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.
windows and let the wind mess
the pier, standing by the river and smoking another two cigarettes, feeling the heat inside him
cool down
to. By the time he snapped out of
darkened apartment. She must be sleeping like a baby now.
what a
He felt just like this city shiny on the outside, but
teachers-was caught up
pulled up their socks on the two days
silent as the grave during the exams, with Jocelyn standing at the podium keeping an eye out, another teacher doing the same at the back
exams were over, the first thing everyone did
out of
go?”
of confidence. “I’m already thinking about
“Wow, you did
finals were over, and the students
teachers were still nervously grading papers.
or not until the results
passed before, had come in third in
was completely shocked when she saw
paper again to make sure nothing was missed, and they
were tallied, most
was top of
Preston’s third-place score, they left the second-place class trailing by dozens of
wasn’t surprised by the
Preston’s report card, raising
“No cheating?”
scoffed, “You underestimate me. Earned it fair and square.”
report card. “Go make
got something to tell you, Preston sidled up to him, a mischievous grin spreading across his face. “I made a bet with Jocelyn. if I got into the top
glared at him, his
smirking, “Pretty clever,
want her
“Be my auntie.”
are you out of your mind?”
off. “I have other uncles, you know. Don’t forget, my mom’s got a godbrother. He’s
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