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.
a
down and replied, “Melvin is fine, sir.”
he naturally hoped his daughter
as a father, he wasn’t keen on
no other than Melvin. A man they’d never seen in all that
like fear of
wasn’t love. It
Harrison had never been an item. They had tried, but there was no spark
really are…” Daisy was at a
him,” Jocelyn stated firmly, “I want to be with him, to marry him.”
in frustration, taking a moment before asking, “And him? Does he love you? Does he want to marry you? Don’t tell me he does. If he really wanted to, he wouldn’t have made you wait for over three years, nor would he have
his reasons,” Jocelyn defended Melvin, “Besides, isn’t he here
missing my point. If a man truly wants to
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 think about it, his previous visits might have been for you. But look at your father. He’s been tiptoeing around him, afraid of offending
not right for each other. I don’t approve of your
resistance,
I love, and we plan to marry, why don’t you approve? Yes, he runs a big
I’ve been with him for years, and I know
what kind of
paused, “He’s hardworking, ambitious, and he has a big heart. He supports charities and does. good deeds. Isn’t that the
good,” Daisy said seriously, “But that’s not the
“Mom…”
know is, does he treat you well?” Daisy
eagerly,
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