Chapter 72

Gaught in a heavy downpour with overwhelming mental stress, Jocelyn could hardly avoid catching a cold,

Mer fever spiked to 40 degrees in the middle of the night

Melvin Immediately rushed her to the hospital. After two IV drips, her fever finally broke,

Dawn was breaking by this time.

Different from last night’s downpour, it was a sunny day this moming

Melvin’s phone buzzed insistently. He glanced at the woman in the bed before walking to the window to take the call.

‘Is it done?”

“Yeah, everything’s been pulled down. Also found the person who leaked the photos.”

Who?”

“Willow.” Zephyr replied. “What do you plan to do?”

Melvin’s eyes darkened, his voice cold as ice, “She’s been too high-strung lately, time for her to take a break”

After hanging up, Melvin turned to see the woman had woken.

He walked over felt her forehead. The temperature hadn’t risen again.

Just for one night, Jocelyn was bleary-eyed and deflated.

*Got any explanations? Melvin pulled up a chair next to the bed, propped up his leg, ready to grill her.

Jocelyn turned her face away, swallowing hard. “No”

Her voice was raspy and far from pleasant, which clearly annoyed Melvin.

He let out a cold chuckle. This is how you plan to handle things?

Jocelyn faced forward again, clammed up

She didn’t know what to say. Things had spiraled this far, even a mouth full of excuses couldn’t stand up to the cyberviolence. She was

lose this

lackluster face, Melvin’s frown

like you’re at death’s door. Why bother with things you haven’t done? You could’ve ignored all the nonsense and just walk your way Melvin barked at

refused to meet

years we’ve been together? Don’t think a guy’s good to you just because he’s

he hadn’t put her in a tight spot over the years, but she wasn’t naive Without someone pulling strings behind the scenes, this

snap capturing them at the hotel exit, but what about that other time with Melvin? Waiting to release

had a hunch who was stirring the pot

photo, but that shot with

didn’t show Melvin’s face. Thinking of the people who were possibly there, it was not hard

affairs. After all, it sounds like you were protecting me, she finally said,

culting

words. “Now that it’s out in the public, it might not blow

trouble.

side-eye, “Do you even know who’s behind this mess?”

Told you not to take those street interviews Don’t you

fearing she’d lose it and throw the IV bottle at him.

turned her back to turn. Thanks for bringing me here You can

who was with you last night, who took

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grateful

fight

next best thing, discontent with what you have. You can’t have your cake and

that he left.

deep breath, fighting

not to know who was behind this

his protection for Willow was his way of penalizing her for

no clout, no way to overthrow the traps set for

world, weaponizing public opinion to

phone back on, unable

mess. A dement was one thing, but what if

of the

herself down, but how could she to handle all this?

never been through anything like

once could push

the common folk can’t fight the capitalists They’re just

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