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 accepted

of the game, her who wasn’t content with

her face, feeling utterly

phone buzzed in her pocket Taking a deep breath, she pulled it out.

was Melvin

Hello?

they left yet? His tone sounded harsh.

was equally frosty. “What’s the much? Can’t I spend

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enjoy I’m hanging up.”

left staring

heading up. Opening the door, she found Melvin munching on

their leftovers.

up as she came

bite before speaking up, “We’ll probably have

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

a matter of

to the

genuinely didn’t catch her drift. “What if

we explain

hers, a gaze that should have

Jocelyn felt incredibly

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

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

poured herself a glass of water. She stood opposite

smoke in

down at her toes, her eyes misted over,

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

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

back, and he promptly moved his kisses

was straddling him,

lower, and Jocelyn swallowed hard, feeling a tingle at

long are we going to keep up

kisses were intense, setting her skin ablaze wherever he touched, stirring her emotions.

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

didn’t answer, his heavy breathing and

her completely, Jocelyn’s body arched back uncontrollably, losing herself to his rhythm

on the bed like still water, listening to the steady breathing beside her. A chill traced

at Melvin beside her, tracing his

they said a beauty could captivate a heart

he had captured her heart at

crush and three years of love, how could she let him go?