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“Angel just ruined everything for me,” said Leo as he104Please respect copyright.PENANAOD1eerTcy7
came to stand next to Eric by the bar counter.104Please respect copyright.PENANAvRc0or679i
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“What do you mean she’s ruined everything?” Eric asked.104Please respect copyright.PENANAAkNrQryObM
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“Carly and I were supposed to run away together, but it’s like she caught on to104Please respect copyright.PENANAbn3YJm03mq
us.” Leo shook his head. “That’s why she stayed behind with Carly. She says she104Please respect copyright.PENANAXhVyL92gCJ
doesn’t want Marco to suspect anything.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAoEV1czBZO2
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Eric shrugged his shoulders. “Angel does have a point,” he said. “We don’t need104Please respect copyright.PENANAdOPb0w2E8o
Marco knowing that the two of you are dating. He might tell his father, who, in104Please respect copyright.PENANAxX699wBoVr
turn, will tell your dad. Well, you know how this vicious cycle goes.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAJVbbBNDSBM
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Leo sighed. “You do have a point.” He turned to his cousin. “Go on. I know you104Please respect copyright.PENANAKaPt23Ftse
want to say it.”104Please respect copyright.PENANA9dqqOAlFOs
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“Say what?” Eric asked without looking at Leo.104Please respect copyright.PENANAxACww7Brvp
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Leo sighed again, deeply this time. “That she has my best interest at heart.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAE7QjlQSjM9
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Eric looked at Leo, this time with a beaming smile on his face. “Of course,104Please respect copyright.PENANACvjuLLQhHA
because that’s just how she is.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAGGp5YuVc8x
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“Can you stop smiling like that?” Leo looked irritated. Eric’s smile shone104Please respect copyright.PENANA6Zj9kjOqIJ
brightly like the sun. Leo felt blinded as he turned to look away. “You’ve had104Please respect copyright.PENANAULfAGbwZMW
your fun.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAbL8QR1jZBk
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“I just want to rub it in. Before we went into the garden, I was about to tell104Please respect copyright.PENANAGemPc0i1h4
you the same thing, but it slipped my mind. It’s good that Angel thought way104Please respect copyright.PENANACCsirQUdkl
ahead and talked to Carly about it.”104Please respect copyright.PENANABSPk9ErMfs
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Leo felt dumb. None of that came to mind, and he felt like slapping himself for104Please respect copyright.PENANAeybGzDizux
being so stupid and careless. He hoped Marco wasn’t paying enough attention at104Please respect copyright.PENANAKqACwqV0fT
first for him to realize there was anything between him and Carly. It seems he104Please respect copyright.PENANA7H4geW4BaU
has Angel to thank, but Leo was too embarrassed to think of doing so.104Please respect copyright.PENANABx6VBT8WVA
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“Do they serve milkshakes here?” Leo asked, trying to rid himself of his104Please respect copyright.PENANALk96TBMGYl
thoughts.104Please respect copyright.PENANAGQrSwtnLxY
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“Yeah, I already asked,” answered Eric. “They serve non-alcoholic drinks as104Please respect copyright.PENANAKuIJRFhErk
well, in case there’s anyone who needs one.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAq9pPELXRBg
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“I’ll go over to the table and ask what drinks they want. Do they have snacks104Please respect copyright.PENANAQ344lkZOZg
too?”104Please respect copyright.PENANAF4L2iTonmU
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“Yep.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAsouKKk369L
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Leo left the counter and found Carly where he had left her. She was slowly104Please respect copyright.PENANAHWY7yhibIQ
looking around, taking in the view of the place. There were bright bulbs104Please respect copyright.PENANAgn1vilo3HD
hanging over the area, and she apparently stood out with her beautiful dress.104Please respect copyright.PENANAv7XnYqpyI0
If they weren’t around so many people, he wasn’t going to hesitate to kiss and104Please respect copyright.PENANAjPNA9NJDMN
caress her. He smiled at her instead and gestured with his head to her, saying104Please respect copyright.PENANAJrkQhRotVj
that they should join Angel and the others.104Please respect copyright.PENANALqre0KgGIz
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Trina and Kim stood by the fountain as they watched Leo approach the table104Please respect copyright.PENANApkjmdQcgjL
where Angel, Oliver, and the Asian man sat. Carly joined him soon afterwards.104Please respect copyright.PENANAVeE3QkYi2l
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“How long do you think we’ll stay here until he decides to see his lover?”104Please respect copyright.PENANAm4VrmbcavW
Trina asked as she sat at the edge of the pool basin of the fountain.104Please respect copyright.PENANAquRPFqyyet
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“I don’t know,” said Kim, who remained standing. “Don’t tell me you’re already104Please respect copyright.PENANAHKVwkLBbOn
tired.”104Please respect copyright.PENANA7xOMQWqPtf
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“Oh, no, it’s not that. They are there enjoying themselves when I’m in need of104Please respect copyright.PENANAEgjy2oKHaE
a drink right now.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAe3AUylJd52
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Kim rolled her eyes. “We can go there and take a seat, but we should sit out of104Please respect copyright.PENANAYaTfwHBXbl
their sight.”104Please respect copyright.PENANA2szQUIbVpk
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“Good idea. Let’s wait for Eric at the counter. Leo looks like he’s checking to104Please respect copyright.PENANAn7AuZ7wsOJ
see what everyone needs because he hasn’t sat down. They will easily see us if104Please respect copyright.PENANAyjmhl86N5N
they aren’t at their table.”104Please respect copyright.PENANATc4PsK782a
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Kim agreed with Trina. They continued to watch Leo as he made his way back to104Please respect copyright.PENANA6fgg97ScjB
the counter.104Please respect copyright.PENANAe2RCwRu4sG
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Meanwhile, Miranda, who had been watching over the balcony, followed Leo’s104Please respect copyright.PENANAN8JR4HgZT2
movements. She kept telling herself that she needed to get down there. If she104Please respect copyright.PENANA7pw6mH68Cd
so much as stepped out of the room, no doubt Red Lion would have her head, and104Please respect copyright.PENANAp2qLpsbg7g
whatever the meeting was all about, she wasn’t going to be a part of it.104Please respect copyright.PENANAFY2nsMyyhy
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She huffed. If that was the consequence, she was going to have to deal with it.104Please respect copyright.PENANA8ovZrnstuK
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Without giving much of a second thought, Miranda turned around and went back104Please respect copyright.PENANAnjZwkRZzGA
inside the room. The football game they were watching was on a half-time break,104Please respect copyright.PENANAW1pb57nfq3
and the three men were there, talking aloud about the game. She approached104Please respect copyright.PENANApSJUe8yvPp
them, and to get their attention, she loudly cleared her throat.104Please respect copyright.PENANAVf3RGbbN0F
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The three men all stopped talking and turned to look at Miranda. For a moment,104Please respect copyright.PENANAxDaLysLfON
she gulped as her eyes landed on the terrifying face of Red Lion, who didn’t104Please respect copyright.PENANA9nbKUMX0uD
like the fact that she had disturbed them. She had to be quick with what she104Please respect copyright.PENANApATL5hkDvS
wanted to say, as she was running on Red Lion’s patience.104Please respect copyright.PENANArKYnmwcNmh
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“I’ll be stepping out for a bit,” Miranda announced.104Please respect copyright.PENANAn8EsMnxvrU
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There was a brief silence in the room as the three men continued to look at104Please respect copyright.PENANAMmz03AMYCp
Miranda, expressionless. Red Lion moved in his seat, and Miranda feared that he104Please respect copyright.PENANAd21MIEwHCA
would speak first.104Please respect copyright.PENANAVDYRWWZ5NB
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“I don’t think going out is the best thing to do right now,” he said. “We’re104Please respect copyright.PENANAeDJJRQiOXp
waiting on someone, aren’t we?”104Please respect copyright.PENANAdsTrdt0M4I
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“Yeah, we are, but this person isn’t showing up anyway. You’ll let me know when104Please respect copyright.PENANAxbqsnH6JPh
he gets here. I really need to step out.”104Please respect copyright.PENANArCsLJu4Yfz
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Red Lion continued to look at her. Walters now had a scared look on his face.104Please respect copyright.PENANAPbouTjVUw1
He wished he could intervene, but things haven’t escalated between the two, so104Please respect copyright.PENANAxVgfwVoVca
it was hopeless to do so.104Please respect copyright.PENANAJE0RcKh9sR
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“Whatever,” said Red Lion as he leaned back on the couch. “You get back here in104Please respect copyright.PENANAd5sW2Fnu0k
thirty minutes. If our host gets here before you, you better hurry back when104Please respect copyright.PENANAWvRri9IQW4
Walters calls.”104Please respect copyright.PENANA6oWwagvZmX
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Miranda felt relieved. She thought she wasn’t going to be let go so easily.104Please respect copyright.PENANAQLJvMiYsXz
Moreover, the time Red Lion gave her was too little. However, she had to make104Please respect copyright.PENANAopPoLkbmWW
use of this as much as possible, even if it meant seeing Leo down there for a104Please respect copyright.PENANAxNfQPMBAuI
minute.104Please respect copyright.PENANAvGEuyvUzH6
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“I will,” said Miranda. She didn’t waste any time as she made her way for the104Please respect copyright.PENANADfZxBAxi6s
door.104Please respect copyright.PENANADL7k1R7cMi
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As soon as she walked out of the room, Hugo turned to Red Lion and asked, “Are104Please respect copyright.PENANAxaC3hxrgtF
