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,”

off with a kiss. He devoured me fiercely, prying my lips apart, his eagerness fanning

booze, but at that second, the word “craving” popped into my head. My sense slowly drowned in the

felt his fingers tracing over my wrist, and my crumbling

me. The moment of

heard Hogan ask, “Is that bracelet really that important to

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

heavier, his irritation palpable, “Xaviera March, is that trinket Darren gave you so precious that you can’t bear to take it off even when we’re getting cozy?”

Hogan’s gaze in disbelief, his eyes red at

The pain of my wound morphed

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

moment? Oh, Hogan, if only you took a closer look at the pattern on the bracelet, you

lips barely

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