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?”

you. We’re not gonna push the car home, are we?”

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

eventually pulled out his phone and

needed Melvin’s face to unlock the phone, so she held it up to him, unlocked it, and booked a ride. Then she slipped the phone straight into his pocket.

of intimacy and

but the air between

and Melvin were the ones most engaged, but only she knew she was the

Chapter 42

they got to the parking garage, the ride was two minutes out.

“I’ll head off

“Alright.”

Willow drove off, Jocelyn turned to Melvin

quirked an eyebrow,

replied, pinching her fingers together,

‘Don’t make it too

you worried about hurting her

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

agreed with

complex and hypocritical. You have to pretend to get along even when you don’t

buckled up and looked at him, “I don’t expect you to side with me, but

back in his seat,

car started moving, and Melvin’s phone buzzed several times.

checked it to find photos from Zephyr. It was a photo of a table full of

the couch.

the group chat, Melvin wrote that Jocelyn was joining and to

a “shocked”

ignored him and locked his phone.

the club, Melvin walked ahead with Jocelyn

someone approached, and Jocelyn recognized the person

also saw her and

coincidence?” Jocelyn was equally surprised.

sensed a very

person who had replied to his

this…” Harrison asked Jocelyn straightforwardly.

sure how to introduce

but wasn’t sure if

said, “A

Melvin shot Jocelyn a

catch up another time,” Jocelyn

for a couple more days. Let’s grab a