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.

her a knowing look. “Come 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, I’ll eat my hat.”

“There’s nothing going on

you really okay?” Ursula had a hunch that

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

want to talk, Ursula dropped the subject.

apart, she could

went back to her

days were light on lessons, with

later, Jocelyn and Ursula prepared to return to

them off, filling Ursula’s car to the

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

blinked. “Didn’t you take

did, but my grandma washed my clothes and forgot to take the note

wrote down Melvin’s number again. “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

“When I start working in the city,

teased, ‘Look at that, i’m included

“You’ve all been so kind to our village. Grandma said

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

Yun nodded vigorously.

Jocelyn and Ursula headed

Chapter 147

knew it well by now. It didn’t

they fix it up, Ursula said “Uriah mentioned they’ll start

watching as the houses became sparse and the road wound between towering mountains.

“Yeah

starting soon. Got any plans before then?”

need to visit my aunt and uncle

on a blind date, so I’ll see if I

it back to the city just in

meal. But her parents called her home, so

and Daisy carried them upstairs and quizzed Jocelyn on her village life until the meal

afternoon, after a nap,

“Where’s Dad?”

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