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?

kids are already growing

glance at him. He

need to swing by the office for a bit.” Melvin

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

stop the car. “Won’t take long. Just hang in the

like

company’s open-air lot, parked, and Melvin got on the phone without getting out right away.

security uniform. With hands full of bags, he used his body

Willow

was dolled up in designer duds In a cocky manner, she looked down her

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

the car, their words lost on the wind, but their

the sneer on their lips was obviously directed at Calvin.

blood boiling in an instant, her

the side. He followed her

through a bag and said something

Chapter 63

plastered on a smile and went over to open their car door

the end of her

taken the job. If she stormed out now, it would

lighter, swallowing down the anger which was about to choke her, “Is this what a security

he just got out of the car and slammed the

minivan.

folks inside it must’ve seen him coming because the door

all meek and respectful, and her heart

being a security guard

those who’ll

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

different; it felt like she was

gave clued her that it

was sure. Willow knew he was her

a man in his fifties, nearly at the age of retirement, to

and out?

big deal. But it was clear

call, nor to see him treading on eggshells with a forced grin.

cold stare, “What do you think

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