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.

down the car windows and let the wind mess up his

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

cool down

really planning to. By the time he snapped out of it, he was

at her darkened apartment. She must be sleeping

what a

like this city

the fmals approached, everyone-students, parents, and teachers-was caught up

their socks

standing at the podium keeping an eye out,

were over, the first thing everyone did was check answers with

test papers, walked out of the classroom

go?” she asked

confidence. “I’m already thinking about what favor

you did pretty good, didn’t

finals were over, and the students had gone home

still nervously

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

who’d never passed before, had come

completely shocked when she

again to make sure nothing was missed,

all the scores were tallied, most teachers were congratulating Jocelyn.

class was top of the grade again.

left the

wasn’t surprised by the results.

Preston’s report card, raising

“No cheating?”

underestimate me. Earned it fair and square.”

report card. “Go make

him, a mischievous grin spreading across his face. “I made a bet with Jocelyn.

glared at him, his brow

in, smirking,

you want her to

“Be my auntie.”

darkened instantly, “Preston, are you out of your mind?”

godbrother. He’s my uncle too. I think introducing Jocelyn to that

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