Angel was in the living 594Please respect copyright.PENANAUCBVm3CP6s
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 594Please respect copyright.PENANABIVxqQCmld
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.594Please respect copyright.PENANAJphVKorn72
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.594Please respect copyright.PENANApQSpbj9shB
"How was what?" Angel asked.594Please respect copyright.PENANAxGkJVLN5Ms
"Getting to know Leo?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAo86XWSTg1O
Angel could have sworn 594Please respect copyright.PENANAapIyym8tVh
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 594Please respect copyright.PENANA9IinLknLoY
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.594Please respect copyright.PENANA0Unypyur1S
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.594Please respect copyright.PENANABGo3GtmWXE
"Really?" Amanda looked a594Please respect copyright.PENANAujcdQ3jt3h
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 594Please respect copyright.PENANAKg8vOFs63b
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 594Please respect copyright.PENANA1gORhCODOF
have offended you?" 594Please respect copyright.PENANA78Eckl7x6T
"Oh, no, no," Angel replied quickly. "I just felt a little discomfort in my body and felt like it was time I saw the doctor."594Please respect copyright.PENANAAySMDuWbiw
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"594Please respect copyright.PENANA8nRm8Fr6gI
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."594Please respect copyright.PENANAlwqRrLjhTz
"Awww, you're so 594Please respect copyright.PENANAJkg1lNs1rR
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can594Please respect copyright.PENANAQIXNHOZJ1V
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 594Please respect copyright.PENANAVi5Sa3R6tr
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 594Please respect copyright.PENANA9W9zz20xWQ
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."594Please respect copyright.PENANA9Or4Gn3Pkk
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."594Please respect copyright.PENANAk0hFQvkk9b
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAdvC8b8oMjM
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."594Please respect copyright.PENANAIJSLeATHWd
Amanda gave Angel the 594Please respect copyright.PENANACX3pSl2Md4
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 594Please respect copyright.PENANA3MOLe8nMKZ
to deal with writing. It suits you."594Please respect copyright.PENANAcHGhYm7lpO
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.594Please respect copyright.PENANA4tbBtlGg40
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."594Please respect copyright.PENANANTCRoTfm9A
"What is it?" Angel asked.594Please respect copyright.PENANAKQm0bxOiba
"You seem to be one 594Please respect copyright.PENANAguMGbLeyrU
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,594Please respect copyright.PENANAoXytMETmME
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."594Please respect copyright.PENANA2L0Fl1Elei
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.594Please respect copyright.PENANAvyGMQerFkV
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.594Please respect copyright.PENANAZcBaX28KwM
"What?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAgmtFNjwexp
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.594Please respect copyright.PENANAftKaKmnHwP
Leo who had just come in594Please respect copyright.PENANAKZAsOFMfBI
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 594Please respect copyright.PENANArnHG5j8BTw
just at the entrance of the living room.594Please respect copyright.PENANATQKvMMQqTF
"What did you just say 594Please respect copyright.PENANACvQkN6RMxI
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached594Please respect copyright.PENANAGBfj811sGx
the two women on the wheelchairs.594Please respect copyright.PENANAPY5nQO4gfv
Amanda turned her 594Please respect copyright.PENANAxXK31ihEJS
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 594Please respect copyright.PENANA9YigI4mGFD
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 594Please respect copyright.PENANAN3hlO1wSh0
themselves."594Please respect copyright.PENANA0Lf3E3kIFU
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAe292AW4Ukq
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"594Please respect copyright.PENANA8jjVRc0YqU
Leo couldn't believe 594Please respect copyright.PENANAUxeeJjt1Gv
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 594Please respect copyright.PENANAFLJ7dNOETE
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.594Please respect copyright.PENANAyKpEeoHg5Y
"Haven't you thought 594Please respect copyright.PENANAgBr8xuLm6j
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 594Please respect copyright.PENANA56KPrEhL7v
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a594Please respect copyright.PENANAi210WwvzoG
job of her own?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAV7J5W7SpXN
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."594Please respect copyright.PENANAukV5JyFHZb
"You deserve better, my 594Please respect copyright.PENANAKG3NAjjj4g
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 594Please respect copyright.PENANAfTcwRSw2iW
