The Unwilling CEO’s Love Game

Chapter 106

They stood locked in a tense stalemate outside the apartment building, neither willing to let go.

Seeing the unwavering determination in Jocelyn’s eyes, Melvin felt a surge of anger that made his recent wound throb with pain.

“Fine, I’ll call Hamison,” he declared, and this time, he meant business.

Jocelyn had no idea where he had gotten Harrison’s number from, but as his fingers hovered over the screen, ready to dial, she leaped forward to snatch his phone away.

That kind of movement was bound to lead to physical contact.

Melvin let go of his suitcase with his right hand and wrapped it around her waist, pulling her close into an embrace that prevented her from jumping away

The call connected

“If you want him to know you’re here too, be my guest. Melvin’s voice dripped with malice as he wickedly activated the loudspeaker

function.

Hearing Harrison’s voice on the other end, Jocelyn froze, too terrified to even breathe.

“Hello? Who’s this?”

Harrison’s voice sounded hearty and gentle, starkly contrasting Melvin’s low and indifferent tone.

Jocelyn’s heart threatened to burst through her chest as she looked up at Melvin with tear-glinted eyes. She did not want to embarrass

herself or Harrison.

Her lips quivered as she gazed at his Adam’s apple, tiptoeing up to press a cool, light kiss upon it, a silent plea for mercy.

“Wrong number.”

Melvin’s grip on Jocelyn tightened as he ended the call and put away his phone, then gently lifted her chin to look at the tear that had made its way to her cheek, his eyes narrowing, “Feeling that hard done by?”

Jocelyn bit her lip, her entire body trembling, “What do you even want?”

Her voice shook.

“You know what I want,” Melvin brushed away the tear from her cheek with the pad of his thumb, a tightness in his chest at the sight of

it

This woman’s heart had changed too quickly.

to be with another man, which irked him.

breath, “We’re not right

If it’s fun when we’re together, that’s all that matters. Melvin’s hold became firmer, “Have I ever mistreated you?

I’m looking for, Jocelyn refused to back down any longer. “And

with irritation, “I don’t want to go over old ground.

any woman you want with your wealth and power. Why

close, his tone

Jocelyn truly wished she could just disappear

stared back at him. “Ultimately, you’re just not done

I’m not done. Melvin did not bother

upon Jocelyn’s chest, making

“You’re about to get engaged to Willow. If you keep

engaged to her?” Melvin’s hand slid up to her neck, his eyes lingering

ragged with anxiety, ‘It’s all over

you believe everything you see on

Shouldn’t 17

and ask me?

Chapter 106

at being shouted

not was not the point. The point

trickle back home. Their confrontation at the apartment entrance was becoming

conspicuous.

want to create a

coming home

you’re worried about being seen with me? You didn’t seem to

he wants to be with me openly,” Jocelyn lifted her face to

had given him chances, but he had rejected them.

seen with Willow in the media

years, they had been like a clandestine affair, unseen.

no real love between them except for sharing a bed at

was just about finding the most compatible partner

was distracted, Jocelyn pushed him away, grabbed

back and said, “You can’t deny me

for a response, she entered the building, the door closing behind

that moment, something inside Melvin seemed to collapse, leaving

stared in the direction Jocelyn had left, a thought

her. Dropping her suitcase, she leaned against the door, her tightly wound emotions finally unraveling as tears

why or

cry for

bag. When she checked, she saw two

calmed, but her voice had not.