The Unwilling CEO’s Love Game

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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.

act for me. You’ve been off since you came back from the hike, and

shrugged. “There’s nothing going on

Ursula had a hunch

in a few days. Let’s focus on catching up with the lessons.”

to talk, Ursula dropped

falling apart, she could

back to

were light on lessons, with occasional tutoring for the

prepared to return

villagers came to see them off, filling Ursula’s car to the

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

blinked. “Didn’t you take his

and forgot to take the note out Lost the number,” Yuri spoke in

learning as much as you can. Education isn’t the only

Jocelyn, I’ll hit the books.” Yuri smiled earnestly “When I start working

‘Look at that, i’m

“You’ve all been so kind to

repaying us. Take care of yourself and your grandma. Things will get better, Jocelyn encouraged

Yun nodded vigorously.

Jocelyn and Ursula headed back to the

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knew it well by now. It didn’t seem so

much better once they fix it up, Ursula said “Uriah

road wound between towering mountains. With such stunning

“Yeah

any plans before then?”

my aunt and uncle with my

mom set me up on a blind date,

back to the city just

Ursula to stay for a meal. But her parents called

Daisy carried them upstairs and quizzed Jocelyn on her village life until the meal ended, with conversation

a nap, Jocelyn found

“Where’s Dad?”

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

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