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?”

my tracks, torn between laughter

up, “Hogan, you’ve got it all wrong, it’s

a skeptical look,

getting my hands dirty in

said, “I’m heading

give

declined with a smile, “Nah, it’s out of

After this afternoon’s drama, I figured my cover as the ‘ex‘ was pretty much

on Cecilia, I had this nagging feeling

hope Wallis wasn’t

Chapter 20

of a notification snapped me out

it and, lo and behold, another

at those tempting digits, my

or commend him for knowing the

a message caught my eye.

emotion to be

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

finance whiz–kid with a Midas touch. He’d never

up my friends list and hit

at my phone balance, I felt a wave of relief.

me and asked, “Xaviera, what time are you heading out

“Heading

said, then realizing something was off,

it, which was normal since

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