you sure letting her go out like that is a good idea? Our host can walk in at104Please respect copyright.PENANAsyYg6a90pW
any moment.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAzn95nZroas
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“True, but it’s better than her staying out on the balcony while we wait,” Red104Please respect copyright.PENANAsJr4B4TpEh
Lion answered. “If you ask me, I would step out too if it wasn’t for the football104Please respect copyright.PENANApC6JeBzSRL
game. But I was serious about my threat, so she better be here before he does.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAcPg3KpbOhQ
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Walters didn’t say anything as he briefly looked at Red Lion before looking up104Please respect copyright.PENANAgCkaCeCyzv
at the TV. Red Lion wasn’t kidding when he said he was in a good mood, Walters104Please respect copyright.PENANAqUO2uj9LmI
thought to himself. Knowing Red Lion, he wasn’t going to let Miranda walk out104Please respect copyright.PENANAzBZsvVaSJo
of here. Something must have really put Red Lion into a good mood today, or104Please respect copyright.PENANAEH0wE8TKaN
else he wouldn’t have done what he did.104Please respect copyright.PENANAcHOraMu52w
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Leo and Eric came to join the others at the table with their drinks, and Eric,104Please respect copyright.PENANAZgVL8NNRMk
on the other hand, carried a plate full of nachos and cheese. Oliver was so104Please respect copyright.PENANAcEKw1pDWmc
delighted to see the plate of snacks that he couldn’t wait to eat them. Angel104Please respect copyright.PENANAklU2Fqq58D
had to warn him not to eat too much, or else he might have a bad tummy ache the104Please respect copyright.PENANAJOLjx7EOwy
next day.104Please respect copyright.PENANAtnWocrdRjP
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“I wouldn’t waste my breath warning the guy,” said Eric as he sat down on the104Please respect copyright.PENANAX5vbi7HYa7
empty chair next to Angel after serving her a soda. “It’s a Friday, and he104Please respect copyright.PENANAtWaKABr4Oz
likes to act like he can do whatever he wants.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAte6HXMvzOf
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Oliver, who sat on Angel’s other side, didn’t answer him as he took his mango104Please respect copyright.PENANAJfvIJJRlBI
milkshake and put the straw in his mouth. Angel, on the other hand, looked at104Please respect copyright.PENANAKcTf65AyGA
Eric and shook her head.104Please respect copyright.PENANAWIqoYLwxF5
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Leo placed his glass of beer and Carly’s cocktail before taking his seat in104Please respect copyright.PENANAEXaky6vs4D
between them. He also served Marco a bottle of the cider that he wanted. Marco104Please respect copyright.PENANAUZWMCd40v1
thanked him as Leo sat down.104Please respect copyright.PENANApQHdrdOezi
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“Hey, Marco,” said Angel as she turned to look at him, looking over Oliver, who104Please respect copyright.PENANAqysqEKxH4M
sat in between them. “Have you ever been here before? In America, I mean.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAwNAJYhBsRA
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“Oh, yes, I’ve come here several times,” answered Marco. “I usually come here104Please respect copyright.PENANAUYHObf1FOM
with dad on business trips. Inheriting the family business can be tiring,104Please respect copyright.PENANAATbu8IfCeG
especially when they’re showing you the ropes. You just have to be there, even104Please respect copyright.PENANAZR0s4agrzy
when you don’t want to. I bet Leo can testify to that.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAf5k9BZDdBc
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“He’s right,” said Leo, finding it hard to argue with him.104Please respect copyright.PENANAcRuLCZTcsj
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“Wait, does that mean I might inherit mum’s business of running the massage104Please respect copyright.PENANAv878x4XkGY
parlors when I’m older?” Oliver asked as he took a nacho and dipped it in104Please respect copyright.PENANA4RBMfHH6MR
cheese.104Please respect copyright.PENANA7mpvET1eNM
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Everyone at the table grew quiet as they looked at Oliver. At the same time,104Please respect copyright.PENANA8KkK8XSNSV
they all burst into laughter.104Please respect copyright.PENANADNUTqGOo6s
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“Maybe,” said Eric. He tried his best to stop laughing, but it was of no use.104Please respect copyright.PENANAEPdCSpLHzf
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“No fair,” said Oliver after chewing on his nacho. “You were the one who was104Please respect copyright.PENANAXCbVmjqr9z
supposed to inherit it, not me.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAG3dP6ULgfX
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“Sorry, but I’m more into other businesses, lil’ bro.”104Please respect copyright.PENANACs3KNm3uc9
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“Don’t take it like that, Oliver,” said Marco. “Beauty parlors aren’t that bad.104Please respect copyright.PENANA5kNUOeCdAM
Moreover, many rich people love going to such places. So you’ll probably make a104Please respect copyright.PENANAa6qC7Sf90I
lot more money in the future.”104Please respect copyright.PENANA2QlMsFxWNM
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“Besides, if you’re interested in other things, I’m sure your mum will104Please respect copyright.PENANAf4dmRjKQy3
understand,” said Angel.104Please respect copyright.PENANAdi1klaH985
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“If you like, you and I can run them together,” said Carly. “That’s if you plan104Please respect copyright.PENANAgMo0y8PNf5
on running them.”104Please respect copyright.PENANACjx7xren4E
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“And I can be more of an investor,” said Marco.104Please respect copyright.PENANA8vA8oT5sFh
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“I still have a whole life ahead of me,” said Oliver as he shrugged his104Please respect copyright.PENANAwBrJNQCiid
shoulders. “I’ll see if I can handle it.”104Please respect copyright.PENANABNSmq8sQBb
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All the grown-ups at the table looked at the young boy, somewhat surprised at104Please respect copyright.PENANA5waj4lXsg3
his answer. They all stayed that way for a brief moment before Leo stretched104Please respect copyright.PENANAtCf2h6cS78
out his hand to get a nacho.104Please respect copyright.PENANAd0GqdLptdl
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“Good enough response for me,” he said. He put the nacho in his mouth104Please respect copyright.PENANASS7DS3DzyY
afterwards.104Please respect copyright.PENANA1Pqjhv4QcU
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“I swear, sometimes I feel he’s older for his age,” said Eric as he shook his104Please respect copyright.PENANA6iB88gIyis
head.104Please respect copyright.PENANAvd3YW93zhl
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“Aren’t all kids nowadays?” Angel asked with a smile.104Please respect copyright.PENANArv6tmfGVXJ
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“Just like Leo said, a very wise response,” said Marco as he looked at Oliver104Please respect copyright.PENANAwZBbn549oc
admirably. “Hopefully, you do inherit, and we will become business partners in104Please respect copyright.PENANABFHeom6R6u
the future.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAA1NgQ9FdWn
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“Yeah, let’s not push him for now,” said Carly. “He’ll sort all of that out104Please respect copyright.PENANA7Pc6xlpH33
later, when he’s older.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAZwgXI5yVSR
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“Well, sometimes you don’t really have much of a choice. Isn’t that right,104Please respect copyright.PENANAr1a56QTx5O
Leo?” Marco asked, his eyes fixed on Leo.104Please respect copyright.PENANAZg2o8SvZgp
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Leo slowly stopped chewing as he looked at Marco. He didn’t know if answering104Please respect copyright.PENANAxkw7wsEWk8
Marco would be a good idea, but he only gestured with his head to acknowledge104Please respect copyright.PENANA0E6HkXqQ5A
the statement.104Please respect copyright.PENANAPFCuwVeGnX
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Angel was sipping on her drink when her eyes wandered away from the area in the104Please respect copyright.PENANAsWaPXfz6ea
bar and to the fountain. She had a feeling Trina and Kim had been standing104Please respect copyright.PENANANkVdbEsd0V
there for a while. When she found there were only a couple looking at the104Please respect copyright.PENANAxtpkKDXqZn
fountain, she started to worry. Could they have given up and left? Kim didn’t104Please respect copyright.PENANAbTtnrb20nV
seem like the kind of person who would give up on anything, Angel thought.104Please respect copyright.PENANArHjvbue9WB
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She was lucky enough to see Kim and Trina approach the open bar, and she had a104Please respect copyright.PENANA6537C1m5iO
clear view of them. Leo sat with his back facing them, but she feared Eric and104Please respect copyright.PENANAmnqNNyfk2s
Oliver would see them. Angel had to think of something to turn their eyes104Please respect copyright.PENANAw1Y0voAlKR
elsewhere. What should she do?104Please respect copyright.PENANAexQDZUXKNM
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She turned to Oliver, and he seemed distracted as he was eating the nachos104Please respect copyright.PENANASlVUjCXoNI
hungrily. Turning to Eric, she found him somewhat staring at her.104Please respect copyright.PENANAPyBYZXaLQo
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“What is it?” she asked him.104Please respect copyright.PENANA4Nr7n2grZ9
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“Oh, nothing,” he said, somewhat looking a little embarrassed that he was104Please respect copyright.PENANALg2K5dLpON
caught looking at her. “You’re looking really pretty tonight, that’s all.”104Please respect copyright.PENANA8govTfTxJi
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Angel noticed Kim and Trina enter the bar area through the corner of her eye.104Please respect copyright.PENANA3JcgPcg93q
She couldn’t turn to look at them. That would only get Eric to look, and he104Please respect copyright.PENANAD2fVRJmrLG
would spot them eventually. She had to keep eye contact with him for as long as104Please respect copyright.PENANAOhyKGkkl9P
necessary.104Please respect copyright.PENANA8GUmu6hdBB
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“Thank you,” said Angel, smiling at him. “Picking this outfit wasn’t easy, you104Please respect copyright.PENANAkVJ6Jpgxnq
