Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 64

After Cecilia left, Wallis sidled up to me and said, “I could smell that bitchy scent from a mile away, looked like the real deal.”

I pinched the bridge of my nose, not saying a word.

“What did you give her? She seemed pretty chuffed.”

I spilled the beans about Hilary’s preference manual.

Wallis gave me a thumbs up, teasing. “Right on time, like coal in snowy weather. You sure know your stuff, Ms. March. But what if she gets cold feet?”

Cecilia was no fool. With that manual in her arsenal, she and Hilary were bound to hit it off sooner or later. Weighing the wife of Rainbow Capital’s president against a small project, she knew which side her bread is buttered on.

“Aren’t you happy?”

How could I not be? Given Cecilia’s attitude, there was a good nine out of ten chance that Rainbow Capital wouldn’t pull our funding.

But the thought of playing such a good card and just handing it over like that it just sticks in

my craw.

I’d been counting on it to rake in some serious dough.

“Let’s head back and wait for news,” I comforted Wallis, “Maybe we can finally catch some decent Z’s tonight.”

doubled back to the complex, I reached the foot of the building and saw

look sharp and upright, standing under the

ice, “Here to see

see if the

slightly, and we walked side by side into the building. After

like they

you put down a deposit, so I

“You’re quite thorough.”

voice was even, couldn’t make heads

didn’t downplay it, just grinned and said, “I always keep

See.”

trying to steer the conversation

just stood there in

opened, we stepped in one after the other. I felt inexplicably

gave it to you?”

at Hogan, perplexed, and followed his gaze to my

quite attached to it. An

I was so fond of it, but suddenly my wrist felt too warm, uncomfortably so.

tone, “Is Darren that stingy?”

wrong end of the stick, thinking the wristband was from

pulling my sleeve over the wristband, not picking up

felt like something was tearing, making my heart and lungs ache a bit.