The tapping of his fingers onto the desk must have gone on for quiet a while. It was close to lunch time and Leo didn't seem to notice the time.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5Xyr4qMZC
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A knock came at the door, and Leo didn't seem to hear it at first, til it became louder. He jerked in his seat and sat up like he had just woken up from a dream.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGA3p8hjC0
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"Hello, Mr. McDonell?" came a female voice behind the door. "Are you in there?"
"Damn it," Leo muttered quietly to himself. "You can come in, Grace."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuk6YMs8iwJ
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The door flew open and a young short lady with blonde hair, tied in a bun and glasses over her blue eyes, came into the room. She wore a white blouse with a black skirt and matching black high heeled shoes that made her look a bit taller. She had a blue file in her hand.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdS0fPMLb72
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"Yes, Grace, how may I help you?" Leo asked as he rubbed his eyes.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEIqH7Uhpx
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"Were you asleep, sir?" Grace asked as she slowly approached his desk.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aVkHdeC1F
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"No, not really." Leo looked around his desk as though he was looking for something, then he went on to look at Grace.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiINtPlVMi
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"I was just asking because you weren't answering the door and your secretary assured me that you were still in your office."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBvQ5OX1Jo
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"Is she still at her desk?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPBv41sYXB
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"I saw her heading out for lunch." Grace looked carefully at Leo. "You do know what time it is, right?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJiy5YpTARz
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Leo tried not to look surprised as he stared at the silver round clock seated on his desk beside his computer. He completely lost track of time that he felt like muttering to himself of how much of an idiot he was.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySibN0FzTJ
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"I simply lost track of time," he humbly admitted as he looked back at Grace, trying to keep his cool. He sometimes lost his temper in front of his colleagues. But today, he felt like it wasn't necessary.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKUaRxmG98
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"You look tired. Are you okay?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjKiB7ODCk
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"I'm fine. Just had a few things on my mind, that's all."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdttHbZ7pcY
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"You should go out for fresh air. It looks like you need it."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxB1Cn3uWbi
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Leo wanted to smile at the kind suggestion, but the thought of Angel working with him made his mind go dark and gloomy again.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQemJpRa9PH
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He soon stood up from his seat and Grace took a step back, thinking that she might have struck a nerve.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSr5qiimEW
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"I'll try," Leo said as he picked up his phone on the table. "Though going out for fresh air really isn't my cup of tea."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQB2VV2yjd4
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Grace smiled at him as she relaxed. "You will enjoy it, sir. Before you go, your father isn't back yet and I needed him to sign this document."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dOq6b75Lo
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"Huh?" Leo raised his eyebrow. "My father isn't back yet?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ALYAXFX25
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"No." Grace shook her head. "So, I called him and he told me to give it to you to sign it."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrPGkpAYoU
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Leo stretched out his hand and Grace, likewise, gave him the file. He quickly opened the file and skimmed through the document. After familiarising himself with it, he put the file on the table, took the pen and signed it. He straightened up and gave the file back to Grace.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpE9QBhfJqw
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"Thank you, sir," said Grace as she quickly walked out of the office, closing the door behind her.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJpGyCKCYs
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Leo couldn't help but wonder how he's father had not yet returned to the office. It was so unlike him.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGwgds5QlD
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With the phone in his other hand, Leo decided to call him. But before he could do so, the door flew open and Eric came into his office.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4QgeidZ3I
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"You should be knocking when you're coming here, Eric," said Leo as he looked up at his cousin.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ391aS1TYyI
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"Sorry," said Eric apologetically. "I always knock on your door, it's just today is kind of-"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IB9Cnquhs
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"-different?" Leo finished his sentence.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0omCxAdGHY
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"Yep. So are you coming with me for lunch?" Eric asked.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQKcd7VJdh
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"Nah, I think I'll skip lunch today."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuIZChmD2F
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Eric raised an eyebrow at his cousin. "Are you sure?" he asked. "You seem to need it more than I do."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pWejnS9Js
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"Why do you say that?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYen0Xkb4O
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"Because you look famished. I just passed Grace in the hall and she said you looked sick or something."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyI336qrrFR
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Leo rubbed his forehead with his free hand. "I've been thinking a lot, that's why."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6K3IpRhu8g
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Eric's eyes lit up. "Wait..., is it because of Angel? You're still worried about her working here?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjS42ohR5sR
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Leo shrugged his shoulders. "Well, what do you expect when you came here talking about her in the first place?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahQ4p2Xhmu
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Eric shook his head as he pinched his eyes with his index finger and thumb. "This is why I said you should go to a therapist. You can't hate someone who hasn't offended you."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCe8nYdhiht
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"What are you saying? Of course she has."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeMJO7ErlE
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Eric folded his arms. "Okay, apart from the time when she attacked you at the club because you were making love to her sister, mention any other time when she did you wrong."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfssjRp6p8q
