Angel was in the living 647Please respect copyright.PENANAOGX4S7vtpW
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 647Please respect copyright.PENANAzIpM2BkDsy
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.647Please respect copyright.PENANA3nt9kiNCje
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.647Please respect copyright.PENANAR4ETpsYl8K
"How was what?" Angel asked.647Please respect copyright.PENANA3VUBmHR23G
"Getting to know Leo?"647Please respect copyright.PENANABetMiMcZE8
Angel could have sworn 647Please respect copyright.PENANAjbAPMx5oCq
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 647Please respect copyright.PENANAxuxkcS8p5o
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.647Please respect copyright.PENANA9c0tKiKkwd
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.647Please respect copyright.PENANAePe4kOjgDr
"Really?" Amanda looked a647Please respect copyright.PENANAy1F4kAX3yV
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 647Please respect copyright.PENANALo1CwgOwXK
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 647Please respect copyright.PENANA9mIu9n10ML
have offended you?" 647Please respect copyright.PENANA5y00qb6E9A
"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."647Please respect copyright.PENANASnVJVzVl9a
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"647Please respect copyright.PENANADRrWHkpaOb
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."647Please respect copyright.PENANA2MnEv1rd50
"Awww, you're so 647Please respect copyright.PENANAX3GqholirL
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can647Please respect copyright.PENANA35xZCo6Vhi
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 647Please respect copyright.PENANAUqVL8hSGXM
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 647Please respect copyright.PENANAZghXuRvagL
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."647Please respect copyright.PENANAoJmgUO7HCU
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."647Please respect copyright.PENANAosgNrM5NDk
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"647Please respect copyright.PENANA1VeJAv1cpF
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."647Please respect copyright.PENANAADXHXWCXkA
Amanda gave Angel the 647Please respect copyright.PENANAJzmhHe2rGy
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 647Please respect copyright.PENANAgYFb94e5v4
to deal with writing. It suits you."647Please respect copyright.PENANAGu7vGrSUwK
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.647Please respect copyright.PENANAOXCvd1MPWn
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."647Please respect copyright.PENANAMJzmtqKe1K
"What is it?" Angel asked.647Please respect copyright.PENANAdjoyDuMojd
"You seem to be one 647Please respect copyright.PENANAs1DITx5LGd
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,647Please respect copyright.PENANAVq2Q4e4e0t
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."647Please respect copyright.PENANAoUAm2V3Ul0
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.647Please respect copyright.PENANACiSHRVHe66
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.647Please respect copyright.PENANA84FuXOyn5w
"What?"647Please respect copyright.PENANAcLTIvVAkS7
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.647Please respect copyright.PENANAI0JiV7kGIJ
Leo who had just come in647Please respect copyright.PENANAuCd91gHm5g
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 647Please respect copyright.PENANAmj87PAoCDe
just at the entrance of the living room.647Please respect copyright.PENANA1KHw8KB9jF
"What did you just say 647Please respect copyright.PENANAdiNU6IwdgD
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached647Please respect copyright.PENANAxspPS7dtXH
the two women on the wheelchairs.647Please respect copyright.PENANAmNT6f0tA0Z
Amanda turned her 647Please respect copyright.PENANAaA7RZc0JGP
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 647Please respect copyright.PENANAs5EnpLOBGj
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 647Please respect copyright.PENANAayDGgGyS2O
themselves."647Please respect copyright.PENANA4Mdn6vbbOi
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"647Please respect copyright.PENANAGyfaI0DM2m
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"647Please respect copyright.PENANA9oXnzabBQP
Leo couldn't believe 647Please respect copyright.PENANADFItgI1tEc
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 647Please respect copyright.PENANAztbnpEhAws
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.647Please respect copyright.PENANAU8gghJiP7q
"Haven't you thought 647Please respect copyright.PENANA19mQkVyxuw
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 647Please respect copyright.PENANANIYrt6R9da
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a647Please respect copyright.PENANA5KmeZkyzcd
job of her own?"647Please respect copyright.PENANACTTTwxvKUs
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."647Please respect copyright.PENANAjGAkIJmM6O
"You deserve better, my 647Please respect copyright.PENANAx8XdN25BKp
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 647Please respect copyright.PENANA4uosfmBmxM
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."647Please respect copyright.PENANA44yhHXR2iW
