The Unwilling CEO’s Love Game

Chapter 50

Out of courtesy, Jocelyn gave Melvin a ring half an hour after the whole hot search circus blew up.

He actually picked up, surprisingly.

“Hey, what’s up with Willow?” she asked, not wanting him to get the wrong idea. “Saw it on Twitter.”

Melvin’s voice was flat, “Nothing serious, just a little on-set mishap.”

Jocelyn was skeptical, but she wasn’t about to dig for the dirt without good reason or interest

“Alright, take good care of her then.”

“She’s got assistants,” he said, meaning he wasn’t planning on playing nursemaid.

Chomping on her skewer, Jocelyn went on, “Yeah, she’s got assistants and an agent, but that doesn’t mean you can’t look after her too.”

“Are you throwing shade?”

“Not at all.” Jocelyn put the phone on speaker, grabbed a skewer with her left hand, a drink with her right, and took a sip. “Isn’t it just stating the obvious? Otherwise, why would you dash over to see her in such a hurry?”

When there was no response, she thought he’d hung up. Glancing at the phone screen, the call was still on.

“She’s the face of our jewelry line, and with new products launching next quarter, it’d be a big loss for the company if something happened to her. Melvin actually bothered to explain.

Jocelyn wondered why Melvin was so strange today.

“Oh,” she said, sounding totally nonchalant.

“Where are you?”

“At my home, duh.”

“You went back?”

“What else? Jocelyn said. “Who knew if you were coming home tonight? Better to crash at my own place.

Melvin hung

her phone, Jocelyn was like, “Okay, that

scrolled through Twitter again –

claimed Willow was about to join the cast and was rehearsing with another actor at the director’s, who got too into it and clocked her with an ashtray

story claimed Willow wasn’t rehearsing at all, but was caught in a late-night rendezvous with a director by his wife, leading to a catfight that left

stunned by this. With a backer like Melvin,

all, she was dying to be Melvin’s

big deal, but if

where the truth was elusive, and people just swallowed whatever was served. Good news might

the company, out of old

enough, it wasn’t long before a bunch of accounts started spinning the narrative that Willow was overly dedicated tasting on a realistic performance to convey true emotion, hence the injury

section was filled with praise for the newbie’s dedication. “If

read through the uniform comments,

the online consensus was

her image as

for flirting with the

who really knew aside

phone aside, closed her eyes, and figured Willow’s injury meant Melvin would

her side, she

else would Melvin drop everything for

it’s the unfulfilled romances

about the other person could still tug at your

At the hospital.

on her forehead and looked totally deflated.

off, glued to his

Willow, tears streaming, grabbed

puffy eyes, she looked at Melvin, Will this leave a

glanced at her, “Stick to the diet, avoid what you must.

hands clasped tightly. “Do

you about

talk about the character, but his wife

Melvin suddenly remembered her before all this, strong and optimistic. He had never seen her cry back then.

don’t need my belief right now, you need his wife’s. Besides, you don’t have to explain to me. Melvin checked the time again two