Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 91

If Hogan got wind of this, wouldn’t he think we were picking on his darling? I’ve got this sneaky feeling something bad was brewing.

Soon, I handed the proposal over to Wallis, who after giving it a read, pursed her lips and said, “I knew it; the dinner issue wasn’t going to be that easy to settle.”

I just stared at her, silent. She looked back at me, her slender fingers tapping the desk lightly, and said, “She’s peeved you stole the show at the party and now she’s throwing a spanner in

the works.”

Sticking to the facts I said, “But if you put it in front of Hogan, he might think the girl is just showing some initiative.”

Wallis saw this too and grumbled, “If she had actually gone through the project brief, she’d know the talented character was already assigned to the male lead in art. I mean, how can you have two Mr. McDreamys in one game? Isn’t she just messing around?”

“Of course, Cecilia wouldn’t bother us with something like overlapping game character images.”

Hearing this, Wallis scratched her head, “We’ve got to give some sort of explanation for this, right?”

were indeed on the same wavelength.

you brought it up, I guess you’ve thought of a way

scene with Hogan, but if we didn’t deal with it, it

were set in stone before we even started. She’s overstepping her bounds. To me, it looks like she’s using this as an

decision on the spot, “We both know how pivotal character images are to the game’s overall storyline. It’s impossible to change them. Otherwise, if word gets out, won’t it look like we, the project leads, are being led by the

her. The issue now

how Cecilia plays it.” I didn’t object, but then Wallis changed tack and asked, “But Xaviera,

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into Elysium University?”

it look

me, puzzled, “I was just wondering, you love programming so much. It was a golden opportunity; how could you just

said with self–mockery,

now?” Wallis picked up the

sickness was cured.

to delay, but Cecilia didn’t give us the chance.

how’s the discussion with President Lott going?”