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

hold. She wanted no intimate contact with

that she had broken up with Melvin. Harrison was her

her ear startled her

which oddly helped sober her up a bit. But the aftereffects of the wine were potent, and

her body

strong push, Jocelyn tried to free herself. “Please, have some dignity.”

and as she stumbled forward, she instinctively reached out for something to break her fall. Melvin didn’t move to

her still foggy

tentatively took a step down the stairs, her

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

step, she finally felt like she’d be okay. But in her haste,

stumbled forward.

came to catch her; no hands reached out to pull her back. She met the ground face-first,

looking on, not a single person

upon seeing Melvin’s imposing figure

It felt as though her

it be easier to just accept help when you need

it. Stubbornness surged through Jocelyn, but before she could muster any strength, she was hoisted up

scooped her into his arms, ignoring

her lip, refusing to talk

his car, where the

advice, “If you try to jump but, ask yourself which man would want to marry a woman with a broken arm or leg?”

silenced

silence, his right hand on the wheel, his left holding

watched the

she pulled out her phone. It was

which case he’d

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

was determined to climb out of the quagmire

a moment, she answered the call, her voice steady. “Are you done for the night?”

Have you gone to bed?” Hamson sounded

Jocelyn replied, knowing he would suggest

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