Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 24

Chapter 24

The sign for the Tech Department was being taken down right under my nose, bit by bit.

That was when Cecilia popped out of the break room, a steaming cup of coffee in her hands. and greeted me with a smile.

Then she added, “Oh hey, Xaviera, I’ve started a work group chat. Hit me up on WhatsApp, and

I’ll add you in.”

She spoke with the same tone as before, but I caught a glint of willfulness in her eyes.

I got it.

Being pampered by a guy like Hogan, which woman wouldn’t be a bit loopy?

Joining the group chat was to be expected.

With an attitude of “less fuss is better, I cooperated sincerely.

To my surprise, Hogan was also in the chat.

His profile picture, followed by Cecilia’s, gave off a vibe like he was the boss and she was his doting wife.

It seemed that the investment banking gig wasn’t as hectic as I thought.

I closed the chat nonchalantly and got back to coding for real.

popped up in the group, courtesy of Cecilia.

data and politely informed everyone that our work updates would shift from

bit ahead of herself, giving

it. Who knows, maybe he’ll bump up the

been with me for over

that because

like this, and Cecilia’s move

line of data when she was poking around the back–end later that

any idea how much work we put into that over the past month? One click from you

piece of code might seem

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whole framework crashing down.

to see if there was anything I could. help with.”

you just be

might have crossed the line

like she

it hammer and tongs, then chimed in calmly. “Arguing won’t fix

paused, her face flushed

hesitated for a

If tears were any help, I bet we could

the peace in the team, I went downstairs with Jack to

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