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

bravely

wanted to break the rules of the game, her

over, covering her face, feeling utterly frazzled.

a deep breath, she pulled

was Melvin

Hello?

left yet? His tone sounded

own irritation. Jocelyn’s response was equally frosty. “What’s the

beef pause on the other end.

Chapter 18

I’m hanging

was left staring

fifteen minutes before heading up. Opening the

their leftovers.

she came in, not

last bite before speaking up, “We’ll probably have a lot more days like today. My folks

lit a cigarette, took a drag, and leaned back in his chair.

a matter of

the

genuinely didn’t catch her drift. “What if they run into you

we explain it?

hers, a gaze that should have

felt incredibly on edge.

was his issue, why did it always feel like she was the one with the

away; the smoke created a haze that obscured his true feelings.

herself a glass of water. She stood

to smoke in silence

stretched on until Jocelyn felt a surge of old grievances. Looking down at her toes,

was quick to notice. His eyes caught a tear as it fell, and his brow furrowed. He crushed out

around her waist, his face buried in her neck, and his kisses moving up to her sensitive earlobe. He felt her shiver,

back, and he promptly moved his kisses down her

was straddling him, facing

hard, feeling

going to keep up this… arrangement? Jocelyn

intense, setting her skin ablaze wherever

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

heavy breathing and increasing

Jocelyn’s body arched back

lay flat on the bed like still water, listening to the steady breathing beside her. A

to look at Melvin beside her, tracing his outline with

said a beauty could captivate

captured her heart at first

crush and three years of love, how