The Unwilling CEO’s Love Game

Chapter 26

Chapter 26

The heavy raspy breaths on the other end of the phone were still blending together.

Jozeler’s hands were shaking, and sleep was the last thing on her mind.

was a hot mess, feeling like she wanted to scream her lungs out.

Finally, she hit the record button, holding it down until the caller hung up

She sat up in bed head hanging, her chest tight and short of breath for a long time.

No chance of getting any more sleep.

She watched the clock tick away, feeling like the night was dragging on forever.

When dawn finally broke, there was a knock on the door, her head buzzing, completely drained, and her phone went off

again.

“Melvin flashed on the screen. Her eyes were sore as she stared at the name, while the annoying knock on the door

persisted

After a while, she dragged herself to answer it, barefoot.

Melvin looked awful. “Changed the locks?”

Jocelyn lifted her head, and the look on her face shocked Melvin.

Eyes bloodshot, her face completely pale, she looked like she’d been through hell and back in just one night.

“What happened to you? Melvin frowned, reaching for her shoulder.

Before he could touch her Jocelyn dodged like she was avoiding something filthy, the disgust in her eyes plain as day.

Melvin’s face went cold in an instant Jocelyn, what the hell is going on?”

Jocelyn took a painful deep breath, still clutching her phone, and looked him straight in the eye. “Let’s break up.”

Melvin’s eyes narrowed, and the air around him turned frosty.

His gaze

her phone, that unbearable, indescribable sound filling their ears.

listen, Jocelyn’s heart twisted

is this? Melvin frowned, clueless

forced a bitter smile and showed him the call log, “3:25 AM, you called me. That’s when I heard this and

phone screen, then pulled out his own, finding no trace of a call to her

night, and Zephyr took me home. I didn’t wake up until this morning, Melvin explained

else was there? Jocelyn didn’t want to leave it murky. If he was willing to explain, she was willing to clear

frowned slightly and answered, “Willow.”

at a loss for words

too, Melvin added, fire building up inside him at

exhausted. She let her arms fall, propping herself against the door, the light went from her eyes “You’ve got

back there. Don’t come

that, she was about to shut

said, I told you, nothing

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what?’ Jocelyn matched his stubbornness, “You and I have nothing either. If you’re just looking for booty calls, I’ll hit you up when I’m in the mood.”

about to

door with resolve, determined

believe me? Melvin

a sleepless night, she was

distrusted over something he didn’t do

your deal? Are you really kicking me

this nonsense. Please move, Jocelyn said firmly, about

you want to

irritated,

“Jocelyn, you’ve threatened to break up with me countless times over the years,

couldn’t help but laugh.

time he’d sweet-talk her into forgetting why she

time was different.

someone else needed his

of anger and wanted

“Is there

pressed tight, and then he stormed off with a push against the

he left, Jocelyn felt a piece of her heart ripped out, the pain almost suffocating.

the studio where Willow was prepping for

Melvin’s icy

out except

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