleam

now she was completely

to her job with Ellison, without getting involved in his

light smile, his eyes twinkling with amusement and a touch of mockery.

Sandra exchanged knowing looks, both with faces full of the classic “eating

gently, watching

shot him an irritated glare, her eyes sharp.

continuing to eat his meal

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

of them made their way

downstairs.

take Joycelyn’s old bus anymore; she

and calling Leon to help

ahead,” Joycelyn said, not wanting to be seen with the high–profile men. “Lucy and I will

feel right for her and Lucy to be walking around with them. It felt too out of place, too

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

was sweet and full

best friend’s bright, innocent expression. “He’s just the type to act like that. He looks at a stray dog on

chewed on her lip, her eyes serious. “You know, women’s intuition

likely that 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 filters you put on him, and the reality might not be as shiny as you think.”

clear. Men like Haddy, with their status and wealth, were fine for a fling, but building anything