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 his

himself to a dog?

she shouldn’t say anything more.

when words

scoffed, “Are

her eyes and

her want to explain everything. But what

was both

“Melvin!”

from outside broke the tension.

breathed a sigh of relief

you here? Willow shouted

remained seated. His eyes looked

was clearly intentional

Melvin Melvin stared back at her.

Chapter 148

Willow called again.

a breath, about to respond.

find Melvin in her room. It would

the truth, but

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

Jocelyn dared

She’s sleeping, came Ursula’s voice from outside.

to the voices beyond

“I’m looking

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

all accounts, she was acting immorally.

Melvin stayed put, no one

comforted herself with that

out, and the front door

carried a note of disbelief, “Were you

Melvin didn’t respond.

Jocelyn’s room. “Holy smokes… were you really

her legs out of bed and stood up, twirling in front of Ursula.

just told that woman there’s no way Melvin would be

immoral,” Jocelyn finished for her, pulling on her jacket and fixing her hair. “I heard.”

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

Melvin being seen leaving her room.

of love,” Jocelyn said, opening the door to gaze out at the lush mountains and clear blue sky. “I need to let myself

Ursula headed out to hike together.

retreating figures, Melvin’s expression was unfathomable.

brought him a cup of coffee. She saw all the emotions playing