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?”

speechless at

he comparing himself

hard, knowing she shouldn’t say anything

was best when

her silent, Melvin scoffed, “Are you

averted her eyes and lowered her

question he asked weighed heavily on her, making her want to explain

was both endearing

“Melvin!”

outside broke the

sigh of relief

you here?

glanced at Melvin. He remained seated. His

Willow’s voice was clearly

Melvin Melvin stared

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called

a breath,

surely enter and find Melvin in her room. It would

the truth, but the villagers

up with her boyfriend one night, then with another man the next morning. What

thought, Jocelyn dared not answer.

what? She’s sleeping, came Ursula’s voice

listened intently to the

“I’m looking

then? You think Jocelyn and Melvin are hiding out here together? What a joke.

felt guilty. By all accounts, she was acting immorally.

Melvin stayed put, no one

with that

out, and the front

Melvin, Willow’s voice carried a note

Melvin didn’t respond.

smokes… were you really here? What the heck were you two up to?”

swung her legs out of bed and stood up, twirling in front of Ursula. “Clothes intact.”

no way Melvin would be in your room because

her, pulling on

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

leaving her room.

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

and Ursula headed out to

Melvin’s

Willow brought him a cup of coffee. She saw all the emotions playing across his face. Her own feelings were a mix of resentment and