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,

a deep breath, “We’re not

you mean 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? All I ever wanted was for

what I’m looking for, Jocelyn refused to back down any longer. “And you can’t give

don’t

woman

want you!” Melvin leaned in close, his tone

wished she could

him. “Ultimately, you’re just not done

not done. Melvin did not bother to hide it, “I

upon Jocelyn’s chest,

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

hand slid up to her

was ragged with anxiety, ‘It’s all

everything you see

Shouldn’t 17

you come and ask me?

Chapter 106

recoiled at being shouted

not was not the point. The point was that they were

was getting late, and people were beginning to trickle back home. Their confrontation at

conspicuous.

not want to create a scene.

“People are coming home from work. You should go before you

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

he wants to be with me openly,” Jocelyn lifted her face to meet his gaze, and just for a

chances, but he

the media than stand by her side upright and

over three years, they had been like

sharing a bed at

about finding the most compatible partner for their lonely bodies.

moment he was distracted, Jocelyn pushed him away, grabbed

back and said, “You can’t deny

a response, she entered the building, the

that moment, something inside Melvin seemed to

in the direction Jocelyn had left, a thought dawning on him: she

leaned against the door,

why or what she was

herself cry for a while before her

incessantly from inside her bag. When she checked, she saw

emotions had calmed, but her

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