Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 133

Thinking of this. I made an about–face, but as soon as I reached the doorway, there was a sudden clang right next to my ear. When I looked up, Hogan had already taken a spill right at the bathroom door.

“Honey,” he frowned and the corners of his mouth turned down “I’m hurting.”

I’d never seen Hogan in such a sorry state before. My heart went all mushy, and I quickly walked over to him, saying, “Cut it out: time for bed.”

And Hogan actually listened and headed off to the bedroom, but the hand he grabbed onto mine with, he didn’t let go.

The booze was hitting me hard, and I just didn’t have the energy to wrestle with him any longer. After all, the more we tugged, the more time we wasted.

I was thinking of taking a stroll around the place once he was settled down. But the moment I leaned against the bed, my consciousness went rogue, and as my eyelids started to battle it out. I drifted off to dreamland too.

No clue how long I slept, but when I woke up. I was lying on a soft, big bed. The down comforter covering me was the one Hogan used last night. But the guy was nowhere to be found.

Trubbed my eyes only to see a faint dawn breaking in the sky, the east hinting at daybreak. That was when it hit me that, without realizing it, a whole night had passed.

cottage? As the realization dawned on me I hurried out of bed and was about to pull open

of dawn sending hangover soup to everyone’s rooms. Bet she’s up to no

My heart immediately hitched

“So what?”

sneaky plans for you. We need a way to deal with her without messing up

point.

the door. “Remember, we’re here to talk business. Let her

sense of impending doom. And then! heard Zachary switch gears, “But seriously, President Stapleton is a tough cookie. Lucky I gave the staff a heads–up. Otherwise, a quick peek at the surveillance and she’d know Xaviera was in your room all

hotel was Shirley’s turf, Digging up dirt would be a

docomo

letting my guard

nonchalant voice rose again, “Even if she finds out, it might just save us some

you mean use Xaviera to

from what I knew about

night, or was it just a fluke? Either way, it looked like I was the designated