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.

held no trace of the condoms he’d kept there

she had been out shopping for bedding.

knocked the wind out of him.

barely contained fury. “Planning to make room for your new boyfriend, huh?” he

his temper was a ticking bomb. She couldn’t manage his moods, so she focused on keeping

up,” she said

heaved, and he fixed her with a steely gaze. Then, with a chilling smile, he said, “As long as I’m here, do

wouldn’t be easy to let

sticking around? To make me suffer? Or you can’t stand it when you

stubborn. “You can date that guy

thinning. She never realized how obsessive he could be

of power, he would have been the type to

composure, Jocelyn knew that if she lost

she said would matter.

he would drag

returned to the living room, heading to the kitchen, refusing to waste more words on

and took them to

followed and watched as

bite for me? Melvin said, his tone revealing the hurt of realizing

of grocenes, and

the leftovers and downed it,

deeply.

Chapter 112

placing the plate back on her. “Did I ever despise you? What right do you have to

how to respond. Whatever she said, he’d pretend not to understand.

stood up to

and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, his hot

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