Chapter 32

At right, Melvin stood on the balcony puffing on a cigarette, gazing at the winding rivers, and the image of Jocelyn’s panic and evasion the moment she laid eyes on him popped into his mind.

Talk about tough she never backed down from him.

She’d block him on Facebook and his calls in a heartbeat, and when they met, she’d act like she didn’t even know him.

All the love he’d given over the past three years seemed to have gone with the breeze

Women are just unreasonable creatures

He’d explained himself, and she was still making a fuss about breaking up.

Totally irrational.

Thinking he’d go sweet talk her back? As if! Not in a million years.

He had given her a chance already It was her call to throw it away.

Melvin finished his smoke and turned back to his room.

Lying in bed, sleep just wouldn’t come

Every time he closed his eyes, images of Jocelyn’s seductive face and their steamy moments together flooded his

mind

Guys have their weaknesses, often with a hint of eroticism, and he was no exception and was just a regular dude.

Missing a woman, that’s just human nature.

Unable to sleep, he dived into the bathroom for a cold shower, thinking it might extinguish the fire inside him, but the

more he washed, the hotter he burned.

Ever since he and Jocelyn got together, he hadn’t taken matters into his own hands.

It was like scratching an itch, never quite as satisfying as when someone else would do it.

After spending over thirty minutes in the bathroom, Melvin got dressed, grabbed his car keys, and headed out.

past midnight, he rolled down the car windows and let the wind mess up his hair

at the pier, standing by the river and smoking

cool down

a.m., Melvin drove to Jocelyn’s apartment building without really planning to. By the time he snapped out of it, he was already

at her darkened apartment. She must be sleeping like a baby now.

a heartless woman.

the gas pedal, speeding down the open road. He felt just like this city shiny on

and teachers-was caught

up their socks

standing at the podium keeping an eye out, another teacher doing the same at the back of the

thing everyone did

papers, walked out of the classroom

it go?” she asked

confidence. “I’m already thinking about what favor you’ll

chuckled and nodded, “Wow, you did pretty good, didn’t

two-day finals were over, and the students had

teachers were still nervously grading papers.

until the results were

had come in third

shocked when

checked his paper again to make sure nothing was missed, and they

scores were tallied, most teachers

her class was top of the grade

left the second-place

surprised by the results.

looked at Preston’s report card, raising an eyebrow

“No cheating?”

“You underestimate me. Earned it fair and

card. “Go

face. “I made a

him,

in, smirking, “Pretty

you want her to do?”

“Be my auntie.”

are you out of your mind?”

uncles, you know. Don’t forget, my mom’s got a godbrother. He’s my uncle too. I think introducing Jocelyn to

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