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

She wanted no intimate contact with any

was dizzy, she remembered clearly that she had broken up with Melvin. Harrison was her

by her ear startled her as they

door, sending a shiver down Jocelyn’s spine, which oddly helped sober her up a bit. But the aftereffects of the wine were potent, and she felt terrible

her body

Jocelyn tried to free

she instinctively reached out for something to break her fall. Melvin didn’t move to

movements not synced with her still foggy thoughts. “Sorry,” she apologized, raising her hands to show she meant

her perform this act of contrition Jocelyn turned and tentatively took a step down the stairs,

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

okay. But in

she stumbled

to catch her; no hands reached out to pull her back. She met the ground face-first, her chin scraping against the pavement, tears springing to her eyes from the sheer

passersby looking on, not a single person

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

palms stung and her knees ached. It felt as though her entire body was wracked with pain.

easier to just accept help when you need it?” Melvin’s icy voice

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

his arms, ignoring her

her lip, refusing

he walked toward his car, where the valet promptly opened

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

silenced Jocelyn’s

drove in silence, his right hand on the wheel, his

She watched the fleeting landscape outside when her phone began to ring from

with a tissue, she pulled out

chat every night unless it was too late, in which case he’d leave

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

was determined to climb out of the quagmire that was Melvin.

she answered the call, her voice steady. “Are

gone to

Jocelyn replied, knowing he would suggest a video call