Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 30

Sure enough, having someone to back you up really makes a difference.

“Xaviera, hang here for a sec, I’ll be right back,” Cecilia said politely as she reminded me while standing at the reception desk.

And just like that, she breezed Into Hogan’s office like it was her second home.

All I could do was wait.

But I didn’t expect that this wait would turn into over an hour.

Cecilia still hadn’t reappeared.

“Why are you hanging around here, Mrs. Zade?” I looked up to see Zachary, with a stack of papers in his hands, standing in front of me, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

“Assistant Zachary,” I took a deep breath and asked, “Is Mr. Zade still tied up?”

“Nah, just one meeting this afternoon, the one with you, Mrs. Zade” Zachary said, glancing at Hogan’s office door before kindly offering. “I’ll go check it out.”

“Hold your horses, no rush,” I stopped him, saying, “And hey, from now on, just call me by my

name.”

He probably didn’t know yet that Mrs. Zade had flown the coop.

Zachary paused, gave the office door a couple of glances, sighed, and said, “Mrs. I mean, Xaviera, don’t be mad.”

Before he could finish, the office door swung open, and Cecilia glanced at Zachary without a ripple of emotion, then turned to me and said, “Xaviera, come on in.”

Her voice was neither here nor there.

done, I glanced at Hogan, who was sitting straight

smiling, her eyes curved with joy, obviously in a good

felt like a third wheel.

no objections, I’ll take

keen on playing the gooseberry.

the usually silent Cecilia piped up. “Xaviera, I have a suggestion.

say. “You’re one of the project leads. It’s your

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as if waiting for my response.

I said, all

and, well I feel the color saturation isn’t quite there.” Cecilia began, glancing at Hogan, “Our

being in love.

words silently, asking, “What kind of feeling are you

Irwin?”

as if she had more

I had somehow

and said gently, “Director Irwin, I’m just talking

voice softening. “Ms. March isn’t stubborn for the sake of it, and besides, I’m here, aren’t I?”

thought, “Am I supposed to thank him for that?”

I think a pink main color scheme would be

added, looking at

a light aqua blue.

idea was to keep it bright and fresh, offering players

experience.

Cecilia felt it lacked that romantic

what’s

the current interface is fine, but Mr. Zade, if you insist on making changes, we can

far as I was willing to

project manager, I had to