Angel was in the living 669Please respect copyright.PENANAkgDWfBRRh0
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 669Please respect copyright.PENANABDB72sPpsS
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.669Please respect copyright.PENANAATbGDJGDxW
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.669Please respect copyright.PENANAWuLt5mnm1l
"How was what?" Angel asked.669Please respect copyright.PENANAmVi4tXA1sV
"Getting to know Leo?"669Please respect copyright.PENANACqxFQM1tTY
Angel could have sworn 669Please respect copyright.PENANAsivGuesoin
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 669Please respect copyright.PENANAqBEVkDUIu7
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.669Please respect copyright.PENANAKhfPLWsceZ
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.669Please respect copyright.PENANAecO6X08A1h
"Really?" Amanda looked a669Please respect copyright.PENANArHVEKZz5OZ
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 669Please respect copyright.PENANAvxbWVsvQH5
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 669Please respect copyright.PENANA2arM5aFfsc
have offended you?" 669Please respect copyright.PENANA6dKvQ54X1Y
"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."669Please respect copyright.PENANAnFGqzVuk0W
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"669Please respect copyright.PENANAwdshgM6ISA
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."669Please respect copyright.PENANAmV1N1IuXYh
"Awww, you're so 669Please respect copyright.PENANA1l9Zt6Z2bS
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can669Please respect copyright.PENANA2j0ZI79uHq
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 669Please respect copyright.PENANAjrLk5KF2JY
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 669Please respect copyright.PENANAckZ3xgHE4H
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."669Please respect copyright.PENANAsDiHK8vKvV
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."669Please respect copyright.PENANAx0zPGamNNu
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"669Please respect copyright.PENANA28gmLsmlbb
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."669Please respect copyright.PENANAj0so4PwfQV
Amanda gave Angel the 669Please respect copyright.PENANAIwrsrCpopU
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 669Please respect copyright.PENANAXAOfs6WyRl
to deal with writing. It suits you."669Please respect copyright.PENANAZEX4V4Gxcv
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.669Please respect copyright.PENANAiB0Vz2lp2J
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."669Please respect copyright.PENANAKi2u1YnMVH
"What is it?" Angel asked.669Please respect copyright.PENANAcJhym4LJYC
"You seem to be one 669Please respect copyright.PENANAY1Y9tcImLA
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,669Please respect copyright.PENANA2tYW4LHRt6
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."669Please respect copyright.PENANAqnC5aMRyxI
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.669Please respect copyright.PENANAR4Ni18Bdd0
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.669Please respect copyright.PENANAfKZ8wNDmm3
"What?"669Please respect copyright.PENANA0EI8WNrnzs
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.669Please respect copyright.PENANANH1o24qK6B
Leo who had just come in669Please respect copyright.PENANAzsJUM6kPW8
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 669Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3FsViHELm
just at the entrance of the living room.669Please respect copyright.PENANAzOCwNsFwtw
"What did you just say 669Please respect copyright.PENANAYGtBZ4W7Q1
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached669Please respect copyright.PENANAvRgc4T9q89
the two women on the wheelchairs.669Please respect copyright.PENANAjVLW1ay7Zv
Amanda turned her 669Please respect copyright.PENANAdXAOLPbjBS
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 669Please respect copyright.PENANAYminOuezLo
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 669Please respect copyright.PENANAzbcXiO4K5o
themselves."669Please respect copyright.PENANAuJfAPCfPLD
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"669Please respect copyright.PENANAlC1rjO1qsr
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"669Please respect copyright.PENANAIFziNqdxH4
Leo couldn't believe 669Please respect copyright.PENANAL817Fv4mjt
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 669Please respect copyright.PENANAGPSlpFWtk6
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.669Please respect copyright.PENANAukRAgoboZh
"Haven't you thought 669Please respect copyright.PENANAzlrEn96ovR
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 669Please respect copyright.PENANA503nSvT5N4
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a669Please respect copyright.PENANAcw2VuOl0Q5
job of her own?"669Please respect copyright.PENANApfYgpnUNhJ
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."669Please respect copyright.PENANAHJhcaVFSQq
"You deserve better, my 669Please respect copyright.PENANApH805WlJBQ
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 669Please respect copyright.PENANAHmtO9qaBxR
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."669Please respect copyright.PENANAI91FudTSvk