know.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAVQnTTwedXU
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“Nah, I think it was,” said Eric. “I’m betting that you didn’t have to try on104Please respect copyright.PENANAijFXdnQpvP
any other dress. This one was just perfect.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAAooq3oTbyt
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Carly, who looked at the two, smiled. “He’s not wrong there,” she said.104Please respect copyright.PENANA8HVqJJpTP0
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Leo felt like throwing up in his drink as he had a clear sight of Eric flirting104Please respect copyright.PENANA4aeuStJjw6
with Angel. He wished he could tell them to get a room, but he knew better than104Please respect copyright.PENANAfiKOq5N9YR
to say it when he was flirting with Carly some time ago.104Please respect copyright.PENANAlNBv0sOWQ1
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Angel saw through the corner of her eye that Kim and Trina had entered the bar104Please respect copyright.PENANAhyEOvsArsO
area and were now looking around for a table on the other side. It was best for104Please respect copyright.PENANAq2SHcGOe5z
them to get a table where they couldn’t be seen. As soon as they were out of104Please respect copyright.PENANAcU5Asm0xOl
sight, Angel couldn’t help but feel relieved. She went on ahead to pick a104Please respect copyright.PENANAgtkQb7jYkl
nacho, dip it in cheese, and eat it.104Please respect copyright.PENANAkUEXa5X8ed
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“That was close,” said Trina. “For a moment, I thought Eric was going to see104Please respect copyright.PENANAEHepdS9SZh
us.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAVLRut3k32o
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“We better count ourselves lucky,” said Kim.104Please respect copyright.PENANAvNwMqn4uII
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“If we weren’t on opposite sides, I would thank Angel for distracting him. I104Please respect copyright.PENANAQmu1T8tC21
have a feeling she saw us and wasn’t into the idea of Eric seeing us too.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAQqljpv2w3g
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Kim didn’t argue there. She somewhat agreed with Trina. She looked toward the104Please respect copyright.PENANAdCgkuJqyoA
bar. Luckily enough, it was circular in shape with a bar shelve in the104Please respect copyright.PENANA4rJPgse5M8
circumference, blocking the view of the other side. Therefore, she could see104Please respect copyright.PENANAix638PClc1
neither them nor them doing the same. Moreover, she could easily go over to the104Please respect copyright.PENANAUpZb3qCYt8
counter for a drink.104Please respect copyright.PENANAj6e4Fm7V2r
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“We should really think things through, Kim,” said Trina as she looked over at104Please respect copyright.PENANAHptNTW9l1H
the bar, realizing that the others were out of sight. “Is staying here really104Please respect copyright.PENANApXqwpIpnzr
worth it? I doubt if he is going to meet his lover with the company that he104Please respect copyright.PENANAx5AS1j9anT
has.”104Please respect copyright.PENANApQ1JhbLDkl
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“You’ve been in doubt all this time,” said Kim. “Why don’t you just give up and104Please respect copyright.PENANAORp06xNaBO
leave? I’m not going to stop you.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAvUnnzlyrTY
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“The reason I am here is that I’m afraid that you might mess this up. Your104Please respect copyright.PENANAVvF3VizNiQ
obsession over Leo leaving you for someone else is really starting to get over104Please respect copyright.PENANAGL8MBDLdrR
your head. If you aren’t careful, you might hurt yourself more than you are104Please respect copyright.PENANAdX2luEmcXf
already doing right now.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAgzxJOU6ziO
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Kim looked at her best friend, feeling infuriated by what she said. She didn’t104Please respect copyright.PENANAADj12iger5
want to lash out and tried to find a better way to respond.104Please respect copyright.PENANAo5HlG8cOu4
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“Like I said before, if you want to, you can leave,” said Kim.104Please respect copyright.PENANA3Gd97LIhXk
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“I’m not leaving without you,” said Trina. “And besides, when we came in here,104Please respect copyright.PENANAJpfbYyTUbu
I saw Eric flirting with Angel. I wonder if he really does like her.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAtkiK3dXJS2
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A sudden laugh came out of Kim’s mouth. Tears almost filled her eyes. “You’re104Please respect copyright.PENANA23jGx13BTp
just as jealous as I am,” she said.104Please respect copyright.PENANAra4RUAzJhF
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“Well, I’m not like you,” said Trina as she folded her arms. “You’re making104Please respect copyright.PENANAqR8Oa09d9n
things worse for yourself, and it will end up being a obsession.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAh6cZ5RNWhI
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Kim shook her head. “I know, but I won’t let this go far. Once I get to see104Please respect copyright.PENANArBJ4s5DuOB
Leo’s lover, I’ll let this go.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAWYWM7c1PxA
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Trina raised an eyebrow. “Will you? I know you, Kim. Leo has been the only man104Please respect copyright.PENANAMr7HWTR8eB
you’ve been in love with since we were kids, and him breaking up with you and104Please respect copyright.PENANAvHH3YGpwhQ
calling off the wedding was a heavy toll. I don’t think you’ll be able to let104Please respect copyright.PENANAEtlB65prEu
go of him that easily.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAhKRrOCmPDD
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“Are you trying to say I am psycho?” Kim didn’t like where their conversation104Please respect copyright.PENANAvHm2QFub5s
was going.104Please respect copyright.PENANACughNAZA4q
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Trina swallowed, thinking over her words before she spoke them out. “All I’m104Please respect copyright.PENANA2lJI7QXRSf
saying is that it’s time to let Leo go. Thinking about him and his new lover104Please respect copyright.PENANAM9uOzWuDTK
isn’t going to do you any good.”104Please respect copyright.PENANADTMlop7PSj
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Kim sighed. She stretched out her hand over the table and beckoned to Trina to104Please respect copyright.PENANAVRHztbjvjP
give her hers. Trina did likewise, and Kim held her friend’s hand tightly.104Please respect copyright.PENANAdgJB8Q0aCm
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“Okay, after tonight, I’ll try and let go of Leo,” said Kim.104Please respect copyright.PENANAsFLxCRhOz4
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“Why not now?” Trina asked. “Don’t tell me you’re going to follow through with104Please respect copyright.PENANASFrjpMuAFX
your promise after you see this lover of his.”104Please respect copyright.PENANARltInLU3zD
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Kim didn’t answer, and Trina rolled her eyes. “Fine,” Trina said. “After104Please respect copyright.PENANAWL6FeDbkqe
tonight, I shouldn’t hear about Leo ever again.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAQLblljGWYI
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“But what if we don’t see her?” Kim asked.104Please respect copyright.PENANARRejJedcWI
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“You forget him anyway,” said Trina, pulling her hand away. “I’m going to get104Please respect copyright.PENANA6UzK2chkfK
us some drinks.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAerHrL1m1LP
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Trina quickly stood up and left the table. Kim looked on at her best friend and104Please respect copyright.PENANANiT3aj9jIa
knew she had pissed her off. She wished she could assure Trina that she was104Please respect copyright.PENANAe7NBjdTKY1
going to forget Leo after this, but even she knew that was far from impossible.104Please respect copyright.PENANAbeAfAamiSp
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Miranda rushed out of the elevator and ran into the garden like a mad woman.104Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0MKb6VfeA
Along the way, she pushed people aside. To some, she apologized, but to others,104Please respect copyright.PENANAgMl2DbW081
she didn’t even give them a second thought.104Please respect copyright.PENANAt7Faju62U3
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There was only one way to the garden, and that was through the western wing104Please respect copyright.PENANAkcxD2xyELL
since the doors to the east wing weren’t open, said a woman she had met in the104Please respect copyright.PENANAHUHIkPoXVl
elevator who was going downstairs and who had lived in the hotel for a long104Please respect copyright.PENANAMZggX5C9be
time. Thankful for the information, Miranda had to rush. She only had a few104Please respect copyright.PENANA0qaSdM9D6e
minutes left, but all she needed was to see Leo.104Please respect copyright.PENANAk1IthAbgbq
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She had just bypassed the fountain, heading towards the open bar, but then she104Please respect copyright.PENANACdbRqEm9gL
stopped herself short. She had to see where Leo was sitting first; he might as104Please respect copyright.PENANAkjEZj2GHB1
well have Carly seated right beside him, and Carly would no doubt see her if104Please respect copyright.PENANA6psQXBCRj9
she wasn’t too careful.104Please respect copyright.PENANAO60U1V6Gjy
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She didn’t have to look any further, as she saw Leo at the table with Carly104Please respect copyright.PENANAneeEmACKsp
beside him along with other people. Leo was holding the floor for the time104Please respect copyright.PENANAldEFcskGJz
being, and Miranda noticed how everyone laughed at what he said. Carly, who sat104Please respect copyright.PENANAyfXzKY0hX9
next to him, looked admirably at him. Miranda huffed. If only she could figure104Please respect copyright.PENANAaQc9nj9w3v
out a way to get the two apart, but now wasn’t the time to think about such104Please respect copyright.PENANAj8meyTfE8F
things.104Please respect copyright.PENANAO0O37opdc8
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She started to approach the entrance of the bar; looking over at Leo’s table104Please respect copyright.PENANATWGAAeOEHT
and hopeful that Carly wouldn’t turn her head to see her.104Please respect copyright.PENANAgNSLLnBCwl
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Miranda walked over to the counter and sat on the stool. Immediately, the104Please respect copyright.PENANAvpXaB5Vo7C
