Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 218

The matter of giving Cecilia a guide to winning Hilary’s favor was a private deal between us. Surprisingly, Hogan had gotten wind of it.

Ironically, in this guide, when it came to the section about food, I had emphasized repeatedly that Hilary hated white pepper.

I figured if Hogan had even skimmed through the guide, he’d see right through some of my thoughts.

However, my act of deliberately “confessing” had backfired, and I had slapped my own face.

I felt a tightness in my chest but managed to keep my cool, sneaking a glance at the guy a couple of steps away, without jumping in with a response.

When I think about it, that mother–daughter–in–law handbook was a good five or six pages long, with

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nitty–gritty details on Hilary’s do’s and don’ts, from eating to dressing to living. As the President of Rainbow Capital, he probably didn’t have the leisure to read it from beginning to end.

Maybe I was overthinking it.

Upon sorting it out, I felt somewhat steadier and said in a calm and collected tone, “Since Director Irwin joined, she’s done a lot for the company. Helping her means relieving your worries, doesn’t it, Mr. Zade?”

voice became inexplicably more rigid, and colder, “Why are you playing both

those words, ‘playing both sides‘, I instantly got the hint–Hogan was convinced I’d done the white pepper thing on purpose.

question too,” I said, with a light smile and a soft voice, “Mr. Zade, why do you

Hogan’s brows furrowed, and he took a step closer, giving me a hard stare, saying in a low voice, “Yeah, what’s in it for you, Ms.

tone was harsh, and those piercing eyes were

made my

keep my

I could finish, he suddenly stepped even closer. Alerted, I took two steps back,

right

ཻ࿄ ཝཿཆོ ༈ དྷནྡེ ༈ རྗེནྣཾ

at me, none too pleased, “What Ms. March wants, hasn’t she always used any

made me feel uncomfortable.

breath to normal. And when I looked up at Hogan

he was sticking up for Cecilia?

you’re giving me too much credit.

mouth, his facial muscles twitched, his pupils dilated, a mix of

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his

Hogan seemed displeased with this

his arm, pointing a finger near my face, “You’d better remember what you