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.

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

shrugged. “There’s nothing going on between

hunch that Jocelyn’s calm was a

fine. We’ll be back in a few days. Let’s focus on catching

Jocelyn didn’t want to

apart, she could weather

back to her

next few days were light on

Jocelyn and Ursula prepared to return to the

filling Ursula’s

to see him off. Could

“Didn’t you take his

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

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

the books.” Yuri smiled earnestly “When I start working in the city, I’ll treat you, Melvin, and Ursula to

teased, ‘Look at that, i’m

kind to our

yourself and your grandma. Things will

Yun nodded vigorously.

to everyone, Jocelyn and Ursula headed back to

Chapter 147

it well by

up, Ursula said “Uriah mentioned they’ll

gazed out the window, watching as the houses became sparse and the road wound between

“Yeah

any plans before

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

My mom set me up on a blind date, so I’ll see if

to the city just

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

carried them upstairs and quizzed Jocelyn on

afternoon, after a nap, Jocelyn

“Where’s Dad?”

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

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