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?”

you nail it, no more blind dates, right?” Jocelyn said, “Only way to get some peace is to make it

“Here’s hoping your good

getting crowded, and Jocelyn checked the time –

was leaving tomorrow, she said, You’re heading out tomorrow, so let me show

an eyebrow, “Barbecue? In this heat?”

barbecue, hot or cold,” Jocelyn glanced at her phone. The reviews for

“Sure.”

restaurant to

snagged a spot just as they

and might not handle the heat, Jocelyn ordered the

scorching weather plus the spicy barbecue meant you’d be sweating buckets with just one

the spice but intimidated by the red chilies, dared to try a slice of meat on Jocelyn’s encouragement. Instantly, his eyes teared up

quickly grabbed him a

said embarrassingly, ‘So humiliating.”

at all Totally normal.

without batting an eye. Harrison felt his

glutton for punishment but

plopped down on some steps, pale as a ghost, looking

a sec, Jocelyn dashed to the pharmacy across the street, grabbed some medicine liquid, and

point, Harrison would’ve downed arsenic if it promised to ease the

bitter, but it did

“Sorry for

quilty, “I should be the one apologizing. I shouldn’t have taken you to hot pot.”

stomach, not on you.” Harrison said, bent over taking deep breaths on the steps.

thought arguing now was pointless, “Wanna head to

still smiling and reassuring Jocelyn as he leaned

choices: don’t marry a

and you’re not