The Unwilling CEO’s Love Game

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

no intimate contact

she remembered clearly that she had broken up with Melvin.

low growl by her ear

the door, sending a shiver down Jocelyn’s spine, which oddly helped sober her up a bit.

was clearer, her body

Jocelyn tried to free herself.

her fall. Melvin didn’t move to help, just watched as she grabbed onto the front of his shirt to

with her still foggy thoughts. “Sorry,” she apologized, raising her hands to show she

observed her perform this act of contrition Jocelyn turned and tentatively took a step down the stairs, her upper body swaying precariously before finding her

Yasmine had said. She had fallen once and was still clawing her way out. She couldn’t afford to sink

okay. But in her haste, she miscalculated,

stumbled

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

not a single person moved

Melvin’s imposing figure watching from the steps, they

and her knees ached. It felt as though her entire

the hero? Wouldn’t it be easier to just accept help when you

Stubbornness surged through Jocelyn, but before she could muster any strength, she was

scooped her into his arms, ignoring

bit her lip, refusing to talk to

said as he walked toward his car, where the

seat and fastened her seat belt. Seeing her pout, he offered a grim plece of advice, “If you try

silenced Jocelyn’s

on

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

bloodied palms with a tissue, she pulled out her phone. It was Harrison.

night unless it was too late, in which case he’d leave a goodnight text for her

distance, Jocelyn knew they’d be even happier. But there she was, seated

of the quagmire that

she answered the call, her voice steady. “Are you done

you gone to

Jocelyn replied, knowing he would suggest a video call