Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 58

“So. Ms. March, what you are saying is that as long as I cough up enough dough, you’re down for letting your ex–mother–in–law warm up to Cecilia?”

I was not sure if it was just me, but it felt like Hogan’s voice went up a couple of decibels when he said that.

I kept it real and said, “Depends on how much you are willing to shell out.”

If the price was right, pride could take a hike, right?

A chuckle came through the receiver. “Xaviera, you better walk the talk.”

He was probably questioning my allegiance as a business partner.

After a few seconds of thought, I cheekily asked, “So, what’s the offer, Mr. Zade?”

The line went dead silent.

I thought the call dropped, but a quick glance at my phone screen showed we were still connected.

I figured the capitalist on the other end was crunching numbers, so I didn’t sweat it and just chilled.

After a good while, I heard Hogan say, “If you can get the Zade family to take to Cecilia, I’ll make sure you get a fat reward.”

“How fat? Fat enough to buy a place in Rivertown?”

and after.

with that, he

kicked myself for not talking about an

working together gave us some kind of unspoken understanding,

“Advance.”

immediately flipped it over to my aunt.

Not two minutes later, my aunt rang me

why the

around the bush, “Just struck

hand it all over to us,” she said tiredly. “My daughter has been much better recently, hardly any attacks. You need to keep some cash

were a couple of close calls last year, and my

was never a

throat and made up

working overtime as usual when Darren suddenly showed up.

closed my laptop and stared

awkwardly and asked, “Something up.

injured wrist, what

said, “It’s just

seemed to hesitate.

to say, I stopped my

said, “There’s a dinner tomorrow