Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 46

When I saw Cecilia at the office the next day, the poor girl was as pale as a ghost, with dark. circles under her eyes like she hadn’t slept in a week.

She was naturally on the petite side, with fair skin, but right then, she looked like a frostbitten white rose, all frail and sickly, pitiful as can be.

Wallis stumbled upon Cecilia’s Facebook update and screenshotted it to me.

A lonely silhouette shot with the caption, [Your understanding is just because no one cares about you, right?]

Wallis, with that gossip–hungry look, was like, “Bet they had a lovers‘ tiff, huh?”

It got me wondering too.

I mean, Cecilia and Hogan hadn’t been an item for that long.

I started to think it might have to do with the love bite on my neck.

Cecilia was in that sorry state until the afternoon.

Just as Wallis was about to ask me if we should go and cheer Cecilia up, the studio door swung

open.

In came Hogan, with afternoon tea in hand.

Everyone greeted him like it was no big deal, and he just nodded hastily before making a beeline for Cecilia’s office, looked pretty urgent.

“Hogan, what brings you here all of a sudden?”

Hogan handed her a cup of hot milk and said, “Drink it while it’s hot.”

Cecilia replied weakly, “It’s just that time of the month, Hogan. You’re making a mountain out of

a molehill.”

office door wasn’t closed properly, so their

out, it was that time of

went up to chit–chat with Hogan, and Cecilia, looking all wan and feeble,

to me, she said affectionately, “Xaviera, there’s only hot milk

stuff was not really my

replied while tapping away at my code, “I’m not much for sweets, keep it for yourself.”

said that than, out of the blue, “Splash!” A warm cup of

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laptop!

of liquid poured all over my keyboard, drenched my fingertips.

the time I came to

too late.

a few sputtering sounds, my laptop screen went

wanted to…” Her delicate

involuntarily rising a notch, “Even kids know electronics and water

hard drive was packed with

me, a laptop

just couldn’t hold back

breaking, her eyes rimmed

commotion caught everyone’s

still

over and, seeing Cecilia’s

in

lowered, and

her

head down and then sheepishly glanced at me, “Xaviera,

was at a loss