Chapter 1

Jocelyn Winslet slumped against Melvin Martinez’s chest, feeling utterly zapped. She listened to his strong heartbeat and basked in the residual warmth he left inside her, her emotions surging. It took quite a while for her to simmer down. Post-romp, he was puffing on a cigarette, blowing smoke rings, looking like he was in seventh heaven.

“I’m twenty-six this year. Jocelyn’s hand rested on his chest, her voice coquettish and soft, “My folks are on my back about getting hitched.”

Ashes fluttered on the duvet

She felt his heartbeat skip.

Melvin casually flicked the ashes off the duvet and asked nonchalantly, “Got anyone in mind for that walk down the aisle?”

“Mhm.”

Do you dig him?

“He says he’s up for giving me a home.”

Melvin took a drag and then stubbed out the cigarette in the ashtray.

“Well, that’s nice. I’ll clear out in a bit.” He gently pushed her away, threw off the covers, got out of bed, and headed to the bathroom.

Hearing the sound of water, Jocelyn felt a pang in her heart. She threw off the covers, stepped out of bed barefoot, and opened the bathroom door. Inside, steam clouded the air, and his lean, toned physique-broad shoulders, narrow waist, long legs-brought joy to her otherwise dull life.

Melvin turned around, facing her through the mist. He turned off the water and asked, “What’s up? Looking for another

round?”

It had been three years. There were many moments of honesty between Jocelyn and Melvin, but each time she still feit a hint of shyness.

However, her shyness didn’t mean she was afraid.

She moved toward him, her hands caressing his chest, slowly drifting lower until he let out a muffled groan. She kissed the water on his chest, mist in her eyes, her lips parted slightly, “You really won’t marry me?

Melvin looked up, eyes closed, with a look of bliss on his face, “We had a deal from the start.”

But can you bear to let me go? Jocelyn knew just how to touch his sensitive spots, making him almost desperate to give his all to her.

Melvin swallowed hard, his throat dry, and Jocelyn bit down on his Adam’s apple.

His eyes snapped open, his large hands gripping her waist, lifting her. And his voice husky. Then don’t get married.”

“I can’t afford to wait.” Jocelyn looked up, the mist and the light above her head swirling in her vision.

“Then go get married.”

His voice was gravelly and thinking of her being intimate with another man drove him into a frenzy. He wished he could just end her.

That way, she’d never marry anyone

Jocelyn used all her tricks, hoping to make Melvin yearn for her, even if he lied about wanting to marry her, but he left decisively.

the pillow he had

be had been drunk on the street, and she had taken advantage

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alcohol, they

up, he said they were a good match, and if she was up for it, they could keep it casual

to his word, he did just

and Declan had their first meal alone together, and at

and easy to talk to, making her feel like she

“Does that guy know you? He’s been staring

and locked eyes with Melvin, her

a coincidence that he was here too.

decisively before; he couldn’t possibly

suspicion was quickly dismissed when a sultry woman sashayed over to him, and as soon as she sat

that, he had

quite the appetite. Aside from her menstrual cycle, he

felt choked up but regained her composure and flashed Declan a

dinner, Declan dropped Jocelyn

and that woman were still there. Jocelyn inadvertently

she entered the elevator at home, her mother, Daisy, called to check in.

unmarried, she was far away and it didn’t matter to her,

their second kids, she didn’t even have a prospect, practically drowning

her feelings about Declan while stepping out of the elevator, “He seems nice.

marriage.

of tobacco. Looking up, she saw Melvin leaning against her door, his coat draped over his wrist, legs crossed, with a cigarette between his thin lips, his cold

smoke.

he here?

rolling in the sheets with his new

fished for her keys, walking past him

enveloping Jocelyn in smoke as she

was used to

unlocked the door.

met Melvin’s inscrutable gaze. His eyes were so seductive that they made

no, she loved

too. Otherwise, why would he be

had been together for

giving her everything she wanted

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she attended a friend’s wedding and told

“Only fools get married.”

thrown into an icy pool, chilled to

should have been her clue. Melvin didn’t love

feeling

exception. That’s why they

time, she turned back.

forgot something,

past few days, she had even fantasized about finding

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