The tapping of his fingers onto the desk must have gone on for quiet a while. It was close to lunch time and Leo didn't seem to notice the time.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyf9pxtEFK
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A knock came at the door, and Leo didn't seem to hear it at first, til it became louder. He jerked in his seat and sat up like he had just woken up from a dream.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5ax415Fev
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"Hello, Mr. McDonell?" came a female voice behind the door. "Are you in there?"
"Damn it," Leo muttered quietly to himself. "You can come in, Grace."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkC3EP4jNfM
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The door flew open and a young short lady with blonde hair, tied in a bun and glasses over her blue eyes, came into the room. She wore a white blouse with a black skirt and matching black high heeled shoes that made her look a bit taller. She had a blue file in her hand.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYL25XEx96m
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"Yes, Grace, how may I help you?" Leo asked as he rubbed his eyes.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAt915ttoF3
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"Were you asleep, sir?" Grace asked as she slowly approached his desk.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7vOu2Ft0a
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"No, not really." Leo looked around his desk as though he was looking for something, then he went on to look at Grace.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pcWGZDmms
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"I was just asking because you weren't answering the door and your secretary assured me that you were still in your office."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZ1EVl8oGV
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"Is she still at her desk?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYAHZSZmNE
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"I saw her heading out for lunch." Grace looked carefully at Leo. "You do know what time it is, right?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKphB9pSHiK
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Leo tried not to look surprised as he stared at the silver round clock seated on his desk beside his computer. He completely lost track of time that he felt like muttering to himself of how much of an idiot he was.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nOiWhgNCu
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"I simply lost track of time," he humbly admitted as he looked back at Grace, trying to keep his cool. He sometimes lost his temper in front of his colleagues. But today, he felt like it wasn't necessary.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3n6vvJOakI
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"You look tired. Are you okay?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCI29SYqqyG
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"I'm fine. Just had a few things on my mind, that's all."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRuZdGrmE2
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"You should go out for fresh air. It looks like you need it."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaQB11y8He
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Leo wanted to smile at the kind suggestion, but the thought of Angel working with him made his mind go dark and gloomy again.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXI88aMffI
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He soon stood up from his seat and Grace took a step back, thinking that she might have struck a nerve.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJldmF4ypW
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"I'll try," Leo said as he picked up his phone on the table. "Though going out for fresh air really isn't my cup of tea."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPi5B95H1t
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Grace smiled at him as she relaxed. "You will enjoy it, sir. Before you go, your father isn't back yet and I needed him to sign this document."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlRcAeFmtF
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"Huh?" Leo raised his eyebrow. "My father isn't back yet?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvM4SrpBkqs
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"No." Grace shook her head. "So, I called him and he told me to give it to you to sign it."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHxmfLOpKd
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Leo stretched out his hand and Grace, likewise, gave him the file. He quickly opened the file and skimmed through the document. After familiarising himself with it, he put the file on the table, took the pen and signed it. He straightened up and gave the file back to Grace.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfXGc7S5Mg
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"Thank you, sir," said Grace as she quickly walked out of the office, closing the door behind her.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EfAV1jnoK
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Leo couldn't help but wonder how he's father had not yet returned to the office. It was so unlike him.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SBpc4eerq
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With the phone in his other hand, Leo decided to call him. But before he could do so, the door flew open and Eric came into his office.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvBLeKdibt
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"You should be knocking when you're coming here, Eric," said Leo as he looked up at his cousin.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzxii3911f
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"Sorry," said Eric apologetically. "I always knock on your door, it's just today is kind of-"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2VPLzYoUQ
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"-different?" Leo finished his sentence.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8Wt6IigAs
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"Yep. So are you coming with me for lunch?" Eric asked.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlV94QDMoIm
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"Nah, I think I'll skip lunch today."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldgle8lSBA
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Eric raised an eyebrow at his cousin. "Are you sure?" he asked. "You seem to need it more than I do."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQC6VOGcW1
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"Why do you say that?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEU6bUanIsS
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"Because you look famished. I just passed Grace in the hall and she said you looked sick or something."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1NQVVvX9M
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Leo rubbed his forehead with his free hand. "I've been thinking a lot, that's why."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tLSsPgDK5
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Eric's eyes lit up. "Wait..., is it because of Angel? You're still worried about her working here?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2vRzbW0dp
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Leo shrugged his shoulders. "Well, what do you expect when you came here talking about her in the first place?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCmm96ej1A
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Eric shook his head as he pinched his eyes with his index finger and thumb. "This is why I said you should go to a therapist. You can't hate someone who hasn't offended you."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpWUfz6yd2
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"What are you saying? Of course she has."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdbxpUn8Xc
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Eric folded his arms. "Okay, apart from the time when she attacked you at the club because you were making love to her sister, mention any other time when she did you wrong."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJ9ipIJcvA
