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.

and let the wind mess up his hair as

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

cool down

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

apartment. She must be sleeping like

a heartless woman.

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

teachers-was caught up

their socks

the podium keeping an eye out, another teacher doing

first thing everyone did was check answers with

papers, walked out of the classroom

go?” she

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

you did pretty good, didn’t

the students had gone home

teachers were still nervously grading papers.

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

had come

shocked when she saw

sure nothing was missed, and they all exchanging puzzled looks.

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

was top of the

the second-place class trailing by dozens of points.

wasn’t surprised by

Preston’s report card, raising an eyebrow

“No cheating?”

underestimate me. Earned it fair and

“Go

his face. “I made

at him, his brow furrowing.

in, smirking, “Pretty clever,

want her

“Be my auntie.”

“Preston, are you out

forget, my mom’s got a godbrother. He’s

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