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 that

who wanted to break the rules of the game, her

over, covering her face, feeling utterly frazzled.

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

Melvin calling.

Hello?

left yet? His tone

of his hide-and-seek act tonight, plus her own irritation. Jocelyn’s response was equally frosty. “What’s the much? Can’t

beef pause on the

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enjoy I’m hanging

left staring at her phone.

up. Opening the door, she found

their leftovers.

as she came in, not a word said.

his last bite before speaking up, “We’ll probably have a lot more days like today. My folks are really poking into my

and leaned back

matter of

to the

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

do we explain

that should have been

Jocelyn felt incredibly on edge.

it always

away; the smoke created a haze that obscured

herself a glass of

to smoke in

old grievances. Looking down at her toes, her

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 hugged her tight. “What’s

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

back, and he

she was straddling him,

and Jocelyn swallowed hard, feeling a tingle

to keep up this… arrangement? Jocelyn asked,

were intense, setting her skin ablaze wherever he touched, stirring her

overpowered her and how she had

answer, his heavy breathing and

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

bed like still water, listening to the steady

Melvin beside her, tracing his outline with her

times, they said a beauty could captivate a

he had captured her

three years of love, how could