The Unwilling CEO’s Love Game

Chapter 63

Chapter 63

People were inherently selfish. It might be a bit harsh to generalize, but Jocelyn knew all too well that she was pretty much cut from that cloth.

She wanted to be her hubby’s everything.

She’s even thought that if she kicked the bucket, she’d want her hubby to tag along for the ride.

That’s gotta be some kind of sickness.

On some issues, she was a bit of a fanatic, too.

Melvin just shrugged it off and said, “Are there really guys like that in this world?”

Jocelyn cocked her head and eyed him, “Given our current relationship, if your mom and I fell into the river at the same time, who would you save first?”

The second the words left her lips, you could practically see his face lose all color.

“No ‘ifs’.”

Jocelyn frowned, “Can’t you just play along and give me an answer?”

“My mom’s passed away.

Jocelyn’s breath hitched, and she blurted out reflexively, I’m sorry.”

She genuinely didn’t know squat about Melvin’s family affairs; he never mentioned his parents, and she just assumed they were both hale and hearty considering he’s still a young buck.

Melvin clammed up.

Jocelyn just sat there in silence and said no more as well.

A million questions swirled in her head, but she didn’t dare to voice a single one.

Ever since she popped that question, she could feel him wrapped up in darkness, the kind where there’s no way to find your way

out.

Suddenly, a thought zipped through her mind. Could his aversion to getting married have something to do with his family? Was it because of his mother?

hitched and her kids are already growing like

at him.

bit.” Melvin had already steered

just drop me off at the corner and I’ll hail a cab,” Jocelyn said, not

take long. Just hang

didn’t feel like arguing anymore.

parked, and Melvin got on

uniform. With hands

enough, Willow showed up.

cocky manner, she looked down her nose at Calvin

back again; as he listened to the assistant, he nodded and smiled. Then he scurried to load stuff into a minivan parked out

by the car, their words lost on the wind, but their expressions screamed

sneer on

felt her blood boiling in an instant, her fists

daggers somewhere off to the side. He followed her gaze and caught sight of Calvin, empty-handed, looking like he

sopistant rummaged through a bag and said something

Chapter 63

on a smile and went over to open

came to the end of her patience.

was deliberately giving her dad the runaround or not, he had taken the job. If she stormed out now, it would only embarrass

choke her, “Is this what a security chief’s job looks

Without answering her, he just got out of the car and slammed the door,

minivan.

seen him coming because the door swung

Melvin, all meek and respectful, and her heart twisted

a security guard was no cakewalk.

and there are those who’ll trash-talk you behind your

seen her dad at work before. Sometimes jotting down license plates, doing rounds, or lending a hand when folks were laden with stuff seemed only natural. To do a favor like that was due to basic human decency, even if it was not

different; it felt like

gave clued her that it was Intentional

was sure. Willow knew he was

a man in his

and out?

needed help, no big deal. But it was clear that

Willow’s beck and call,

Willow with a cold stare, “What do you think you’re doing?”

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