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."669Please respect copyright.PENANAY4JQWceqDz
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."669Please respect copyright.PENANAi09PdjcmMo
"What makes you so sure?"669Please respect copyright.PENANAWVO93uMbAZ
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."669Please respect copyright.PENANAL82gAw8xUZ
"Mum won't though."669Please respect copyright.PENANAroAelfTods
"Does she run the 669Please respect copyright.PENANAILndPG50UI
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 669Please respect copyright.PENANAM8gt5Z1HmP
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 669Please respect copyright.PENANAxvC7JrvrnV
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."669Please respect copyright.PENANAkMpVc05zkb
Leo knew his grandmother669Please respect copyright.PENANAcrNquH5cL1
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 669Please respect copyright.PENANAUvQWEXtS7K
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 669Please respect copyright.PENANAu9FUR4Olkj
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 669Please respect copyright.PENANAtsOl6dL8dA
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.669Please respect copyright.PENANAYKoWyfFucq
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.669Please respect copyright.PENANATkcvpJzXjf
"Don't say any of this 669Please respect copyright.PENANAY9FxeOiifR
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 669Please respect copyright.PENANAB4fLAaT5jy
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 669Please respect copyright.PENANAvBZUwftodk
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 669Please respect copyright.PENANAqk0XfOh0tg
have to convince her a little more than I have to."669Please respect copyright.PENANAdBGo2JQ2xY
Angel gulped. It felt 669Please respect copyright.PENANAU4iwUT5nsG
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only669Please respect copyright.PENANAvPFkN1nwDp
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.669Please respect copyright.PENANAi1P4rAz17u
Leo made his way out of 669Please respect copyright.PENANADJpJAfvbxe
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 669Please respect copyright.PENANAgEN7Gny8sx
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 669Please respect copyright.PENANAcVuHTgQZcX
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 669Please respect copyright.PENANAeQhmTxAPHt
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.669Please respect copyright.PENANAlQk7hyRXpO
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"669Please respect copyright.PENANABlHiSk6i83
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."669Please respect copyright.PENANA8aNSQwjzGg
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."669Please respect copyright.PENANAHCP8dLYoje
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.669Please respect copyright.PENANAV5KcfHMY3d
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.669Please respect copyright.PENANAqmEI3Tjdmx
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.669Please respect copyright.PENANANLiD8RwoGx
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."669Please respect copyright.PENANAIym5QFyQjy
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."669Please respect copyright.PENANAaw00grOWC6
"I'm talking about Kim."669Please respect copyright.PENANA7fQkixlMO4
Angel didn't know if it 669Please respect copyright.PENANAUw4jkgbxlZ
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 669Please respect copyright.PENANAODG5NODrrs
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It669Please respect copyright.PENANAzSzvVNbu8H
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 669Please respect copyright.PENANATbvAplX5Yf
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 669Please respect copyright.PENANACQr7tV21De
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 669Please respect copyright.PENANAmdMQpiWHja
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 669Please respect copyright.PENANALrukRimDrf
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 669Please respect copyright.PENANAadzkEwyQgq
certain things?669Please respect copyright.PENANAQTOSveA3Ad
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.669Please respect copyright.PENANAbClWIhkdPm
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.669Please respect copyright.PENANAooaESWO5oZ
Angel felt like covering669Please respect copyright.PENANAawXtxwAE1o
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 669Please respect copyright.PENANA9i4qt191lk
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 669Please respect copyright.PENANA0qZpo0Wfby
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 669Please respect copyright.PENANAiNjaL2KlZf
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.669Please respect copyright.PENANAs98oSG3Q13
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.669Please respect copyright.PENANAbRWWHwdCis
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.669Please respect copyright.PENANA05r9tmRBUf
Angel felt her heart 669Please respect copyright.PENANAYQAWxHbAWK
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if669Please respect copyright.PENANAIZS0zSZahV