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."594Please respect copyright.PENANAFC2ts6gXLK
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."594Please respect copyright.PENANAfqbtPyuA2Q
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."594Please respect copyright.PENANAOx5k28VPSC
"What makes you so sure?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAGXvat0m58G
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."594Please respect copyright.PENANAcrj7rem4Ra
"Mum won't though."594Please respect copyright.PENANAiOw033joSw
"Does she run the 594Please respect copyright.PENANAYcqFlX7xGN
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 594Please respect copyright.PENANAjA5dyfhhWb
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 594Please respect copyright.PENANAyOtgSseQxU
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."594Please respect copyright.PENANAuro9dneZiN
Leo knew his grandmother594Please respect copyright.PENANA33NB2AFWDH
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 594Please respect copyright.PENANAnunevCZTr9
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 594Please respect copyright.PENANANBpKPia6vJ
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 594Please respect copyright.PENANA5MV7xj57CU
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.594Please respect copyright.PENANApUklwWUB9j
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.594Please respect copyright.PENANAh1iZqwRO0Y
"Don't say any of this 594Please respect copyright.PENANAUdPOYhSIR7
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 594Please respect copyright.PENANA6owksS5olB
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 594Please respect copyright.PENANA1TEyoYgkB0
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 594Please respect copyright.PENANAib3of7o9Vp
have to convince her a little more than I have to."594Please respect copyright.PENANAEkhjgaF7eG
Angel gulped. It felt 594Please respect copyright.PENANA6o9u7RlNI7
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only594Please respect copyright.PENANAcYgSTGMFOT
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.594Please respect copyright.PENANAOlGwEq1TvF
Leo made his way out of 594Please respect copyright.PENANAhbDMUc5ApH
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 594Please respect copyright.PENANAbHT3wIu0XH
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 594Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZFwOtoyPI
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 594Please respect copyright.PENANA5ByLU176M6
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.594Please respect copyright.PENANA06TmsvzIk5
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAruMyMeoXNo
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."594Please respect copyright.PENANA5RwJoLeqfQ
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."594Please respect copyright.PENANAumaScFU53P
But Leo went up the stairs without giving her a chance to finish. Mrs McDonell looked on at his son as he went to his room.594Please respect copyright.PENANA17zs0cWkmA
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.594Please respect copyright.PENANAjkpXgga5q1
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.594Please respect copyright.PENANAa4tvdUy1SC
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."594Please respect copyright.PENANAFfLg4piVcv
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."594Please respect copyright.PENANABOZraB4Ff2
"I'm talking about Kim."594Please respect copyright.PENANAjKny14eLiV
Angel didn't know if it 594Please respect copyright.PENANAAtm7x57J9O
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 594Please respect copyright.PENANAAHWxTMnAhJ
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It594Please respect copyright.PENANAFejzboPBTY
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 594Please respect copyright.PENANAJvsdoG2pZi
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 594Please respect copyright.PENANAHPvIpYhq8p
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 594Please respect copyright.PENANAr0NwZWj3zA
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 594Please respect copyright.PENANAGUP4PX0f3G
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 594Please respect copyright.PENANAsHWVGTOL8Q
certain things?594Please respect copyright.PENANAlqFZVlGXhI
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.594Please respect copyright.PENANA6tCagwhuK4
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.594Please respect copyright.PENANALfOIvcUDiG
Angel felt like covering594Please respect copyright.PENANAoLO9Idaa8w
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 594Please respect copyright.PENANA7g4ViIUiud
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 594Please respect copyright.PENANAoHa2WQPFmj
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 594Please respect copyright.PENANAt1Gt1wWRzh
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.594Please respect copyright.PENANA6WlLiKCPmJ
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.594Please respect copyright.PENANA0NiyCrHcx9
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.594Please respect copyright.PENANAvvzJCQS1kC
Angel felt her heart 594Please respect copyright.PENANA1qMCl5UUKy
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if594Please respect copyright.PENANADDpVm3dlUi
