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,”

devoured me fiercely, prying my lips apart, his eagerness fanning the flames of my dormant instincts.

into my head. My

wrist, and my crumbling sanity snapped back. I turned

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

Hogan ask, “Is that bracelet really that important to

off just now. At the thought of the hideous scar it hid, a

trinket Darren gave you so precious that you can’t bear to take it off even when

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

The pain of my wound morphed into a dagger,

better by now; even if it lost some beauty, it’d somehow healed now, right?

Hogan, if only you took a closer look at the pattern on the

seconds of standoff, his lips barely moved as he

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