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.

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

the cotton slippers at my feet. “When did your taste drop to such lowbrow levels?”

slippers were super cute, and old me

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Hogan a matching pair – – couple slippers, couple pajamas, the whole shebang. But after he called it childish, I

to Hogan, they had

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

challenging voice stopped me, “Is this why

voice was cold and sharp, like a

to the bone.

told me clearly that

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

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

Freeman,

Hogan was almost out of control, his

so

a bit of

I took a

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good at making