Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 57

Well, she was the investor’s mommy, wasn’t she?

Right after we hung up, Hilary shot over the shop’s address like a bullet.

It was this ancient tailor shop that’s pretty big with the rich ladies in Rivertown.

Before clocking out. I chugged down a coffee to perk up and headed out.

What I didn’t see coming was Hogan and Cecilia also showing up.

As the waiter was taking me to Hilary, there was Cecilia, handing over this fancy piece of fabric to Hilary, biting her lip when she caught sight of me.

Hogan was straight up. “What are you doing here?”

I was caught between a rock and a hard place.

Hilary, hearing the commotion, turned around with a grin, “I invited Xaviera over. You two put together don’t know my tastes as well as she does.”

Cecilia’s face fell, and she clutched the fabric in her hands even tighter.

Awkward as hell, I was.

a good eye, though. The fabric she picked was a bit old–fashioned pattern–wise, but the color wasn’t

glitz

me to choose for her,

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to tick Cecilia off, she made a point of praising it, “See? Understated yet elegant.

say a peep, just

anything suits you. Director Irwin’s choice might

that Hilary begrudgingly settled on a

stand the scene, pointed to a bunch of fabrics, “Make one of each of these colors, tailor

cooed, “Hogan, that’s way too

“Xaviera’s been running around with

gave me a look and asked, “Ms. March,

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so playing coy just wouldn’t fly. I casually pointed to a beige embroidered sample. “This

choosing, Hogan found an excuse to leave with

saw that, Xaviera. Busy with work, my foot. He’s just scared I’ll

about her that much, you should take her under your

at me, gloomy, and started, “Xaviera,

sighed midway through.

what Hilary was getting