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.

open a pink kitty avatar and ask

avatar in the company group; it was

realized Hogan’s ‘on my

just happened to live right above

the palm of my hand and silently got

just a

phone in my palm rang again,

with rare impatience came through, “Xaviera, are

stunned, “I’m

all-nighters these past

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he was probably worried

during dinner and the handbag he’d given me earlier, my feelings

such a friend looking out

free tomorrow night?

“Huh?”

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

too.”

night,” Darren said eagerly, “finish up and send me a message, I’ll

afternoon, Darren arrived at the studio as promised.

casual pants, and white sneakers, he looked relaxed

carrying a

that I was still coding, he confidently headed to the pantry with