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.

Jocelyn was like, “Okay,

scrolled through Twitter again – loads about Willow.

with another actor at the director’s, who got too into it and clocked her with an ashtray for

at all, but was caught in a late-night rendezvous with a director

With a backer like Melvin, why would Willow even do such a

dying to be Melvin’s girl.

all the drama now, if it was the former, no big deal,

was elusive, and people just swallowed whatever was served. Good news

If bad press came out, the company, out of

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

newbie’s dedication. “If she doesn’t make it big it’s an injustice!

read through the uniform comments, totally unfazed.

the real deal was, the online consensus was now singing

incident was cementing her image as an inspiring

for flirting with the director and getting caught by his wife. That

false, who really knew aside

her eyes, and figured Willow’s

side,

be what first love felt like. Why else would Melvin

romances

if they parted on good terms, the slightest thing about the other person could still tug

At the hospital.

had eight stitches on her forehead and looked totally

sat far off, glued to his phone, clearly

streaming, grabbed his hand and made him

looked at Melvin,

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

sniffled, hands clasped tightly. “Do you believe me?”

about

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

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 never seen her

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