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 594Please respect copyright.PENANAssC4xaGh1j
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 594Please respect copyright.PENANAHbH6uvvPsn
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 594Please respect copyright.PENANA1wbof6138x
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 594Please respect copyright.PENANA10GqYHbkwp
and invited her to the wedding.594Please respect copyright.PENANAX8819x1Sv4
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.594Please respect copyright.PENANAnbGGP9qfRB
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.594Please respect copyright.PENANAOEJs7Mb9k8
Angel looked at Amanda 594Please respect copyright.PENANAghzmOouzlK
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 594Please respect copyright.PENANAizVfwMGGwI
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.594Please respect copyright.PENANAhiMNCe9xA4
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 594Please respect copyright.PENANA6rIwNdqyst
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they594Please respect copyright.PENANAS4JTFuibM1
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they594Please respect copyright.PENANAq0VVJR0KQR
saw Leo.594Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5j2nlJKMd
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAWyjIf2ldsH
"Nothing, dear," said 594Please respect copyright.PENANA8wMY7cr8ne
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother594Please respect copyright.PENANAYq9v4pH4V7
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."594Please respect copyright.PENANA0Nc1WvehgY
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."594Please respect copyright.PENANAN4prfgMFVi
"Have a nice day."594Please respect copyright.PENANApTMM7A7FkL
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.594Please respect copyright.PENANAScjO5c5S5L
Leo nodded his head in 594Please respect copyright.PENANAr1K3kN0EKB
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 594Please respect copyright.PENANAEXAwNNOIZE
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 594Please respect copyright.PENANAAQpHQdWaNJ
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 594Please respect copyright.PENANAWmGl7yKva4
through the front door.594Please respect copyright.PENANAxbmA1Q1ztE
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.594Please respect copyright.PENANAe3ocK5yEuK
"You're unbelievable," 594Please respect copyright.PENANADQL4XMrmwT
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 594Please respect copyright.PENANA7QloBor8P6
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."594Please respect copyright.PENANA3LOjwlTkXv
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.594Please respect copyright.PENANAJzICQQ2q41
"I'm sorry for that, 594Please respect copyright.PENANA5Yga3DLhSR
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 594Please respect copyright.PENANAMY8a97Tj9m
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."594Please respect copyright.PENANAsqjeTOI52F
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.594Please respect copyright.PENANAgDf2RFkNSv
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."594Please respect copyright.PENANANOfjzNLpKB
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."594Please respect copyright.PENANAbLWnaBmaMQ
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."594Please respect copyright.PENANAUQXGxFWrie
Angel slowly followed 594Please respect copyright.PENANAz2LDZXRyjY
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 594Please respect copyright.PENANAJDzVsyvmcW
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her594Please respect copyright.PENANAH4g5ywjb0l
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 594Please respect copyright.PENANAgpJkpIkZVS
must have felt awful.594Please respect copyright.PENANAPdaPdh0se0
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.594Please respect copyright.PENANAb2ZKsMUfxM
***594Please respect copyright.PENANAEQqqip2IV2
Eric594Please respect copyright.PENANA42d2Y5bmcI
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 594Please respect copyright.PENANACSdQVB3Mtv
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.594Please respect copyright.PENANArcX0BuaGDq
He594Please respect copyright.PENANAxrswBtmnbS
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 594Please respect copyright.PENANANYnACUNyQ3
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 594Please respect copyright.PENANAURhMpUMojQ
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.594Please respect copyright.PENANAiYK4tL7GHC
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.594Please respect copyright.PENANAuBctToqk6u
Since594Please respect copyright.PENANAy0YBD39CjJ
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 594Please respect copyright.PENANAiBXWu96RRb
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 594Please respect copyright.PENANAFLT8GkHVbr
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 594Please respect copyright.PENANAsZIljXGOg1
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?594Please respect copyright.PENANAWkCCsYhWYQ
Who594Please respect copyright.PENANAGmFMw0jF1i
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 594Please respect copyright.PENANAmqu7YbQIGr
