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 up.

at her phone, Jocelyn was like, “Okay, that was

scrolled through Twitter

the cast and was rehearsing with another actor at

Willow wasn’t rehearsing at all, but was caught in a late-night rendezvous with a director by his wife, leading

this. With a backer like Melvin, why would Willow even do such a thing?

she was dying to

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

and people just swallowed whatever was served. Good news might not spread well, but bad news definitely got worse as it

said Willow was their brand ambassador. If bad press came out, the company, out of old

it wasn’t long before a bunch of accounts started spinning the narrative that Willow was overly dedicated tasting on a realistic performance to

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

uniform comments,

the real deal was, the online consensus was now

incident was cementing her image

comment claiming Willow got smacked for flirting with the director and getting caught

or false, who really knew aside from those

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

her side,

Why else would Melvin drop everything for

romances that linger the most.

parted on good terms, the slightest thing about the other person could still tug at your

At the hospital.

on her forehead and looked

sat far off, glued to

about to leave when Willow, tears streaming,

red, puffy eyes, she looked at Melvin, Will

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

sniffled, hands clasped tightly.

you about what?”

just discussing the script with the director. I’m new, and I’m joining the cast next month, so I was nervous. I wanted to talk about the character,

the lips she bit to hold back her grief, Melvin suddenly remembered her before all this, strong and optimistic. He had never seen her cry back

need his wife’s. Besides, you don’t have to explain to me. Melvin checked the time again two in the morning.