bartender attended to her, and she ordered a martini. The bartender went on104Please respect copyright.PENANAhb1L67lV6m
ahead to make her drink as Miranda slightly turned around on her chair to look104Please respect copyright.PENANAsTN9Ye2vPl
at the table behind her. She had a clear view of Leo, and a smile came across104Please respect copyright.PENANAcJiV7aZNmD
her face.104Please respect copyright.PENANAAAA2OSVZbU
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“Seriously, ever since Albert puked on me at the work party, I told myself104Please respect copyright.PENANAQOCEtPbirA
never to drink with him again,” said Leo, concluding his funny story.104Please respect copyright.PENANAJKQfj5xXWR
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"That's why I never hang around drunk people," said Marco. "You104Please respect copyright.PENANARfEzJZWb0I
might find they embarrass you."104Please respect copyright.PENANA5io8AedLHY
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"But haven't we ever done anything embarrassing when we are drunk?"104Please respect copyright.PENANAOfZVFdApyt
Eric asked.104Please respect copyright.PENANAdaCpntKtd0
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"Not me," Oliver answered. "I'm too young to drink."104Please respect copyright.PENANA1UR0lsRTKV
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Eric sucked his teeth. "Of course, I wasn't directing the question to you,104Please respect copyright.PENANAWC3dmzK9by
silly," he said.104Please respect copyright.PENANAlLlThsi1DF
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"I remember there was one time back at my old college when I got so drunk104Please respect copyright.PENANApwRiArKuDC
that Angel had to come by taxi to take me home," Carly shared. "We104Please respect copyright.PENANATcgbwuqbbr
were having a closing year party as a class at a friend's place. I got so104Please respect copyright.PENANALstHrt1nFX
carried away that I even fell in the pool."104Please respect copyright.PENANAvLB08PrDAV
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"A friend of hers called, and I had to arrange some dry clothes for104Please respect copyright.PENANA3htpobyOUj
her," said Angel as she laughed. "Seriously, Carly, you threw Mum in104Please respect copyright.PENANA7p4vCs3iMl
a fit when I tried to sneak you back into the house. But you ended up singing104Please respect copyright.PENANAA6M8kGySEA
so loudly that she came rushing from her bedroom to see you in a mess."104Please respect copyright.PENANAvB2Z2S4pBM
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"Were you grounded, Carly?" Oliver asked as he ate some nachos.104Please respect copyright.PENANAUdowmJCI48
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"No, but if us young adults could still be, I definitely would have been104Please respect copyright.PENANAs5fJUFbcvr
grounded," said Carly. "I was punished in a way, though. Mum didn't104Please respect copyright.PENANAWvVfS8sI4J
talk to me for a week."104Please respect copyright.PENANAsAQy2J4hL7
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"I remember when we were having my uncle's birthday party," said104Please respect copyright.PENANALAKWPjpSP1
Marco, "and we meant to have a nice, quiet family party. Instead, my uncle104Please respect copyright.PENANADMBNbvFyoz
brought in many of his unruly friends. The party turned out to be such a blast.104Please respect copyright.PENANAFlXDXGjGH4
He and I had a competition to see who could drink more tequila. He passed out104Please respect copyright.PENANAD0t3xzbk9j
before he could take the last glass. I won, but at a cost. I puked in the car,104Please respect copyright.PENANAipW3hppN1F
and my dad was furious. From then on, I told myself I wasn't going for tequila104Please respect copyright.PENANA3kXWAhe6ym
shots ever again."104Please respect copyright.PENANAK4S6cDcfJb
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“Trust me, the first time I had my first tequila shot in college was awful,”104Please respect copyright.PENANAGi9ePyk9m8
said Eric. “My head was spinning so much that I slept in the bar, and it took104Please respect copyright.PENANAHxfMoZB4Iu
my friends I had back then to carry me back to my room. Leo was also there, and104Please respect copyright.PENANAack27KqpvM
he said I was blabbering nonsense before I blacked out.”104Please respect copyright.PENANA8JqRPa90vs
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“He was complaining about some girl who couldn’t stop following him in104Please respect copyright.PENANAtQkc81fH6o
college,” said Leo. “If she happened to be there to hear what you had said, she104Please respect copyright.PENANAxlDCySNm2m
would definitely have stayed away from you for sure.”104Please respect copyright.PENANANEGQBjiNXO
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Eric shook his head after taking a sip of his drink. “I highly doubt it. I did104Please respect copyright.PENANAThOMT0JOGb
some crazy things in college, but the girls still loved me anyway.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAdb7lmwg79v
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Marco turned to look at Angel. “What of you, Angel? Have you ever had any104Please respect copyright.PENANAW9LkucFjR3
embarrassing moments when you were drunk?” he asked.104Please respect copyright.PENANAoPHaB5PGKW
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“Before she says anything,” said Carly. “You should ask her first if she drinks104Please respect copyright.PENANAsEnYoecjz5
alcohol.”104Please respect copyright.PENANA2WWDAgVBXb
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Marco, Leo, and Eric now turned their eyes on Angel with curious looks. Her104Please respect copyright.PENANAu9kNJ03RGY
cheeks flushed in embarrassment as she looked down at the table. She pressed104Please respect copyright.PENANAUWI5MVYQMA
her lips together before looking at everyone, including Oliver.104Please respect copyright.PENANAFrRRgde9uc
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"So, Angel, do you take any alcohol?” Marco asked.104Please respect copyright.PENANAtTtf88fbq4
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“Of course, I do,” said Angel. “Except that I like to drink wine or champagne104Please respect copyright.PENANAfBxXVPPeYX
on special occasions.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAHPsDvtT02O
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“I never thought someone like you would actually take alcohol,” said Eric. “But104Please respect copyright.PENANAVnX10QIRBL
your preference suits you.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAuNICe9MSVM
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“Yeah, very classy,” said Oliver.104Please respect copyright.PENANAVNCJsblJO7
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The adults turned to look at Oliver, surprised. Oliver also looked back at them104Please respect copyright.PENANAYTz1ZKHfbm
as though he were judging them for giving him such a look.104Please respect copyright.PENANALk5AV1ay6x
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“What?” he asked with a shrug of his shoulders. “I hear people who drink such104Please respect copyright.PENANAErqCi5T5QC
are considered classy.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAuqmTYEbDo2
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“Wow, someone should tell him that he shouldn’t judge people according to what104Please respect copyright.PENANAFuACOmPj97
they drink,” said Eric.104Please respect copyright.PENANAblhPo6QdBZ
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“Well, Angel is classy, isn’t she?” Oliver asked.104Please respect copyright.PENANAwPQnFMe3l4
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Angel and Carly burst into laughter. Marco and Leo chuckled, while Eric looked104Please respect copyright.PENANA76VhJpmCua
like he didn’t know what to do with his brother anymore.104Please respect copyright.PENANAhqXLXUvCdk
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“I agree with Oliver,” said Marco. “Angel is in a class of her own.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAV9UEEzdnbq
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“That’s being too sweet, don’t you think?” Leo asked, raising an eyebrow at104Please respect copyright.PENANA2LkeXM81tp
Marco.104Please respect copyright.PENANAVCfepr2Ulq
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“Well, no, I’m being really genuine here. Angel carries a certain level of104Please respect copyright.PENANAARobciCtnK
elegance that I can describe as classy. I don’t know, but there’s much more to104Please respect copyright.PENANACcBJrsxNpL
her than just her beauty. You’re a man, and I have no doubt you see it too.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAsKwIdUOEjG
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Everyone was silent except for Oliver, who loudly sucked at his smoothie104Please respect copyright.PENANAAnD1UJ1l9v
through the straw. Angel found herself looking at Marco with her cheeks feeling104Please respect copyright.PENANAEK2egCHKEu
like hot coals slapped across her face. Marco turned from Leo to Angel, and the104Please respect copyright.PENANAyLhJrXCuE2
corner of his lips rose to a smile. This time, his smile was gentle and104Please respect copyright.PENANAOW5PtD4yvM
sincere.104Please respect copyright.PENANAroimIMXY1Z
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Leo swallowed, as he didn’t know how to respond to Marco’s statement. He saw104Please respect copyright.PENANAMmeAmwgKXr
Marco shift his attention to Angel. As much as Marco was somewhat right from104Please respect copyright.PENANA22mrqbH0MD
Leo’s perspective, he did his best to try and not take it to heart. For some104Please respect copyright.PENANAsmamP3yv0k
reason, he couldn’t stand the way Marco looked at her, and it bothered him a104Please respect copyright.PENANAXUN38LDxyM
little. He started to wonder if Marco really liked Angel.104Please respect copyright.PENANA4S3zjGmHen
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Eric felt like taking Angel by the hand and dragging her away from Marco. He104Please respect copyright.PENANANq2L6snIYH
shifted uncomfortably in his chair, and he thought of bringing something up to104Please respect copyright.PENANAeb1BI8LEsX
ease the tension that he felt, but nothing came to mind.104Please respect copyright.PENANAWIYio57I7r
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Carly couldn’t help but stare at Angel. What Marco said resonated with her, and104Please respect copyright.PENANAcMDDsz7d5u
as she stared at her sister, she could see it clearly. She always felt there104Please respect copyright.PENANAIjFzgSi8rv
was something about Angel that she couldn’t put her finger on, and it seems104Please respect copyright.PENANAOb59rjr6k2
Marco hit the nail right on the head. Carly has not always looked up at her104Please respect copyright.PENANAPOCazi8PQ4
sister because she was older, but she always carried with her a certain essence104Please respect copyright.PENANAZPmW9pe9V6
