Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 101

Chapter 101

“You can go now.”

His command buzzed in my ears, and in the blink of an eye, I felt a sudden tug around my waist and was yanked into Hogan’s arms.

That familiar scent of soap wreaked havoc on my nostrils, sending my heartbeat into overdrive. I looked up, puzzled, only to see the flames of desire igniting in the depths of his eyes.

Was I seeing things? Just a second ago, Hogan was ready to kick me to the curb.

I took a step back, politely declining, “Thanks, I’m good.”

But my retreat only prompted Hogan to close in more aggressively. It was a game of push and pull until my feet hit the couch – nowhere left to run.

The man before me exuded an inexplicable sense of invasion, staring me down intensely. We were so close that I could clearly see his Adam’s apple bobbing.

“Mr. Zade, I think I should,”

cutting me off with a kiss. He devoured me fiercely, prying my lips apart, his eagerness fanning the flames of my dormant

that second, the word “craving” popped into my head. My

wrist, and my crumbling sanity snapped back.

stiffening against me. The moment of intimacy was lost, leaving nothing but awkwardness and a standoff between us.

ask, “Is that bracelet really

rip it off just now. At the thought of the hideous scar

irritation palpable, “Xaviera March, is that trinket Darren gave you so precious that you

gaze in disbelief, his eyes red at the edges, dark pupils brimming

my wound morphed into a dagger,

should have become better by now; even if it lost some beauty, it’d somehow

Hogan, if only you took a closer look at the pattern on the bracelet, you wouldn’t be

lips barely moved as he

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