Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYiInBRMGlB
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBOltYHdEn
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSxi33LHIY
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoyyaqKhJr
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qwNrLcpML
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZTVYX9Od1
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2RKrYMC7K
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNE6uPBScf
boss a call.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcSxvlWHfc
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDX3tMAbatf
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YdCKcnT2X
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcj2ifZFeRz
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTl88yJnswB
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHztTejEOSc
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJk8YXUuEmR
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzU5HjZDOl
looked really tired and restless.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzCGW3vJ42
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmMpdeP6mB
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZGGwwMjYd
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6MkW4tios
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVqtEpiVw1
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxsgEdzQSP
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8TwahoYkz
huge loss.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡby8GbCSVYb
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5kb8o4W8o
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwhOgGBsNh
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgo6fzH9R4J
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VaadQZgsV
"What are you planning to do?"794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmr7yWdVY5r
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaidvh9eej
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8n9tPk5Bs
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7fAsDF799
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DZTEcDG2X
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaSgsce8a7
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbnDwpHEyo
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yMUCBimbu
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAnkjD9I1A
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2HniFnerp
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9KNDSyixA
vacant space weren't as good as her.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2Mqzmue8c
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBq3lKasTDB
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWJtXmlgmy
lucky charm.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLq439PIaZ5
And he needed her back real bad.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQiNrcLK6S
He picked up his phone that was on the table and made a phone call. At the fourth ring, the person at the other end picked up.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPl8kmgHqeg
"I have a job for you."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDz00hez84y
***794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtVUhpdS0w
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMd7Jsus7E
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvzWCl3WHt
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1R6UulKmRh
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLeBuONlOG
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAORQWcGG5
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6pi4ZhtVs
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOJzTFwqex
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlafPdmxlI
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdrTp1FpHS
serious.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwDSe0kdrB
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eRkRFlsnF
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcd3PXq9sbx
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXt2KCc3Y6f
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCNTGyILfp
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIapsomxnDg
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAGnv68f9t
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eGaVzHFB4
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51VFD1zMzK
between the two of you considering what happened."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWGod0w5N0
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7Ery2mHKV
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNraedXJzb9
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8ZhsIBEN0
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYylwHktGR
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzI7e8YVzWa
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsODHoLXwUz
"And you never apologised for it," said 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2DCV1f1VK
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEW8Zn9ebz
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpz4CVrJqH
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaMxDlTwlm
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV03uGVBPLO
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxprBCUyM4
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfED4paSJuz
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWKA0Lrg0A
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadxpu0V3BK
for what happened to her.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9Zq0DPOGR
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7fci8vzUJ
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzed7JVVlm6
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobMMlmyO2M
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSi3TSvtA1
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWf8VRbj0cV
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDv0rR2U8AB
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAsrqCkGCd
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1l5W7aTRp
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dIa0rVHSU
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4hJ3dxBBp
back at the club.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5U8usfLLY
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡev4RhSpp7l
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ336wHdntkD
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTiq7wnbeC
sisters completely.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlHJz3Teub
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOuRQOB6x0
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCQt1Mycv7
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1SUBG6gHZ
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmTIJWboSI
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Y4EXyYyhk
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRSAM0iXqw
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWDxrz8LbU
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnpn8ywhFm
club, not him.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOYxQFnLer
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdx6MnMeljL
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmICMzyEhr
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWo8MrUIGkP
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqPA3YlBTL
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPBkrjIkag
at each other yet, have you?"794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNvlLPIDKj
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVi83ge8BcA
"No," they answered at the same time.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8eBJWvDlD
"Great. That's good to know."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2f4DYaCWU9
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqXJEzWbYj
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKlN0gBEwF
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5xWfingNf
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmT8kljksW
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXGIvCaxth
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwFK4C1lcx
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXyUiQlRSp
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VHpr4QMgb
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6eH9sKEfj
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVywkHS2gdD
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCes5nANSAU
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk16DKvXDNq
long."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqRMwy5iYz
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjyo0eURLf
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbr0OQ7ewVC
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwArEW23IM0
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWde3uqp5tU
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Y6O2iMhkd
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gYJPSOWI8
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfs8y1Zw9tS
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniXnOz67yk
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDiRMqTuwm
Not like this. Something was wrong.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIo7QPd06h
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxftjLrxuAQ
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqbwxdceWb
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiF6LKNvcK
embarrassed?"794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwR1fjis36k
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucCSlsDySE
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmEYcXHQOs
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ845OVNPNHq
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpczniza1M
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnf59fZDUcn
today?"794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLItIY2Xoc9
