Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 171

I stumbled and it took me a few seconds to regain my composure. When my gaze landed on Hogan’s face, I heard him say, “Ms. March, you are getting quite the hang of doing business, aren’t you?”

I didn’t want to, but what choice did I have? I had to brazen it out and say, “You flatter me, Mr. Zade.”

“You’ve had your share of struggles, and I’ve stepped in to bail you out,” Hogan suddenly cut me off, “Xaviera, what makes you think you’re in a position to call the shots with me?”

His words left me speechless.

Looking up again, Hogan had already picked up his phone and was heading towards the door, in and out like a flash.

A chill spread through me as I stared at the slightly ajar window, watching the bare branches sway left and right, teased by the mountain wind.

It seemed that I was in for another sleepless night.

After a night’s rest, my thoughts were a bit clearer.

It turned out that Hogan had already rejected my terms.

was right and Sean was FreeMan, I couldn’t just sit around

and luckily, with so many clients,

I could persuade Sean before

that thought, I perked up and quickly located Sean’s suite using the information I had.

expect was to bump into Hogan and company at the door, gift box in

was

were dressed for business, with Zachary even holding a briefcase, their purpose couldn’t be more obvious.

aback, “Xaviera, what are you doing here?”

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to work so fast and wasn’t about to play coy, so

at the same time to see Sean, that made us even, right?

Cecilia, whose apricot eyes were full

sounded pretty

Hogan, and suggested, “Mr. Zade, since we’ve bumped into each other, why not

into two groups to see Sean at a