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft594Please respect copyright.PENANADPctQfr6j6
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.594Please respect copyright.PENANAGYVIXp3H2V
He594Please respect copyright.PENANA9SHEPOu7Bu
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 594Please respect copyright.PENANAQVJSaSd1gJ
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 594Please respect copyright.PENANAtZKcKLhsM5
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.594Please respect copyright.PENANAKqoQ7MpT8B
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.594Please respect copyright.PENANABescZPGNAw
"You've someone here to see you."594Please respect copyright.PENANAOov7XF5SwR
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.594Please respect copyright.PENANAvDe2eDiP4G
"It's Trina."594Please respect copyright.PENANAIKZT5B4fP6
Eric594Please respect copyright.PENANAImzZNQNePP
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 594Please respect copyright.PENANAXiNwCsMHjj
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 594Please respect copyright.PENANAgNosADEWBE
called off.594Please respect copyright.PENANA3Egy1D5KF1
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.594Please respect copyright.PENANAMP8hV1l4Ok
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.594Please respect copyright.PENANACDnCsjacZt
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.594Please respect copyright.PENANApNiKp6JgS3
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.594Please respect copyright.PENANA18BRmvpvTc
Trina594Please respect copyright.PENANAmqX5f4OcTs
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to594Please respect copyright.PENANAJJwlSRAjfo
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 594Please respect copyright.PENANAbIRk7fucV7
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 594Please respect copyright.PENANAqkXTVDw2Dt
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 594Please respect copyright.PENANAIa7Sk6uD79
fall out sometimes but still get back together.594Please respect copyright.PENANAaYk935tTPc
Now594Please respect copyright.PENANAeaxj8y1sNe
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 594Please respect copyright.PENANAOcBQBKi1cJ
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 594Please respect copyright.PENANA3ghAJL13oe
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 594Please respect copyright.PENANAL8A2fTdKqb
weren't friends.594Please respect copyright.PENANAZc8VpDIQB7
While594Please respect copyright.PENANA0BzCau9ip9
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 594Please respect copyright.PENANASikXluvIf1
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 594Please respect copyright.PENANAyed4JN6uGL
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 594Please respect copyright.PENANAUid57qF58u
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 594Please respect copyright.PENANA8u2PqoDgmD
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.594Please respect copyright.PENANATUdeBTwGZS
One594Please respect copyright.PENANAKVgLtasPdU
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 594Please respect copyright.PENANAsA3xMBlgwN
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 594Please respect copyright.PENANAvieuhb37ji
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 594Please respect copyright.PENANAuJLIM2uc5z
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 594Please respect copyright.PENANAgKfi7dhysV
one.594Please respect copyright.PENANAxEpUkwcD8V
Not until he met Angel.594Please respect copyright.PENANA1i2PDqhemM
Trina594Please respect copyright.PENANA3x0bLjhUgE
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 594Please respect copyright.PENANAy0F7BKSCgl
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.594Please respect copyright.PENANAE7Mf2HI4An
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAb8I7QWbfAf
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."594Please respect copyright.PENANAnFLcLP2giw
Trina594Please respect copyright.PENANAH2f1U0tpld
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 594Please respect copyright.PENANAkm4wFBFRg4
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 594Please respect copyright.PENANAVZS324Pci1
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 594Please respect copyright.PENANAWHj6eMuq50
beautiful.594Please respect copyright.PENANAsibZSlNDiw
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.594Please respect copyright.PENANAud060vvCA0
"Then594Please respect copyright.PENANAxFxTUpEKXz
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 594Please respect copyright.PENANALeZbYY4Qlv
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 594Please respect copyright.PENANA0uc2IpzImS
side to try and work things out."594Please respect copyright.PENANAVaCPSciGTY
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."594Please respect copyright.PENANAgX0l5Z7cuj
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."594Please respect copyright.PENANAxsenA7aUbT
"Ya, me too."594Please respect copyright.PENANAY4HlcXTSUa
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."594Please respect copyright.PENANAEQiPwGPq9m
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.594Please respect copyright.PENANA01HNl1xYLx
