Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 14

The ambiguity finally ended.

My heart pounding against my chest felt like an invisible slap across my face.

I snapped to my senses in a second.

“Your phone is ringing.”

I jolted, shifted slightly, and suddenly noticed something had slid to my feet. Looking down, I saw Hogan’s suit jacket.

I pretended not to notice, fixated on the flashing name on my phone.

It was a call from Darren.

“Aren’t you going to answer?” Hogan reminded me again, his tone neither warm nor cold, “It’s been ringing for a while.”

I gripped my phone tighter, looked out the window, and realized the car had stopped in front of my apartment building.

I said my thanks. “Thanks for tonight, Mr. Zade. Get some rest early.”

“No worries, just on my way.”

His voice was soft, betraying no emotion.

If not for the thunderous beating of my heart, I might have doubted that everything just now was merely my own illusion.

kitty avatar and

seen that avatar in the

Hogan’s ‘on my way‘ was quite

just happened to

pinched the palm of my hand and silently got

just a dream.

in my palm rang

tinged with rare impatience came through,

stunned, “I’m fine,

from Jack that you’ve been pulling all-nighters these

Darren to join the

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I thought he was probably worried I’d work myself to

the message he sent during dinner and the handbag he’d given

rare to have such a friend looking out for

you free tomorrow night?

“Huh?”

felt it was a bit abrupt and corrected myself, “Another day is

too.”

send me a

Darren arrived at the studio as promised.

brown casual pants, and white sneakers, he looked relaxed

was also carrying a

still coding, he confidently headed