The Unwilling CEO’s Love Game

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.

on, don’t put on an act for me. You’ve been off since you came back from the hike, and with him leaving overnight if there’s nothing going on,

nothing going

you really okay?” Ursula had a hunch that Jocelyn’s

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

that Jocelyn didn’t want to talk, Ursula dropped the subject.

as Jocelyn wasn’t falling apart,

back to her room.

next few days were light on lessons, with occasional

Jocelyn and Ursula prepared to

came to see them off, filling Ursula’s

left, Yuri approached Jocelyn. “Hey, Jocelyn, Melvin left in such a rush, I didn’t get to see him off. Could you tell him when I’m of age, I’d like to

blinked. “Didn’t you take his number?”

forgot to take the note out Lost

“If possible, keep learning as much as you can. Education isn’t the only way forward, but it won’t hurt to have some knowledge when you head

I start working in the city, I’ll treat you, Melvin,

at that, i’m included too.”

all been so kind to our village. Grandma said we must repay

your grandma. Things will get better,

Yun nodded vigorously.

goodbye to everyone, Jocelyn and Ursula

Chapter 147

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

it up, Ursula said “Uriah

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

“Yeah

any plans before

my aunt and uncle with my parents. How about you?”

on a blind date, so

to the city just in

Ursula to stay for a meal. But her parents called her home, so

gifts, Calvin and Daisy carried them upstairs and quizzed Jocelyn on her

after a nap, Jocelyn found Calvin

“Where’s Dad?”

TV. “Oh, I forgot to tell you. Your dad’s company had a raffle, and he won the first prize-a whopping twenty