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Leo looked at Eric with a murderous look. He didn't have to think of anything because he knew he had none. Eric always had a way of getting to him when he wanted to.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKC9R2w7Pl
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Leo ended up shaking his head admitting defeat and said, "fine. You win this time. But that doesn't mean she plots behind my back."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFuwP4ZBBf
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"You don't even have proof of that," said Eric as he started to chuckle. "You're just being paranoid."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Mr1O5OxDm
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Leo shook his head as he walked round his table. "I'm so done with you. Let's go. Arguing with you makes me hungry."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXsyhsUOFL
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Leo started to walk out of his office with Eric right behind him. When the two stepped out, Leo locked the door.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1qLQ8BXA5
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"Since you really need to eat something," said Eric, "you can suggest where we can go for lunch."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmszBxsKEcC
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"First let me make a call to my dad. Can you imagine that he hasn't shown up to the office?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9wdJNWPK0
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"Maybe he is still helping Carly out with her college transfer. You know how these things take time sometimes."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7hvNyTQwV
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"Ya, but it's lunch time and he should have called me first if he was going to arrive late."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRXP9kaOof
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"He probably just forgot. You can give him a call as we head out of here. I'm starving."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zZSfU2Twu
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Leo would've said something over Eric's appetite, but he was too worried about his father to even care. The two made their way towards the elevator while Leo dialed his father's number on his phone and called. He put the phone to his ear as Eric reached the elevator first and pressed the button to summon it.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrEf4uNnQC
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Mr. McDonell answered the call upon the first ring and Leo was relieved.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKEesfLuPE
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"Leo, hey," came his father's voice. "Is anything wrong at the office?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl55RKv3wyX
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"No, nothing's wrong," Leo replied. The elevator doors in front of him flew open and Eric stepped in first with Leo following slowly behind him. "Grace told me that you weren't around and I thought of checking up on you."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHoxnDNxbw
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"Oh, I'm fine, son. There is no need to worry."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWO7hHFadff
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"Where are you anyway?" Eric pressed the button to the ground floor and the doors closed. They soon felt the elevator start to move.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCqLk7Nl1Y
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"Oh..., me?" Mr. McDonell seemed surprised by the question. "I decided to go for a walk in Central park, that's all."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5f0SygHRfC
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"I was worried when Grace told me you hadn't shown up to the office." Leo looked over at Eric who was staring at his own two feet.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGYlcHR41t
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"You don't need to worry, son, I'm fine. Walking is good for me and I really need it today. I'll be back in the office as soon as lunch hour is over."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWg24TZV8hA
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"Okay, see you later, then." Leo cut the call.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyB7YtPoiNG
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The elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open. Eric turned to look at Leo.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RworJnQT1
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"So, where is he?" Eric asked Leo as they both walked out of the elevator.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvcPk0Tt1q
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"He's taking a walk in Central park," Leo asked as they passed a few people down in the lobby.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQusY42n0C
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"Ah, you see. There was nothing to worry about."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw03raPFSIG
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"Ya, there wasn't."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcDur6qStd
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The two cousins stepped out through the large glass doors of the building, passing the doorman that stood guard.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEqNKemy4o
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"That reminds me," said Eric as they turned down the street on the sidewalk, "which restaurant are we going to?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71wN9ByJ25
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"Can't we have junk food for a change?" Leo asked as he put his phone in the pocket and left his hand in it.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe610RKjP4h
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Eric looked at his cousin as they walked, careful enough not to bump into anyone coming in from the opposite direction and those in front of him who walked too slow. He looked surprised.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8UuN70Hyv
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"Did you just say you want to eat junk food?" Eric asked. "Minutes ago, you said you weren't hungry."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKK6ndBPaY
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"I've changed my mind. Am I on a diet so as not to eat junk?" Leo asked.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1422qy3CV
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"Not that I know of." They were soon near the traffic lights with many other civilians at the zebra crossing, waiting for the walk traffic light to turn on.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqaIHRGptDf
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"What's wrong with eating junk food, then?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4YWnDx7U7
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Eric thought about it for a second but he had to cross the road with Leo and the other pedestrians as soon as the traffic lights turned red for the cars to stop and the green walk sign turned on for the pedestrians. As soon as they reached the other side of the crossing and the cars that stopped were finally on the move behind them, Eric gave his reply:461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsIffhbxz3
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"There's nothing wrong with it. I'm just worried that you might grow fat. Besides, the only reason why I'm concerned is because you like going to fancy restaurants and eating salads all the time."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWUN1dRzE2
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"I know," said Leo as they passed by a coffee shop and the strong smell of coffee flew onto the street when a lady, opened the door to enter the cafe. "I don't know how to explain it, but I'm really in a mood for it right now."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nzQAo7gXm
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"Okay, if you say so. But if you gain a pound after this, don't blame me."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cDybmnCWZ
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Leo turned to look at Eric, walking beside him. "Admit it, you want to eat junk food way more than I do."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ApvRbreiA
