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 words.

he comparing himself

hard, knowing she

was best when words failed.

her silent, Melvin scoffed, “Are you so heartless?”

her eyes and lowered

her, making her want to explain everything. But what good would that do?

persistence was both endearing and infunating.

“Melvin!”

voice from outside

breathed a sigh of relief

here?

at Melvin. He remained seated. His eyes looked fragile.

Willow’s voice was clearly

Melvin stared back at her.

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called again.

breath, about

surely enter and find Melvin in her room. It would definitely stir

knew the truth, but the villagers

her as a loose woman, cozied up with her boyfriend one night, then with another man the next morning.

thought, Jocelyn dared not answer.

sleeping, came Ursula’s voice

the voices beyond the

said, “I’m looking for

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

accounts, she was acting immorally.

put, no one could accuse her of any

with that thought, Melvin stood up.

him stride out, and the front door opened moments later.

Willow’s voice carried a note of disbelief, “Were you really

Melvin didn’t respond.

Ursula burst into Jocelyn’s room. “Holy smokes… were you really here? What the

swung her legs out of bed and stood up, twirling

there’s no way Melvin would be

pulling on her jacket and fixing

to. Did Melvin do that on purpose, leaving at that moment? Doesn’t he care about your reputation?”

leaving

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

headed out to hike together.

Melvin’s expression was

got a boyfriend now,” Willow brought him a cup of coffee. She saw all the