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 turned

the recording on her phone, that

heart twisted in

Melvin

“3:25 AM, you called me. That’s when I heard this and

pulled out his own, finding no trace

took me home. I didn’t wake up until this morning,

to leave it murky. If he

frowned slightly and

was at a loss

was home too, Melvin added, fire building up inside him at her mocking laugh.

She let her arms fall, propping herself against the door, the light

back there. Don’t come

she was about to shut

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

Chap 26

his stubbornness, “You and I have nothing either. If you’re just looking

Melvin was about

the door with resolve, determined not to let

me? Melvin

do Jocelyn had no energy left to argue. After a sleepless night, she was beat and needed

doubted and distrusted over something he

deal? Are you really kicking me out?”

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

sure you want to

was irritated,

seeing a hint of reluctance in her eyes, his brow furrowed fiercely, “Jocelyn, you’ve threatened

help but

had countless breakups, mostly initiated by her, but each time he’d sweet-talk her into forgetting why she wanted to break up in the first place.

time

I know.” After all, someone else

her indifference, felt a surge of anger and wanted to

“Is there anything else?”

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

a piece of her heart

studio where Willow was

room, Melvin’s icy demeanor

cleared out except for

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