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 669Please respect copyright.PENANA3sELb7p8ia
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 669Please respect copyright.PENANAPSgZsFJbi6
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 669Please respect copyright.PENANAueHmHm3AJn
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 669Please respect copyright.PENANALEg1RXRKA7
and invited her to the wedding.669Please respect copyright.PENANAi2MrTBM9Hy
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.669Please respect copyright.PENANAAhdqQlBq7w
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.669Please respect copyright.PENANA8iIbGlwJxN
Angel looked at Amanda 669Please respect copyright.PENANA64T9k0v0UP
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 669Please respect copyright.PENANAUIukHBJwKJ
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.669Please respect copyright.PENANADz0BxA2eLs
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 669Please respect copyright.PENANAImCBosu5vF
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they669Please respect copyright.PENANAGwcccORKu1
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they669Please respect copyright.PENANAlqmYBBtdvS
saw Leo.669Please respect copyright.PENANABCkLxCp2U4
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"669Please respect copyright.PENANA521z0mMiG6
"Nothing, dear," said 669Please respect copyright.PENANAxcX6x83B3E
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother669Please respect copyright.PENANAsMYs78xOFT
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."669Please respect copyright.PENANA6ANh2rzlxO
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."669Please respect copyright.PENANABys7UFxPdQ
"Have a nice day."669Please respect copyright.PENANAE0XRchsyAV
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.669Please respect copyright.PENANAfMq1XVFmgw
Leo nodded his head in 669Please respect copyright.PENANAWLEmmKmcn9
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 669Please respect copyright.PENANA2Yti7ODlZg
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 669Please respect copyright.PENANAHZBoPSE9kw
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 669Please respect copyright.PENANAIKEgARGPuO
through the front door.669Please respect copyright.PENANAMkjMnmz7Hw
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.669Please respect copyright.PENANAEN1n64MXvb
"You're unbelievable," 669Please respect copyright.PENANAj8Mmi3iVXH
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 669Please respect copyright.PENANAqtVszbVyPg
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."669Please respect copyright.PENANAEnVoy2Bj3o
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.669Please respect copyright.PENANAIz3ojfO58n
"I'm sorry for that, 669Please respect copyright.PENANAeQ5xkosWwV
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 669Please respect copyright.PENANAErulNnBQxb
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."669Please respect copyright.PENANA3dPxSdmaXD
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.669Please respect copyright.PENANApqBKCTemnq
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."669Please respect copyright.PENANAbMInO1ZYRl
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."669Please respect copyright.PENANA7E0TFeh0Ty
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."669Please respect copyright.PENANAkWQNCYe22S
Angel slowly followed 669Please respect copyright.PENANABWsuICVVGi
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 669Please respect copyright.PENANAAUjQf4d4W0
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her669Please respect copyright.PENANAUyIlFtfGRv
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 669Please respect copyright.PENANA8FtD0o7ysw
must have felt awful.669Please respect copyright.PENANAqKAHeVbJgU
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.669Please respect copyright.PENANAOcIIiITxJx
***669Please respect copyright.PENANA9PKmfkuPAy
Eric669Please respect copyright.PENANA1XlBmbhnUB
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 669Please respect copyright.PENANA2894PZ28VY
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.669Please respect copyright.PENANAqfevHF2nr2
He669Please respect copyright.PENANAXnDoyXTwkA
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 669Please respect copyright.PENANAPKDCumSnlZ
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 669Please respect copyright.PENANAIOAzOiSchy
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.669Please respect copyright.PENANABaU7ng1CPq
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.669Please respect copyright.PENANAyqHuAB3qEx
Since669Please respect copyright.PENANADnRmDdSmHD
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 669Please respect copyright.PENANAuKMDGD1LWe
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 669Please respect copyright.PENANA2PiY5nuWhK
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 669Please respect copyright.PENANARZjf74DgwF
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?669Please respect copyright.PENANAHJYcHlrat6
Who669Please respect copyright.PENANABhMBQgKBvo
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 669Please respect copyright.PENANAi1ZKU2wd3y
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft669Please respect copyright.PENANA1gem6ZO7QD