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Leo looked at Eric with a murderous look. He didn't have to think of anything because he knew he had none. Eric always had a way of getting to him when he wanted to.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeGuSJS7Wr
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Leo ended up shaking his head admitting defeat and said, "fine. You win this time. But that doesn't mean she plots behind my back."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cqkILePDj
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"You don't even have proof of that," said Eric as he started to chuckle. "You're just being paranoid."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5TcKgndFG
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Leo shook his head as he walked round his table. "I'm so done with you. Let's go. Arguing with you makes me hungry."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW932QhQ9hR
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Leo started to walk out of his office with Eric right behind him. When the two stepped out, Leo locked the door.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrftYOeOCqH
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"Since you really need to eat something," said Eric, "you can suggest where we can go for lunch."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlihPBSo2Vn
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"First let me make a call to my dad. Can you imagine that he hasn't shown up to the office?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zpqQUbXo2
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"Maybe he is still helping Carly out with her college transfer. You know how these things take time sometimes."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOG6u15Gl2
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"Ya, but it's lunch time and he should have called me first if he was going to arrive late."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kWm7ZYBJo
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"He probably just forgot. You can give him a call as we head out of here. I'm starving."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8ewwkQty4
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Leo would've said something over Eric's appetite, but he was too worried about his father to even care. The two made their way towards the elevator while Leo dialed his father's number on his phone and called. He put the phone to his ear as Eric reached the elevator first and pressed the button to summon it.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfrXlsIPXN
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Mr. McDonell answered the call upon the first ring and Leo was relieved.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtYi8ni1CP
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"Leo, hey," came his father's voice. "Is anything wrong at the office?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXj54ib33h
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"No, nothing's wrong," Leo replied. The elevator doors in front of him flew open and Eric stepped in first with Leo following slowly behind him. "Grace told me that you weren't around and I thought of checking up on you."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuBmVU2IwH
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"Oh, I'm fine, son. There is no need to worry."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWeLC4RC8k
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"Where are you anyway?" Eric pressed the button to the ground floor and the doors closed. They soon felt the elevator start to move.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmQHd37cCv
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"Oh..., me?" Mr. McDonell seemed surprised by the question. "I decided to go for a walk in Central park, that's all."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8IpnGlysT
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"I was worried when Grace told me you hadn't shown up to the office." Leo looked over at Eric who was staring at his own two feet.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjoWBnsx4U
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"You don't need to worry, son, I'm fine. Walking is good for me and I really need it today. I'll be back in the office as soon as lunch hour is over."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCyTa6UoZZ
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"Okay, see you later, then." Leo cut the call.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHyn9dYTpT
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The elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open. Eric turned to look at Leo.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1b7DTXBum6
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"So, where is he?" Eric asked Leo as they both walked out of the elevator.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FURffNMnZ
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"He's taking a walk in Central park," Leo asked as they passed a few people down in the lobby.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrO7SHIgvFq
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"Ah, you see. There was nothing to worry about."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTWd96n8d9
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"Ya, there wasn't."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUVNjt5vZk
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The two cousins stepped out through the large glass doors of the building, passing the doorman that stood guard.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjbuPDLbap
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"That reminds me," said Eric as they turned down the street on the sidewalk, "which restaurant are we going to?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqSbWz0S3H
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"Can't we have junk food for a change?" Leo asked as he put his phone in the pocket and left his hand in it.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdizTjdeUGt
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Eric looked at his cousin as they walked, careful enough not to bump into anyone coming in from the opposite direction and those in front of him who walked too slow. He looked surprised.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cPfLNlqD5
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"Did you just say you want to eat junk food?" Eric asked. "Minutes ago, you said you weren't hungry."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqg5NmNuevV
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"I've changed my mind. Am I on a diet so as not to eat junk?" Leo asked.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ975lRzpOfw
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"Not that I know of." They were soon near the traffic lights with many other civilians at the zebra crossing, waiting for the walk traffic light to turn on.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxILQTHkORM
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"What's wrong with eating junk food, then?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUO6KvsG9c
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Eric thought about it for a second but he had to cross the road with Leo and the other pedestrians as soon as the traffic lights turned red for the cars to stop and the green walk sign turned on for the pedestrians. As soon as they reached the other side of the crossing and the cars that stopped were finally on the move behind them, Eric gave his reply:428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8Ym8ib5oJ
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"There's nothing wrong with it. I'm just worried that you might grow fat. Besides, the only reason why I'm concerned is because you like going to fancy restaurants and eating salads all the time."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBW8lvgZ8tb
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"I know," said Leo as they passed by a coffee shop and the strong smell of coffee flew onto the street when a lady, opened the door to enter the cafe. "I don't know how to explain it, but I'm really in a mood for it right now."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTjYaB60e7
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"Okay, if you say so. But if you gain a pound after this, don't blame me."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0rttm8bt3
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Leo turned to look at Eric, walking beside him. "Admit it, you want to eat junk food way more than I do."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxITC0Um5z
