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 accepted that

wanted to break the rules of

her face, feeling

a

Melvin

Hello?

they left yet? His tone sounded harsh.

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

was a beef pause on

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I’m hanging

left staring at her

another fifteen minutes before heading up. Opening the door, she found Melvin munching

their leftovers.

came in,

“We’ll probably have a lot more days

took a drag, and leaned back

a matter of

the

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

we explain it?

eyes locked onto hers, a gaze that should have been

least, Jocelyn felt incredibly on

always feel

away; the smoke created a haze that obscured his

deep breath, stood up, and poured herself a glass of water. She stood opposite him and asked, Then why did

to smoke in silence

surge of old grievances. Looking down at her

it fell, and his brow furrowed. He crushed out his cigarette, pulled her into his

around her waist, his face buried in her neck, and his kisses

back, and he promptly moved his kisses down her throat.

it, she was straddling

face buried lower, and Jocelyn swallowed hard, feeling

to keep up this… arrangement?

were intense, setting her skin ablaze wherever

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

didn’t answer, his heavy breathing and

finally conquered her completely, Jocelyn’s body arched back uncontrollably, losing herself

the steady breathing beside her. A

turned her head to look at Melvin beside her, tracing his outline

times, they said a

he had captured her heart at first sight.

three years of love, how could she let him