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."647Please respect copyright.PENANAenpgu1AXCm
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."647Please respect copyright.PENANAPT9nv0Ilgr
"What makes you so sure?"647Please respect copyright.PENANAfwZYszSvz9
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."647Please respect copyright.PENANADxkToxIm8S
"Mum won't though."647Please respect copyright.PENANAdJBeHVZ0pN
"Does she run the 647Please respect copyright.PENANAItl1YjWhzS
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 647Please respect copyright.PENANAC2LPHl9GvX
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 647Please respect copyright.PENANAIPXZxUYen4
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."647Please respect copyright.PENANAMTdLBL8imO
Leo knew his grandmother647Please respect copyright.PENANAlAR0dBum8Z
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 647Please respect copyright.PENANAdlwelPgWHe
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 647Please respect copyright.PENANAFBb8ybXpvk
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 647Please respect copyright.PENANAjELdhgONdL
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.647Please respect copyright.PENANAvs3HJg8NRe
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.647Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZpMfT09CB
"Don't say any of this 647Please respect copyright.PENANAIYa6MwhwGf
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 647Please respect copyright.PENANABAv9dRKA3u
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 647Please respect copyright.PENANAV6tF5aysZG
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 647Please respect copyright.PENANATnaQZLNHPz
have to convince her a little more than I have to."647Please respect copyright.PENANAIs8zVNbe60
Angel gulped. It felt 647Please respect copyright.PENANAvzx2KEZD94
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only647Please respect copyright.PENANA82VzZdNMM7
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.647Please respect copyright.PENANAf72QUAGiqN
Leo made his way out of 647Please respect copyright.PENANA3Z3GBhzwzH
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 647Please respect copyright.PENANAN7HhrbntA9
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 647Please respect copyright.PENANA7hqZ9sbWxZ
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 647Please respect copyright.PENANAwDJeEQYiLb
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.647Please respect copyright.PENANAqHAoKWG4Nj
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"647Please respect copyright.PENANAxTTKlEnWUI
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."647Please respect copyright.PENANAD7v4R42mpS
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."647Please respect copyright.PENANAAosORSMLsP
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.647Please respect copyright.PENANAPR98xwPvoX
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.647Please respect copyright.PENANA7eOlTOcgRR
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.647Please respect copyright.PENANArXhJ7AuEF8
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."647Please respect copyright.PENANAGfJF93sbRQ
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."647Please respect copyright.PENANAyu49zOgu9M
"I'm talking about Kim."647Please respect copyright.PENANAnWYPYbgkF0
Angel didn't know if it 647Please respect copyright.PENANAevpH2l7TuA
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 647Please respect copyright.PENANAhDfA7k5SUB
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It647Please respect copyright.PENANACrN69srzsK
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 647Please respect copyright.PENANAQHNNbgJTPk
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 647Please respect copyright.PENANAFVcq1rKUdx
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 647Please respect copyright.PENANASscuiHcXjG
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 647Please respect copyright.PENANAzSUS3UlaJO
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 647Please respect copyright.PENANAbd9YcBiNfE
certain things?647Please respect copyright.PENANAMJdevdtLpD
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.647Please respect copyright.PENANAgJtjLgIRDQ
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.647Please respect copyright.PENANALg0FbIhyrO
Angel felt like covering647Please respect copyright.PENANAvhmIX6wg9a
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 647Please respect copyright.PENANAV7N79pXqm0
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 647Please respect copyright.PENANAFqRaU8lvHH
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 647Please respect copyright.PENANA7j5mQ7w8kd
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.647Please respect copyright.PENANAxDuiuHTG9B
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.647Please respect copyright.PENANAf9vtKAPqVv
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.647Please respect copyright.PENANAQKc5X131pw
Angel felt her heart 647Please respect copyright.PENANAQBapICMfD3
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if647Please respect copyright.PENANAF7OGlt9pul
