The Unwilling CEO’s Love Game

Chapter 145

The weather was good, with the sun casting playful shadows through the windows, painting the room in a spectrum of light and colors.

Melvin sat there, whose gaze was fixed on Jocelyn with an intensity that seemed to chill the air. His eyes were deep pools of lost dreams and cold resolve, as if his heart had been broken and his soul had gone astray.

Jocelyn squirmed in his stare. Especially now she was only dressed in her thermal underwear and cocooned in a blanket. It was decidedly inappropriate.

“If you’ve got nothing else to say, would you mind leaving?” Jocelyn’s tone was polite but strained.

For half an hour, Melvin had been a solid presence in her bedroom. She had slept so soundly that his imagination about the previous night went into a frenzy

She hadn’t seen Harrison for a while, and they had reunited just last night. It should have been him by her side, yet she had spent the night under the same roof with another man.

Late hours, reunion after a long absence. What they might have done behind closed doors Melvin didn’t need to spell it out. He knew.

If it had been him with her, he would have made sure she wouldn’t be able to leave the house the next day.

The mere thought of them together drove him mad, as if something was clogging his heart, making him hard to breathe.

“Did you… enjoy last night?” Melvin asked, though it felt like stabbing himself with a knife.

Jocelyn choked on his question.

Who would have the audacity to ask such a thing?

“What do you think?” Jocelyn retorted, convinced he was out of his mind.

No sane person would ask such a question.

Was he just looking to upset himself?

Melvin’s heart felt as though it was being crushed by invisible hands. His smile was a twisted mix of menace and desolation. “How cruel of you.

Jocelyn was stunned.

In that moment, Melvin’s look made her feel like she was the worst of villains, as if she were the one who had betrayed him and let him

down

She didn’t know what to say.

Explain? There was no point.

But not explaining seemed wrong somehow either.

The stalemate continued until Melvin’s fingers curled slightly. He took a deep, shaky breath. “Even a dog would mourn the loss of affection. What about you?”

at his

comparing himself to a dog?

she shouldn’t say anything more.

when words failed.

scoffed, “Are you so

eyes and lowered her

he asked weighed heavily on her, making her want to explain everything. But what good would

persistence was both endearing and

“Melvin!”

voice from outside

a sigh of

here? Willow shouted

at Melvin. He remained seated. His eyes looked

was

Melvin stared

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Willow called

drew a breath, about to respond.

did, Willow would surely enter and find Melvin in her room.

but the villagers

one night, then with another man the next morning. What kind

Jocelyn dared not answer.

calling Jocelyn for what? She’s sleeping, came Ursula’s voice from outside.

to the

“I’m looking

think Jocelyn and Melvin are hiding out here together? What a joke. You think she’s as immoral as you?” Ursula’s attitude toward Willow was

felt guilty. By all accounts, she

long as Melvin stayed put, no

comforted herself with that

him stride out, and the front

a note of disbelief, “Were you really

Melvin didn’t respond.

pause, Ursula burst into Jocelyn’s room. “Holy smokes… were you

and stood up, twirling

just told that woman there’s no way Melvin would be in your room because if he

for her, pulling on her jacket and

just don’t know what you’re up to. Did Melvin do that on purpose, leaving at that moment? Doesn’t he care about your reputation?” Ursula was fuming “And that Willow, buzzing around like a fly. Why’s she butting

being seen leaving her room. The rest didn’t bother her

said, opening the door to gaze out at the lush mountains

out to hike

figures, Melvin’s expression was

him a cup of coffee. She saw all the emotions playing across his face.