Chapter 115

Jacelyn turned around and saw Melvin’s icy face.

What was once clear now doubled and blurred before her eyes

She rubbed her eyes, but the more she rubbed, the more the images seemed to multiply

He turned to Yasmine and asked, “What’s she been drinking?” Melvin’s frown deepened as he watched Jocelyn stagger her way across

the room.

Yasmine just pointed to the half-empty glass of wine on the bar. “Your little girl’s all grown up now.”

Melvin glanced at the drink and scowled even more when he saw Jocelyn leaning on the bar, struggling to make her way outside, her hands grasping for anything to steady herself.

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Just as her fingers were about to latch onto a newcomer to the bar, Melvin quickly wrapped his arm around her, pulling her close for

support

As he smelled the scent of alcohol on her breath, his expression turned even darker. He looked back at Yasmine. “Are you done?”

“Don’t worry about me. Just get her home,” Yasmine dismissed him with a wave, but added sternly, “And don’t you try anything funny.”

Melvin, feeling Jocelyn fidget in his arms, grunted, “I’m not interested in someone else’s girl.”

Yasmine bluntly hit him with the truth “Not interested, yet you’re holding her pretty tight there, aren’t you?”

Melvin’s face darkened further, and after a moment, he called up Yara to come and pick Yasmine up.

Yara, luckily nearby, arved to find Melvin cradling Jocelyn in his arms. She wondered if the two had reconciled, but as an assistant, she knew better than to pry into her boss’s personal life.

“Take Yasmine home,” Melvin ordered Yara before escorting Jocelyn out

Melvin’s hold. She wanted no intimate contact with any man, especially not her ex

remembered clearly that she had

growl by her ear startled her as they

a shiver down Jocelyn’s spine, which oddly helped sober her up a bit. But the aftereffects of

mind was clearer, her body still felt out of

to free herself. “Please, have

for something to break her fall. Melvin

her movements not synced with her still foggy

a step

once and was still clawing her way out. She couldn’t afford to sink any

she’d be okay. But in her haste, she miscalculated, and

she stumbled

to pull her back. She met the ground face-first, her chin scraping against

the ground with passersby looking on, not a single person moved to

but upon seeing Melvin’s imposing figure watching from the steps,

knees ached. It felt as though

when you need it?”

before she could muster any strength, she was hoisted up

scooped her into his arms, ignoring

refusing to talk to him.

his car, where the valet promptly opened the door

belt. Seeing her pout, he offered a grim plece of advice, “If you try to jump but, ask yourself which

words silenced

on the wheel, his left holding

breeze from the open window seemed to soothe Jocelyn’s aches. She watched the fleeting landscape

with a tissue, she pulled out her phone.

which case he’d leave a

attentive, and if not for the distance, Jocelyn knew they’d be

of the quagmire

voice

Have you gone to bed?”

knowing he would suggest a video call

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