Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 11

As soon as I got close, I could spot the displeasure in Hogan’s eyes in a heartbeat.

“Ms. March, care to explain?”

He sure was acting all by–the–book.

Cecilia beat me to the punch and said, “Hogan, it’s not Xaviera’s fault, I’m just a bit of a klutz.”

The girl finished talking and then put on a guilty face.

“Go wait for me in the car,” Hogan said with a soothing tone, clearly trying to calm her down.

Cecilia glanced at me right away, as if she was asking for my opinion.

I couldn’t help but laugh and cry at the same time.

With her sugar daddy here, why the heck would she care about my reaction?

Seeing her still standing there, Hogan spoke again, “Be a good girl.”

Only then did Cecilia obediently pack up her things and leave.

After a little while, I was summoned into Cecilia’s office by Hogan.

He was standing with his back to me, but his gaze was roaming all over the office, finally landing on my face. He asked, “Still haven’t gotten the air purifier?”

He was really sweating the small stuff.

deep voice. “The store said they’ll deliver it tomorrow.”

didn’t jump right into a response. His long fingers were lightly tapping on the desk, and after a moment, he said, “Cecilia isn’t you. She barely made it into N University. Don’t be too harsh

Harsh.

write a simple piece of front–end code, it was considered harsh in Hogan’s book.

the cash cow after all.

for a couple of seconds, then asked sensibly, “So, Mr. Zade, what do you suggest

mine, and he

when I realized that this was what it looked like when

pain rushed through my chest as I heard myself say,

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Zade.”

around, and seeing

“Nope.”

pale then? Want me to take you to the

him off, “Probably just hungry, you head out

looking like he wanted to say

when Hogan

“Really, I’m fine. Go get some rest.”

did Jack

up my computer, but the code I

of the past wrapped around my heart like vines in the

over two thousand days and nights… maybe in Hogan’s eyes, these weren’t

all night and spent time meticulously breaking down the entire front and back end

the build could be done in