Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 165

Chapter 165

“Ms. March, aren’t you gonna give me the lowdown?”

The sharp words were ringing in my ears. I steadied myself and coolly said, “President Stapleton, it wasn’t me.”

“It wasn’t you?” Shirley’s eyebrows knitted together in a frown. “Then who could it be?”

She clearly wasn’t buying what I was selling.

I patiently laid it out for her, “If I had a message for you, I could’ve come to you directly. Why would I beat around the bush?”

Shirley’s eyes were darting around, suspicion written all over her face. “Then why on earth are people singling you out, Xaviera?”

I was choked up, unable to respond.

Yeah, I’d also like to know why, when passing along a message, they had to drag my name, Xaviera, into it.

Wasn’t that just throwing me under the bus?

Setting me up to take the fall?

And here I was, with no solid proof to clear my name.

pretty helpless, to be honest.

course, no one was gonna be chummy with someone who spilled the beans about others, especially not this crowd of

like that, Shirley’s comment had them all

looks of

and my gaze

as a cucumber, Hogan was still the same old

down the day before, I couldn’t help but suspect that he

it was Xaviera who passed the message to you, but do you have any proof?” A crisp voice snapped me out of

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casually on my shoulder as he said, “You can’t just throw accusations around without

Temple, what are you implying?” Shirley’s eyes widened, her irritation flaring up. “Are you saying

is my guest, so naturally, I’ve

back.”

wasn’t loud, but it carried an unspoken weight.

point of contention shifted to

took

this out,” a sweet voice suddenly piped up. “Since someone else was supposed to have passed the message, why don’t we just call them over and ask? Maybe there’s

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