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

standing by the river and

cool down

to. By the time he snapped out of it, he was already there.

her darkened apartment. She must be

a

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

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

their socks on the two

entire school was as silent as the grave during the exams, with Jocelyn standing at the podium keeping an eye out, another teacher

first thing everyone did was check answers with their buddies.

clutching test papers, walked out of the classroom just as Preston

it go?”

full of confidence. “I’m already thinking about what favor

“Wow, you did

finals were over, and the students had gone home for

still nervously grading

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

never passed before, had come in third

when she saw his score.

teachers checked his paper again to make sure nothing was missed, and they all exchanging puzzled looks.

scores were tallied, most

class was top of the grade

they left the second-place class

by

report card, raising an eyebrow

“No cheating?”

me. Earned it fair and

dropped the report card. “Go make

spreading across his face. “I made a bet with Jocelyn. if I got

him,

leaned in, smirking, “Pretty clever,

want

“Be my auntie.”

expression darkened instantly, “Preston, are

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

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