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.

a deep voice. “The store

response. His long fingers were lightly tapping on the desk, and after a moment,

Harsh.

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

cash

paused for a couple of seconds, then asked sensibly, “So, Mr. Zade, what do you suggest should do when assigning tasks to Ms.

gaze clashing with mine, and he said seriously, “I don’t want to see

conscience, underpinned by his firm stare, and that was when I realized that

pang of pain rushed through my chest as I heard myself say, “I’ll follow your lead, Mr.

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Zade.”

still around, and seeing me motionless at my desk, he asked

“Nope.”

pale then? Want me

off, “Probably just hungry, you

he wanted to say

was there, sitting in the corner when Hogan and I were having our standoff.

added, “Really, I’m

did Jack leave.

moment, then quietly started up my computer, but

the

nights… maybe in Hogan’s eyes, these weren’t even in the same league as

time meticulously breaking down the entire front and back

build could be done