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.

eye, though. The fabric she picked was a bit

digged the glitz and

looped her arm through mine, asking me to choose for her, I

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she saw it, but probably just to tick Cecilia off, she made a

just hung her head lower.

skin, anything suits you. Director Irwin’s choice

then that Hilary begrudgingly

the scene, pointed to a bunch of fabrics, “Make one of each of these colors, tailor them to Ms. Irwin’s measurements.”

she cooed, “Hogan, that’s way

been running around with me, and you haven’t even

gave me a look and asked, “Ms. March,

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just wouldn’t fly. I

up the choosing, Hogan found an excuse to

with work, my foot. He’s just scared I’ll give

her that much, you should take her under your wing, help

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

midway through.

had a hunch about what Hilary was