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.

hung up.

at her phone, Jocelyn was like,

through Twitter again – loads

was about to join the cast and was rehearsing with another actor at the director’s, who got too into

a late-night rendezvous with a director by his wife, leading

stunned by this. With a backer like Melvin, why would Willow

was dying to be Melvin’s girl.

it was the former, no big deal, but if it was the latter, how could she face Melvin?

was elusive, and people just swallowed whatever was

came out, the company, out of old

spinning the narrative that Willow was overly dedicated

the newbie’s dedication. “If she doesn’t make it big

uniform comments, totally

deal was, the online consensus was now singing

cementing her image as an inspiring goddess.

bottom, Jocelyn spotted a comment claiming Willow got smacked for flirting with the director and

news, true or false, who really knew aside

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

side,

must be what first love felt like. Why else would Melvin drop everything for Willow time and again?

the unfulfilled romances that linger the

thing about the other person

At the hospital.

eight stitches on her forehead and

to his

tears streaming, grabbed his hand and made him

she looked at Melvin, Will this leave a

trust the doctor?” Melvin glanced at her, “Stick to the diet, avoid what you must. Modern

sniffled, hands clasped tightly. “Do you believe

about what?”

the cast next month, so I was nervous. I wanted to talk about the character, but

her teary, swollen eyes and the lips she bit to hold back her grief, Melvin suddenly remembered her before all this, strong and optimistic. He had

need my belief right now, you need his wife’s. Besides, you don’t have to