The Unwilling CEO’s Love Game

Chapter 102

Melvin took Jocelyn for granted, and her heart grew bitter with the thought.

For years, his presumption had made him believe that she could not leave – or perhaps, he believed she was incapable of leaving

“This time, I’m serious, Jocelyn said, her voice unwavering. She did not want to be tangled up with him anymore, it was an endless cycle.

Melvin’s face tumed an ashen shade of white, the blood draining as Jocelyn steeled herself, “You need to rest”

“You’re just going to leave me like this?” Melvin bellowed with all the strength he could muster, his voice hoarse and strained.

That sentence tore through Jocelyn, her back to him, swallowing hard. She questioned her right to care for him, perplexed by the mindset that allowed him to utter those words.

“Someone will look after you, Jocelyn said as she pulled the door open.

“Jocelyn! Melvin’s voice followed her in a shout

She stepped out and closed the door behind her, gripping the doorknob tightly as tears welled up and spilled over.

The nurse, arriving to care for Melvin, saw Jocelyn’s red, tear-stained eyes and assumed her distress was for the patient inside.

“Miss, don’t worry. It’s just appendicitis, it’s not life-threatening, the nurse offered kindly, but Jocelyn’s tears did not stop

Wiping her eyes, she stepped aside. “He can be difficult. Please bear with him.”

“Don’t worry Sick folks are often cranky, I’m used to it. They need a bit of coddling. Illness is stressful enough, we understand,” the nurse reassured her.

Thank you

As the nurse prepared to enter, she turned back to ask, “Are you his girlfriend? You know, him seeing you might cheer him up, help him recover faster

A pang hit Jocelyn’s heart. She tried to smile casually, but it twisted into a grimace of part laugh, part cry as she uttered, “I’m not ”

The nurse looked puzzled as Jocelyn walked away.

a positive attitude after surgery. Your girlfriend was

latched onto

to various dramas, surmised a lovers’ quarrel and, with a peacemaker’s

to see.

least she

informed Willow. His prompt reply was what she had hoped for. At least Willow would be by Melvin’s side the

following day, Jocelyn went to school with swollen, red eyes, somewhat concealed by her glasses. When

was busy and had not reached out to her. That was for the best, his perceptiveness would have noticed something was off

not visit Melvin at the hospital. Having decided to move on, she intended

a striking figure: a tall woman with cascading curls, sunglasses, a red dress, and a black trench coat, standing out

approached Jocelyn,

be recognized. She did not recall ever meeting this woman among her

You are?”

revealing a familiar, sharply contoured,

Yasmine Martinez”

a beat.

here? To see Melvin? But why approach her? Could it

came specifically to see you? Yasmine spoke, her voice as

was that of a sophisticated woman, intriguing

Yacine at a restaurant where

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scanning Jocelyn with a measured gaze that was

politely smiled, sidestepping the implication, ‘No problem. Preston is doing well

son’s grades,” Yasmine said, sipping

tightened under the table,

in Yanova City, it might have been about a mother checking on her son’s

ime, mentioned his uncle had surgery in Berry City, and suggested I visit him, Yasmine said plainly.

had expected

faltered. Im not worried, but Melvin.

but down. He

her emotions in

been good at expressing himself. That’s why he comes across as cold and indifferent. But you’ve been the only woman by his side all these years, the only one who made him call me in the middle of the night,