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

she had bravely accepted

rules of the game, her

covering her face, feeling utterly frazzled.

Taking a deep breath, she

Melvin calling.

Hello?

His tone sounded harsh.

plus her own irritation. Jocelyn’s response was equally frosty. “What’s the much? Can’t I spend

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enjoy I’m hanging up.”

staring at her phone.

minutes before heading up. Opening the door, she

their leftovers.

as she came in, not a word

have a lot more days like today. My folks are really poking into my personal life,

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

a matter of

to the point

sure if he was playing dumb or genuinely didn’t catch her drift.

we explain

eyes locked onto hers, a gaze that should have been filled with passion but now felt

felt incredibly

why did it always feel like

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

herself a glass of water. She stood opposite him and asked, Then why

to smoke in

at her toes, her eyes misted over, and soon enough, tears started

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

from her eyes, his hands roaming around her waist, his face buried in her neck, and

tilt her head back, and he promptly moved his kisses

was straddling him, facing

feeling a tingle at

are we going to keep up this… arrangement? Jocelyn asked,

ablaze wherever he touched, stirring her emotions.

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

breathing and

finally conquered her completely, Jocelyn’s body

to the steady breathing beside her.

to look at Melvin beside her, tracing his outline with her

said a

her he had captured her heart at

crush and three years of