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 647Please respect copyright.PENANAH3sUUON7MC
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 647Please respect copyright.PENANAM6MUA8PFm9
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 647Please respect copyright.PENANAJVHUwSWFEk
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 647Please respect copyright.PENANA9WdPLMjSPj
and invited her to the wedding.647Please respect copyright.PENANANBSSYtcBHg
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.647Please respect copyright.PENANA2DYVCVxIIZ
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.647Please respect copyright.PENANAbPzDPN7hZZ
Angel looked at Amanda 647Please respect copyright.PENANAPQjNSP6Ukb
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 647Please respect copyright.PENANAJ99hnTkGOP
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.647Please respect copyright.PENANAEuCQlT5afE
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 647Please respect copyright.PENANANqIqwmOmnb
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they647Please respect copyright.PENANAEMuYuGsuj6
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they647Please respect copyright.PENANAOk0izQbTa5
saw Leo.647Please respect copyright.PENANAjOGV7emaV7
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"647Please respect copyright.PENANAoboeJXGWQ9
"Nothing, dear," said 647Please respect copyright.PENANA78JSdxK2QJ
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother647Please respect copyright.PENANAwpld0s2qK3
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."647Please respect copyright.PENANAy43pYou1zJ
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."647Please respect copyright.PENANAyiFfcL26yB
"Have a nice day."647Please respect copyright.PENANAnbtbh3htcX
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.647Please respect copyright.PENANAdSRXUk72F8
Leo nodded his head in 647Please respect copyright.PENANAmOAM3d8tTH
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 647Please respect copyright.PENANAIIq76rO5Ss
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 647Please respect copyright.PENANAgiiilzT5tA
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 647Please respect copyright.PENANASNEIFrr6VG
through the front door.647Please respect copyright.PENANAgNH1ublnjA
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.647Please respect copyright.PENANAshv5oTVZE8
"You're unbelievable," 647Please respect copyright.PENANAokATGQ779u
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 647Please respect copyright.PENANAsyIgnMOQiZ
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."647Please respect copyright.PENANAokt3v4RI1p
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.647Please respect copyright.PENANAUHd7PFXxhF
"I'm sorry for that, 647Please respect copyright.PENANA58edVbu0H7
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 647Please respect copyright.PENANAfuVbxHx80V
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."647Please respect copyright.PENANAhQjnCAXKSx
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.647Please respect copyright.PENANAdfuUAZDiBO
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."647Please respect copyright.PENANAFSLgC9X6AX
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."647Please respect copyright.PENANAhDl8ipVHOf
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."647Please respect copyright.PENANAosKOZXq5lL
Angel slowly followed 647Please respect copyright.PENANA14FwwXk1ca
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 647Please respect copyright.PENANAI7aonUgXs1
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her647Please respect copyright.PENANAs5dqnlFYqn
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 647Please respect copyright.PENANASKJMf6Tegg
must have felt awful.647Please respect copyright.PENANAlCJY6q2Kgj
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.647Please respect copyright.PENANAfKiytV5jii
***647Please respect copyright.PENANA8gTgSgWhXW
Eric647Please respect copyright.PENANAzD38oAE6FT
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 647Please respect copyright.PENANAbd2Chx6rmZ
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.647Please respect copyright.PENANAgRZMlEQQMO
He647Please respect copyright.PENANAsGlD4aVhkC
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 647Please respect copyright.PENANAfO8wbsPE7f
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 647Please respect copyright.PENANA4dlD0EDs6N
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.647Please respect copyright.PENANAgA7giWWNP7
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.647Please respect copyright.PENANAvenwxXONei
Since647Please respect copyright.PENANAIn1o0kIbA3
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 647Please respect copyright.PENANAFwixDMpInD
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 647Please respect copyright.PENANAfwV51Pqlpf
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 647Please respect copyright.PENANA1WfJirQKd5
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?647Please respect copyright.PENANAExajEkcbI8
Who647Please respect copyright.PENANAiKrvUCft7e
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 647Please respect copyright.PENANAATZIY1jGhG