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.669Please respect copyright.PENANAIlRrTT0LJz
He669Please respect copyright.PENANAYnhBgXXk8i
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 669Please respect copyright.PENANAFY9HdbFKsf
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 669Please respect copyright.PENANAnAwaotD52m
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.669Please respect copyright.PENANAIInIg3Ci4M
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.669Please respect copyright.PENANADNbWrob285
"You've someone here to see you."669Please respect copyright.PENANA7LRG3TCNVo
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.669Please respect copyright.PENANAdrRZe1el0Q
"It's Trina."669Please respect copyright.PENANAjWAMvZMpIE
Eric669Please respect copyright.PENANAEYGpdzsBgl
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 669Please respect copyright.PENANAJOokmipAE9
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 669Please respect copyright.PENANAKh1YmTMogO
called off.669Please respect copyright.PENANARJaVZIfDS5
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.669Please respect copyright.PENANA1VT8H3xqE2
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.669Please respect copyright.PENANAoIgoVBST6i
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.669Please respect copyright.PENANAE5nDAfHoWY
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.669Please respect copyright.PENANAUONDTb4b66
Trina669Please respect copyright.PENANA84j8J2PqQC
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to669Please respect copyright.PENANAKVpkPjInnz
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 669Please respect copyright.PENANAWFTrZscspy
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 669Please respect copyright.PENANAGFqXRjgSAz
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 669Please respect copyright.PENANAa5eD9maaJy
fall out sometimes but still get back together.669Please respect copyright.PENANActMifExegc
Now669Please respect copyright.PENANAt9jSq5S8BS
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 669Please respect copyright.PENANAI21IPDmw5Z
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 669Please respect copyright.PENANAoNh6XQHDSI
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 669Please respect copyright.PENANAeVOUZiBLAl
weren't friends.669Please respect copyright.PENANABpoxmgvqVx
While669Please respect copyright.PENANAgxo9xbrYxV
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 669Please respect copyright.PENANAAZw07efrsA
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 669Please respect copyright.PENANAb2BadqB5KF
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 669Please respect copyright.PENANAYJ5xd6myCV
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 669Please respect copyright.PENANA8arohmGdoc
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.669Please respect copyright.PENANARvGrdFH9sc
One669Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3wAihtqYy
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 669Please respect copyright.PENANAoAVEpAWbDv
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 669Please respect copyright.PENANAjYxDloIiOQ
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 669Please respect copyright.PENANAaAw3x135HF
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 669Please respect copyright.PENANAptXWAVXDzM
one.669Please respect copyright.PENANAyBO6VZxMje
Not until he met Angel.669Please respect copyright.PENANA8CwtJKO83P
Trina669Please respect copyright.PENANAvvRVilIEqW
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 669Please respect copyright.PENANAKW0oDORRrI
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.669Please respect copyright.PENANA44Py4yk9nZ
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"669Please respect copyright.PENANA1QwTJqCnSl
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."669Please respect copyright.PENANAoRo3iMcIGy
Trina669Please respect copyright.PENANAbrRSIy2R2N
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 669Please respect copyright.PENANAHfzDsaorAu
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 669Please respect copyright.PENANAazDRfAxUOx
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 669Please respect copyright.PENANAKfo0PfuTTZ
beautiful.669Please respect copyright.PENANAD8np4xdz0a
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.669Please respect copyright.PENANAzkw2fOsFtf
"Then669Please respect copyright.PENANArVskPEu7vc
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 669Please respect copyright.PENANAHlMZtbwown
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 669Please respect copyright.PENANAlC7xmiuroN
side to try and work things out."669Please respect copyright.PENANA16vuEozZSA
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."669Please respect copyright.PENANAQUkG5PP5JG
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."669Please respect copyright.PENANAiaGyjm7yLA
"Ya, me too."669Please respect copyright.PENANAulhFgQY4DI
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."669Please respect copyright.PENANApoPQ6Orc2o
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.669Please respect copyright.PENANAyEIOXrdVQP
