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,

to the side, spoke up, “Hogan, you’ve got it all wrong,

a

bad for getting my hands dirty in this

said, “I’m heading back to the office.”

Hogan give

a smile, “Nah, it’s

bothered me. After

on Cecilia, I had this nagging feeling that

Wallis wasn’t right.

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notification snapped me out of

it and, lo and behold, another

stared at those tempting digits, my lips

or commend him for knowing

message caught my eye. [Tough day,

no emotion

whether I’d stumbled upon a new money–making scheme, but quickly scrapped that

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

up my friends

at my phone balance, I felt a wave

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

clueless. “Heading out

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

mentioned it, which was normal since we weren’t that

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