Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 94

Hogan wasn’t really asking for our opinion; he was totally bossing us around again. The only reason he’d made this decision was because Cecilia herself was head over heels for the work of the illustrious FreeMan.

But then again, in the realm of concept artists, I bet there was hardly anyone who didn’t dig FreeMan’s work. His style was lifelike, unique, and the colors popped. He was already miles. ahead of the pack in the scene, and what’s more, a lot of times he was all about that traditional hand–drawing.

Talked about a real challenge for any artist. But the more talented he was, the more likely he was to be eccentric. That was why since his debut, FreeMan had never shown up for an interview, nor had he ever been seen in the media.

Mr. Mystery, that was what he was.

“Ms. March.” Hogan didn’t give a hoot about my explanations; he just flatly said, “If it was easy peasy, why would I even bother bringing it up to you?”

So, yeah, changing his mind was a no–go.

Then Cecilia, ever the empathetic one, said, “Hogan, Xaviera does have a point. Getting an concept artist of FreeMan’s caliber is super tricky. I’m a huge fan, but I don’t want to make things tough for Xaviera and President Lott.”

She batted those big, pretty eyes while she said it, oozing this “who, me?” innocence.

Wallis chimed in, “Director Irwin’s got the touch, always considerate. Aside from the fact that no one has ever seen FreeMan’s real face, just his status alone is way out of our league.”

always had a knack for keeping it real.

couple of years, after a few collabs with film studios for some famously iconic posters,

his gaze tenderly falling on Cecilia, “As long as

bashful, “I’m at

said, standing up and

and walked off with Cecilia, leaving me and Wallis just standing

with our tails between our legs. That meal was nothing short of a

coaster.

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throw such a curveball at us. Ironically, I heard that another big–name software development company that got Tack’s business card at last night’s dinner had tried to commission FreeMan through a middleman not too long ago. But the agent just brushed them off

the heck were we supposed to chew on this

fuming, “That sly old fox Hogan probably saw this coming a mile away. But he couldn’t let us push Cecilia around,

so protective

Wallis recalled with a sigh, “If FreeMan really shows up, how’s

thought that through; knowing Candy’s fiery temper, she was