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.

fear, quickly saying. Sir, you should keep a positive attitude after surgery. Your

cried?” Melvin latched

various dramas, surmised a lovers’ quarrel and, with a peacemaker’s spint, added, “Yes. It was

to see.

slightly. “At least she has some

if he had informed Willow. His prompt reply was what she had hoped for. At least Willow would be by

to school with swollen, red eyes, somewhat concealed by her glasses. When asked, she deflected with random excuses

out to her. That was for the best, his perceptiveness

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

left school, Jocelyn spotted a striking figure: a tall woman with cascading curls, sunglasses, a red dress, and a black trench

woman approached Jocelyn,

surprised to be recognized. She did not recall ever

You are?”

removed her sunglasses, revealing a familiar, sharply contoured, and stunningly beautiful

Yasmine Martinez”

a beat. This woman was Melvin’s

Melvin? But why

see you? Yasmine spoke, her voice as captivating as her brother’s persuasive

allure was that of a sophisticated woman,

joined Yacine at a restaurant where

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scanning Jocelyn with a measured gaze that was intense

problem. Preston is doing well academically, he’s smart and capable.

realize I’m not here to discuss my son’s grades,” Yasmine said, sipping coffee and watching Jocelyn’s

tightened under the table,

about a mother checking

surgery in Berry City, and suggested I visit him,

expected

smile faltered. Im not worried,

with him for two days, expecting you might show up, but down. He won’t say it, but every time there’s

fell, her emotions in disarray

by his side all these years, the only one who made him call