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?”

stopped dead in my tracks, torn between laughter and

you’ve got it all wrong, it’s not Xaviera’s

gave me a

was my bad for getting my hands dirty

I said, “I’m heading

Hogan give you a lift.”

a smile, “Nah, it’s

me. After

I had this nagging feeling that something bad was brewing.

Wallis wasn’t

Chapter 20

ping of a notification snapped me

lo

digits, my lips twitching

nuts, or commend him for

was hesitating, a message caught my

words, no emotion to be

a second thought, pondering whether I’d stumbled upon a new money–making

was the finance whiz–kid with a Midas touch. He’d never let me get the upper

up my friends list and

my phone balance, I felt a wave of

Jack sidled up to me and asked, “Xaviera, what time

was clueless. “Heading out where?”

birthday bash,” Jack said, then realizing something was off, he added in surprise.

mentioned it, which was normal since

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