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"Mind you, I love junk. I'm just surprised you want to join in on the fun. And I know exactly where to go. There's this amazing place where they sell the best burgers."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4V8tRSGBp
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"Great, let's go."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2haHGNyRH0
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"Comfortable?" Mark asked after Angel sat on the chair he had just pulled out for her.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOISr3LQSNl
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"Yes, thank you," Angel replied as she smiled up at him.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjvokLpFqH
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"Good." Mark gave her a smile and he went to sit on the other side of the table.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dGqH3VXzQ
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Angel went on ahead to look at her surrounding a little more. They were at an outdoor restaurant. As much as it was outdoors, the place was luxurious with the open roof above them filled with green creepers and tiny bulbs above them to make the scene around them look beautiful and a little intimate. The wooden tables were covered with white table cloths and above them were little bulbs in shape of candles with little green creepers and white flowers. Angel liked the way the restaurant made her feel. She felt like she was in a fairytale.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSDJmYjo7m
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"I see you like the place," Mark said, bringing her attention back to him.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyIwtP2Tv7
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"Yes, it's really lovely," said Angel.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5m9vsSmo8
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"We should order." Mark lifted the navy blue menu in front of him and opened it. "What would you like to have?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIKXhS8sAe
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Angel also took hold of the menu and looked at it. It had been a long time since she had visited a fancy restaurant that she forgot about some delicate cuisines that most exquisite restaurants liked to serve. She smiled to herself when she noticed one of the meals she enjoyed on the menu.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvvLqMHOXl
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"What is it?" Mark asked as he looked up from his menu and noticed Angel smiling.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WYIDPOpfq
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"Nothing," Angel replied, still smiling. "I realised I haven't had a ratatouille in like.., forever."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTpqIsfNeJ
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"Looks like you know your french cuisines." Mark smiled charmingly at her.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKopAslwzpR
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"There was a time when I was on a date and my boyfriend made me try it out. Goodness, it was magnificent."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCiwKmOqSN
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"You dated?" Mark looked surprised.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3H77XgRpf
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"Ya, but he wasn't the best of boyfriends," said Angel as she went back to looking at the menu. "The ratatouille can be a good starter. Just saying."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSahcDlivFb
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Mark continued to look at Angel and she didn't seem to notice. It was only moments later when she looked at him and caught him staring.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Jp8gnX511
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"What is it?" Angel asked.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1RqdkyOqO
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"Nothing," he said as he dropped his menu. "I wonder what the guy thought of letting you go."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8HRUgi0ss
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Angel raised an eyebrow at him as she put the menu back down on the table. "That was three years ago. I caught him cheating on me and so..., just like everything that stays in the past..., it's history."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhjYkFID9l
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"Well, I think he's a fool letting you go."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmCwNZNhnM
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Angel looked up at the green creepers over her and the tiny bright lights. "He made a choice," she said. "Can't blame him. The girl he cheated on me with was very beautiful. I guess that's why."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NEfp1cLF5
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Mark drew out his hand and placed it above Angel's that was on the table. Angel looked at him.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVW38Yn58IV
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"He was too blind to notice how beautiful you are," he said. "You look heavenly, like an angel."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1w2N0K4rb
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Angel smiled. "Stop it," she said, her cheeks starting to heat up. "I know you're only saying that to try and make me feel better."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzC74P6HGt3
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"Maybe. But I'm speaking the truth and you know it. I bet am not the first man to ever tell you that."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygCR8vpF0O
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Angel shook her head. "No, you aren't."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyvMR2RbPD
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Mark withdrew his hand. "Let's not talk about him." He lifted his hand to catch the attention of a waiter nearby. A lean blonde young man came to the table all dressed in a black shirt, a black pair of trousers, with matching black shoes and a black half apron round his waist.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IzRZehp20
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"Ready to take your order, sir?" the man asked politely with a gentle smile on his face.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGU7zI8qtQa
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"Yes, please," said Mark as he looked up at the waiter and then he went on to look at Angel. "For a starter, we would like the ratatouille, please."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0f3LGCROH
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"Coming right up, and would you like a drink while you wait?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmBdTqLy3f
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"Yes, a bottle of your finest wine."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0nRMPwBVA
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"Of course," said the waiter as he smiled at both Mark and Angel before leaving them.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNMWGO326t
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"We're having wine?" Angel asked with a questioning look on her face.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2KOlGnlT2
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"What is it?" Mark asked, this time his face grew a little worried. "Don't you take alcohol?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCyv2XW98T
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"Well...," Angel playfully rolled her eyes up. "I can't say I take alcohol when I drink wine on special occasions." Her eyes flew back to Mark's face.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcFIlr20gP
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"Oh," Mark let out a little laugh as he leaned back on his chair. "For a minute there, I thought you didn't take alcohol at all."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaB0Dcj0ov
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"I like wine. I don't drink beer or whiskey.., those type of drinks."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52TsBHeRO4
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"Even scotch?"