"Do you know something, Eric?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAi1R9F5GGUF
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAzPJAOEg8Km
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"594Please respect copyright.PENANANVE7UKwUv8
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."594Please respect copyright.PENANAAlcm2gOmB2
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.594Please respect copyright.PENANA3gSxOPkeux
Eric594Please respect copyright.PENANA8VBertAC6p
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that594Please respect copyright.PENANAmv3PbNS30b
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 594Please respect copyright.PENANAepXtZhjNhR
eyes with a corky smile on his face.594Please respect copyright.PENANAp2hKabxIDM
"Please,594Please respect copyright.PENANAijGKHECcXN
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 594Please respect copyright.PENANArQGJBik7Ry
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 594Please respect copyright.PENANA1LiNuDeIJD
ask him?"594Please respect copyright.PENANA3GDruGtd3b
Trina594Please respect copyright.PENANA2dkeByLSHw
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 594Please respect copyright.PENANAeEXBc7AEju
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 594Please respect copyright.PENANAkkhYeZv6jq
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."594Please respect copyright.PENANAWab1uUNCKe
Eric594Please respect copyright.PENANAhj4hTkc5FQ
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 594Please respect copyright.PENANAtsDz9Z4GOy
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."594Please respect copyright.PENANAxkBmHL5GF1
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAJOe2AHOI0k
Eric594Please respect copyright.PENANA5XsI4IBboW
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 594Please respect copyright.PENANAof060sQhjA
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 594Please respect copyright.PENANAgDqbPRoxZz
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 594Please respect copyright.PENANAkJDJkf8oU6
to say next.594Please respect copyright.PENANAenGcujn5GW
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAOnHiab7iSp
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.594Please respect copyright.PENANAesJRyGRlGW
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"594Please respect copyright.PENANANLSxVTVcmm
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."594Please respect copyright.PENANAUv92pa2qXY
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"594Please respect copyright.PENANABU2uMuBsmz
"She's594Please respect copyright.PENANAXxsJIiCq3C
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 594Please respect copyright.PENANAHjz9ppRpWH
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.594Please respect copyright.PENANAFGbNnxY4Dh
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 594Please respect copyright.PENANAdG2k9foETs
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 594Please respect copyright.PENANAPYVLimvWmI
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 594Please respect copyright.PENANAFCUDb7N7AT
anymore.594Please respect copyright.PENANAxhyp7qiqNb
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.594Please respect copyright.PENANA2sR2UT5A7O
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"594Please respect copyright.PENANA6omyhITiYi
Trina594Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZYSgttwTs
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 594Please respect copyright.PENANAcqV4WUi5W3
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 594Please respect copyright.PENANAcYg023hmot
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 594Please respect copyright.PENANAYoui0TgR2r
massage him.594Please respect copyright.PENANAy2DH0AaBrM
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAkaVhWOB4sz
Eric594Please respect copyright.PENANAiDDKCqhxcw
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 594Please respect copyright.PENANA5054wKJ10Z
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 594Please respect copyright.PENANAmurohuLahe
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 594Please respect copyright.PENANAzTNJ9V18vE
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty594Please respect copyright.PENANAC1xz6628B5
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 594Please respect copyright.PENANAw9pjdLXFtG
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.594Please respect copyright.PENANA09AWp1TqKR
He594Please respect copyright.PENANAom0QpUNXJd
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 594Please respect copyright.PENANAKacp8FEqMG
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think594Please respect copyright.PENANAjRC876rNMQ
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 594Please respect copyright.PENANASwqegS3SeS
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 594Please respect copyright.PENANACapu1eQnZm
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.594Please respect copyright.PENANAGTr9olmGkH
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAuhf7gSoqFP
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."594Please respect copyright.PENANAJaSbN3Hpxo
"I am here now, so why don't you relax a little bit." Trina bended over and whispered in his ear, "I really missed you though."594Please respect copyright.PENANAj7hbXOk9y3
