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

was

the sack, Jocelyn scrolled through Twitter again – loads about Willow.

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 for real.

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

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

she was dying to

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

still thought showbiz was a mess, where the truth was elusive, and people just swallowed whatever was served. Good news might not spread well, but bad news definitely got worse

out, the company, out of old loyalty, would surely clear her name. So, nothing worth gawking

that Willow was overly dedicated tasting on a realistic performance to

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

read through the uniform comments, totally

the real deal was, the online consensus

cementing her image as

with the director and getting caught by his wife.

false, who really

figured Willow’s injury meant

side, she

must be what first love felt like. Why else

romances that linger the

slightest thing about the other person could still tug at your heartstrings

At the hospital.

on her forehead and looked totally

glued to his phone, clearly antsy.

about to leave when Willow, tears streaming, grabbed his

puffy eyes, she looked at Melvin, Will this leave

what you

clasped tightly. “Do

you about

I wanted to talk about the character, but his wife barged in and started hitting me, accusing me of seducing her husband,

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

you don’t have to explain to me. Melvin checked