Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 159

For some reason, when our eyes locked, my heart skipped a beat out of nowhere.

Logically speaking, Hogan shouldn’t be here at this hour.

But there he was, unexpectedly, and all alone at that.

His gaze was so intense, you couldn’t just ignore it.

Timothy picked up on the vibe too. He dropped the smile and asked with a serious tone, “Can you handle this, Xaviera?”

“Yeah,” I didn’t want Timothy getting tangled up in the beef between Hogan and me, so I said, “Let’s call it a day for now. Pick me up on time tomorrow night.”

A flicker of hesitation crossed his pretty eyes, and I heard Timothy offer, “If you can’t handle it, I could step in, you know.”

I played it off, “Underestimating me?”

That got Timothy to back off, and he left without looking back.

But that laser–like stare was still glued to my back.

I steadied myself and walked towards Hogan with feigned

calmness.

evenly, “I didn’t expect to see you enjoying your leisure

icy gaze raked over me, finally landing on the cotton slippers at my feet. “When

slippers were super cute, and old

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slippers, couple pajamas, the whole shebang. But after

they had become ‘lowbrow‘.

argue with him, so I just said, “If there’s nothing else, I’ll

turned to go, Hogan’s challenging voice stopped me, “Is this why you refuse to

sharp, like a thousand–year–old ice,

to the bone.

told me clearly

A guy used to having everything at his fingertips probably didn’t see my rejection of the opportunity he showed

coolly, “Mr. Zade, you should be happy, right? With one less competitor, you’ve got

time in Pinecrest Hollow trying to find Freeman, and now you’re giving up just because you’ve found a big shot

the end of his rant, Hogan was almost out of

what’s he so mad about?

I’d just lap up a bit of pity from

a breath to quell the rising

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am good at making