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?” Melvin said,

performance, and she reached out, “Hand me your phone.”

stared at her but eventually pulled out

it up to him, unlocked it, and booked a ride. Then she

gesture full of intimacy and suggestive

the air between them was thick with flirtation.

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

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parking garage, the ride was two minutes out.

pointed to her car, “I’ll head off first then.”

“Alright.”

turned

eyebrow, “Feeling smug?”

her fingers together, “She did that on purpose.”

make it too awkward for

about hurting her

got to get 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

with

to pretend to

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

leaned back in his seat, silent.

car started moving, and Melvin’s phone

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

the couch.

the group chat, Melvin wrote that Jocelyn was joining

a “shocked” emoji.

him and

Melvin walked ahead with

and Jocelyn recognized the

her and greeted her with surprise, “Jocelyn.”

coincidence?” Jocelyn was equally surprised.

sensed a very palpable gaze and turned to see Melvin looking

who had replied to his messages before.

this…” Harrison asked Jocelyn

not sure how to introduce him.

say boyfriend, but wasn’t sure if Melvin would like that.

she said,

Melvin shot Jocelyn

people waiting, so let’s catch up another time,”

more days.