"Even scotch." Angel said as she smiled.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuindAIfDL
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"Women like you love wine."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3l67udfDeY
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"Well, there are other women who love beers, scotch and whiskey...., champagne, maybe a little," Angel shrugged her shoulders.
"True. I'm glad I guessed that you're a wine drinker."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKJsmPKRue
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"Ha. Just now you thought I didn't even take wine."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKQo6asaan
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"Because you caught me off guard with that question."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBr0rmyPWY
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Angel let out a laugh but one that didn't attract people's attention in the restaurant.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQnaDuQRfr
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"Ya, I'm sorry about that," said Angel after she gathered her composure. "I just wanted to see your reaction."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBrg1a34i1
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Mark had an amused look on his face and he didn't notice how charmingly he smiled at Angel until the waiter came back pushing a serving tray. On it was a black champagne bucket with a bottle of wine in it with ice all around. Alongside the bucket were two wine glasses.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmn0fSDKck
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The waiter placed the two glasses in front of Mark and Angel, opened the bottle of wine and poured into the glasses. Afterwards, he placed the bottle back in the bucket, kindly excused himself and walked away.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBRjRoc61I
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"Shall we have a toast?" Mark suggested as he held his glass.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxogxjGZYy
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"A toast to what?" Angel asked, her fingers around the stem of her glass.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYBle9VyIQ
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"A toast for your health, that's one. And also, for you just being you."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0F3xlDuYQu
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Angel smiled. "I will toast to the first one most of all, and the other reason is quite reasonable...., so cheers."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3n3y0hnGan
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Their glasses clinked when they touched and they both drank.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiFBYSmU3t
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"This is really good," said Angel after she withdrew the brim of the glass from her lips.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuYgggk9bJ
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"That's why I ordered the best of the best," said Mark as he put his glass on the table.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB25inYTvii
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"I might end up drinking the whole bottle. But that won't be so ladylike of me."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8aslWhdRG
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"I should be worried." Mark raised his eyebrow at her. "Do you easily get drunk, Angel Barclay?"461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTmllBLeCF
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Angel took another sip of her wine. "If I have too much, then yes. I can get a little tipsy."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvX4PJh2b3X
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"Then we can take it a little slow, shall we?"
"Slow is good."461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9mOfme4Xl
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It didn't take long for their to starter arrive. And as they had their meal, they continued to chat unaware of how much they enjoyed each other's company. But they had more matters to discuss, and they both knew it.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGv2OmfxwQ
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The white tulips in his hands smelled fresh and divine as he walked, his eyes focused ahead. The place around him was quiet except for a few words he heard aloud at a distance. As he walked, he turned to the voice and saw a group of people, almost all of them dressed in black, gathered together surrounding a white casket. The person speaking before them was a priest, all dressed in white and purple robes with the Holy Bible in his hands. Those closer to the casket, crying silently and holding tissues to their noses were obviously the family to the deceased.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUq0dVGIchK
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Death was a sad thing, especially if it happens to take a loved one away from you. But such was life. Death itself was inevitable and it was up to those alive and in the present to move on. Though it's hard for many others to do so.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdbrHjBUOm
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As he continued to walk away from the funeral procession and through the neatly arranged tombstones in the graveyard, he approached her grave. There stood a white marble tombstone that he had set up just a day after her burial. He was glad that his wife hadn't visited the graveyard with him. She would have been pissed to see such a magnificent tombstone and would have blamed him for wasting so much money on a dead person.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYVz0UcThW
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As he got closer, he stood there for a minute as he read her name in big black capital letters. He bended over to put the white tulips on the ground, next to the tombstone. After straightening up, he took a few steps back.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiytBo3RhQ5
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He sighed as he smiled at the white tulips. If she were here, she would have smiled back at him, taken a sniff out of them and said thank you.461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNs5pYLvD9
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"God, how I've missed you," he muttered to the wind.
