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.
have a seat,”
sit down and
coffee. As a father, he naturally hoped his daughter would find a good match.
wasn’t keen on the idea
was no other than Melvin. A man they’d never seen in all that time. He didn’t believe this was someone ready to commit to a
seemed more like fear of losing
wasn’t love. It
to Daisy that she and Harrison had never been an item. They had tried, but there was no spark
really are…” Daisy was at a
love him,” Jocelyn stated firmly, “I want to be with
love you? Does he want to marry you? Don’t tell me he does. If he really wanted
his reasons,” Jocelyn defended Melvin, “Besides, isn’t
point. If a man truly wants to start a family with you, he wouldn’t
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
two are not right for each other. I don’t approve
resistance, but not this
home the man I love, and we plan to marry, why don’t you approve? Yes, he
her mother’s hands, “Mom, I’ve been with him for years, and I know what kind of man he
kind of
hardworking, ambitious, and he has a big heart. He supports charities
that’s all very good,” Daisy said seriously, “But that’s not the kind of
“Mom…”
to know is, does he treat you well?” Daisy shook her head, “But you haven’t said whether
Jocelyn replied eagerly, “Why else would I be
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