that Carly’s been following blindly for years. She knew she could never be like104Please respect copyright.PENANAfeWgO93e5G
Angel, but that essence always showed brightly, and Carly always admired Angel104Please respect copyright.PENANAjwRmiXywri
for it.104Please respect copyright.PENANAMyNpBZtKhX
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“We’re out of nachos,” Oliver announced, bringing everyone out of their104Please respect copyright.PENANAKi163BHJwJ
thoughts.104Please respect copyright.PENANAkQfYTQobKH
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“I’ll go get some,” said Leo, grateful for Oliver finishing the nachos. He104Please respect copyright.PENANAZAV4VvqkIl
really needed to take a breather.104Please respect copyright.PENANA0JzBNdGrgk
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Leo picked up the empty bowl and started to make his way to the bar counter.104Please respect copyright.PENANAjWmsI7YZwB
Oliver started to say something to keep everyone busy. When Leo was just a few104Please respect copyright.PENANAgLYMczWJ1f
feet away from the bar, it was then that Angel jerked upright in her seat as104Please respect copyright.PENANAAZQlUpIGCz
though she had woken up from a bad dream.104Please respect copyright.PENANABwXYsVPakn
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“Hey, are you okay?” Eric asked.104Please respect copyright.PENANAhYi9F9TomK
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“I’m good, thanks,” Angel replied, assuring Eric with a smile. She turned to104Please respect copyright.PENANAxhD9iEusBL
Leo, who was heading to the counter. Kim was obviously on the other side, so104Please respect copyright.PENANAzivzckeX3d
Leo wouldn’t see them. She was worrying over nothing.104Please respect copyright.PENANAQyvYtMz0Ls
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Miranda quickly turned back in her seat to face the beer and wine bottles on104Please respect copyright.PENANAwUOAQZ68FC
the shelf behind the bar counter as she saw Leo approach. She swallowed as she104Please respect copyright.PENANAyVhmJ8VOtl
felt her hands start to shake. A debate arose in her head. Should she say104Please respect copyright.PENANAstmTgAk9x4
something to him when he comes over? Why should she? It’s not like he can104Please respect copyright.PENANAdRbfZkChtW
remember that they met at the candy store. I am just being silly, she said to104Please respect copyright.PENANA0XhkFxMue3
herself.104Please respect copyright.PENANAlhhl6NThuE
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Leo finally reached the counter, and he happened to stand next to Miranda. When104Please respect copyright.PENANA0Xk9ix5LWY
Miranda saw him through the corner of her eye, she felt frightened like a mouse104Please respect copyright.PENANAdYWeWya9O1
that scurries away when it sees the enemy. However, she tried to sit still in104Please respect copyright.PENANAHSV3WHJ3rx
her seat so as not to draw any attention to herself. She looked down at the104Please respect copyright.PENANAlTEwcMzYP6
glass in front of her and slowly took it. She tried to control the trembling in104Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6q0scQgZp
her hand and hoped that she wouldn’t spill the drink over or that Leo wouldn’t104Please respect copyright.PENANA1VEO5bdqSL
notice her.104Please respect copyright.PENANAYLmpWA3Qg6
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Leo ordered another plate of nachos, and his eyes diverted to the side. His104Please respect copyright.PENANAokGfeDE5KQ
eyes fell on the woman beside him. He had a funny feeling that she looked104Please respect copyright.PENANA2UMVsmVn2U
familiar, but he didn’t know if he should ask. Still, it was better to mind his104Please respect copyright.PENANAzRKSbKl32N
own business.104Please respect copyright.PENANAWA2Ahaox0m
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Miranda felt his eyes on her, and automatically, her head turned to the side to104Please respect copyright.PENANAMk9jbd1LYD
look at Leo. After realizing what she had done, her eyes went wide with104Please respect copyright.PENANAaeakb9erne
surprise.104Please respect copyright.PENANAWIw2pMtBso
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“I remember you from somewhere,” said Leo.104Please respect copyright.PENANAFOsY3b9u1L
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“Ah, yes,” said Miranda. Her surprised look seemed to have worked in her favor.104Please respect copyright.PENANAIDvXTr8CCl
“At the candy store.”104Please respect copyright.PENANA9vUqCXcO4O
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“Oh, yeah, right,” said Leo as he gave a nod of his head. “I remember. You104Please respect copyright.PENANAnNrq5hYyeD
bumped into that moving shelf.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAWNr744dTck
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“That was embarrassing,” said Miranda as she laughed. “I was in a rush.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAYQVOVCwvd9
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Leo gave her a friendly smile and nodded his head, showing that he understood.104Please respect copyright.PENANAI4tzfHeJjw
His gesture made Miranda almost want to shoot out of her stool like a rocket.104Please respect copyright.PENANAkwmtXgeWij
Her heart fluttered, and she wanted to hold on to that beautiful feeling104Please respect copyright.PENANAsA4eXzfYn5
forever.104Please respect copyright.PENANAe58xao4cg1
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The bartender came back with the plate refilled with nachos and cheese. Leo104Please respect copyright.PENANAaVFjeCCAjg
took it and thanked the bartender. He turned to Miranda, and she knew that104Please respect copyright.PENANA7OkYtKkp46
their conversation ended here.104Please respect copyright.PENANAyfNTozPiB8
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“It was nice seeing you again,” said Leo. “Enjoy your drink.”104Please respect copyright.PENANA2AOR1R7xQA
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“Thanks,” said Miranda. She didn’t know what to say next as Leo took his leave.104Please respect copyright.PENANA6WLWMtIMQv
The thought of being just a stranger to him didn’t sit well with Miranda. She104Please respect copyright.PENANA5bnxMjXOy9
wanted to be close to him. How will she be able to do that?104Please respect copyright.PENANAVtUQ0fG64P
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Her eyes fell to the table Leo was heading to, and she saw Carly talking with104Please respect copyright.PENANA2fl1ZzYsFa
so much glee. She didn’t seem to have a care in the world, and it hurt Miranda104Please respect copyright.PENANAqJqtkm9ezB
that she should be the one close to Leo and not her.104Please respect copyright.PENANAYvZmO7ZSYm
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Carly turned her eyes to Leo, who was approaching the table, and she couldn’t104Please respect copyright.PENANAGTdzTdEIET
help but smile at him. Miranda was smart enough to turn her head so that Carly104Please respect copyright.PENANALqVvXBO9Yo
wouldn’t see her. Miranda knew her time was up, and she was guessing that she104Please respect copyright.PENANATLaPIby5OD
might have overstayed at the bar. It was time to go back upstairs. She thought104Please respect copyright.PENANAxtBMDbDmop
of looking back at Leo, but it wasn’t worth the risk. It was best for her to104Please respect copyright.PENANAoMECAXtipa
leave, but after she finished her martini.104Please respect copyright.PENANAfLLVI5BN7I
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A few seconds before that, Trina came back to the table with two bottles of104Please respect copyright.PENANA7hkEMY3ai5
cider. She sat herself down and placed one bottle in front of Kim.104Please respect copyright.PENANAIHInWEEiSj
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“Thanks,” said Kim.104Please respect copyright.PENANAiWWFK5X5GH
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“Have you thought of what to do?” Trina asked. “We can’t see Leo from here.104Please respect copyright.PENANAwKdNZ9P4bp
That’s if you really plan on catching Leo with his lover.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAUdEGLHWKMr
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“I thought of sitting by the counter and peeping on him,” Kim suggested.104Please respect copyright.PENANAri31c8BlGO
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“Sounds like a good idea,” said Trina. “Even if we were to see him walking out,104Please respect copyright.PENANAfCRTSR132t
it would be impossible for us to see where he would go.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAsk9ONATFAK
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As the two women stood at the table, Trina stopped Kim by placing her hand on104Please respect copyright.PENANA6az1ZdWHMp
Kim’s shoulder.104Please respect copyright.PENANAU3AARnUx8S
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“I know you’re tired of me saying this,” said Trina, “but doing this is a bad104Please respect copyright.PENANAoHAR8vJidG
idea. We should get out while we can.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAf3AAt1JbTK
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Kim scoffed. “I gave you my word earlier, didn’t I? There is no need to repeat104Please respect copyright.PENANAqeQr6ZRkL9
the conversation. Let’s go.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAqzh7ogzoQK
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Trina’s hand fell away from Kim’s shoulder as Kim started to make her way to104Please respect copyright.PENANAzX8P5aDXZD
the other side of the bar. Trina followed her, and coming back the way they104Please respect copyright.PENANAPf09dFhBAb
came, they stopped at the counter. From the angle at which they stood, they104Please respect copyright.PENANAGREe0qAiJX
were able to see Leo’s table.104Please respect copyright.PENANAIWEVxuPP7t
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The two of them sat on the stools, facing each other. Trina had her back facing104Please respect copyright.PENANAuty68sudzn
Leo’s table, shielding Kim from plain sight if the worst happened.104Please respect copyright.PENANAoE8FSvk6KZ
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“I can’t see so much, so you’ll be telling me what’s going on,” said Trina.104Please respect copyright.PENANAvw2kcZwKxA
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“You’re overthinking things,” said Kim. “You can take a peek and still won’t be104Please respect copyright.PENANAqnhIibTud0
seen. Oh, look, Leo is coming over.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAMflmeymuQE
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Trina turned her head slightly to see Leo approach the other side of the104Please respect copyright.PENANAXfTyPhw33d
counter. He wasn’t looking in their direction, so they were at ease as they104Please respect copyright.PENANAlUF0NVDV9q
looked on. They saw him ask the bar tender for another refill of nachos. He104Please respect copyright.PENANAjuuoZ63s8Q
