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 whole

it was that time of the

up to chit–chat with Hogan, and

“Xaviera, there’s only hot

not really my jam.

away at my code, “I’m not

of the blue, “Splash!” A warm cup of milk slammed onto

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laptop!

off and a flood of

By the time I came to and reached for a tissue,

too late.

my

I’m so sorry, I just wanted to…” Her delicate voice was

voice involuntarily rising a

was packed with vital files.

a coder like me, a laptop was our

just couldn’t hold back anymore.

Cecilia’s sobbing voice was breaking, her eyes rimmed red, “I

commotion caught everyone’s attention.

was still talking to

walked over and, seeing Cecilia’s tear–stained

in milk, blurted out, “Who the

that, Cecilia’s eyes lowered, and she

gasped and covered her mouth, “Sorry,

then sheepishly glanced at me, “Xaviera, scold me

a loss for

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