The Unwilling CEO’s Love Game

Chapter 13

“What’s up? Got a bee in your bonnet? Melvin sidled up to her, whispering sweet nothings, the air between them thick with ambiguity.

Jocelyn turned her head and forcefully pried his hand away, putting some distance between them.

She saw a flicker of annoyance in his eyes and remembered the way he looked at her after he put that woman in the car the other day. It hurt like hell.

Melvin stepped back, leaning against the wall, his expression cooling off

“What do you mean?” he asked

Jocelyn stared him down, only now realizing how little she meant to him

He didn’t even bother to offer an explanation

She didn’t want to go all harpy on him, interrogating who that woman was, or who he had been with during those two days and a night.

She pointed at the bag by the door, “Did my dad give that to you?”

“Yeah, Melvin glanced at it nonchalantly.

So, why’d you bring it here?”

“Well, I’m here, aren’t 1? Where else should I have taken it?

“You know damn well that’s my dad returning a favor. Even if you think it’s beneath you and don’t want it, you shouldn’t flaunt it in my face!” Jocelyn’s temper flared up.

Melvin frowned. So where should I have dumped it?

“Do you despise these things that much? Are they just not worthy of your precious attention, so you dump them on me? Jocelyn’s tone was sharp, she wanted to keep her cool, but she just couldn’t.

“You’re way off base. Melvin reached for her hand, “Come on…”

Jocelyn shook him off, “I don’t even know what my place means to you. Sure, I like you, but I’m not bottomless. Like this stuff, if you don’t value it, toss it. Don’t give it to me or flaunt it. It just makes us look like a joke!

“What are you trying to say? Melvin’s face darkened too.

Jocelyn took a deep breath, “I won’t be the other woman.

With one woman out in the open, one in the shadows, hoping to have it all?

Dream on!

scowled. The other

day, in the moment. But now, even that’s too much, so what’s there to cling to?” She looked at Melvin, “You’ve just been

refused to be labeled a homewrecker, a mistress, a floozy

a flicker from Melvin’s eyelids, he asked, Got

exhaled in irritation,

Done playing?”

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a long while before turning and heading into the bedroom. He didn’t even

door slammed shut with

breath, filled with

what she cared about, what she wanted to hear, but

he disdained to explain because they were not even in a

need to explain, it’s over

crossed, no

make

bedroom, yanked his clothes out of the closet, and threw them into his suitcase, her eyes starting

burn

hadn’t finished packing when someone knocked at the door Judging by the rhythm, it couldn’t be

steadied herself and answered the door. It was Rose, her neighbor from

with your boyfriend? I saw him standing down there

Jocelyn froze

He didn’t leave?

packed his things, sitting on the bed and watching the time. It had

mind, making an impact, and she couldn’t just

still any longer and hurried down to look

scoffed

was she

someone new, so how could he have nowhere to go? Why would he linger downstairs? He wasn’t that

stood there, putting out his cigarette in the nearby trash can, his eyes

him at that moment, Jocelyn felt

and walked past him, ignoring

grabbed her hand just before she got into the elevator. He pulled her into the nearby fire escape,

go of me!” Jocelyn was furious,

on her, trapping her in his space, “If can’t bear to see me go, why didn’t you stop me?” he murmured, a low

head away, defiantly saying, “You’re imagining

you here

“No!”