"Do you know something, Eric?"669Please respect copyright.PENANA0uQv3E1sXi
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"669Please respect copyright.PENANAd0ul9735c5
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"669Please respect copyright.PENANA5gHxtx2bac
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."669Please respect copyright.PENANA6BURCcZc0A
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.669Please respect copyright.PENANAk3TauubZ1B
Eric669Please respect copyright.PENANAF6EqNgYdPV
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that669Please respect copyright.PENANAjgBAoBj2mz
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 669Please respect copyright.PENANAamAr0oaeoL
eyes with a corky smile on his face.669Please respect copyright.PENANAvvXFmF8WSi
"Please,669Please respect copyright.PENANAJC4Yo9Vi2W
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 669Please respect copyright.PENANAVLg08PJdqG
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 669Please respect copyright.PENANApd4xTFkPB7
ask him?"669Please respect copyright.PENANAKampEwIU0R
Trina669Please respect copyright.PENANAvrUIbFLIh3
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 669Please respect copyright.PENANAyiQCiRymJS
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 669Please respect copyright.PENANAPyT6uHXLEm
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."669Please respect copyright.PENANANYkLPlknk2
Eric669Please respect copyright.PENANADkwEXchrJc
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 669Please respect copyright.PENANATOSMm7r4bl
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."669Please respect copyright.PENANAE4snEBGUKz
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"669Please respect copyright.PENANA68DS8ms6jC
Eric669Please respect copyright.PENANAsez6PyVKkc
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 669Please respect copyright.PENANAeaTgpfR8Y8
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 669Please respect copyright.PENANAoncbunaopL
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 669Please respect copyright.PENANAEvmykdb204
to say next.669Please respect copyright.PENANAEJyePRQO0e
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"669Please respect copyright.PENANAlCaZMcdzFL
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.669Please respect copyright.PENANA7Qi1VGbX17
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"669Please respect copyright.PENANAdD0ziMWkZI
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."669Please respect copyright.PENANAiCcy8TxZVE
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"669Please respect copyright.PENANAOxbhdaSVH4
"She's669Please respect copyright.PENANAtfcE9GGGSw
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 669Please respect copyright.PENANAlO9Yk4yWsj
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.669Please respect copyright.PENANAmgrv1bDbvr
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 669Please respect copyright.PENANAFswkDPhovY
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 669Please respect copyright.PENANAmRKdP5DaHq
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 669Please respect copyright.PENANAfoALnNCNFW
anymore.669Please respect copyright.PENANAs2UMYWHFEb
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.669Please respect copyright.PENANAr3FMfe3uTb
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"669Please respect copyright.PENANAza0ossu1c1
Trina669Please respect copyright.PENANAUuY0xiPTnQ
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 669Please respect copyright.PENANAwuczY7f8A2
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 669Please respect copyright.PENANAHmOnNUgbte
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 669Please respect copyright.PENANAPzSuHEjWMP
massage him.669Please respect copyright.PENANAGJo0WfUShe
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"669Please respect copyright.PENANARj3hAiivVk
Eric669Please respect copyright.PENANAA2ZygtQkmj
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 669Please respect copyright.PENANA3vW13Wzb8W
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 669Please respect copyright.PENANAWvm2CGZQaJ
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 669Please respect copyright.PENANAfC44LlSA2I
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty669Please respect copyright.PENANAm3F6JE5Erw
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 669Please respect copyright.PENANArPjiMZDm3k
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.669Please respect copyright.PENANAZ31OpLol8m
He669Please respect copyright.PENANABz1XUOrxzO
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 669Please respect copyright.PENANA63WY1R9E6h
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think669Please respect copyright.PENANAguqeczAu4k
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 669Please respect copyright.PENANAhpRXbPFlEL
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 669Please respect copyright.PENANAjg2XZ5sPRS
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.669Please respect copyright.PENANAfwaNVtXUwd
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"669Please respect copyright.PENANA7sDj1X5mYZ
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."669Please respect copyright.PENANAPWa8f2DGDG
