Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 59

The spot was at Bluebell Bistro & Bar.

As soon as I walked in. Darren was there to greet me in a flash, his eyes full of astonishment.

“Is it not appropriate?”

Darren’s voice was deep, “No, it’s just stunning.”

Wallis once complimented me as a cool beauty.

But that’s just scratching the surface.

“No wonder Professor Yearwood has been so distracted, turns out he had a date with a beauty.”

A couple of rich kids came over to say hi.

Darren brushed them off with a few words and led me towards the elevator. At the same time, from the opposite direction, Hogan came over, escorting Cecilia.

We bumped into each other at the elevator.

Cecilia was wearing a delightful pink lace–trimmed dress, all dolled up like a sweet beauty.

“Professor Yearwood, Xaviera, what a coincidence,” she initiated the conversation with us.

and amiably said, “Bringing Ms. Irwin

back a question instead of answering, “The

my cousin’s baby’s hundred–day celebration.”

nodded slightly, without

floor, one to the east and one to the west. After stepping out of the

humble and polite than I expected,

cousin, Zoey Yearwood.

a distinguished air, surely your parents have taken great care of

was beating around the bush, trying to dig into

took the chance

investors for so long, I’d realized that to mix with the high society, education and ability were just trivial door openers, background was what

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and there, and they’d got your worth pegged down to the

brutal but

gotten used to

silently left the restroom,

eyes, Hogan was leaning against the

quite unfriendly,

had just taken a couple of steps when a shadow suddenly loomed over me,

It was Hogan.

pupils were dilated, his eyes hazy

to impress Darren,” his voice was cold and icy, “Xaviera, your really went

the open, Hogan cornered me in front