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft647Please respect copyright.PENANABaNIAPAOvO
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.647Please respect copyright.PENANAmp6HqHpUoM
He647Please respect copyright.PENANAX7KUGh1SwI
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 647Please respect copyright.PENANAPTHGBPDINb
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 647Please respect copyright.PENANAk04XMyoxrA
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.647Please respect copyright.PENANAZJyTyCEXuQ
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.647Please respect copyright.PENANASDtkjvxrGx
"You've someone here to see you."647Please respect copyright.PENANApTSfko2q6W
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.647Please respect copyright.PENANA6JM58NxG4U
"It's Trina."647Please respect copyright.PENANAAIxUelEKkh
Eric647Please respect copyright.PENANA6flESWHncV
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 647Please respect copyright.PENANA9C4oRTiYA2
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 647Please respect copyright.PENANA2DZVkwLITT
called off.647Please respect copyright.PENANALpppsgXtKg
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.647Please respect copyright.PENANAApB1rXupxC
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.647Please respect copyright.PENANALszZock2e9
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.647Please respect copyright.PENANANtbqMPmJPi
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.647Please respect copyright.PENANAgwHLNCzSL8
Trina647Please respect copyright.PENANAcRaFECALYY
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to647Please respect copyright.PENANAYBnh1aQXhU
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 647Please respect copyright.PENANA24dmIavxFs
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 647Please respect copyright.PENANAtnn0Uj3Dy1
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 647Please respect copyright.PENANAxiFsuOTSP2
fall out sometimes but still get back together.647Please respect copyright.PENANAelj0lhpISR
Now647Please respect copyright.PENANAzeCReIiG2I
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 647Please respect copyright.PENANA9WnaSEp0qy
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 647Please respect copyright.PENANA6yB9jK1aj9
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 647Please respect copyright.PENANAmOZosGaC56
weren't friends.647Please respect copyright.PENANAdk6O8RaelT
While647Please respect copyright.PENANAaGJ6TdylFQ
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 647Please respect copyright.PENANAYuuI9BcmPN
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 647Please respect copyright.PENANALprKpTSIj8
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 647Please respect copyright.PENANAbnB3mw7SEa
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 647Please respect copyright.PENANAWTL326sJLd
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.647Please respect copyright.PENANAkwMclihUs9
One647Please respect copyright.PENANADPnGVrMbQw
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 647Please respect copyright.PENANAMlcF9ukiSn
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 647Please respect copyright.PENANAymUodR3aaq
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 647Please respect copyright.PENANAcwpn2f5ZUx
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 647Please respect copyright.PENANAFm5SEYFLkQ
one.647Please respect copyright.PENANAqsgaQYGuGV
Not until he met Angel.647Please respect copyright.PENANAPndoTzDJKJ
Trina647Please respect copyright.PENANAqXoKHomYHW
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 647Please respect copyright.PENANAZJYOD2cbB0
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.647Please respect copyright.PENANAoQpN3AMbpc
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"647Please respect copyright.PENANAurNSNNzEjr
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."647Please respect copyright.PENANApBv0bvoBJm
Trina647Please respect copyright.PENANAGN6kOePflf
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 647Please respect copyright.PENANALvWccJ5sJl
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 647Please respect copyright.PENANAEuwJLN1mhD
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 647Please respect copyright.PENANALVKgPjExDJ
beautiful.647Please respect copyright.PENANA6C3YpuGyPm
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.647Please respect copyright.PENANA83TAZa5Lje
"Then647Please respect copyright.PENANAIno2HnH8Bh
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 647Please respect copyright.PENANA4dJHJh1ySH
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 647Please respect copyright.PENANA6JeGH8130H
side to try and work things out."647Please respect copyright.PENANAEiPcSF9XiU
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."647Please respect copyright.PENANASiidu7Y9g2
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."647Please respect copyright.PENANAPejpsBp2iW
"Ya, me too."647Please respect copyright.PENANAgsoC5M1l1x
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."647Please respect copyright.PENANAMF406RH6nG
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.647Please respect copyright.PENANAsRXlK1RQI1
