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?”

on the same

I guess you’ve thought of a way to handle it?”

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 planning

saw this coming.” Wallis mused, resting her chin on her hand, “The 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 games with us.”

calculating, and made a 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

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

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

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into Elysium University?”

look like

wondering, you love programming so much. It was a

gave a faint throb, and I said with self–mockery, “Back then, I

now?” Wallis picked

the sickness was

wanted to delay, but Cecilia didn’t give us the

discussion with President Lott going?”