The Unwilling CEO’s Love Game

Chapter 18

After dinner. Daisy helped tidy up a bit and glanced at the closed bedroom door, commenting, “Usually, the room door is left open for ventilation. It’s not good if the air can’t circulate.”

Jocelyn, afraid that Daisy was going to open the door for her, quickly went over and did it herself. “Yeah, I just closed it while cooking. Didn’t want the cooking smell to get in”

Her eyes swept the room and caught sight of Melvin, frozen in place by her dressing table, looking like a deer caught in

the headlights

Just by watching his Adam’s apple bobbing nervously, she could tell he was on pins and needles

She found it both amusing and a bit heartbreaking

It was amusing seeing him trying to make himself invisible in the corner, but it was heartbreaking realizing how scared he was of their relationship coming to light.

Their so-called relationship only applied to the two of them; to everyone else, it was still under the radar.

Jocelyn saw her parents out of the building and watched them leave. Turning back to Preston, she said, “I don’t have your address so you’ll need to hail a cab yourself. I’ll cover the fare.

Preston has grown up now, right in the thick of adolescence and all the lovey-dovey stuff that goes with it

Add to that the internet age we’re in, kids grow up fast these days, so he was pretty clued up about the birds and the

bees

“Aren’t you bothered by how my uncle treats you? Preston was only now getting the picture of how little respect his

uncle had for Jocelyn.

Jocelyn smiled helplessly. “We agreed from the start.

“Is this what you call dating? Preston asked, cutting to the heart of the matter.

Jocelyn looked down, pressing her lips together, feeling a tightness in her chest.

Preston’s cab arrived. He looked at Jocelyn and sighed softly. “I’m off then.”

Mhm. Drop a message when you get home, or call your uncle.”

After Preston left, Jocelyn didn’t rush upstairs. Instead, she took a seat on a bench.

Flashes of her and Melvin together ran through her mind, crystal clear.

Falling in love is a two-way street, but what she had with Melvin was a case of a one-sided crush.

He didn’t need affection; he made that clear right from the start

had bravely

the rules of

bent over, covering her face, feeling

buzzed in her pocket Taking a deep

Melvin calling.

Hello?

yet? His tone

her own irritation. Jocelyn’s response was equally frosty.

was a beef pause on the other end.

Chapter 18

I’m hanging up.”

staring

stayed downstairs for another fifteen minutes before heading up. Opening the

their leftovers.

came in, not a

then sat down opposite him. She waited until he finished his last bite before speaking up, “We’ll probably have a lot more days like today. My folks are really poking into my personal life, likely to drop by

and leaned back in his chair. “So

just a matter of

to the

didn’t catch her drift. “What if they

we explain it?

that should have been filled with passion

least, Jocelyn felt

did it always feel like she was the one

Melvin said, puffing away; the smoke created a haze that obscured his

of water. She stood opposite him and asked, Then

smoke in silence

felt a surge of old grievances. Looking down at her toes, her eyes misted over, and soon enough, tears

to notice. His eyes caught a tear as it fell, and his brow furrowed. He crushed out his cigarette, pulled her into his arms, and

in her neck, and his kisses

and he promptly moved his kisses

she was straddling him, facing him.

feeling

long are we going to keep up this… arrangement? Jocelyn asked, her voice trembling.

intense, setting her skin ablaze wherever he touched,

he overpowered her and how she had no self-control or boundaries with

didn’t answer, his heavy breathing and increasing urgency

body arched back uncontrollably,

like still water, listening to the steady breathing beside her.

her head to look at Melvin beside her,

a beauty could

her he had captured her heart at

and three years of love, how could she let him