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"Mind you, I love junk. I'm just surprised you want to join in on the fun. And I know exactly where to go. There's this amazing place where they sell the best burgers."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxEZ0KFPnT
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"Great, let's go."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunqnhUwogD
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"Comfortable?" Mark asked after Angel sat on the chair he had just pulled out for her.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTXTPYZeQ5
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"Yes, thank you," Angel replied as she smiled up at him.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlh3vXvRPD
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"Good." Mark gave her a smile and he went to sit on the other side of the table.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9zcIlVsT9
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Angel went on ahead to look at her surrounding a little more. They were at an outdoor restaurant. As much as it was outdoors, the place was luxurious with the open roof above them filled with green creepers and tiny bulbs above them to make the scene around them look beautiful and a little intimate. The wooden tables were covered with white table cloths and above them were little bulbs in shape of candles with little green creepers and white flowers. Angel liked the way the restaurant made her feel. She felt like she was in a fairytale.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlbXxEPVFt
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"I see you like the place," Mark said, bringing her attention back to him.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRH6orUXTp
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"Yes, it's really lovely," said Angel.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4x6XsAZWF
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"We should order." Mark lifted the navy blue menu in front of him and opened it. "What would you like to have?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzZcb8Wvs5
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Angel also took hold of the menu and looked at it. It had been a long time since she had visited a fancy restaurant that she forgot about some delicate cuisines that most exquisite restaurants liked to serve. She smiled to herself when she noticed one of the meals she enjoyed on the menu.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eWBuCt2qj
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"What is it?" Mark asked as he looked up from his menu and noticed Angel smiling.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMR29wNK5b
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"Nothing," Angel replied, still smiling. "I realised I haven't had a ratatouille in like.., forever."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gjapateN6
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"Looks like you know your french cuisines." Mark smiled charmingly at her.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAcq4rzYy3
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"There was a time when I was on a date and my boyfriend made me try it out. Goodness, it was magnificent."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBd9SpREaTm
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"You dated?" Mark looked surprised.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VJ8FYgObi
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"Ya, but he wasn't the best of boyfriends," said Angel as she went back to looking at the menu. "The ratatouille can be a good starter. Just saying."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNv3PKVimmi
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Mark continued to look at Angel and she didn't seem to notice. It was only moments later when she looked at him and caught him staring.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCa9NPPAWJ
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"What is it?" Angel asked.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtscQsJJhCC
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"Nothing," he said as he dropped his menu. "I wonder what the guy thought of letting you go."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyw5zAzJ6Y
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Angel raised an eyebrow at him as she put the menu back down on the table. "That was three years ago. I caught him cheating on me and so..., just like everything that stays in the past..., it's history."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVE9sdbAyaa
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"Well, I think he's a fool letting you go."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtp5Epw2NAF
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Angel looked up at the green creepers over her and the tiny bright lights. "He made a choice," she said. "Can't blame him. The girl he cheated on me with was very beautiful. I guess that's why."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFE830gW4uZ
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Mark drew out his hand and placed it above Angel's that was on the table. Angel looked at him.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpHNavg2Mb
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"He was too blind to notice how beautiful you are," he said. "You look heavenly, like an angel."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZiBME08Rm
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Angel smiled. "Stop it," she said, her cheeks starting to heat up. "I know you're only saying that to try and make me feel better."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ocGfrvzI3
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"Maybe. But I'm speaking the truth and you know it. I bet am not the first man to ever tell you that."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIAcpuV7dd
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Angel shook her head. "No, you aren't."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7pywHgiIg
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Mark withdrew his hand. "Let's not talk about him." He lifted his hand to catch the attention of a waiter nearby. A lean blonde young man came to the table all dressed in a black shirt, a black pair of trousers, with matching black shoes and a black half apron round his waist.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QlTczLKSn
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"Ready to take your order, sir?" the man asked politely with a gentle smile on his face.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBSzdNwkav
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"Yes, please," said Mark as he looked up at the waiter and then he went on to look at Angel. "For a starter, we would like the ratatouille, please."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsR7ruvE5zI
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"Coming right up, and would you like a drink while you wait?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGq42EfervE
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"Yes, a bottle of your finest wine."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrS54XKeeym
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"Of course," said the waiter as he smiled at both Mark and Angel before leaving them.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvj5v0OIcUW
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"We're having wine?" Angel asked with a questioning look on her face.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mbbAIbLVF
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"What is it?" Mark asked, this time his face grew a little worried. "Don't you take alcohol?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYYIpISKts
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"Well...," Angel playfully rolled her eyes up. "I can't say I take alcohol when I drink wine on special occasions." Her eyes flew back to Mark's face.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuqekx5XLe
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"Oh," Mark let out a little laugh as he leaned back on his chair. "For a minute there, I thought you didn't take alcohol at all."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAb6ay9P8E
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"I like wine. I don't drink beer or whiskey.., those type of drinks."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXK1jUhghf
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"Even scotch?"
