Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 211

I guess it’s about time to hit him where it hurts.

True to its name, a soft spot is a soft spot. The moment I squeezed it, there came Hogan’s call immediately.

It was already six–thirty in the evening, and I was at home, whipping up some soup for Jason.

As soon as I hit the answer button, Hogan’s icy voice came through the earpiece, “Xaviera, you’re really upping your game.”

His tone was steady, but his manner of speaking was just as brusque as ever.

If I’m not mistaken, Cecilia must have spilled the beans about our chat earlier today.

I calmly stirred the soup in the pot, watching the steamy vapors rise, as I said, “Mr. Zade, if you keep praising me like this, I might just get dizzy from all the flattery.”

Playing the good girl isn’t so hard, it seems.

“Oh, trying to feed me a line again?” Hogan scoffed coldly, “Didn’t you consider how I’d react when you set me up using Cecilia?”

replied evenly, “but Mr. Zade, what I said was true, wasn’t it?”

agree to a small favor?” Hogan’s voice suddenly fluctuated and rose a notch, “Let’s see if your two backers can really hold up

“snap“, Hogan

stared at the darkened phone screen and zoned out for a

from his tone, he seemed pretty

a sign that there’s

ladled the soup into a thermos and drove off to

stepped out of the hospital’s parking lot, I heard that sweet,

thought I was mishearing things, but when I

there was Hogan, who had just hung up

Hilary had hired at

looked a bit

on Cecilia’s white

face was streaked with tears, as if

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