Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 61

But I never saw it coming, that later. I’d get grilled by Hogan.

“Hey Mrs. Zade. Mr. Zade wants you to swing by Rainbow Capital ASAP, Zachary sounded all wound up. “He’s not looking too hot, so brace yourself.

In the boss’s office, Cecilia was sitting next to Hogan with teary eyes, looking like a wronged

wife.

I turned to Hogan and asked, “Mr. Zade, what’s up? Why did you call me in?”

Hogan spun his laptop around to face me and asked, “What’s the deal here?”

On the screen was the presentation I’d prepared.

But the formatting was all wonky, just like Wallis had mentioned.

In a flash, it hit me, and I looked straight at Cecilia and said, “Director Irwin, what’s your take on this?”

Cecilia blinked those big doe eyes, looking clueless and innocent.

“There’s no need to beat around the bush if you didn’t want Cecilia to present. Handing her this jumbled mess, what’s that about?”

I was flabbergasted and said with a huff, “Is this how you see me, Mr. Zade?”

Cecilia’s voice was all sugary sweet and self–blaming. “If

Irwin, that’s not what you were saying before we

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Cecilia sounded even more pitiful, “so you think I’m not cut

“I mean…”

Wallis off and asked Hogan, “Is Rainbow Capital pulling out?”

was the

glanced at me and said, “I’ll handle it, but I don’t want to see this kind

all too

memory served me right, last time Hogan was covering for Cecilia, he gave me the same

this time, the warning was for our

he needed any damage control, but from the looks of

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the table.

things up

office, Cecilia came to me, all cautious and apologetic, “Xaviera, I’m sorry,

“You better hustle, or you

went pale at that, and she stormed off to her office without a peep.

was just not playing with a full

nose. The one who was going to end up in hot water was Hogan, her sweetheart.

ears, and once this mess reached the Zade family, those shrewd sharks would think even