Eric594Please respect copyright.PENANAG7DqykP1D4
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his594Please respect copyright.PENANAfTlz3skhyS
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.594Please respect copyright.PENANA9yZhlnwHUu
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAgjpaBCjI32
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."594Please respect copyright.PENANA9ET9yc09pb
"Oh,594Please respect copyright.PENANAE31ti4ZAZN
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair594Please respect copyright.PENANAcFxaXlCAc5
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 594Please respect copyright.PENANAFZ66zChFMO
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.594Please respect copyright.PENANAhoeCGXcJtI
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.594Please respect copyright.PENANAwFST8Hh3mC
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.594Please respect copyright.PENANA2E3G8Ktgvt
Trina594Please respect copyright.PENANAE7iHfhFJlq
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him594Please respect copyright.PENANA9exCARFPAD
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.594Please respect copyright.PENANA1HJz6uyYt4
Leo594Please respect copyright.PENANApP0PCV76lr
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 594Please respect copyright.PENANAd1iAzQxihA
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.594Please respect copyright.PENANAofy9uFqvNo
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.594Please respect copyright.PENANA2GfCuUQJTL
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.594Please respect copyright.PENANAE7futb0v4r
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAORzjWJyaO8
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."594Please respect copyright.PENANAaPVKkCVY3u
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.594Please respect copyright.PENANABQqBhrBITs
"I was just leaving," said Trina.594Please respect copyright.PENANATmhXvM71vb
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."594Please respect copyright.PENANAuI9zQvbIUo
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.594Please respect copyright.PENANAQn2HFvOzrb
With594Please respect copyright.PENANARMmADrNQbQ
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood594Please respect copyright.PENANAlrgsRuHs3m
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.594Please respect copyright.PENANA8f4tLYBDu4
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.594Please respect copyright.PENANA2KzR8d7vbR
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.594Please respect copyright.PENANAB60sbvi03E
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.594Please respect copyright.PENANAk2HSjrdFxe
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."594Please respect copyright.PENANAeK2AwjKZOX
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."594Please respect copyright.PENANAYnX6LAsHMc
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."594Please respect copyright.PENANAMLg8vHzZMh
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."594Please respect copyright.PENANAq74rlUOSCY
"Well, you would someday."594Please respect copyright.PENANApprwcZmOXn
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAFWCoFhCznA
"I mean, you won't be able to hide your love for Carly forever. What if after a year, you two decide to get married?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAScZKzBB3oH
"That would be fine by me."594Please respect copyright.PENANA0J0UXTMNvU
"Oh,594Please respect copyright.PENANAHv0upWpudg
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 594Please respect copyright.PENANAIMehcreBe0
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 594Please respect copyright.PENANAI2FNg9yKcm
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 594Please respect copyright.PENANAy3BurhlyI8
you broke things off with her."594Please respect copyright.PENANAMZlzX5awK8
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."594Please respect copyright.PENANADnk1gRvGiZ
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."594Please respect copyright.PENANA8otv7q3Kzc
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."594Please respect copyright.PENANAMziZNVBYab
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."594Please respect copyright.PENANAaenHR38nSf
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.594Please respect copyright.PENANAvfXRvMI8D9
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."594Please respect copyright.PENANA7wGAEAgyxk
Leo594Please respect copyright.PENANAqdK6fHFJKO
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 594Please respect copyright.PENANArYUehYF5vD
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 594Please respect copyright.PENANAyHcuccmDAf
her.594Please respect copyright.PENANAZn0Vj7Xu1V
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.594Please respect copyright.PENANA9NE9p2No7T
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.594Please respect copyright.PENANAmIf7aIwk9i
Eric594Please respect copyright.PENANAmJfMczd6sH
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 594Please respect copyright.PENANA6sk1L47rYs
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 594Please respect copyright.PENANAmVKgpjLyF3
