Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Hilary and I went up to greet him at the same time.

“Didn’t you say you’ll stay for several days?” she asked, taking the rolling suitcase from Hogan’s hand. “Have you eaten?”

His piercing eyes suddenly landed on my face, and Hogan frowned. “Why is she here?”

The disdain in his voice couldn’t be more obvious.

It seemed that he was about to show me the door.

“Xaviera was invited over by me.” Hilary defended firmly. “Be nice.”

Hogan glanced at the red wine on the table, his frown deepening. “Drinking again?”

Clearly not pleased.

I admitted casually. “Just had a bit with Mrs. Hilary.”

Hogan’s face turned to steel a look demanding an explanation.

Hilary couldn’t stand it said soothingly. “Come on, it’s just a minor slip–up at work, isn’t it? Is it really such a big deal?”

She thought the beef between Hogan and me had to do with work

But Hogan, smart cookie that he was, smelled a rat from just one sentence and scoffed coldly. “Now you’ve started snitching too?”

“Xaviera didn’t say anything, it’s my guess.” Hilary cut in standing up for me with a glare at Hogan, “Now that it’s out in the open, let’s just put it behind us.”

Hogan kept at it. “Encouraging subordinates to badmouth others, shouldn’t there be a lesson?”

Just a few fair words from me, and in Hogan’s eyes, I was stirring up the troops.

I bowed my head, forcefully swallowing the discomfort in my heart..

But Hilary caught the crux of the matter, incredulous. “The “others you’re talking about, you don’t mean Ms. Irwin, do you?”

Hogan paused for a moment.

Not my fault, he’s the one who let it slip.

no time, Hilary switched into lecture

of place, so I carefully said, “Mrs. Hilary, Mr. Zade,

subsided, and pointing at Hogan she said. “It’s

out.”

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thorough, must’ve called

hint. “Yes, it’s

that, I left.

steady

aftereffects of the

ride, but this was the

trudging forward with

difference between day and night in Rivertown was huge, and the chilly night breeze was freely invading my collar,

Cecilia mentioned over the phone and,

Alone.

behind, and I stopped, puzzled, only to see

window slowly rolled down, revealing the man’s sharply carved profile.

structure, smooth facial

of that icy,

memony.

“Get in

actually spoke

finally come

hands gripping the

pale, just like Hogan’s hands.

the snowy mountains nice?”

did you drink?”

was beside the

then heard Hogan

closed my eyes, took a deep

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Chapter 5

your goals through

right or not.”

so he

anything from him.

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