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.

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

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 manager. Either way,

image were set in stone before we even started. She’s overstepping

too 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 led by the nose by

with her. The issue now was how to tactfully communicate

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

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look

me, puzzled, “I was just wondering, you love programming so much. It was a

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

Wallis picked up the

sickness was

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

with President Lott