Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 12

No clue how Hilary got her hands on my digits.

And it was crystal clear that her dinner invite wasn’t just about the food she had got ulterior motives.

What was she fishing for?

Could it be that Hogan hadn’t spilled the beans about Cecilia to her yet?

Whatever it was, I was not keen on getting tangled up in the Zade family drama anymore.

So I said, “Sorry Mrs. Hilary, gotta grind at work tomorrow.”

She probably didn’t see that coming. There was a pause on the line before I heard Hilary start to gripe, “I heard from Hogan that Rainbow Capital’s backing your project. I’ll have to talk to him about not putting too much on your plate.”

Talk about pulling the investor–mom card to pressure me.

I rubbed my temples and relented, “Mrs. Hilary, is tomorrow night okay?”

“Sure thing! I’ll send you the address. Just remember to bring your boyfriend along, okay?”

Boyfriend? Since when?

Oh well, I would cross that bridge when I get to Hilary tomorrow.

up at this

town.

out in fancy decor, and even the waitstaff were dressed to the nines – clearly,

riding high these

private room, the well–kept woman looked at me in surprise, “Why

“He’s busy.”

before she continued, “No worries, Hogan’s still on his way. Let’s order

on the teacup

coming

a probing look, “Xaviera, your

Cecilia to the fam officially.

Chapter 12

“I don’t really cross paths with Mr. Zade much,

was at Rainbow Capital yesterday and

Hogan ordering an expensive cocktail dress from a designer, for a

eyes were fixed on me after she said

you might want to check with Mr. Zade

circus, not my monkeys,

Irwin’s file regular background,

– in Hilary’s book,

I was surprised.