thinking about Angel just now."594Please respect copyright.PENANANw794T7HJx
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."594Please respect copyright.PENANAPOmucykmqQ
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAgOceBgpY4s
Leo594Please respect copyright.PENANAxwwmCV6Fo2
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 594Please respect copyright.PENANADLgTbSKXs6
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 594Please respect copyright.PENANAFdSzpafF6W
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.594Please respect copyright.PENANAgyP3tkxNKr
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"594Please respect copyright.PENANAfQ2ZJltLiw
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.594Please respect copyright.PENANAXCj6Cl8mn4
"Because,594Please respect copyright.PENANAgaS0XgtQLG
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 594Please respect copyright.PENANANhmXb998zD
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 594Please respect copyright.PENANAwaWFHsFiGt
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're594Please respect copyright.PENANAosGp86Q2Zu
in a sense of emergency to release it."594Please respect copyright.PENANApYeXJVZXY0
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."594Please respect copyright.PENANAPlPcQM5Rll
"Of594Please respect copyright.PENANAwd9Ti9AYhD
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 594Please respect copyright.PENANADe2fkIz0iz
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 594Please respect copyright.PENANAQEaFwFpOUk
darling, Angel."594Please respect copyright.PENANA85V2zDUrAP
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."594Please respect copyright.PENANA1GIzukEYZy
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.594Please respect copyright.PENANAookHUwWSsZ
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.594Please respect copyright.PENANABZiDIdEc9N
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.594Please respect copyright.PENANAIRjVqKJyMr
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."594Please respect copyright.PENANAsqs6dN1Chy
Eric laughed. "Looks like she really put you in your place for sure. She didn't even have to raise a finger to do it."594Please respect copyright.PENANAsoUsB8tVcP
"Grandma594Please respect copyright.PENANA72MRRkVP7N
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 594Please respect copyright.PENANAr4BvUEkas5
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."594Please respect copyright.PENANAyi67B63sWU
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"594Please respect copyright.PENANATJbRGifluf
Leo594Please respect copyright.PENANAClppwm4i8z
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 594Please respect copyright.PENANAYcElin1xt6
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a594Please respect copyright.PENANACMeNqT5Xje
word to anyone.594Please respect copyright.PENANA1wCxN7U1mO
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."594Please respect copyright.PENANADx9nNZDWVA
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."594Please respect copyright.PENANA3eoyPnn93U
"Yep,594Please respect copyright.PENANAamzP4x90f5
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I594Please respect copyright.PENANAgBT1BkHRYA
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.594Please respect copyright.PENANA0PsHVwq65z
"Ya, you do that. I've a lot of daydreaming to do." Eric leaned back on his chair and with his hands behind his head.594Please respect copyright.PENANAny9Z8CODHj
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."594Please respect copyright.PENANAqAt2qoZYnj
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."594Please respect copyright.PENANAocpRQwxXwf
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."594Please respect copyright.PENANAD7NYB1HyFd
Eric594Please respect copyright.PENANAgLDgvy0JqC
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 594Please respect copyright.PENANAN4aUge22nu
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 594Please respect copyright.PENANAvT5BsqjvOa
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."594Please respect copyright.PENANAxDnFc1jAFq
Leo594Please respect copyright.PENANAeovB28kRJq
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 594Please respect copyright.PENANAAF3eCPIOKO
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 594Please respect copyright.PENANAvkUat1XxQa
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.594Please respect copyright.PENANA6oz5IYnJnC
He594Please respect copyright.PENANAZF8rnSlInF
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 594Please respect copyright.PENANAnzLxLzSFPB
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 594Please respect copyright.PENANALFbPCeJbfK
desk that he had to look at today.594Please respect copyright.PENANAyUtwEr7ZU6
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?594Please respect copyright.PENANAH7UMVoz1xe
Leo594Please respect copyright.PENANAln8HjxPgs5
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 594Please respect copyright.PENANAXmZDMpT7z1
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.594Please respect copyright.PENANAzXZeD4WJul
And it would take a lot more time for him to finally realise that he might have finally met his match.
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