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.

gaze turned icy.

on her phone, that unbearable,

each listen, Jocelyn’s heart twisted in agony.

is this? Melvin frowned,

call log, “3:25 AM, you called me. That’s when I

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

and Zephyr took me home. I didn’t wake

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

and answered,

was at a loss for

Melvin added, fire building up inside him

her arms fall, propping herself against the door, the light went

Go back there. Don’t come here anymore.”

about

braced the 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, I’ll hit

was about

with resolve, determined not to let hirn

me?

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

Being doubted and distrusted over something he didn’t do really got under his skin.

you really

Please

want to

irritated,

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

couldn’t help

mostly initiated by her, but each time he’d sweet-talk her into forgetting why she wanted to break

time was

all, someone else needed his

a surge of

asked, “Is there

tight, and then he stormed off with

he left, Jocelyn felt a piece of her heart ripped out, the

studio where Willow was prepping

Melvin’s icy demeanor scared the crew.

out except for Zephyr.

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