"Even scotch." Angel said as she smiled.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPhUoIp0co
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"Women like you love wine."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkn83DPhJPk
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"Well, there are other women who love beers, scotch and whiskey...., champagne, maybe a little," Angel shrugged her shoulders.
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"Ha. Just now you thought I didn't even take wine."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDj8AbilWa
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"Because you caught me off guard with that question."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡro9mobBLx3
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Angel let out a laugh but one that didn't attract people's attention in the restaurant.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfA7PiFZMJH
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"Ya, I'm sorry about that," said Angel after she gathered her composure. "I just wanted to see your reaction."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjVY6Jy2Zx
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Mark had an amused look on his face and he didn't notice how charmingly he smiled at Angel until the waiter came back pushing a serving tray. On it was a black champagne bucket with a bottle of wine in it with ice all around. Alongside the bucket were two wine glasses.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAPRPksZMe
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The waiter placed the two glasses in front of Mark and Angel, opened the bottle of wine and poured into the glasses. Afterwards, he placed the bottle back in the bucket, kindly excused himself and walked away.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5QdqJpJ5G
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"Shall we have a toast?" Mark suggested as he held his glass.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAfQYjXxix
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"A toast to what?" Angel asked, her fingers around the stem of her glass.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFH0lo1OIxm
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"A toast for your health, that's one. And also, for you just being you."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMgNEwqoD9
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Angel smiled. "I will toast to the first one most of all, and the other reason is quite reasonable...., so cheers."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Xoa8pDAO9
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Their glasses clinked when they touched and they both drank.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWWGUxbIMR
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"This is really good," said Angel after she withdrew the brim of the glass from her lips.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vflUoUFLR
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"That's why I ordered the best of the best," said Mark as he put his glass on the table.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAt8OhYhPg
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"I might end up drinking the whole bottle. But that won't be so ladylike of me."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOoTJm2qkF
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"I should be worried." Mark raised his eyebrow at her. "Do you easily get drunk, Angel Barclay?"428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUp3JuPjKmd
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Angel took another sip of her wine. "If I have too much, then yes. I can get a little tipsy."428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvhbpHJJ0e
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"Then we can take it a little slow, shall we?"
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It didn't take long for their to starter arrive. And as they had their meal, they continued to chat unaware of how much they enjoyed each other's company. But they had more matters to discuss, and they both knew it.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzqMJP2GN6
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The white tulips in his hands smelled fresh and divine as he walked, his eyes focused ahead. The place around him was quiet except for a few words he heard aloud at a distance. As he walked, he turned to the voice and saw a group of people, almost all of them dressed in black, gathered together surrounding a white casket. The person speaking before them was a priest, all dressed in white and purple robes with the Holy Bible in his hands. Those closer to the casket, crying silently and holding tissues to their noses were obviously the family to the deceased.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsR5sgq50bK
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Death was a sad thing, especially if it happens to take a loved one away from you. But such was life. Death itself was inevitable and it was up to those alive and in the present to move on. Though it's hard for many others to do so.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYcArmNMdR
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As he continued to walk away from the funeral procession and through the neatly arranged tombstones in the graveyard, he approached her grave. There stood a white marble tombstone that he had set up just a day after her burial. He was glad that his wife hadn't visited the graveyard with him. She would have been pissed to see such a magnificent tombstone and would have blamed him for wasting so much money on a dead person.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3290uY8jNp
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As he got closer, he stood there for a minute as he read her name in big black capital letters. He bended over to put the white tulips on the ground, next to the tombstone. After straightening up, he took a few steps back.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuM2YdI9qYj
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He sighed as he smiled at the white tulips. If she were here, she would have smiled back at him, taken a sniff out of them and said thank you.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYTT3TUCdI
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"God, how I've missed you," he muttered to the wind.
