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

up, I guess you’ve thought

scene with Hogan, but if we didn’t deal with it, it looked like we were not taking her

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

overall storyline. It’s impossible to

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

it.” I didn’t object, but then Wallis

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into Elysium

it look

so much. It was a golden opportunity; how could you just let it

on my wrist gave a faint throb, and I said with self–mockery, “Back

picked up the

sickness was cured.

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

discussion with President