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.
of the condoms he’d kept
hit him then that she had been out shopping for bedding.
the wind
bobbed with barely contained fury. “Planning to make room for your new boyfriend, huh?” he asked, his voice hoarse,
manage his
up,” she
heaved, and he fixed her with a steely gaze. Then, with a chilling smile, he said, “As
knew he wouldn’t be easy to let
said peacefully, “What’s the point of sticking around? To make me suffer? Or
suffer and must suffer like I do.” Melvin was stubborn. “You can date that guy if you want. I don’t give it a shit Just one more person has
never realized how obsessive he could
would have been the type
maintain her composure, Jocelyn knew that if she lost her temper, all hell would break loose.
she said would
that he would drag her down if he were
returned to the living room, heading to the kitchen, refusing to waste more words
spaghetti and took them to the dining
followed and watched as she
leave a bite for me? Melvin said, his tone revealing the hurt of realizing how little he
at him. “I’m out of grocenes, and you shouldn’t be eating
a word, Melvin took the plate with the leftovers and downed it, crumbs and all
deeply.
Chapter 112
the plate back on
she said,
to
his arms around her waist from behind, his hot breath on her ear
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