"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."669Please respect copyright.PENANAAjA28VHIYq
Eric669Please respect copyright.PENANA6CxYJuN7Tc
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his669Please respect copyright.PENANACyyJhd9Yjc
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.669Please respect copyright.PENANAAteX3lFxmm
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"669Please respect copyright.PENANAVlDzgIgS7r
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."669Please respect copyright.PENANABDhQqfKrDC
"Oh,669Please respect copyright.PENANACEPYXqMmrq
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair669Please respect copyright.PENANAcaekQtJMsN
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 669Please respect copyright.PENANAhBoCirKf8S
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.669Please respect copyright.PENANAjcYXCtwO44
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.669Please respect copyright.PENANARn9dtvjH6v
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.669Please respect copyright.PENANA0XWZrFMXEb
Trina669Please respect copyright.PENANAP1lN0Z1w90
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him669Please respect copyright.PENANAxf7tGySvBV
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.669Please respect copyright.PENANAXl8MX2rizp
Leo669Please respect copyright.PENANAVFo5xoZZKC
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 669Please respect copyright.PENANAyI5GhAtuuz
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.669Please respect copyright.PENANA3IE7PRMuyJ
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.669Please respect copyright.PENANAmQSkntaZSJ
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.669Please respect copyright.PENANAXlds6Kkxih
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"669Please respect copyright.PENANAv725o2yyW5
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."669Please respect copyright.PENANAbjJhT1Zu08
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.669Please respect copyright.PENANAEF5NCD5JYJ
"I was just leaving," said Trina.669Please respect copyright.PENANAO4me9YPDie
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."669Please respect copyright.PENANA0A8rRvz79K
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.669Please respect copyright.PENANAyTUlHUoC0F
With669Please respect copyright.PENANAmyvezZHC3R
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood669Please respect copyright.PENANAhDsOTPlNAl
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.669Please respect copyright.PENANALGM3CSNDeG
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.669Please respect copyright.PENANA9QSzxddlBC
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.669Please respect copyright.PENANALOzDyLqrsY
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.669Please respect copyright.PENANA29N7hJZcGx
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."669Please respect copyright.PENANACB5KH6soNF
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."669Please respect copyright.PENANAkH8frEztdT
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."669Please respect copyright.PENANAaxsnPgBlLj
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."669Please respect copyright.PENANAseI5p9Zu0I
"Well, you would someday."669Please respect copyright.PENANAJRZqfAhnZo
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"669Please respect copyright.PENANAjnLLSNZHwd
"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?"669Please respect copyright.PENANA7b8aJ45WAw
"That would be fine by me."669Please respect copyright.PENANAv2EsZ7IY9u
"Oh,669Please respect copyright.PENANAbHDlcXFrUt
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 669Please respect copyright.PENANAnvD30IqvSj
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 669Please respect copyright.PENANAas2ZnM4p65
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 669Please respect copyright.PENANAuiBSgRnAVa
you broke things off with her."669Please respect copyright.PENANA6sdJVs1sO8
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."669Please respect copyright.PENANAC8cyyR0E8W
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."669Please respect copyright.PENANALEgiN1Cr7n
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."669Please respect copyright.PENANA9TO67OvnLb
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."669Please respect copyright.PENANABArKjgqcu1
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.669Please respect copyright.PENANAm2M3HmrPIu
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."669Please respect copyright.PENANAcem5TuYaTv
Leo669Please respect copyright.PENANABWXtJCNV9t
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 669Please respect copyright.PENANA4B3R6U5Y5M
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 669Please respect copyright.PENANAmUc1GRi1GY
her.669Please respect copyright.PENANAwUCckx3hhT
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.669Please respect copyright.PENANA4lOrn7hG7y
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.669Please respect copyright.PENANAJC9uCzu0On
Eric669Please respect copyright.PENANAkEEeOQ4rgZ
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 669Please respect copyright.PENANAm1uhKWFBNu