soon looked at the woman beside him, and Kim held Trina’s hand on the bar104Please respect copyright.PENANA1e2k602W1r
counter in anticipation.104Please respect copyright.PENANA4if4XgUKRR
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“Could it be her?” Kim asked, almost squeezing Trina’s hand.104Please respect copyright.PENANApG1MS4Bu9r
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Trina looked at the woman beside Leo as she turned to look at him. She shook104Please respect copyright.PENANAJGWfHHYV5z
her head. “I don’t think so,” said Trina.104Please respect copyright.PENANAEGQmnJUYGG
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They watched as Leo talked with the woman briefly, and as soon as he took the bowl104Please respect copyright.PENANAFfFMXTfZo4
of nachos, he addressed the woman and went back to his table. Trina shook her104Please respect copyright.PENANAj5SPPcnlW1
head.104Please respect copyright.PENANAoxrKcOsNcK
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“She’s not the one,” said Trina. “They looked like they knew each other, but104Please respect copyright.PENANAmlRt8zabVv
not at that intimate level.”104Please respect copyright.PENANARvSYiiv9Hu
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“Are you sure?” Kim asked. “Because he was smiling at her.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAemuSyYt03B
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Trina rolled her eyes before turning them at her friend. “Does every smile he104Please respect copyright.PENANAp7AX9nwGaj
gives everyone mean that he is flirting with them?” she asked. “He looks like104Please respect copyright.PENANAbRXQL4Yi9u
he was being friendly to me.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAnS7eiLBb0D
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“What if she’s the one and they were communicating in some way through code?”104Please respect copyright.PENANACOOTiqzF98
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Trina raised an eyebrow at her. Kim knew she was taking things a little far and104Please respect copyright.PENANATdO3X1sFuZ
looked the other way, taking a sip from her bottle and feeling embarrassed.104Please respect copyright.PENANAlMKlaZRWaL
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Angel stared at her empty glass of soda, concluding that she needed to refill.104Please respect copyright.PENANAL2BOviCfKJ
She excused herself from the table and started to make her way to the bar104Please respect copyright.PENANAXrvP1Tsm0s
counter.104Please respect copyright.PENANAnQKA3kfu4v
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Miranda finished her martini in one huge gulp. She placed the glass on the104Please respect copyright.PENANAD2E2RniND4
counter, leaving the bill under the glass. After she stepped down from her104Please respect copyright.PENANADvh1XujlA0
stool, she turned around and came shoulder to shoulder with someone.104Please respect copyright.PENANAw4bLAk5hld
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“Oh, sorry about that,” said a beautiful woman in a stunning red velvet dress.104Please respect copyright.PENANAFREpa6E5nZ
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Miranda almost panicked, for she thought the person she had bumped into was104Please respect copyright.PENANAZan3eTVwJB
someone familiar. However, looking closely, she realized that it was Angel,104Please respect copyright.PENANAndvvo9Jb5Z
Carly’s older sister. Miranda knew Angel didn’t know about her, but Miranda104Please respect copyright.PENANAtWGN7Al0br
knew who she was. In the past, when she and Carly used to work together, Carly104Please respect copyright.PENANAEWLqvUxql7
had shown Angel’s pictures to her a few times. Miranda acknowledged that the104Please respect copyright.PENANAnWcBYmtiPl
sisters had looks that could kill, but there was something about Angel’s beauty104Please respect copyright.PENANAcgxtSUqwHO
that was different from Carly’s.104Please respect copyright.PENANAtQgXnGLUCX
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“Oh, it’s nothing,” said Miranda.104Please respect copyright.PENANAOqLFnEjRzZ
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Angel smiled at her before turning her attention to the bartender. Miranda104Please respect copyright.PENANA0B3KNhY2Qw
turned around to head out of the bar when she froze in her tracks. She felt104Please respect copyright.PENANAGKe7RX8G8T
caught in a trap as she looked ahead. This is bad.104Please respect copyright.PENANAyx5D1VyDJO
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Carly’s eyes fell on Miranda as she looked over to the bar to check on her104Please respect copyright.PENANACfZXTPLYSu
sister. Miranda happened to be right in her line of vision. Carly’s eyes104Please respect copyright.PENANAT2FTYWO6Mh
widened with fear as thoughts started to run through her head. What was Miranda104Please respect copyright.PENANAaEAcayh79m
doing here?104Please respect copyright.PENANArATrHXPKpF
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Angel thanked the bartender after refilling her glass, and when she turned104Please respect copyright.PENANA2Ng8B6hhWI
around, the woman whom she bumped into stood still like a statue. Angel read104Please respect copyright.PENANAcgiPmXWCM1
her body language, and she realized that the person seemed to be in some kind104Please respect copyright.PENANAm9dPtXbBtP
of shock. She noticed the woman looking towards the table where her sister and104Please respect copyright.PENANAXWZfA3Br52
the others were. Moreover, she saw Carly look at the woman with the same104Please respect copyright.PENANAS0qqchwvJB
surprised look.104Please respect copyright.PENANAf9wVxE6dfg
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Angel raised an eyebrow. She was just about to touch the woman’s shoulder to104Please respect copyright.PENANAVJCIZuw6gh
get her attention, but she thought better of it.104Please respect copyright.PENANAtSfZW25wLc
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“Hey, are you okay?” Angel asked.104Please respect copyright.PENANANq88DSPwzb
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Miranda jolted back to reality and turned to look at Angel. She nervously104Please respect copyright.PENANAPdRxCcIoDp
chuckled. “Uh, yes, I’m fine, thanks,” said Miranda. “I thought I saw someone I104Please respect copyright.PENANA3qVSJZvqMa
knew, but I was mistaken. I should go now.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAyNUvQNJV5M
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Before Angel could say anything, Miranda quickly made her way out of the bar.104Please respect copyright.PENANATK6VWtCeg1
Those who were wondering what took Angel so long turned to the bar counter and104Please respect copyright.PENANABLqzpYRZAx
saw the woman quickly walk away from Angel. Angel looked at the young woman,104Please respect copyright.PENANACL33XDaV5t
and she turned her attention back to the table, specifically on Carly. Carly104Please respect copyright.PENANAugLLsIFOsp
didn’t turn her head right away as she looked at her sister. She didn’t want to104Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZPP1tlFhk
look like she knew Miranda, and it was best to act natural. Angel went back to104Please respect copyright.PENANA0CeBxLlAxz
the table.104Please respect copyright.PENANAtyvMhLDtvE
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“What was that about?” Eric asked.104Please respect copyright.PENANA9RgzjuMm7O
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“Oh, she thought she recognized someone, but she was mistaken,” said Angel as104Please respect copyright.PENANA6Oa8o61Iof
she sat back down on her seat, placing her glass on the table.104Please respect copyright.PENANAChbjycPLo4
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“She must have meant me,” said Leo. Carly looked at him, surprised at his104Please respect copyright.PENANA5nS574DyTa
statement. “Remember the time we went to that candy store a few days ago?” He104Please respect copyright.PENANAS32AZ8ATe0
looked at Eric. “She was the one who bumped into that moving shelf.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAqWZWRt3aRN
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“Oh, I see,” said Angel. “But she said she didn’t recognize anyone.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAM6apKWX0D8
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“Obviously she was nervous because of Leo again,” said Eric. “I bet the reason104Please respect copyright.PENANAjPPp1YE0fF
she bumped into that shelf was because of your scary looks.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAR8Z4X8EOmx
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Angel shook her head. “Not this again,” she said.104Please respect copyright.PENANA3r0p7Vxzlg
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“Mind you,” Leo started to say, “when I went over to the bar, I actually talked104Please respect copyright.PENANABk7vCyCZKM
to her. She didn’t seem nervous to me.”104Please respect copyright.PENANA2jYubuezpd
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“She obviously fell for your good looks, not the scary one as Eric had put it,”104Please respect copyright.PENANASzP85yWJ3k
said Marco.104Please respect copyright.PENANApASpZjpcfw
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“You really are a bully, Eric,” said Oliver. “It’s not Leo’s fault that he is104Please respect copyright.PENANAqhjZ5yGQG0
more handsome than you.”104Please respect copyright.PENANADmhNL558Nn
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Marcos and Angel laughed at Eric. Eric, on the other hand, felt like hitting104Please respect copyright.PENANAdhyubqiNTG
his brother on the head. Carly had been silent the whole time as thoughts ran104Please respect copyright.PENANA8Ql7GiYqyI
through her head. Miranda actually had a talk with Leo, and that scared her.104Please respect copyright.PENANAMAdPTKCrGR
Could she have told Leo that she was also there at his bachelor party?104Please respect copyright.PENANAfW92aB9BIG
Moreover, they met days ago at the candy store, and she finds herself here at104Please respect copyright.PENANAED2keJFjIt
the hotel. Why did Carly feel like she was suddenly in jeopardy?104Please respect copyright.PENANA6k5eXrZexe
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Angel wiped away the tears from her eyes, and she soon looked at Carly, who104Please respect copyright.PENANACBFcPcX6QB
looked lost in thought. She couldn’t help but wonder what her sister was104Please respect copyright.PENANAX6g4iVoUxr
thinking about.104Please respect copyright.PENANAANiqSWV9IL
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“You, Oliver, have really cracked me up today,” said Marco as he continued to104Please respect copyright.PENANAaNuzjnFw3Q
laugh. “I can’t wait for us to hang out like this again.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAhZrdxswNbk
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Oliver beamed at Marco happily, while Eric felt like slapping that look off his104Please respect copyright.PENANAXXOAy4FO7C
brother’s face.104Please respect copyright.PENANAEz7NNKGgPl
