Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 52

Wallis clammed up.

I glanced at the clock and prodded, “The party’s about to kick off, let’s get a move on.”

Wallis rolled her eyes at me. “Do I look like the type to ditch my friends for some eye candy?”

On the way there, she’d filled me in on Honto Abbey’s strict criteria for hiring waitstaff, nearly as picky as a host club scouting for new talent.

All I could do was pout, “Come on, make sure you post it in the group chat. I wanna live vicariously through you!”

Wallis took the hint and didn’t push further.

By 7 PM, the work group chat started buzzing with updates from the party. After skimming through, I set my phone aside.

In the midst of half–sleep, I was roused by a knock at the door.

It was a server from the estate bringing me food.

A three–dish spread with a soup, including my favorite ketchup spaghetti.

Surprised, I asked, “Who ordered this?”

server politely replied, “A

looked down, staying

phone on the table was

over two hundred new messages in the work

colleagues egging on Cecilia to have a

shyly holding up her glass, looked at Hogan with,eyes full of emotion and asked, “Is it okay

Hogan’s face was hidden

glass and whispered something in her

words lost, but Cecilia’s bashful expression told me Hogan must have sweet–talked her.

with the meal?” the server asked cautiously, snapping me out of

after a moment’s thought replied, “Could I get a bottle of red wine? The priciest

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I slept like

next morning. I joined the gang at the

variety of fruits and veggies, and the host was generous, allowing us to eat our fill and take two baskets each when we left.

into the

tried one; they were sweet and juicy,

take a basket back