Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 148

I showed up at the foot of the mountain at the passenger reception an hour later.

After asking around a bit, I finally found the bus Cecilia was on. I hadn’t even made it to the bus when I saw a girl in a canary yellow puffer jacket with her hair in a bun zooming off not too far away. I took a closer look; who else could it be but Cecilia?

The next second, the petite figure dove into the embrace of a mant with a broad chest. Cecilia looked up joyfully and said, “Hogan, I’ve been dying to see you.”

Dressed in a dark blue suit, Hogan stood still, looking all the more tall and dashing, and while he didn’t return the warm hug, a smile was playing on his lips.

Even the usual chill in his eyes seemed to have thawed a bit. He was like a different person compared to the stern, aloof guy he usually was. It almost made me feel bad to interrupt.

“Come on now, you’ve just met and you’re already all over each other.” Shirley piped up nonchalantly, as if the previous moment hadn’t happened, teasing, “Do you want to kill us with this PDA or what?”

Cecilia’s eyelids dropped in a bashful manner and she said, “Shirley, stop teasing me.”

Shirley opened her mouth, her sly eyes darting between Hogan and Cecilia; then she caught sight of me standing not too far off and immediately greeted me, “Ms. March, did you just get here?”

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eyes were on me. I walked over, trying to keep my cool, and said, “Sorry,

still healing from an

explanation, Shirley commented blandly, “Ms.

Cecilia would’ve been

Shirley’s voice and felt a

was sort of Cecilia’s boss, right? It was only proper for me to pick her up since she’d come all the way to Pinecrest

came out here just for the sake of Hogan since getting the scoop. on

really cause for an interrogation and scolding by

Shirley. Xaviera’s been up to her neck in work these past couple of days.” Came Cecilia’s gentle voice, her eyes soft as she looked at me, “But I’m still super

a moment. Cecilia just got to Pinecrest Hollow today; how could she possibly know I’d been burning the

at both

like Hogan hadn’t been shy about sharing work updates with her over the

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