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“Yeah, Oliver has really cracked me up too,” said Angel as she turned to smile104Please respect copyright.PENANA0qCaulCY7I
at Oliver.104Please respect copyright.PENANAeBy7EyHA8C
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“I hate to wrap things up here,” said Marco, “but I’m done for the night.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAZEdetKuevM
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“Oh, that’s a shame,” said Eric. “We were really having fun.”104Please respect copyright.PENANASnJur5yTes
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“Don’t you think it’s also getting late?” Angel asked the others. “We better be104Please respect copyright.PENANA6AQPnsAfZs
heading out too.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAN9Vd2uiemg
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Leo gave Angel a look. He still didn’t get the chance to be alone with Carly.104Please respect copyright.PENANAsiKF9wm6cG
When Marco said he was leaving, he thought he had the opportunity. He turned to104Please respect copyright.PENANAIuaqrgMvLb
look at Carly beside him, and she seemed to look lost in her own world.104Please respect copyright.PENANAmc8KlCijGF
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“We should,” said Oliver. “I want us to pass somewhere and get ice cream on our104Please respect copyright.PENANAOhzKoEQEsJ
way home.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAFAKC3s8xTh
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“Uh, wait a minute,” said Leo. “Some of us would like to spend a little time104Please respect copyright.PENANAqnacqj6rk5
here.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAdf06izk2SS
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Angel threw Leo a look, knowing what he was playing at. She wanted to leave104Please respect copyright.PENANAuvzMMxl2cB
because the possibility of Leo seeing Kim and Trina was high, and she didn’t104Please respect copyright.PENANAANPMMdU99M
want to risk it. Moreover, if Kim does see Leo spending his time alone with104Please respect copyright.PENANAtkhrI5fyIF
Carly, she will realize without a doubt that Carly is Leo’s lover. If only she104Please respect copyright.PENANAw4XoQk5o6h
could tell Leo without making him so upset, she thought to herself.104Please respect copyright.PENANALKx4pnONyx
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“Leo’s right,” said Eric, looking over at Leo. “I would like to stay here for a104Please respect copyright.PENANAAC8vEdSomW
little longer.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAIALWjRPFOr
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Angel sighed, but not the kind that anyone would notice. It looks like she lost104Please respect copyright.PENANABl16yALDrX
this one. She just has to find a way to work around it.104Please respect copyright.PENANATIDu6qI3Wl
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“Well, then I’ll leave you to enjoy yourselves,” said Marco as he stood up from104Please respect copyright.PENANAhhbdPbH7Ny
his seat. “Before I forget,” he said as he turned to Angel. “I would love to104Please respect copyright.PENANAGBBOIXyvqs
get your number, Angel.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAe7vcarxeIu
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Angel almost forgot about that, and she blushed immediately when Marco asked her.104Please respect copyright.PENANA9t4mIGixm0
She watched him pull out his phone. He turned his eyes on her, giving her his104Please respect copyright.PENANALYnsy2QDqg
full attention. Angel hesitated for a bit before giving out her number, and he104Please respect copyright.PENANAqTgfjobOuJ
typed it down on his phone. Eric and Leo looked on, wondering why Marco looked104Please respect copyright.PENANASqNRsnvXj5
so eager to get her number. Carly wasn’t paying much attention, so she couldn’t104Please respect copyright.PENANAH8T1QgPTBf
care less.104Please respect copyright.PENANA0FKBp6e9GE
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“I really enjoyed my time with you,” said Marco, pocketing his phone away. “We104Please respect copyright.PENANATwxFmcIVDn
should do this sometime soon.”104Please respect copyright.PENANA9j3yIcJmGe
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“Sure,” said Eric, putting up a smile for Marco, which proved to be very104Please respect copyright.PENANAZAw79pLT7r
difficult.104Please respect copyright.PENANAfJ0P9IXYME
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Marco wished everyone a good night, and everyone responded back. Even Carly,104Please respect copyright.PENANAcLsjHUbPrm
who looked absent-minded, said goodnight. Before leaving, Marco gave Angel a104Please respect copyright.PENANA0cqx6PSWRx
wink, telling her to expect a message from him anytime soon. Angel only smiled,104Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZOWkLgEoX
feeling embarrassed that he said that in front of everyone.104Please respect copyright.PENANA1Fh0eh2CVm
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“Marco really likes you, Angel,” said Oliver after Marco had left the bar.104Please respect copyright.PENANAsy7NpcUINZ
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“Why do you say that?” Angel asked, looking at the boy with wide eyes.104Please respect copyright.PENANAOEPAXoNWOB
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“Don’t listen to him,” said Eric. “Kids don’t know what they say nowadays.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAiEeSE5HQDv
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Leo turned to Carly, and it was then that he noticed that she hadn’t talked104Please respect copyright.PENANAzXnvGZaGzA
much at all for a while.104Please respect copyright.PENANAZw6O1OxmGN
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“Hey, Carly, are you okay?” Leo asked.104Please respect copyright.PENANAVfmCGAnk45
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Everyone turned to look at Carly. She tried to hide it with a smile, telling104Please respect copyright.PENANArJf5XqHYq8
Leo that she was alright. Angel couldn’t point out why her sister looked low,104Please respect copyright.PENANAWUi79lMcaz
but she knew she could use this to her advantage.104Please respect copyright.PENANAL0H4sSvCDY
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“You look tired, Carly,” said Angel. “Maybe we should call it a night and head104Please respect copyright.PENANAKwHqY2Veb9
home.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAcDG0X2reeo
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Carly looked at Angel, and a small smile appeared on her face. She definitely104Please respect copyright.PENANAW63AsTTjr7
needed to leave. The fact that Miranda was here messed with her head a lot, and104Please respect copyright.PENANAnbbSoAVVP3
she felt like being as far away from the hotel as possible. Considering that,104Please respect copyright.PENANAPxzEpzhcA7
Miranda might still be around.104Please respect copyright.PENANAla8kF5eXNl
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“Angel is right,” said Carly. “I’m feeling rather overwhelmed. We’ve had a long104Please respect copyright.PENANAak6YKJz8kK
day, and I didn’t get enough rest.”104Please respect copyright.PENANApSIcdiicVy
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Leo looked a little disappointed, but now that he saw Carly more clearly, she104Please respect copyright.PENANAU7PGhuZW26
didn’t look too well at all. It looks like his plans for tonight might as well104Please respect copyright.PENANAuSDqmgYuM8
go down the drain. If Carly was feeling too tired, it was understandable that104Please respect copyright.PENANAQuPYkKCivP
she wasn’t going to enjoy his company alone with him either.104Please respect copyright.PENANAnIigYphCnz
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“Alright,” said Leo. “We better get going if we’re going to get Oliver’s ice104Please respect copyright.PENANAAayF1pQ9ib
cream.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAlr7e7fOUHi
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“We better check out of that room and get our stuff then,” said Eric.104Please respect copyright.PENANALGoAXuHLyg
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“Oh, I forgot about that. Why don’t you go to the room while I go bring the car104Please respect copyright.PENANAtL5mB3JXr4
around?”104Please respect copyright.PENANAhidCxjGLrw
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“Sure.” Eric quickly stood up from his seat and started to make his way out of104Please respect copyright.PENANAI1biRxiyR5
the bar area.104Please respect copyright.PENANAUFlgPHB0kK
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Trina and Kim, who still sat observing Leo, noticed Eric stand up from his104Please respect copyright.PENANAt60mj1HXWU
seat. The others were still at the table, and it was only a moment later that104Please respect copyright.PENANAwCUX7WGAtC
they started to stand up.104Please respect copyright.PENANAKRHyDnog99
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“Look, they’re leaving,” said Trina.104Please respect copyright.PENANAmMouvNEcfh
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“Do you think Leo will get this opportunity to see his lover?” Kim asked.104Please respect copyright.PENANATpmG6HBwKD
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“He can’t do that with the others tagging along,” said Trina. “Let’s watch and104Please respect copyright.PENANAX6ISGqcISj
see.”104Please respect copyright.PENANA1aJWaXoiRK
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Angel and Oliver started to make their way to the entrance of the bar when104Please respect copyright.PENANAGxsYluI8dH
Angel, through the corner of her eye, saw Kim and Trina. This was bad. From104Please respect copyright.PENANAyfyWzVdH6g
where she stood, she feared Leo might also notice them. She slowed her pace104Please respect copyright.PENANAq62FYVhNMV
with Oliver and waited for Carly and Leo to catch up. If she was lucky, Leo104Please respect copyright.PENANAopu41DZ4Oe
might pass by without noticing Kim and Trina, but one can never be too sure.104Please respect copyright.PENANAJsfvhk7tWb
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Carly made her way to Angel and Oliver, with Leo following slowly behind her.104Please respect copyright.PENANAmCYIlWNupN
Without much thought, his eyes found their way to the bar counter, and he104Please respect copyright.PENANAoJOZJBEUgQ
noticed someone familiar at the other end. Only when the person turned in his104Please respect copyright.PENANAvAoekiYKb2
direction and their eyes fell on him did he realize who it was.104Please respect copyright.PENANAtbEqJZURFk
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“Oh, my gosh,” said Kim as she held Trina’s shoulder in a tight grip. “He’s104Please respect copyright.PENANAHUln5ExbZ5
seen us.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAVxMrIfiuzX
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Trina choked on her own words that she couldn’t speak as he saw Leo staring104Please respect copyright.PENANAI5cvv9TlOB
