Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 20

Chapter 20

Before I even finished talking. Cecilia across from me suddenly stood up, staring past me, and stuttered. “Hogan.”

Her eyes were getting even redder as she spoke.

Hogan quickly moved to Cecilia’s side in just a couple of strides, shielding her with his body. and demanded, “What the heck have you two said to her?”

He said “you two.”

That included me too.

When Hogan spoke, a vein on his forehead was throbbing.

He was clearly peeved.

For someone as usually cool as a cucumber like him, this was a rare loss of control, especially with Hilary standing right there.

In my memory, those two, mother and son, had never had a heated argument.

But now, for Cecilia’s sake, even his tone with Hilary had an edge to it.

Hilary seemed blindsided by how things had escalated, pointing at Hogan and saying, “I’m doing this for you, don’t you know that?”

After saying that, she stormed out with tears in her eyes.

Just as I was about to follow, I heard Hogan say, “In a rush to brown–nose?”

in my tracks, torn between

the side, spoke up, “Hogan, you’ve got it all wrong, it’s not Xaviera’s fault, I accidentally

a skeptical look,

my hands dirty in this mess.

a while, I said, “I’m heading back to

let Hogan give you a

a smile, “Nah, it’s out of his

me. After this afternoon’s drama, I figured my

I had

Wallis wasn’t

Chapter 20

ping of a notification snapped me

lo and

tempting digits, my lips

I call him nuts, or commend him for knowing the score?

hesitating, a message caught my eye. [Tough day, compensation.]

words, no emotion to be read.

money without a second thought, pondering whether I’d

with a Midas touch. He’d never let me get the upper

a moment’s thought. I putled up my friends

I felt

“Xaviera, what time are you heading

was clueless. “Heading

off, he added in surprise. “He hasn’t

it, which was normal since we weren’t that close.

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