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.

a deep breath, “We’re not right for

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

to back down any longer. “And

irritation, “I don’t want

I Jocelyn stood her ground. “You could have any woman you

leaned in close, his tone

that moment, Jocelyn truly wished she could just

at him. “Ultimately, you’re just not

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

press upon Jocelyn’s chest, making it hard

If you keep this up with me, whose reputation are you trying to ruin, mine

going to get engaged to her?” Melvin’s hand slid up to her neck, his eyes lingering on her lips.

anxiety,

you believe everything you see on the

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dead yet. Why didn’t you come and ask me? Melvin snapped, frustration

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being

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

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

conspicuous.

want to create

coming home from work.

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

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

had given him chances, but he had rejected them.

would rather be seen with Willow in the media than stand by her side

been like a

for sharing a bed at night and indulging in the pleasures

was just about finding the most compatible

Jocelyn pushed him

said, “You can’t deny me what you won’t give. Melvin,

for a response, she entered the building, the

seemed to collapse, leaving a hollow

left, a thought dawning on him: she was

the door shut behind her. Dropping her suitcase, she leaned against

or what she was

floor, she let herself cry for a while before her emotions started to

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

but her voice