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 laughter and

up, “Hogan, you’ve got it all wrong, it’s not Xaviera’s fault, I accidentally let something slip.”

gave me a skeptical look, half–believing.

getting my

a while, I said, “I’m heading back to the

give you a lift.”

a smile, “Nah, it’s out of his

After this afternoon’s drama, I figured my cover

Hogan dotes on Cecilia, I had this nagging feeling that something

Wallis

Chapter 20

notification snapped me out of my

checked it and, lo and behold, another

tempting digits,

commend him for knowing the score?

message caught my eye.

no emotion to be read.

without a second thought, pondering whether I’d stumbled upon a new money–making scheme, but quickly scrapped that idea.

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

a moment’s thought. I putled up my friends list and

phone balance, I felt a wave of relief.

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

clueless. “Heading out where?”

realizing something was off, he added in surprise. “He hasn’t told

was normal since we weren’t that

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