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 669Please respect copyright.PENANA88YQGEwIge
thinking about Angel just now."669Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZkUX5Y25w
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."669Please respect copyright.PENANAuhYyJMUk9Q
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"669Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0nPtzqHU3
Leo669Please respect copyright.PENANAjq3OV53lsb
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 669Please respect copyright.PENANAqAZt5A4aib
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 669Please respect copyright.PENANAHRS5LJTdEL
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.669Please respect copyright.PENANAMo7qIyM9By
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"669Please respect copyright.PENANAsA6Xnhx6xa
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.669Please respect copyright.PENANAarJBVPpA87
"Because,669Please respect copyright.PENANA047RTksTSd
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 669Please respect copyright.PENANAbCBjMv521c
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 669Please respect copyright.PENANAepl215OAJE
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're669Please respect copyright.PENANAvk0QAYAtbE
in a sense of emergency to release it."669Please respect copyright.PENANAowy2QQCoIS
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."669Please respect copyright.PENANAGe4NkAcQdz
"Of669Please respect copyright.PENANAkac9kF6lkQ
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 669Please respect copyright.PENANA29KNhXI2QY
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 669Please respect copyright.PENANA8RMixb4JNB
darling, Angel."669Please respect copyright.PENANAVBf7WcRTvh
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."669Please respect copyright.PENANAsohbUdOwEP
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.669Please respect copyright.PENANAwaZGXsB5uB
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.669Please respect copyright.PENANAUonc85R34k
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.669Please respect copyright.PENANAGQCNXSGyXw
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."669Please respect copyright.PENANA997nRieQdS
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."669Please respect copyright.PENANAjC87krZGrz
"Grandma669Please respect copyright.PENANAj2DQ5BpoWR
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 669Please respect copyright.PENANAhP2itYK3Ai
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."669Please respect copyright.PENANAuMFuYbqSBN
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"669Please respect copyright.PENANA95GQEC0Yow
Leo669Please respect copyright.PENANA7PoGC48GEH
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 669Please respect copyright.PENANAABcdmO735e
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a669Please respect copyright.PENANAV6TefJsPfj
word to anyone.669Please respect copyright.PENANA5T3jiVFNDL
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."669Please respect copyright.PENANAWhmq7g8oue
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."669Please respect copyright.PENANAsGtQA39QAd
"Yep,669Please respect copyright.PENANAW507IoNsPC
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I669Please respect copyright.PENANABXU264T8QX
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.669Please respect copyright.PENANAZCJBBmVTkG
"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.669Please respect copyright.PENANA2eSaRHxlB1
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."669Please respect copyright.PENANA1lxuTwAMKI
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."669Please respect copyright.PENANAb49uCdUzCY
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."669Please respect copyright.PENANAvQwCYR4wAm
Eric669Please respect copyright.PENANAUt8BKrYm8Q
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 669Please respect copyright.PENANAO6H1Y32vim
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 669Please respect copyright.PENANAYCtZy1LIL6
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."669Please respect copyright.PENANAvMhiVfMFo6
Leo669Please respect copyright.PENANAtreghkZeYE
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 669Please respect copyright.PENANAbiNyNdDuo8
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 669Please respect copyright.PENANABmFRedWUaR
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.669Please respect copyright.PENANAB62856zb8B
He669Please respect copyright.PENANASVg2LKsgey
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 669Please respect copyright.PENANAgcVQVShlmS
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 669Please respect copyright.PENANAGn5MPqGyjA
desk that he had to look at today.669Please respect copyright.PENANAA5u4SD0YMP
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?669Please respect copyright.PENANA4gWVLImjFd
Leo669Please respect copyright.PENANAT33T4y27DJ
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 669Please respect copyright.PENANAMRFSIkOTJ9
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.669Please respect copyright.PENANATXBgi0pEAN
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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