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.

gave her a knowing look. “Come on, don’t put on an act for me. You’ve been off since you came back from

shrugged. “There’s nothing going on between us.”

had a hunch

fine. We’ll be back in a few days. Let’s focus on catching up with the lessons.”

that Jocelyn didn’t want to talk, Ursula

Jocelyn wasn’t falling apart, she could

back to her

days were light on lessons, with

later, Jocelyn and Ursula prepared

off, filling Ursula’s car to the brim

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

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

take the note out Lost the number,” Yuri spoke in a low

the only way forward, but it won’t hurt to have some knowledge when you head to the big city.”

same. Don’t worry, Jocelyn, I’ll hit the books.” Yuri smiled earnestly “When I start working in the city, I’ll treat

teased, ‘Look at that, i’m

all been so kind to our village. Grandma said we

of yourself and your grandma. Things will get better,

Yun nodded vigorously.

and Ursula headed

Chapter 147

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

much better once they fix it up, Ursula said “Uriah mentioned they’ll start right after the holiday.”

window, watching as the houses became sparse and the road wound between towering mountains. With such stunning scenery and pure air, she was relaxed.

“Yeah

soon. Got any plans before

might need to visit my aunt and uncle with my parents. How about you?”

on a blind date,

made it back to the city just in time for

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

and quizzed Jocelyn on her village

after a nap, Jocelyn found

“Where’s Dad?”

his chess 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