The Unwilling CEO’s Love Game

Chapter 48

If it hadn’t been for her mom’s friends calling her up, egging her on to fill the missing fourth spot for a game, Jocelyn would’ve totally lost it.

“Man, I’m so sorry, my mom is just…” Jocelyn didn’t even know how to explain it.

Harrison chuckled shaking his head, “I get it. Honestly, it’s pretty much the same drill when I head home.”

“You get the marriage nudge too?”

“Yep.”

Jocelyn let out a soft sigh, “Same world, same kind of moms

“There’s something I’m not sure if I should ask,” Harrison glanced at Jocelyn.

“What’s up?”

“That guy the other day, he wasn’t your boyfriend, right?” Harrison quickly added, “If it’s not cool to answer, just let it be.”

Jocelyn pursed her lips, then cracked a smile, “Nope, he wasn’t.”

Harrison frowned slightly but knew better than to pry further. He didn’t peg Jocelyn as someone without scruples, and that dude didn’t look like he was tied down. Maybe they just didn’t get the parental thumbs up?

After Harrison walked a bit further, his phone rang.

“Sorry, gotta take this call. Harrison answered, called out ‘Mom’, and then wore a look of someone being schooled. Clearly, he wasn’t brushing her off, but he looked pretty helpless

After hanging up. Harrison shook his phone helplessly. That was my mom, setting me up on a blind date. Looks like I’ve gotta rush to it right after my plane lands tomorrow.”

Jocelyn’s mouth dropped open in surprise, and she said sympathetically. “Well, then I just gotta wish you luck.”

Harrison chuckled, “Why’s that?”

if you nail it, no more blind dates, right?” Jocelyn said, “Only way to

in agreement, “Here’s hoping your good luck rubs off on

crowded, and Jocelyn checked the time –

heading out tomorrow, so let me show you some hospitality. How about I treat

eyebrow, “Barbecue? In this heat?”

phone. The reviews for this

“Sure.”

at the barbecue restaurant to find

snagged a spot just as they walked

local and might not handle the heat, Jocelyn ordered the barbecue with

the spicy barbecue meant you’d be sweating buckets

but intimidated by the red chilies, dared to try a slice

quickly grabbed him a drink.

embarrassingly, ‘So humiliating.”

all Totally normal. Jocelyn

spicy meat without batting an eye.

say he was a glutton for punishment but also a masochist for the spice.

from the restaurant, Harrison plopped down on some steps, pale as a ghost, looking rough.

Jocelyn dashed to the pharmacy across the street, grabbed some medicine liquid, and handed him a bottle, ‘Drink this, you’ll feel better”

downed arsenic if it promised

but it did relieve his stomach

said, “Sorry

Jocelyn felt truly quilty, “I should be the one apologizing. I

Harrison said, bent over taking deep

“Wanna head to the hospital

I’m better now. A night’s rest and I’ll be fine,” Harrison said, still smiling and reassuring Jocelyn as he leaned against the elevator wall, “Looks like my stomach isn’t ready to marry

you’ve got two choices: don’t marry a girl from here or train

that training, and you’re not allowed