"Do you know something, Eric?"647Please respect copyright.PENANAEzf9rWVW9S
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"647Please respect copyright.PENANAac2fl9aAcR
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"647Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1a7n5kMGB
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."647Please respect copyright.PENANAG8wW4U0jy8
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.647Please respect copyright.PENANAYURdZxjTWb
Eric647Please respect copyright.PENANAPqu1GxLetE
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that647Please respect copyright.PENANALSabwqux7S
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 647Please respect copyright.PENANA5iakcNzZVn
eyes with a corky smile on his face.647Please respect copyright.PENANAGn1iUxZP0d
"Please,647Please respect copyright.PENANAyHgC82z3iU
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 647Please respect copyright.PENANArNPtg6ynSe
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 647Please respect copyright.PENANA6oImd0OLm2
ask him?"647Please respect copyright.PENANAN4im4oO159
Trina647Please respect copyright.PENANAZjuMJqWWTI
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 647Please respect copyright.PENANABS9VlYbO97
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 647Please respect copyright.PENANAK1aoJvn4lg
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."647Please respect copyright.PENANAGhMrTwU175
Eric647Please respect copyright.PENANAKKpXlZaVmX
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 647Please respect copyright.PENANAT53LD9H5wu
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."647Please respect copyright.PENANAaSWlEEQ6SE
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"647Please respect copyright.PENANAj8Kh1piWjY
Eric647Please respect copyright.PENANATEJihhWziz
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 647Please respect copyright.PENANAEdQdqOieNI
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 647Please respect copyright.PENANA2fTBl4gZQ4
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 647Please respect copyright.PENANA0bu0HbzMpQ
to say next.647Please respect copyright.PENANANlwdD5teOp
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"647Please respect copyright.PENANA2IkEes6Jn4
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.647Please respect copyright.PENANA99bOBOY322
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"647Please respect copyright.PENANAE4fJYiKGSk
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."647Please respect copyright.PENANAz1AQKXOE7Z
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"647Please respect copyright.PENANAtgjfc0GvHr
"She's647Please respect copyright.PENANAgefNcQTH1o
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 647Please respect copyright.PENANADQHicy0PaT
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.647Please respect copyright.PENANA5cBZoULyI7
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 647Please respect copyright.PENANAl1BTW2WIfc
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 647Please respect copyright.PENANAcuJL3Gkn4h
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 647Please respect copyright.PENANACdlASwjm9b
anymore.647Please respect copyright.PENANACdAaziIhlI
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.647Please respect copyright.PENANAKEwHxm26cz
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"647Please respect copyright.PENANAR5ZwEUwvdz
Trina647Please respect copyright.PENANA9sC21DriSB
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 647Please respect copyright.PENANAAXBLICZPgC
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 647Please respect copyright.PENANARiIr2T46Dr
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 647Please respect copyright.PENANADXeUL3OVLH
massage him.647Please respect copyright.PENANAfv3FuU40hG
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"647Please respect copyright.PENANAo1BUCkCudA
Eric647Please respect copyright.PENANAG3yV1xo6Gz
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 647Please respect copyright.PENANAHOeuAEInJL
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 647Please respect copyright.PENANAKqfDY4rvZt
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 647Please respect copyright.PENANARulo5spTDL
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty647Please respect copyright.PENANAcbmqEg9p86
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 647Please respect copyright.PENANATDU7wUJAbc
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.647Please respect copyright.PENANA5aIYCgNKgE
He647Please respect copyright.PENANAMdGyU6qfaS
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 647Please respect copyright.PENANAfKyEzEidar
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think647Please respect copyright.PENANADAjd57jUGo
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 647Please respect copyright.PENANATLW2kFjZ4F
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 647Please respect copyright.PENANAXcnUDmZ7St
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.647Please respect copyright.PENANAhpeMtPOtsy
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"647Please respect copyright.PENANAR5nMDpumlc
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."647Please respect copyright.PENANAoFnrSlF5wj
