Echoes of Unrequited Love

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,

that second, the word “craving” popped into my head. My sense slowly drowned in the heat of his kiss.

felt his fingers tracing over my wrist, and my crumbling sanity

his body stiffening against me. The moment of intimacy was lost, leaving nothing but awkwardness

heard Hogan ask, “Is that bracelet

had been trying to rip it off just now. At the thought of

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

disbelief, his eyes red at the edges, dark pupils

my wound morphed into a dagger, stabbing

wound should have become better by now; even if it lost some beauty,

this moment? Oh, Hogan, if only you took a closer look at the pattern on the bracelet, you wouldn’t

a few seconds of standoff, his lips barely moved as he uttered

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