Chapter 160
As Jocelyn led Melvin upstairs, her heart was anything but light. All she could think about was that he’d agreed to meet her parents as her boyfriend, and that made her happy. But she’d forgotten one critical piece – whether her parents would share in her joy.
Standing at the door, she took a deep breath and glanced back at Melvin.
Melvin had composed himself. He encouraged her to knock.
She tapped on the door. It took a while for Daisy to come and open it. She wanted to smile but couldn’t when she saw Melvin, “Mr. Martinez.”
“Mom,” Jocelyn lingered on the doorstep, hesitant to enter.
Daisy eyed them both, “Come in.”
Melvin strode in quite naturally with his hand still entwined with Jocelyn’s. He could feel the shock in Calvin and Daisy’s gaze. “I apologize for the abrupt visit today.”
Calvin’s warmth towards Melvin was no way to find, and the eagerness to please his boss was notably absent this time.
He glanced at their joined hands and simply said to his daughter, “Jocelyn, come here.”
The atmosphere had dropped a few degrees. Jocelyn walked over.
“I’ll talk with her in my room,” Daisy said, pulling her daughter into the bedroom and closing the door behind them.
Calvin and Melvin were left alone in the living room.
Melvin put down his gifts and maintained decorum. This was his first time meeting Jocelyn’s parents as a boyfriend, and it seemed more complicated than he’d anticipated.
Martinez, have a seat,” Calvin said.
and replied, “Melvin is
cup of coffee. As a father, he naturally hoped
keen on the idea of her being with
what he could tell, the man who had dated Jocelyn for over three years was no other than Melvin. A man they’d never seen in all that time. He didn’t believe this
as a boyfriend, it seemed more like fear of
It
been an item. They had tried, but there was no spark between
was at a loss for
stated firmly, “I want to be
me he does. If he really wanted to, he wouldn’t have made you wait for over three years, nor would he have come to
defended Melvin, “Besides, isn’t he here
If a man truly wants to start
long to show up. Tell me, how often has he visited us? And each time, hasn’t he acted all high and mighty? if he truly loved you and wanted to be part of a family with you, wouldn’t he treat your family as his own? Now that I
are not right for each other.
expected some resistance, but
that I’ve brought home the man I love, and we plan to marry, why don’t
him for years, and I
tell me, what kind of man
ambitious, and he has a big heart. He supports charities and
Daisy said seriously, “But that’s not the kind of good I need
“Mom…”
only thing I need to know is, does he treat you well?” Daisy shook her head, “But you haven’t said whether he treats
me well,” Jocelyn replied eagerly,
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