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,”

me finish, cutting me off with a kiss. He devoured me fiercely, prying my lips

“craving” popped into my head. My sense slowly

fingers tracing over my wrist, and my crumbling sanity snapped back. I turned my face away,

on to this change, his body stiffening against me. The moment of intimacy was lost, leaving

moment, I heard Hogan ask, “Is that

just now. At the thought of the hideous scar it hid, a pang of pain echoed in my chest.

palpable, “Xaviera March, is that trinket Darren gave you so precious that you can’t bear to take it

disbelief, his eyes red at the edges, dark pupils

of my wound morphed into

by now; even if it

at this moment? Oh, Hogan, if only you took a closer

few seconds of standoff, his lips barely moved as he uttered one word, “Scram.”

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