"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."647Please respect copyright.PENANAiOgoVkMdxM
Eric647Please respect copyright.PENANAuZ2zgJXlgu
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his647Please respect copyright.PENANAdl7FvG0Z2l
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.647Please respect copyright.PENANACGp4dhUyUS
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"647Please respect copyright.PENANA3tzvzEoBCx
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."647Please respect copyright.PENANAh8kkTZ71wx
"Oh,647Please respect copyright.PENANAO7LB6Js3j3
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair647Please respect copyright.PENANAnknkMF9vyk
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 647Please respect copyright.PENANA1TFFMIEP0K
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.647Please respect copyright.PENANAFm9Pv5bvbQ
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.647Please respect copyright.PENANAIz9ZyyvPQ7
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.647Please respect copyright.PENANATMK1a9sXsE
Trina647Please respect copyright.PENANADvTw40ohff
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him647Please respect copyright.PENANAJKOZYjYrHE
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.647Please respect copyright.PENANAYtDERvphZv
Leo647Please respect copyright.PENANAhlUARxEYMr
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 647Please respect copyright.PENANAaXVfcwwrtj
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.647Please respect copyright.PENANAiOkDQRgAes
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.647Please respect copyright.PENANATqIQRNdkvn
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.647Please respect copyright.PENANAezHIQwSJMK
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"647Please respect copyright.PENANA47bW8Rtzag
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."647Please respect copyright.PENANAbzksPHnCtf
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.647Please respect copyright.PENANAYnZhRMVf1Z
"I was just leaving," said Trina.647Please respect copyright.PENANAve8L2McElw
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."647Please respect copyright.PENANAVvLHiKowyY
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.647Please respect copyright.PENANAR9FcJSPova
With647Please respect copyright.PENANAX9YF3HAiGU
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood647Please respect copyright.PENANASsNkWKX6vW
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.647Please respect copyright.PENANA9IYi9aAG7P
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.647Please respect copyright.PENANAQsXCd1hzCa
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.647Please respect copyright.PENANA0T8KSZMsaf
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.647Please respect copyright.PENANAfxTue02OS6
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."647Please respect copyright.PENANAJqAGdJebMn
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."647Please respect copyright.PENANAWE9Rd1ycRj
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."647Please respect copyright.PENANAOGOwjdAeOY
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."647Please respect copyright.PENANAvShGY3I65E
"Well, you would someday."647Please respect copyright.PENANAOSAi1xdbEV
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"647Please respect copyright.PENANAyqdUHbioBh
"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?"647Please respect copyright.PENANA5E61hYgIty
"That would be fine by me."647Please respect copyright.PENANAcUGS3T4b7x
"Oh,647Please respect copyright.PENANAFGchfqIgSt
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 647Please respect copyright.PENANAFjHULquVor
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 647Please respect copyright.PENANA3DFdLGiV1v
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 647Please respect copyright.PENANA3Nobyd2RTe
you broke things off with her."647Please respect copyright.PENANAXVuxmfavEe
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."647Please respect copyright.PENANAqTaZUOI3xY
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."647Please respect copyright.PENANAdpjEqPW0bn
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."647Please respect copyright.PENANAx9aPoVeYDC
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."647Please respect copyright.PENANA0H4gE2Xdtg
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.647Please respect copyright.PENANArcEDAMhbBF
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."647Please respect copyright.PENANAavWMA1hbO6
Leo647Please respect copyright.PENANAjVVvI5Q9XY
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 647Please respect copyright.PENANANf040HNxsT
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 647Please respect copyright.PENANAwYOuFeC5cE
her.647Please respect copyright.PENANAEu9rD1rKnN
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.647Please respect copyright.PENANAnC2gQQXwLj
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.647Please respect copyright.PENANAN1NhfoQ7MF
Eric647Please respect copyright.PENANAafay6TACF5
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 647Please respect copyright.PENANAAL6i8yd8Jt
