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.

was a bit old–fashioned pattern–wise,

the glitz and glam.

to choose for her, I deliberately went for something plain.

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

just hung her

“Mrs. Hilary, you’ve got such fair skin, anything suits you. Director Irwin’s choice might be a bit picky, but only someone with your complexion can

then that Hilary begrudgingly settled on

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

as she cooed, “Hogan,

pleased either, “Xaviera’s been running around with me, and you haven’t even properly

a look and asked, “Ms.

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just wouldn’t fly. I casually pointed to a beige embroidered sample. “This one’s fine.”

choosing, Hogan found an excuse to leave with

face. “You saw that, Xaviera. Busy with work, my foot. He’s just scared I’ll give Ms. Irwin a hard

under your wing, help her out. After all, she’s the

gloomy, and started, “Xaviera, if you and Hogan.”

sighed midway through.

had a hunch about what