Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 4

This was definitely rubbing salt into the wound for us, who were already up to our eyeballs in debt.

We had a peaceful afternoon, and Wallis and I gradually came back to our senses, deciding to keep looking for investors.-

At nine in the evening, I dragged myself back to my place, listless. No sooner had I stepped out of the elevator than I spotted someone from a distance.

The hallway was dimly lit, and there was a man leaning against the wall with his arms folded, his expression hidden in the darkness, but a hint of crimson showing at his fingertips.

It was Hogan.

As the motion–sensor light flicked on, Hogan and I locked eyes in the charged air.

The smell of smoke was choking.

I looked at him and said casually. “What a coincidence.”

Hogan didn’t say a word.

I felt an oppressive tension bearing down on me and kept explaining, “We’re already scouting for other financial backers, so Mr. Zade, no worries.”

I wasn’t scared of rubbing Hogan the wrong way, but I had to consider the whole company.

Sure enough, when I put it that way, Hogan’s aggressive aura simmered down a bit.

I didn’t say much more, just reached for the door. But then, I heard Hogan say, “We’ll fund the project.”

My hand froze on the doorknob, and an odd feeling flickered through me.

like he’d already checked out the

But why?

on big projects, and if he wanted to collaborate, he could have just

to ask, but not sure

it wasn’t that simple.

to broach the

up with, “But I have

I knew it.

politely, “Please, Mr. Zade, go ahead.”

a project for her graduation design.

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girl

curled my fingers into a fist, then relaxed, and said. “I’ll

was just a tech stakeholder; I couldn’t reject Hogan’s olive branch

for cash,

composure, gave me a brief glance, and

it usually means the conversation is

smartly went inside without another word.

crouched down, burying my face in my

broke the news to Wallis

dumbstruck for a moment, then quipped, “Even a jerk’s connections

the same time, then I brought up Hogan’s condition. After hearing it, Wallis patted my shoulder, comforting me. “Think about that sprawling 208 square meter apartment, and those male models at the club. We gotta take the

pragmatically. “Can’t let this opportunity

and I went back

the receptionist led us to the CEO’s office on the top

a girl’s crispy laughter. Looking up,