The Unwilling CEO’s Love Game

Chatper 147

Chapter 147

Melvin’s words seemed to stick in his throat, unspoken.

Jocelyn’s heart, which she had painstakingly patched together, shattered once again.

She forced a smile, “It’s okay, I understand. Rest up. I’m off.”

This time, she left without any hesitation.

It was her own fault, really. Too confident of herself.

Words unspoken for more than three years were likely to be blurted out just out of impulse.

And now, not even that impulse seemed worth it.

Hope is for dreaming, not necessarily for achieving.

Jocelyn went back to shelling peanuts with the villagers, listening in as they gossiped. She didn’t think about Melvin anymore. She wouldn’t

As dusk settled, a beam of headlights illuminated the village hall.

Uriah came in a run, “Mr. Martinez has headed back to the city.”

Jocelyn paused in her shelling, just as Ursula came in and mentioned, “Willow left with him.”

Jocelyn just smiled. “Good for them. A bit of peace returns to the village finally.”

After dinner, Jocelyn caught up with her parents over a video chat. Afterward, Harrison called, saying he’d been driving non-stop and was only a few hundred miles from home.

Jocelyn thought he was driving too fast.

Harrison didn’t ask about Melvin or Willow. They chatted idly for a while before hanging up.

“Are you okay?” Ursula asked her.

“What do you mean?” Jocelyn fiddled with her phone, looking puzzled.

don’t put on an act for me. You’ve been off since you came back from

“There’s nothing going on between

okay?” Ursula had a hunch

back in a few days. Let’s focus on catching up

to talk, Ursula

as Jocelyn wasn’t falling apart, she could weather the

back to her room.

few days were light on lessons, with occasional tutoring for

prepared to

came to see them off, filling

Melvin left in such a rush, I didn’t get to see him off. Could you

you take

the note out Lost the number,”

only

Don’t worry, Jocelyn, I’ll hit the books.” Yuri smiled earnestly “When I start

teased, ‘Look at that, i’m included too.”

been so kind to our village. Grandma said

Take care of yourself and your grandma. Things will get better,

Yun nodded vigorously.

goodbye to everyone, Jocelyn and Ursula headed back to

Chapter 147

well

road will be much better once they fix it up, Ursula said

watching as the houses became sparse and the road wound between towering mountains. With such stunning scenery and pure

“Yeah

any plans before then?”

might need to visit my aunt and uncle with

me up on a blind date, so I’ll see if I should go or

it back to the city just in

stay for a meal. But her parents called her home, so she didn’t stick

and quizzed Jocelyn on her village life until the meal ended, with conversation

nap,

“Where’s Dad?”

sitting in front of the TV. “Oh, I forgot to tell you. Your dad’s company had a raffle, and he won the first

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