Echoes of Unrequited Love

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.

first message popped up in

share some code data and politely informed everyone that our work updates

she getting a bit ahead of herself,

isn’t complaining, let’s just roll with it. Who knows, maybe he’ll bump

shot me a thumbs up, [You’ve been with me for over a year now, your game

replied, Isn’t that because

this, and Cecilia’s

was Cecilia accidentally deleting a line of data when she was poking around the back–end later

how much work we put into that

code might seem trivial, but one mistake could

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framework crashing

“I didn’t mean to, I just wanted to see if

you just

have crossed

up, looking like she was about

watched them go at it hammer and tongs, then chimed in

face flushed

for a moment.

the ones who should be crying, okay? If tears were any help, I bet we

in the team, I went downstairs with Jack to look for