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.

rolled down the car windows and let the wind mess

the pier, standing by the river and smoking another two cigarettes, feeling

cool down

to Jocelyn’s apartment building without really planning to. By the time he snapped

darkened apartment. She must be sleeping like a baby

a

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

fmals approached, everyone-students, parents, and teachers-was caught up in a tense atmosphere.

the slackest students pulled up their socks on the

silent as the grave during the exams, with Jocelyn standing at the podium

everyone did was check

clutching test papers, walked out of the classroom

go?”

“I’m already thinking about what favor you’ll owe me.”

chuckled and nodded, “Wow, you did

over, and the students had gone home for the

teachers were still nervously grading papers.

one knew whose students did well or not until the results were announced, and Jocelyn and the other teachers were gobsmacked.

had come

when she saw his score.

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

the scores were tallied, most teachers were congratulating

was top of the

the second-place class

by

report card, raising an eyebrow

“No cheating?”

“You underestimate me. Earned it fair

dropped the report card. “Go

up to him, a mischievous grin spreading across his face. “I made

glared at him, his brow

in, smirking,

you want her to do?”

“Be my auntie.”

darkened instantly, “Preston, are you out

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

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