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

up, I guess you’ve thought of a way to

suggestions, we might end up her causing a scene with Hogan, but if we didn’t deal with it, it looked like we were not taking her seriously as a

game’s character design and image were set in stone before we even started. She’s overstepping her bounds. To me, it looks like she’s using this as an excuse of defending Rainbow Capital’s image to play power

It’s impossible to change them. Otherwise, if word gets out, won’t it look like we, the project leads,

thought it through as much as Wallis, but I agreed with her. The issue now was how to tactfully communicate this decision

days,” Wallis suggested, looking at me, “and see how Cecilia plays it.” I didn’t object, but then Wallis changed tack and asked, “But Xaviera, did you really get

Chapter 91

into Elysium

it look

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

said with self–mockery, “Back then, I was probably suffering from a

now?” Wallis picked

the sickness was cured.

us the chance. Just one day

the discussion with