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXE89FAeCnR
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyF0Q22ZNV
you want."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEj7KzDsCmP
"It worked for you, didn't it?"794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEQqwuetFv
"What do you mean?"794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqj4bE9Z7Y
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95kqCdeAsP
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IkKqldSTu
sister."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGCB5jHbQ1
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6P0kUuEKi
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaLAEpJH13
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RSuUxK9lj
"I'm just speaking the truth."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7LKIqDuWk
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaRDWVT2xR
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Dj5S0rLQa
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RHRYXU8GN
"I was protecting my sister."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QjB8XnHpr
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6clXBrG5N
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemvGoWxKD1
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocIDWB7014
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHb1E45yFh
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAw4vq0MXu
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1qLoGUfpc
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcvWEHVmKk
betray you like Carly betrayed me."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDS7DcTtt7
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbmvcIZWyq
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MlEDZnTJq
crystal glass.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyHZUIveXA
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOnwAFoHU6
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPUGXT3Y9h
in this situation right now."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLJTasDB1M
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1NTx3KN5R
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOleX641NIl
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6hNKUpjY6
actions.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8SRuwvcGT
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7R1p35f3U
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsYwzFDbb5
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZXlfdvbDN
near Carly."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwg6mADoYxC
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmZvl8ULRQ
"That's what you think. Isn't that what all men think when they go to the club and think they are in love with some......"794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctpE5UkByL
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBbmeCSmDw
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8zVLNDKOP
Carly, she would be insulting herself.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvPofe1Zgp
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfN3RcF91O
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3FdbU4vTN
"That would never happen."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuLbNLcABE
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91mRTS5fy4
"A fool in love, yes."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukLEh3swiR
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCehEdQ4OV
"Why? Because you don't like me?"794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQjlcsy1py
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODOQDINHoo
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aiAAZRZWj
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDtOHD4tdf
and my accident that she would ever change."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuh0C8SSSn
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHWKgkrfql
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHD6QKtN2nd
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkq8z7IGT5
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhuM3Cnv4Z
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpIXnbUZsU
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApXHgYyphm
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKHjrUab2u
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhYPH6a6cK
puzzled.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQx66O5Ia4t
***794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡID7GEr5pex
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrif6qkxH0
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWkfoLXRXG
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfjj8uakfc
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7BhUFQH8p
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQ3RAVpA1y
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUBHkSBpIs
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1gumSZXxE
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVn3y7x4gP
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3ygWRuoZ7
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarTKLhqAZQ
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95xRdJ4NR1
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbNUBSY3oH
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ptc4HLqu5
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJb1P4AKfYz
McDonell should be.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDfDA8e05t
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmL6k69OzXC
"Our family has been successfully with the 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRT7WF4xz7W
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4I0JBTcE8O
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XS788LDsV
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZj3W5QPOQi
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjXkKLQXJ3
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iOwifBcWp
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYyTPOdyvl
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTVdhnugJD
especially from my brother. He is so kind."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wkO6aJ3NN
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWmAmlwAN2
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8mnvWvTH5
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDeXTlxWezF
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniXnnY2apP
model.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMR3odZieCb
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncSNluV961
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZhqT7AABV
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPzXxQXyYc
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRELrltGtLM
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4utdGwagi
the financial state her family was in.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0098AwfqAU
But now that she was with the McDonell 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGDxINaEGj
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsWAyDI00p
she has always wanted.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83F7tLXihD
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1YhmDvOGB
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1I4vVKeHb
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYrQa0hefQ
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7oLESl6aU
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDw37r81hn
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHzJOIYJEs
"That would be awesome."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUkTrrW4bL
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9SVomPBmS
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3P1b5QFWG
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2AcqNi1Sg
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTE7zn7lC7
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNobcUdTPUD
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREis931zZa
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjybLqVv6j
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCt25Ayarj
Miranda.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo24LONeRQz
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jQ1UDDWCy
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡck4RaiscZT
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1V48obw7W
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89zojBzC7x
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKDaVLy6yq
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrV2ous3SG
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSibq7YMDu
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2FUqDw24r
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNy5dzfo42h
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbY471WVst
she never ever discussed her life with them.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5Q6VARTDU
Could it be Miranda?794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLGlO8ix1r
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wvQGhW4KK
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8uX0KBn3h
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfGO9DKCNi
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VJJFnNOY4
And now she was calling Carly after all this794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIBbilBFVA
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6Aj0NWtYH
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnZ3iftnNH
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgCgB9bQQx
betrayal.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoL3Rfo0hRh
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaY2m7S99Zp
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjV8C2X3tzj
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZHiWEeivB
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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