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 fiercely, prying my lips apart, his eagerness fanning the flames of my dormant

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

I felt his fingers tracing over my wrist, and my crumbling sanity snapped back. I turned

caught on to this change, his body stiffening against me. The moment of intimacy was lost, leaving nothing but awkwardness and a standoff between

heard Hogan ask, “Is that bracelet really that

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

is that trinket Darren gave you so precious

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

pain of my wound morphed into

and the wound should have become better by now; even

heart still hurt so much at this moment? Oh, Hogan, if only you took a closer look at the pattern on the

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

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