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.

yourself!” His gaze

swallowed hard and played the recording on her phone, that unbearable,

Jocelyn’s heart twisted in agony.

is this? Melvin frowned, clueless

a bitter smile and showed him the call log, “3:25 AM, you

screen, then pulled out his own, finding no trace of

I didn’t wake

want to leave it murky. If he was willing to explain, she was

frowned slightly and answered, “Willow.”

at a loss

home too, Melvin added, fire building up inside him

fall, propping herself against the door, the light

back there. Don’t

she was about

door with his hand and said, I told you, nothing

Chap 26

what?’ Jocelyn matched his stubbornness, “You and I have nothing either. If you’re just looking for booty calls,

about

door with resolve, determined not to let hirn in.

you believe me?

left to argue. After a sleepless night, she was beat and needed to get ready for

doubted and distrusted over

deal? Are you

nonsense. Please move, Jocelyn said firmly, about to close the

you want to break up?”

was irritated, “Yes”

his brow furrowed fiercely, “Jocelyn, you’ve threatened to break up with me countless times over the years, not

help but laugh.

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

this time was

After all, someone else needed

surge of anger and wanted to

asked, “Is there

then he stormed

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

straight to the studio where Willow was prepping

Melvin’s icy demeanor

except

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