The Unwilling CEO’s Love Game

Chapter 16

Melvin lazily lifted his eyelids, “Since when did you become such a busybody?”

“Just curious, dude. If I knew you had a girlfriend, I wouldn’t have called you that night.” Willow said with a chuckle, “And you’re tight-lipped as ever. I mean, I get it if I’m in the dark, but Zephyr and Yannick too? You’re a regular secret agent.”

Read between the lines: Jocelyn doesn’t make the cut to meet his pals.

And it confirmed that he left that night because of her.

Zephyr frowned, “You two have met before? Here I thought we were all in the same boat. Willow, that’s not cool.”

“I haven’t seen Melvin for years and had no clue he had a girlfriend Just wanted to surprise him. Landed in the middle of the night and gave him a ring, who knew he’d actually show up? I had to assume he was still flying solo” Willow explained with a laugh.

Jocelyn was on pins and needles, wanting to make her escape.

Melvin poured Jocelyn a cup of water, “So, no more late-night calls unless it’s an emergency, okay?”

Willow’s smile froze on her face.

“True, late-night calls can be quite inconvenient.” Zephyr said with a suggestive grin, “Having a girlfriend changes the game, huh?”

“As long as you get it, Melvin ended the discussion with that.

Jocelyn felt a tad better.

Zephyr kept the chit-chat going so the vibe wasn’t completely dead. Willow didn’t speak to Jocelyn again, just joked. around with the rest, reminiscing about old times.

Jocelyn felt out of place. Because Melvin never talked about his past.

Melvin wasn’t completely ignoring Jocelyn, though. He helped her with food and occasionally joined in the conversation

“Willow, you’re like the nation’s sweetheart now. Got a line of guys chasing you?” Zephyr prodded nosily.

Willow took a small sip of her drink, “Yep.”

“Got your eye on anyone? If not, how about giving me a shot? Zephyr teased, half-joking.

Willow shot him a look, “Ever heard of ‘don’t hit on your buddy’s girl’?”

Zephyr’s smile turned awkward, his eyes darting to Melvin who was serving Jocelyn food. Jocelyn’s hand with the fork. stiffened.

“When did you start flirting with Yannick? How come we didn’t know?” Zephyr asked Willow, then turned Melvin, “You had no idea, right?”

Melvin, leaning back in his chair with a drink in one hand and the other on Jocelyn’s chair, had a touch of laziness, “First I’ve heard of it.”

Zephyr, “Stop

girl are you?” Zephyr seemed

Willow said while sipping her drink, “I’ve got a goal in mind this

that, the other two guys looked at Melvin, and Jocelyn also sneakily peered at the man next to

clear

admit, Willow was pretty

miss a beat, Zephyr sent an ambiguous look Melvin’s way, asking, “You’re not thinking of getting back with

skipped, and she didn’t dare look at either Melvin or

She wanted out.

current atmosphere

nothing better to do

“Just curious, man.”

Willow to answer that?” Yannick gave Zephyr a look,

screw.

to be fun”

sit still anymore. She pretended to check her watch and said casually, “Sorry, I’ve got a class soon. I need to head out.”

soon?” Zephyr looked reluctant

your meal, and let’s

Melvin’s gaze. She certainly didn’t expect him to

stood up, “I’ll

declined, “You guys finally got together. Don’t worry about me.

her hand, “You sure do talk a lot of

Jocelyn was speechless.

had left, Zephyr looked at Willow, his demeanor shifting from frivolous to serious, Jocelyn and Melvin are quite a match. Always hiding Jocelyn and not willing to bring her to us, but he bring her out today. It seems like good things are

marriage. Until the very end, who knows

or do you want to take him back?”

was mine to begin with,”

Zephyr scoffed, “No use

I want it, I’ll go for it.”

and looking at Yannick, “Yannick, I’m feeling nostalgic too.”

gulped, looking everywhere but

“You don’t have to drop me off, go back to

looked her over,

polite. She had

look in the mirror and see how ugly your smile

car, started the

face, wondering if her smile really looked that bad.

the way, Melvin drove with one hand on the wheel, the other holding a cigarette

at the next corner, please.”