Echoes of Unrequited Love
Chapter 38
Chapter 38
I wanted to crawl into a hole and die.
“Sorry.” I said to Darren beside me, fiddling with a water bottle, mortified. “I’m usually not such a lightweight.”
Darren’s eyes crinkled with a smile, but there was a teasing lilt in his voice, “Maybe the driver drives in a terrible way.”
Great, now I felt even more embarrassed.
Back in the car, Darren pointed at the wristband in my hand and casually mentioned, “It’s dirty.” I retracted my left hand nervously, staying mum.
He was just giving me a heads–up, but what he didn’t know was the gnarly scar hidden beneath the wristband.
Dirty, he got that right.
I thought to myself, dejected, it’d been dirty for a long time.
Half an hour later, at my request, the sedan stopped at the entrance to my complex.
I thanked Darren and turned to leave when suddenly a jacket landed on my shoulders.
In an instant, the subtle scent of ambergris filled my nose, accompanied by Darren’s gentle voice in my ear, “It’s chilly with the night dew, take it slow.”
The booze had hit me and the breeze made me shiver, so I didn’t refuse the offer.
I staggered down to my building, and before I could step inside, I heard Cecilia’s sweet and sticky voice.
just too nervous today, didn’t
self–blame was
respond, “No rush, practice makes perfect, you
deep, raspy voice, with its honest inflection, was really comforting.
Cecilia’s Hogan,
eavesdrop any longer and headed to the staircase
I heard Cecilia ask, “Aren’t you coming up, Hogan?”
the bright
moonlight, it was perfect for lovebirds to whisper sweet nothings
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thank, because that night. I actually slept like a
so that I didn’t notice Hogan’s call until
ten, not long
temples, out of politeness, I sent him WhatsApp
Zade, what’s up?)
to reply instantly with [Wrong number.]
I knew it.
the message and
Hogan had sent a dry line [Ms. March, you seem
back, [Still got a ways to go compared to a time master ke you Mr. Zade.]
reply
went dead.
to get ready for work, and as my eyes swept over
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