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.

Mr. Zade,” I said evenly, “I didn’t expect

the cotton slippers at my feet.

and old

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thought about getting Hogan a matching pair – – couple slippers, couple pajamas, the whole shebang. But after he called it

Hogan, they had become

I couldn’t be bothered to argue with him, so I just said, “If

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

and sharp, like a

to the bone.

of knowing him told me clearly that Hogan was

guess. A guy used to having everything at his fingertips probably didn’t see my rejection of the

responded coolly, “Mr. Zade, you should be happy,

Freeman, and now you’re giving up just because you’ve found

Hogan was almost out

what’s he so mad about?

just lap up a bit of pity

yourself?” I took a breath to quell the rising

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good at making choices,