Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 55

Wallis had ribbed me before for being a bit too serious.

So I decided to play it cool and said with a smile. “Alright, then I won’t hold back.”

“Professor Yearwood, Xaviera,” a soft, out–of–place voice chimed in. “What a coincidence.”

I turned and instantly spotted Hogan and Cecilia not far away.

Hogan, clutching a stack of research books, stood quietly beside Cecilia, gazing in our direction.

His eyes were deep and mysterious.

A subtle smirk, almost imperceptible, played on his lips.

Cecilia had come to the bookstore hunting for some gaming programming material.

And, needless to say, Hogan was tagging along with his sweetheart to level up.

They’d been browsing the bookstore for a while but hadn’t found the game backend construction guide on their shopping list and were getting antsy.

“Professor Yearwood, are you here to help Xaviera pick books too?” Cecilia fluttered her big eyes at Darren, “Detective novels, huh?”

Darren scratched his head and said, “Just bumped into each other.”

I caught a beam of scrutiny from across the way; lifting my eyes, it was from

pointed at the bookshelf, “Top shelf, second row from the left.”

was clueless, “What?”

book you’re

moments later, she beamed, “Xaviera, you’re awesome.”

and kept

a good seven or eight years. Hogan and I used to hit this place up all the

“Xaviera, thanks a bunch. How about this, let us treat you and Professor

and I was in for a

catch my drift and politely

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the hint, suggested, “The same place

really pushing it.

knew it better than us.

Hogan and asked, “What do you think,

tugging at Hogan’s sleeve, “I wanna try the chef’s

he couldn’t bear to

chimed in cheerfully, “Cool, then let’s go for some mixed

later, the four of us showed up in the

Hogan, decked. out in a suit, looking like a walking bjd, turned quite a

even seemed a tad proud, giggling