Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9hUAX0Wws
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcnYzCEtBc
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFb5iiTsAkF
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0pqaQnpUp
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZDzCVf612
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOnE0RqHTG
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmH7T6alYXF
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaU3IM36sb
boss a call.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPoh6w7rPH
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeDascLeAg
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6gIrYWIxE
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeQXA392hL
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykXBnsywhU
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWcce1rLm3
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdP5O30TJZ
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmxzmIoa3r
looked really tired and restless.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjlpTNhfvu
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0D8040hjDy
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArO6FybNeT
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmLBF3Hsmr
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZM0ijiSul
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQtEwhcr8z
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU23SrgSxnb
huge loss.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDkU6rJLth
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQt4nnvaxZ
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Fq8mF9b2B
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOkOFyPGFM
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwVn0ZiEpv
"What are you planning to do?"671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7UqjWFkVP
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvCBnFUt79
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxMpfgjT6Z
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLlQEDSFKp
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIG7PhpePp
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPukwxy6PE
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aoNPInrv3
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMRBmvDYvr
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2P81fiShXN
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡim69uspAZk
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZnqff51HJ
vacant space weren't as good as her.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFM1vD9Sw6W
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewBAU8qSKv
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrt5Wj37Fr
lucky charm.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ612GK4Xg5y
And he needed her back real bad.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiS1I99nPd
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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6ZOmgtDP6
"I have a job for you."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmY7iqjY572
***671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIhCA6f0Lp
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8zIh9IUoV
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF78KqolqNe
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IePMkreJd
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQY88jPdSW
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaPxLwCL3s
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOb2gJj9TBN
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26Y0GftomT
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7roJP0aoWu
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDfyxyNoWt
serious.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9xN6sMwiY
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvjPM35RTq
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhaYwR7Kter
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66UTNxBtip
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnkWb1oA3g
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVX8PwgISRT
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlq8di2kAp
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxOQaADKTB
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbrAhQVOp3
between the two of you considering what happened."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6bmsQGyJ1
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiszHPt9qK8
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XEsAA77Ol
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGIjJBsAzn
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABY6RgHWzV
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59fd53O3h3
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaTTDnsJef
"And you never apologised for it," said 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ruSlC38WP
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRUqjKS4nW
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEa2MYVRLy
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvZ4QLliW3
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtg7sU8wKNc
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNbNZHayTP
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0Nm07L6CO
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3avv1WjjR6
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbkEkVVykZ
for what happened to her.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJoeNoILi3
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIky6qY6gaC
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dEKz0PTDD
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm07YEogqd7
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinkRTgAZPd
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiyXlCCIHP
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9eyP9hpS6
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCkMEvA4wX
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9tZClaiBt
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzKt2qh7mO
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahngtexYnL
back at the club.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBeeNbkW0u
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ156iDgAiwX
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaUmbiYxA8
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJKre1CrFr
sisters completely.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9d7oeVjkjQ
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafJu49E08w
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVKfra0qGk
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjezNp3uYm
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXOI3MwtWj
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtl951Pofs
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqVHCK6n77
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxirslXAEC4
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuecRDyCeZ0
club, not him.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDRqKTuYvW
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bfOpg37UI
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmi0cgsXdy
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuoJrqXiMy
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvIHBsQyj6
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoovZzB87rj
at each other yet, have you?"671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaDx3Wpxh2
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ96LSjT4md
"No," they answered at the same time.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7XFdPR4Dz
"Great. That's good to know."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2owdzgMbI
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xy5TeehAN
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCZAI4bzwM
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjmYJbvtWi
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cR7K1Mrzd
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHRB06IQoz
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyizggZcSkE
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwfL4uRMz6
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKg6yxmwhIv
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7EHWS7Te3
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRf8n7gKuM
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUL9OvsOMZ9
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM92YvlOfvx
long."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzmZtyv5KM
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNPECkHlWy
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8mDOjL35Q
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5OA5l7ESZ
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0ZwN0xPgW
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCBzs9j6Rp
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDFgRzQr9t
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgeDO0TypU
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW80hs1VUm8
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaNBctlVkB
Not like this. Something was wrong.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7hiwViB0X
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQA8ZcAEaN
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpaMVgYYHQ
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0CII83xUj
embarrassed?"671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXx5dBCza4
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVLD8pfjfj
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLCVAoa5cX
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElJnVkLunX
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlA87EYiZfH
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcypb9nbq3X
today?"671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXAqLaCuQf
