Chapter 112
Standing beside Jocelyn was the ever-observant Rose, who had come earlier to remind her about something. When she caught sight of Melvin in his hospital gown, Rose couldn’t help but ask, “Jocelyn, why’s he still in his hospital gown? Did he bolt from the clinic? That’s cilly He might be worse off if he’s stilt sick and out and about.”
Rose meant well with her concern, but Melvin stood there, stone-faced, not uttering a word, leaving Rose in an awkward silence.
Jocelyn mustered a strained smile. “He came to grab a few things.”
Rose was no fool. After seeing Melvin caught in the rain the other day, she suspected the lovebirds had hit a rough patch, landing poor Melvin in the hospital.
Ah, the impulsiveness of young love.
The elevator door opened, and Melvin stepped out, pausing at the doorway and turning back to wait for Jocelyn to unlock the apartment door.
Jocelyn had decided to clear out every trace of him, but he tried to step back into her life.
She couldn’t outlast him, not with the state of mind he was in. She had no chance against his stubborn resolve
Reluctantly, she opened the door, and Melvin walked in.
Shedding the slippers he’d worn from the hospital, he looked for his own in the shoe cabinet but found only hers. His slippers were
gone
He tumed to Jocelyn, who understood his silent question and stated, “I threw them out.”
Predictably, his eyes darkened with that answer.
Barefoot, he moved to the bathroom. His cup and toothbrush were gone, as was his towel. Everything that was his had vanished.
He pressed on to the bedroom, opening the wardrobe to discover that all the clothes he’d left at her place were missing.
the bedside drawer held no trace of the condoms
she had
the wind out
apple bobbed with barely contained fury. “Planning to make room for your new boyfriend, huh?” he asked, his voice
a ticking bomb. She couldn’t manage his moods, so she focused on keeping her steady.
broke up,” she said calmly.
he said, “As long as I’m here, do you think you’ll be happy together with any
wouldn’t be easy to let go.
said peacefully, “What’s the point of sticking around? To make me suffer? Or you can’t stand it when you see I’m
guy if you want. I don’t give it a shit Just one
patience was thinning. She never realized how
any measure of power, he would have been
if she lost her temper,
she said
drag her down if he were unhappy.
turned and returned to the living room, heading to the kitchen,
took them to the dining table, ignoring Melvin
watched as she
tone revealing the
glanced at him. “I’m out of grocenes, and you shouldn’t be eating
with the leftovers and downed
deeply.
Chapter 112
back on her. “Did I ever despise you? What
respond. Whatever she said, he’d pretend not
stood up to
followed and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, his hot breath on her ear as he pleaded,
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