The Unwilling CEO’s Love Game

Chapter 42

“The steak’s just meh; I can’t finish it.” Jocelyn pushed the steak towards Melvin again, “You’ve burned a ton of calories. today. You better load up.”

Melvin gave her a loaded glance as she flipped her hair and touched her neck, revealing a very noticeable love bite on her fair skin.

To Melvin, this little ploy was neither here nor there. She was probably just a tad jealous of his interactions with Willow.

“Is this your way of beefing me up?” Melvin played along, glancing at the plate she pushed over. The steak had barely been touched.

Jocelyn flashed him a smile, “Yeah. It’s gonna be a long night, and I’m worried you won’t last if you don’t eat up.”

She felt a bit sheepish saying that kind of thing in front of others.

But seeing Willow’s face turn sour was a pretty nice bonus.

Willow was all bark and no bite when it came to facing her.

Melvin lifted an eyebrow, taking in Jocelyn’s slightly staged demeanor. He cut up her steak and finished it off.

Their little exchange had Willow on pins and needles.

“So? Are you gonna invite them?” Willow switched the topic abruptly.

“Sure,” Melvin said.

With a smile, Willow whipped out her phone, “I’ll drop a message in the group chat.”

Melvin didn’t respond.

[Hey, you guys free tonight? I’m meeting up with Melvin for drinks. You in?] Willow sent a voice message.

She didn’t mention Jocelyn.

Sipping her water, Jocelyn kept a watchful eye on Melvin from the corner of her eye as he polished off both steaks.

“They’ve sent a location in the group, Willow reminded Melvin.

Jocelyn caught the subtext in Willow’s words. They had a small group chat, just the four of them.

Melvin checked his phone and then called the waiter over to pay the bill.

“You’ve had a drink, so ride with me, Willow said. “My assistant’s driving.”

Melvin glanced at Jocelyn, who was also looking at him.

“Let’s book a ride.”

“Huh?”

and so have you. We’re not gonna push the car

darken, quite pleased with Melvin’s performance, and she

but eventually pulled out his phone and handed

up to him, unlocked

full of intimacy

hands or hugging, but the air between them was thick with

might seem Willow and Melvin were the ones most

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parking garage, the ride

pointed to her car, “I’ll head

“Alright.”

Willow drove off, Jocelyn turned to

an eyebrow, “Feeling smug?”

her fingers together, “She

it too

worried about hurting her

along. Melvin said, spotting the ride approaching. He pulled open the back door, “In the adult world, it’s not all about lovey-dovey stuff. More

agreed with that.

pretend to get along even when you don’t like

doesn’t put me on the spot, I won’t,” Jocelyn buckled up and looked at him, “I don’t expect you to

leaned back in his seat, silent.

and Melvin’s phone buzzed

photos from Zephyr. It was a photo of a table full of drinks and Yannick who was looking

the couch.

Melvin wrote that Jocelyn was joining and to

with a “shocked” emoji.

ignored him and locked

the club, Melvin walked

and Jocelyn recognized the person

person also saw her and greeted her

what a coincidence?” Jocelyn

then sensed a very palpable gaze and turned to see Melvin looking at him icily.

of the person who had replied to his messages before. It must

asked Jocelyn

not sure how to

wasn’t sure if Melvin

she said, “A

that. Melvin shot Jocelyn a

got people waiting, so let’s catch up another

I’m here for a couple more days. Let’s grab a meal”