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 647Please respect copyright.PENANALVtVFDHQ1U
thinking about Angel just now."647Please respect copyright.PENANATXO8qdSFOg
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."647Please respect copyright.PENANArprPR03rXx
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"647Please respect copyright.PENANAkRHI4Rsd2u
Leo647Please respect copyright.PENANASWegrPQzSm
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 647Please respect copyright.PENANAm7v3NQcn6c
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 647Please respect copyright.PENANAW2zGV9wcDo
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.647Please respect copyright.PENANAm1S5eSQEgJ
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"647Please respect copyright.PENANAAWf7woml77
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.647Please respect copyright.PENANAhz5q9Ynis3
"Because,647Please respect copyright.PENANAEDMu334hVf
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 647Please respect copyright.PENANAWav5tsc48i
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 647Please respect copyright.PENANA0qX5SYpeHd
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're647Please respect copyright.PENANAgYDq2pdPWd
in a sense of emergency to release it."647Please respect copyright.PENANAOhHu42MZUK
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."647Please respect copyright.PENANAefm7iGo2oZ
"Of647Please respect copyright.PENANAu3MG6Djiyc
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 647Please respect copyright.PENANAhfpBcDJ7Q9
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 647Please respect copyright.PENANAafgpg0kWYX
darling, Angel."647Please respect copyright.PENANApdPEraEGyI
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."647Please respect copyright.PENANAKbmerWcu1Y
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.647Please respect copyright.PENANAuSpmJGsfhD
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.647Please respect copyright.PENANASR5X0DOpEj
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.647Please respect copyright.PENANAivymcp3t8h
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."647Please respect copyright.PENANABjpDKp1bp6
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."647Please respect copyright.PENANAg63V6uAptS
"Grandma647Please respect copyright.PENANA8xqY9vdmic
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 647Please respect copyright.PENANAms6CbP1fps
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."647Please respect copyright.PENANAnL2Qu5lUjN
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"647Please respect copyright.PENANAXehrMU90Xb
Leo647Please respect copyright.PENANAP2zQWAmkjK
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 647Please respect copyright.PENANAqjpQuvvh56
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a647Please respect copyright.PENANAqHNpomaKNE
word to anyone.647Please respect copyright.PENANAvpPcY4z9wf
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."647Please respect copyright.PENANAjNZ4ogjGVI
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."647Please respect copyright.PENANArVBKVVghbN
"Yep,647Please respect copyright.PENANAPJddSisHCZ
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I647Please respect copyright.PENANAqFsxCerhvV
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.647Please respect copyright.PENANA6lbgnai6fs
"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.647Please respect copyright.PENANAxMDyF84trC
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."647Please respect copyright.PENANAsRyPjm4ixf
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."647Please respect copyright.PENANA3ToIlhovwH
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."647Please respect copyright.PENANAxOXMyea6IM
Eric647Please respect copyright.PENANAfnnC6LJo2N
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 647Please respect copyright.PENANAKpnmAQY6mf
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 647Please respect copyright.PENANAnNJoSJClYS
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."647Please respect copyright.PENANADmNqgTccmc
Leo647Please respect copyright.PENANAkza6UsWofg
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 647Please respect copyright.PENANAEB5HhVY6Td
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 647Please respect copyright.PENANAGO8geELI1i
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.647Please respect copyright.PENANAk258OyGnxp
He647Please respect copyright.PENANA8HR30o0Cjc
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 647Please respect copyright.PENANAEKry0FjLBA
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 647Please respect copyright.PENANA0FsSwdopYR
desk that he had to look at today.647Please respect copyright.PENANAzZki4bK16P
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?647Please respect copyright.PENANATgwiyZbndf
Leo647Please respect copyright.PENANADmty2pZXN7
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 647Please respect copyright.PENANAgkwek6HcQv
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.647Please respect copyright.PENANA5u00VYLUH0
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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