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0ilRYmZp8
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CGJyKUSbh
you want."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZXV0yYoTK
"It worked for you, didn't it?"671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3jh7F95WY
"What do you mean?"671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZotyBORcQ
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqAaEUPS0x
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtN9rxh0Cze
sister."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWm4kZMteX
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaK4HynKuBF
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCZkJ1gpQE
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgDtPXArvt
"I'm just speaking the truth."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09vrxuyUge
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2VRweULgl
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpq5ZkO1uv
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CGkEcpak4
"I was protecting my sister."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjt9t9YZWx
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgmdbkhxZu
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEj3M948Q0q
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsTRT3o0Sr
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnQpPE38Ot
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6cDywNGWb
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9sxRtJIt7
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQgPe9UtYB
betray you like Carly betrayed me."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUvvSI3IyN
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCO6JKFL3YU
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6spjgJ2zQ
crystal glass.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzrwgVJMqS
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy10FlOn3PH
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfF3vMBGut
in this situation right now."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvU12VFzqB
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1qvdAMiHD
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGyNeS0IdT
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOLCPcfTjY
actions.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMcTBTHdOQ
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ950NRBPymI
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOB3Mf6rXMA
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsfSZId9eM
near Carly."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheK3P3mOfT
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAxooijFkb
"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......"671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0KwwPRZmT
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCQ0iY6qQ6
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHR1VE6nck
Carly, she would be insulting herself.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpTH1Lcxxu
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEWvdcIGV3
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PIa4xrGRg
"That would never happen."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEefCVbN86
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zXC0SI4kf
"A fool in love, yes."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpEjyq7i5U
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWg5aNBur77
"Why? Because you don't like me?"671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlslnBE0dY
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOf0lNo4zzl
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlQZTC9T2Z
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZrLfY9LRL
and my accident that she would ever change."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsGwBULYdn
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkcTIbAJE4
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBWgXVqQEP
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzlEjivrQr
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqysiPCrIdN
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4VLQTOElq
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFGqA3GOKS
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmiCELus4g
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInVk0kJM2U
puzzled.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTBq234oOj
***671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUv9YWPML0x
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCe2D2eDi2
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmxQzhcq3d
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuckQsWad97
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlLsXX0kBx
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kKrz3TRgK
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyC3rVr1xS
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbGwdIOpvs
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvc8mdxV1X
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzS47N1nF3s
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp00DoZfgMN
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQz0fZmPQL
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkdCY1pgs2
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9kONGHSv0
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWNkxGsY8W
McDonell should be.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAwecanUS6
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjc9FYaWR8
"Our family has been successfully with the 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkKqTFOp27
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZedjg8eMP
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xLPeqlXwa
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBr1ttwBEq6
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrUJX1HpT5
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTf28bU9xuL
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyl8t08tVSK
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVchoiUuAd
especially from my brother. He is so kind."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8WmopaNM3
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6moH8yNylK
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUryJXPYSI
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxNpsXc8JU
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFT81K44g8A
model.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAUy6nxAPQ
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldg5TOo9oe
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BZlPOwqDn
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPrGAgorm0
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEB42QcOhn
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLMBI7hqFe
the financial state her family was in.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsV9vOvmZm
But now that she was with the McDonell 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYQaLWwHgl
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdvJAKzI7C
she has always wanted.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgnMlQUVpg
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAp7B2gR9yq
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOnOpWJr9q
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnMVK2jDYj
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLp1RQNcZc
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZSXUNmHQq
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkP2Ak4YSO
"That would be awesome."671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzwKEssAiX
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9aKJZtXB0
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQFiChkNuT
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ax4WKUH9Y
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq35ywpql4I
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTg6AmjqMaH
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqagKw8gJYc
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitWCo1kyXb
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4slObNkit
Miranda.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoWHUOSMij
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXCQtzmY7w
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTVIjSkgQt
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGYWPp7k8N
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIbmakKkpM
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdEFN3JbgR
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMm5Lwzu2xi
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzeD70kNL1
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXAA7fQTAI
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxijjIVB2r
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIIaEdX0U4
she never ever discussed her life with them.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Snk8sZOxG
Could it be Miranda?671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHH3upog3DF
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvR2X93YKR
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetX0Ln8p9z
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONmCwQ61MD
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡap7rgSVqmL
And now she was calling Carly after all this671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnUXGLraLz
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKLWfepFrg
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSE7CSkM95
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhji5EClJK
betrayal.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnkODTuGyi
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NaWhuY1kq
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxc3sc8t4a
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61xR7ONEjx
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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