The Unwilling CEO’s Love Game

Chapter 154

She lingered at the foot of the apartment building and sat on a bench rather than immediately ascending the

stairs.

Pulling out her cell, she scrolled through Twitter and a tweet from the village assistant, Uriah caught her eye It was good news: their village was getting a road upgrade. The construction team had already scoped out the area and charted out the new route with the goal of having driveways accessible within six months.

The town’s development plan also had an Intriguing proposal – planting apple trees.

Every fall, they’d harvest the apples and arrange for buyers to come directly to purchase the fruits, so that the locals wouldn’t have to sell by themselves.

More importantly, a company proposed to build a processing plant nearby. It promised to provide jobs for many in the area.

Though it was just a plan, it represented a beacon of hope for everyone.

At that moment, Jocelyn felt a surge of respect for Melvin, the man making it happen.

Regardless of his reasons or motivations, his actions spoke volumes, and she couldn’t help but give a thumbs-up to his post before heading upstairs.

The day before the school year kicked off, Harrison invited Jocelyn to dinner.

He had been back in Yanova City for a while but had been too swamped to meet up until now.

After picking her up, he suggested, “How about we invite your parents along?”

Checking the time, Jocelyn replied, “They’ve probably had dinner by now.””

“Just ask.”

“Alright.”

mom, Daisy, who confirmed they’d already eaten and, knowing Harrison was the one who’d invited Jocelyn out, reminded her daughter to enjoy his

liked Harrison, so much that they wished he’d marry her

up for some alone time, huh?” Harrison

mix of frustration and

I didn’t have to consider your feelings, I’d definitely be part of your

planning on being

“My parents are anxious too. They’d probably pay someone

like there are plenty of folks not rushing to marry. It’s

and carrying on the family name.” Harrison understood, “But honestly, I do like the idea of

—

marriage and imagined he’d be a terrific husband and father. His future wife would be happy with him.

talk about it

creating that happiness with me.” Harrison lamented with a

meant but simply responded,

offered a wistful smile,

shown to their reserved table. It was a

to a nearby

entertainment circle, with her sweet

together, the reason for their friendship became clear their similar

unperturbed by guilt, greeted Jocelyn with

boyfriend, I see.” Willow interjected with a pointed look at Harrison. “You two should consider a sequel. I bet lots would love the

said, diplomatically showing her the door. Willow, usually unaccustomed to such rebuffs, was irked but kept her composure. “Sir, you better keep an eye on your girlfriend. After all, she and my boyfriend have some unresolved

felt her chest

could Willow be so

wait, he’s not really your boyfriend, is he?

sarcasm hit a nerve. Willow’s composure slipped and her anger

girlfriend. Willow sometimes claimed the title when out and about, and unless Melvin was present, she rarely corrected misunderstandings. But she dared not when he

with Melvin is none of your business, and not being his girlfriend doesn’t change a thing. He chose to be with me, in the end.” Willow retorted, refusing to concede. “Jocelyn, since you’ve found someone new, please keep your distance from Melvin. You’re a educator, you should understand what ethics are