Echoes of Unrequited Love
Chapter 23
Chapter 23
With a “ding.” Hogan’s glass suddenly landed on the table, making a crisp sound. I couldn’t tell if it was on purpose or not.
He gave me a casual glance, grabbed his glass, tapped it on the table, and downed it in one go. Pretty decisive.
I pretended to take a sip of my juice, too.
The scene looked like everyone was having a blast, but the vibe was kinda stiff, for some
reason.
I felt like a total jerk, stirring up trouble at someone else’s birthday bash–definitely not cool.
Clueless Jack, just there for the grub, didn’t pick up on it and, loving a good show, said, “Darren, Xaviera’s laid it out for ya, aren’t you gonna respond?”
Great, now it was even more awkward.
I wished I could just vanish into thin air.
Thank goodness Darren’s got social smarts. Holding his glass, he said, “Xaviera, you’ve given me such high praise, I should definitely return the toast.”
His voice was teasing, a playful twinkle in his eye as he gave me a secret wink.
At his cue, I reluctantly raised my glass.
That warmed things up a bit.
We
were at the meal for over an hour.
+
left the restaurant, Hogan’s car was already waiting by the curb.
car and helped a tipsy
head out the window and asked. “Xaviera, wanna join
smiled and declined.
a third wheel,
subway ride
Darren take you,” Jack said when he heard I was hitting the subway, “It’s
Darren, cheeks flushed, and
university’s put me up in a
1/3
Chapter 23
tell if he was
was so out
a key card from his briefcase and said, “Believe me
subway with this slightly buzzed
end, he even walked me to
antics at the
had a great
was totally
Science Department’s pride
familiar, sending a little tremor through my
I sat silently by the window, pondering
of
phone’s dark screen flickered
was a friend request from Hogan, with a question
for two seconds, then locked the screen and
[HOT]Read novel Echoes of Unrequited Love Chapter 23
Novel Echoes of Unrequited Love has been published to Chapter 23 with new, unexpected details. It can be said that the author Hogan Zade invested in the Echoes of Unrequited Love is too heartfelt. After reading Chapter 23, I left my sad, but gentle but very deep. Let's read now Chapter 23 and the next chapters of Echoes of Unrequited Love series at Good Novel Online now.