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.

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

shrugged. “There’s nothing going on

a hunch

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

didn’t want to talk, Ursula dropped

as Jocelyn wasn’t falling apart, she

back to her room.

light on lessons, with occasional

Jocelyn and Ursula prepared to return

filling Ursula’s

such a rush, I didn’t get to see him

blinked. “Didn’t you take

forgot to take the note out Lost

keep learning as much as you can. Education isn’t the only way forward, but

“When I start working in the city,

‘Look at that,

and bowed his head. “You’ve all been so kind to our

about repaying us. Take care of yourself and your grandma. Things

Yun nodded vigorously.

goodbye to everyone, Jocelyn and

Chapter 147

knew it well

it up, Ursula said “Uriah

sparse and the road wound between towering mountains. With such stunning scenery and pure

“Yeah

starting soon. Got any plans before

my aunt and uncle

on a blind date, so I’ll see if I should

city

meal. But her parents called her home, so

and Daisy carried them upstairs and quizzed

a nap, Jocelyn found Calvin

“Where’s Dad?”

TV. “Oh, I forgot to tell you. Your dad’s company had a raffle,

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