Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 122

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In a breezy tone, Hogan just dropped this hot mess right on my shoulders. Suddenly, it felt like an invisible giant

squeezing my heart, so tight I could barely the

When we visited Morgan, me, Hogan and Cecilia were all there. It was hard enough to get the meeting since Hogan was busy pampering Cecilia with her career and leaving me out in the cold

Now that there was a curveball and things were heading south fast, he was looking at me to

clean up the mess

Turned out after all this hustle, I was just the fall guy

looked like – was like chasing a

Convincing FreeMan- when we didn’t even have a clue what he looked like- fairy tale.

if by some fluke I pulled it off, that was just me doing my job. But if I didn’t, well, we all knew what was coming.

in the ring. I curled my fingers, trying to claw back some sanity, and said with a hint of sarcasm. “Mr. Zade sure has a lot of faith

opposites. Hogan got the hint and nonchalantly said, “Ms. March, aren’t you full of tricks? Alright, this time. I’ll give you plenty of room to show me what your got. One week, I expect

tough nut to crack, but

a famous tourist spot, crowded with thousands of visitors every day. Firlding FreeMan there in such a short time was like looking for

was probably setting me

one week a bit too short? It’s really putting Xaviera in a tight spot.

quite considerate of her.

he’d heard a joke and said. “Ms. March,

gritted my teeth and forced a casual tone, “Fine. I’ll take on the

heard the whole story, she was livid, “This is the time to play dumb or throw a tantrum, for heaven’s sake. Why not act cute with Hogan and save yourself the

the corners of my lips, I replied, “You think I’m

fact that FreeMan stood us up last minute is really weird.” Wallis snapped back to reality, pondering, ‘Seems this guy’s got more intel than

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just got

new leads soon enough.” Wallis reassured me. “But it looks like

without a boss; if we were both gone, it’d be chaos. I knew then that this time, I had to rely