Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 157

Thinking about it, I curled my fingers and took a gentle breath before saying, “No need.”

“Xaviera, do you think this isn’t a good idea?”

My gaze sharpened, and I locked eyes with Cecilia, blurting out, “Is this your idea, or Hogan’s?”

“Xaviera,” Cecilia looked at me timidly, cautiously saying, “Are you

mad?”

I was instantly steamed, waved my hand dismissively, and said, “Hogan’s got you spoiled rotten, out of touch with the real world.”

Seeing that I was showing her the door, Cecilia continued, “Xaviera, you’ve got it wrong, it’s not Hogan’s idea, it’s me, I wanted to take some pressure off him, it was my call.”

“Then you can tell Mr. Zade for me,” I managed a strained smile, “a partnership is out of the question.”

At my words, Cecilia hung her head and asked, “Can’t you give it another thought, Xaviera?”

By then, my heart had sunk to rock bottom, and I said calmly, “My mind’s made up.”

After Cecilia left, I collapsed onto the bed like a deflated balloon.

Weirdly, my ankle was the one that was hurt, but this dull pain spread from my heart to my limbs, like being inexplicably sucked into an ocean above the clouds, suffocating.

I were worlds apart,

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heaven

was still supposed to be the

What a joke.

failure of a

completely defeated.

slowly pulled back my wristband

that vicious scar.

hard was my biggest mistake.

ring of my cell phone snapped

was Wallis

it

heard that concerned tone, suddenly, my nose tingled, and tears started

hoarse, filled with

lost.”

me, what happened? Is Hogan giving you a

shouldn’t have asked; the tears came pouring down like pearls

FreeMan,” I choked out, “Wallis, I’m

you exactly to talk

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