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Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 56
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Chapter 56

After dinner, Darren mentioned needing to pick up smaterials from the academic building. and that’s when

we split from Hogan and Cecilia.

Strolling through N University’s campus, | suddenly felt like those once intimidating places weren't so scary after

all.

What caughtoff guard, though, was that Darren didn’t actually taketo the academic building; instead, he

walkedall the way to the back gate of the school.

| genuinely thanked him, “Darren, thank you so much.”

“It’s no sweat,” Darren replied briskly before asking. “So, that stir-fried pork, you really dig it?”

| nodded, saying, “Even though it’s a bit spicy, it’s pretty addictive.”

I never used to touch that stuff.

Darren’s lips curled into a smile, his eyes twinkling, “See, Xaviera, trying a new flavor can bring a whole new

experience.”

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Thanks to him, | discovered the deliciousness of stir-fried pork.

The next day at work, | immediately suggested to Wallis that she should give this dish a go.

Wallis frowned upon hearing it and said with a pinched voice, “Pigs are so cute, how could your eat their meat?”

Right after she finished speaking, Cecilia cover with her laptop.

“Xaviera, | wrote a bit of code last night, but it's not passing the tests. Could you helptake a look?”

| nodded and took the laptop from her.

It was a simple piece of backend code for a game, the kind you'd find in textbooks. After a quick glance, |

pointed out the problem.

Cecilia laughed in relief, ran the tests in front of me, but then didn’t immediately grab the laptop back.

| casually glanced at the screen saver and saw a cozy photo of Hogan and Cecilia.

Cecilia was leaning in front of Hogan, flashing a peace sign at the camera, while Hogan stood behind her with a

gentle smile.

“Xaviera,” Cecilia caught my eye and said with a grin, “You think this pic is quite atmospheric too, right?”

Cecilia's bragging was plain as day, even a bit provocative.

She was still so young, unable to hide her feelings.

Looking closely at the photo, | saw that it was obviously taken at N University’s campus, meaning yesterday,

after splitting up with us. Hogan took Cecilia for a spin around their almal

mater.

All out in the open.

Not like back when | had to coax Hogan for ages to change his phone’s wallpaper to our hand-holding pic, only

to be coldly rejected.

| didn’t even dare dream of a couple’s photo.

Cecilia had the goods to show off.

“They go well together,” | said nonchalantly. “A filter could give it more texture.”

“Really?” Cecilia stumbled over her words, barely managing a smile, “I'll give it a try later.”

After that, she left with her laptop.

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Out of the blue, Hilary calledin the afternoon.

“Xaviera, I've got a gathering this weekend, could you helppick out a couple of nice dresses?”

| knew Hilary's tastes well; her biggest hobby was shopping, and thanks to her, I'd been dragged to the mall

more times than | could count, so saying | was always on call wasn’t an exaggeration.

But times had changed.

| gently excused myself. “I've still got work on my hands, maybe you could take Ms. Irwin with

you.”

A mother-in-law and taughter-in-law shopping together would surely be more fitting than me.

“I don’t want to,” Hilary was always straightforward, “Just getting a headache thinking about her timid ways.”

| was a bit at a loss for words and then heard Hilary’s tic complaints from the other end, “Xaviera, be

honest with me, do you findtoo naggy?”

As if she was the most aggrieved party.

| pinched the bridge of my nose and compromised, “How about after work then?”