Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 184

Looking at the man’s knuckles turning white, I knew he was really ticked off.

Usually, he only does that when he’s biting his tongue and holding back.

I wasn’t about to argue, but I couldn’t come up with a good line to defend myself either, so I just stood there like a bump on a log.

But Hogan seemed to still have a bee in his bonnet, and when his gaze bore into me again, I heard him ask, “So, what’s Ms. March planning to do next?”

Having no idea how Hogan circled back to this topic, I responded, “After we sign the contract, the project goes on naturally.”

“Is that so? I beg to differ.” Hogan looked away and talked to himself, “Ms. March, you’ve played your cards right. With the support of the Temple family’s boy, you can not only complete the project but also take the reins; if you play your cards right, you might even snag a new investor. It’s like hitting the trifecta.”

His gaze hooked onto my face like a claw, and seeing the man’s meaningful look, I let out a wry smile.

Turns out I’m seen as quite the schemer in Hogan’s eyes.

Oh well, I’ll take it as a compliment. At this point, what matters is to focus on the task at hand..

with an air of indifference, “Since Mr. Zade is

to a partnership, we needed to get that straight.

huffed, “Ms. March seems to be in quite a

just concerned about

Hogan lounged on the sofa, giving me a lazy look, and

I

had braced myself for this moment, I still felt a surge of anger when I heard Hogan decisively refuse to work

at Pinecrest Hollow. Wasn’t all our effort aimed at finding a Freeman? Now that we’ve found one and Timothy has agreed to the partnership, Hogan, for some reason, is being completely unreasonable!

swallow the bitterness and said sternly,

on

admitted, “You can afford to wait, Mr. Zade, but I can’t.”

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Chapter 184

Ms. March is

I looked into the unfathomable depths of his eyes, my

gaze was like a predator in the snow finding its prey, all greedy

my heartbeat

“Come here.”