MY EX WANTS ME BACK? NOT A CHANCE! のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 31 - チャプター 40

DANIEL’s POV That asshole. I knew he was doing that to try to annoy me but fortunately for him, I wasn’t in the mood to deal with him. I would when I was ready and by the time I was done with him, the next time he saw me anywhere, his first instinct would be to run away and pray I did not see him. I smiled and drank the rest of my champagne as well, not taking my eyes from him. He turned away first when his girlfriend, or rather, fiancée came to meet him. Her engagement ring had been the first thing I’d noticed when she had been talking with Jocelyn and in hindsight, that was perhaps the reason Jocelyn was behaving unreasonably. Unfortunately though, I couldn’t relate to her because there was no way I would ever allow myself to feel any emotion as ridiculous as love. Desire was more than enough. Emotions only made you weak, and I refused to be weak again. Besides, it was stupid that Jocelyn was still obviously affected by whatever Ethan and her cousin did. After what they had

JOCELYN’s POV“May I have this dance?” Marcus asked beside me as I surveyed the fruit trays at the buffet stand and I smiled at him and shook my head.“Are you leaving your date partnerless to dance with me?” I asked, glancing around to see Vivian laughing with a group of people. As the night had deepened, I’d realized that Vivian wasn’t just somebody that came as Marcus’date. From her interactions with other people, it was clear this kind of event wasn’t her first rodeo.“What are you talking about? My date left me first.” He replied, and I laughed, grabbing a plate and filling it with different fruits.”“You sound like you’re whining. Why not go and network with her?” I said, popping a piece of apple into my mouth. Delicious.He studied me and I looked at him, cocking my head. “Is there a problem?” I asked and he shook his head.“No. I just thought… you know… With the way you two got married…” He stuttered, and I narrowed my eyes at him, dropping my plate.“Why are you stuttering? W

JOCELYN’s POVI ran up the stairs and into my room, slamming the door behind me and standing behind it, panting heavily. What was wrong with me?I ruffled my hair and went to my bed, falling face first and groaning into the sheets. I turned over and faced the ceiling. Where had everything actually gone wrong? My brain was so overwhelmed, I didn’t even know what to start thinking of first. And if I refused to try to think about it and bring it into perspective, it would just fester. The anxiety that had started the moment I’d heard Ethan and Clarissa talking about their plan for my company would just go wrong.I pounded my fist on the bed for a while trying to let out the indescribable feelings before doing something I used to but stopped when Ethan came into my life, journaling. From the moment I’d entered therapy after my parents' death till I’d healed a little after three years, I’d kept a daily journal. That had been one of the main things that had kept me from falling off a cliff,

JOCELYN’s POVI closed the meeting room door behind me and looked at the faces of the heads and representatives of all the teams involved in the fashion show preparation. It was obvious from their expressions that I had interrupted their conversation, or better put, gossip. I ignored them and went to have my seat.As of today, we had a month left till the fashion show, but because of the so many things that were going on in my life, I’d been unable to meet them all like this physically. So, we’d been settling with emails of the updates.“Good morning everyone. As you all know, the fashion show is very close, and we still have a lot of things to finalize. For now though, I would like us to talk about our schedule and where we need to put more effort.” I opened the document in front of me and flipped it until I got to the show checklist.“How are we doing on the sketches? Production have started right?” I asked then noticed Clarissa’s absence.“Where’s Miss Campbell. Isn’t she meant to

JOCELYN’s POVDarius, the logistics head cleared his throat. “No matter how much or hard we work, I don’t think it will be possible for this show to hold next month. There are things that just cannot work. There are currently shipping delays, we have two key materials stuck in custom and I don’t think they’ll be released on time enough to get the work done. The fact that none of the rehearsal venues we use are available is also a problem. I don’t see the problem with us postponing it, after all the invitation hasn’t been sent yet.”“None of your excuses sound unfixable. Does anybody have something else to say?” I responded, barely restraining myself from rolling my eyes. What a series of excuses.Vivienne, the VIP and Guest relation head started talking. “Right now, it looks like you’re suggesting we work ourselves to the bone for something that won’t end up working. Is this because you’re that passionate about the show or is this because your position has been threatened if something