back. His eyes slowly started to flame with anger. Or was it fury?104Please respect copyright.PENANAej4Hrrj2bV
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“Trina, we better go,” said Kim.104Please respect copyright.PENANANtT7XZ5EnG
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Leo couldn’t believe Trina and Kim were there by the counter, staring back at104Please respect copyright.PENANAagxcYP8LdB
him. Did they happen to be here by coincidence, or did were they here because104Please respect copyright.PENANA6QrSYVMiLt
of him? He noticed how scared they looked at him, as if they had been caught104Please respect copyright.PENANAyIGzieEsMZ
doing something wrong. That confirmed that they were following him. He decided104Please respect copyright.PENANAHKGBlNYJFC
he was going to give them a piece of his mind.104Please respect copyright.PENANA5sHCMZIVYR
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Just as he was about to make his way over to them, a gentle touch fell on his104Please respect copyright.PENANAadzgeFQu72
shoulder, stopping him from proceeding further. He looked to the side, and he104Please respect copyright.PENANA0DrwjhRgxI
found Angel standing right beside him, her hand on his shoulder. She looked at104Please respect copyright.PENANAORFdsURIak
him with her soft brown eyes; they were stern yet so peaceful. There was104Please respect copyright.PENANAcAbJ9PFaic
something about her look and her presence beside him that made him slowly start104Please respect copyright.PENANApeMNRK5aA2
to feel the anger in him dissipate like smoke.104Please respect copyright.PENANAjvG4UkO5sq
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She shook her head. “Not here,” she said to him in her normal tone of voice.104Please respect copyright.PENANABy5WXQSmPl
“Now is not the time to make a scene.”104Please respect copyright.PENANARMYZjd5bhS
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Leo sighed, and he felt his muscles slowly start to relax. Angel was right; now104Please respect copyright.PENANAcsItTlADSo
wasn’t the time to throw a tantrum. He looked back at Kim, who continued to104Please respect copyright.PENANArl89FIIeGI
look at him, still with a scared look on her face.104Please respect copyright.PENANATzQ9xAmPZE
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"Fine," he said to Angel as he looked at her.104Please respect copyright.PENANANwaLa62KGZ
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Angel gave a smile of relief. She turned to look at Trina and Kim, giving them104Please respect copyright.PENANAr4zWX95EUk
a nod of her head. The two best friends looked relieved, but they knew that104Please respect copyright.PENANABrmlkFNMOD
this wasn’t over.104Please respect copyright.PENANAqPWem6a6jE
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Leo turned around to head out of the bar. Fortunately, Oliver and Carly were104Please respect copyright.PENANARlf3AKRqip
way ahead of him, so they didn't see his silent altercation with Kim and Trina.104Please respect copyright.PENANAnwVgdew6Ta
He walked out of the bar with Angel following closely behind him.104Please respect copyright.PENANAlTKjE2mk5U
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"Thanks for that back there," Leo said to her.104Please respect copyright.PENANAP6JKoXuIc3
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"Well, getting yourself angry wasn't going to do you or me any104Please respect copyright.PENANAtu66EA1jFL
favors," said Angel.104Please respect copyright.PENANAhZZTYe1MUo
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Leo turned to look at her through the corner of his eye. "How long have104Please respect copyright.PENANAfKG97AjCtL
they been there?"104Please respect copyright.PENANA9CaL6vQ0AX
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Angel found no point in lying to him. "I noticed them during our dinner. I104Please respect copyright.PENANAamLkqHlYBL
didn't want to tell you in front of our guests."104Please respect copyright.PENANA8JthhhLGbD
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Leo scoffed. "It's obvious that they were following me. I guess that’s the104Please respect copyright.PENANAvCBQHXCe9n
reason why you didn’t want me to be alone with Carly."104Please respect copyright.PENANASZw0EMSFiF
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"I don't want them to find out about your relationship with her just yet,104Please respect copyright.PENANAZE42GYNzYb
so you've got to be careful from now on."104Please respect copyright.PENANAw9PP9F4G3H
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A smile appeared across Leo's face. The two might have their differences, but104Please respect copyright.PENANAv6Jw4eoj25
it was clear to see that Angel did care about his relationship with her sister.104Please respect copyright.PENANAwDElE0BEd1
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As they continued to walk down the stone path towards the fountain where Oliver104Please respect copyright.PENANAGIllbqrNbD
and Carly were, Leo tried to fight off the feeling of gratitude towards Angel.104Please respect copyright.PENANA2qjSgqYjeG
In the end, he decided to let the feeling settle in for one night, and one104Please respect copyright.PENANAtNrkPjxN8a
night only.104Please respect copyright.PENANAsy70E7HrtV
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“That was a close one,” said Trina as she held her chest, breathing deeply.104Please respect copyright.PENANAAXfESSjLyp
“For sure, I thought Leo was going to come charging at us.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAJcGMpHxDQY
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Kim sighed in relief. “I hate to say this, but we really do have Angel to104Please respect copyright.PENANAUWzpdBIDTh
thank,” she said. “Though I feel Leo will confront us about it.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAlsQip1WjJI
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“Yeah, but Angel talked to him, and he calmed down in an instant.” Trina leaned104Please respect copyright.PENANA6CeOezk7pz
against the bar counter, looking for the bartender. “Leo barely listens to104Please respect copyright.PENANAvAWM35KdET
anyone, but he somehow listened to her. It’s best to receive his wrath104Please respect copyright.PENANAV2rExC58eX
privately rather than in an open place where he can embarrass us. I’m going to104Please respect copyright.PENANALzrCoz48wn
order a cocktail and drink to thank Angel for saving our sorry lives. Do you104Please respect copyright.PENANAYnzsBA62K9
want one?”104Please respect copyright.PENANA8yn4bwjHL4
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Kim gave a nod to Trina, and while her friend tried to get the attention of the104Please respect copyright.PENANAjlzrwDuwQl
bartender, she couldn’t help but look at Leo with Angel walking beside him as104Please respect copyright.PENANANzxniDMK13
they went further away from the bar. Memories of her and Leo started to104Please respect copyright.PENANAdBGbxmapqE
surface, and she couldn’t recall once when he ever listened to her when he was104Please respect copyright.PENANAYHyzR3GJCV
upset. Trina was right. Leo barely listens to anyone, except this time around,104Please respect copyright.PENANAOtOePZQNH0
when Angel spoke to him. Her eyes fell upon Angel, who, even in that red velvet104Please respect copyright.PENANAxlskRr0yF8
dress, walked effortlessly with elegance beside Leo. Was there something about104Please respect copyright.PENANA1J5Oa13WOf
Angel that Kim wasn’t aware of?104Please respect copyright.PENANAFo48gDyCNl
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Miranda quickly stepped out of the elevator and ran down the hall back to the104Please respect copyright.PENANA11GpnvT1Xn
room where Red Lion and Mr. Walters were. She knew her thirty minutes were up,104Please respect copyright.PENANAewQlQjzhgp
and she had been so distracted that she didn’t notice her phone vibrate in the104Please respect copyright.PENANAIkLm0tSIPE
pocket of her jeans. When she checked in the elevator, she found three missed104Please respect copyright.PENANAcSFrqmxHze
calls from Mr. Walters, and she knew she was in for it.104Please respect copyright.PENANAJ19kWm93cs
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As soon as she reached the suite, the door flew open before she could even104Please respect copyright.PENANASuzC9bkXit
knock. She thought the first person she would see was Red Lion, but to her104Please respect copyright.PENANAOk3E6xpzws
relief, it was Walters.104Please respect copyright.PENANAIKwAEH8B71
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“What took you so long?” he asked. “And why didn’t you answer my calls?”104Please respect copyright.PENANAsXNR9IKaDN
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“I’m sorry,” said Miranda. “I got a little distracted. Is he here?”104Please respect copyright.PENANAhaA6vAOai0
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“Yeah, but count yourself lucky,” said Walters as he stood aside to let Miranda104Please respect copyright.PENANAK6BCsV32aN
through the door. “Red Lion was going to kill you if he wanted to.”104Please respect copyright.PENANAFL1FlmZk48
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Miranda slowly stepped into the room, looking towards the living room area. Red104Please respect copyright.PENANA22T7P9IhFr
Lion's comrade sat on the couch. His eyes fixed on the TV screen that showed104Please respect copyright.PENANAyOPorGZ37y
the football game. Two more people sat on the other couch. They wore black104Please respect copyright.PENANA2XYcMMqirN
suits, and they were of Asian descent. The two looked like bodyguards. Were104Please respect copyright.PENANAZP5T9taxO1
they here with the host who called for this meeting? Moreover, where was Red104Please respect copyright.PENANAzTnSRaDBmJ
Lion?104Please respect copyright.PENANA9tcngSG9p2
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When she entered the living room area, she heard voices coming from the104Please respect copyright.PENANAL2kavyV88J
balcony. She saw Red Lion standing by the open doors of the balcony. Someone104Please respect copyright.PENANAHdZB104eKv
stood in front of him, talking to him. Miranda couldn’t see who it was as the104Please respect copyright.PENANAUZ9gcy9jVg
person stood on the balcony, and the doors hid him from view.104Please respect copyright.PENANA7V3vG7nkM7
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Red Lion noticed Miranda's presence and turned to look at her. He surprisingly104Please respect copyright.PENANAtMtk7fw6cc
smiled. She almost sighed in relief, for she really thought he was going to104Please respect copyright.PENANAxrXXPWuFrb
squeeze her throat for being late. He turned to the person who stood on the104Please respect copyright.PENANAiEFdxt9E4R
balcony.104Please respect copyright.PENANAhrh0Uu3ULI
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“The young lady we were waiting on is finally here,” said Red Lion. “We can104Please respect copyright.PENANAYrVTNqTXhA
begin the meeting.”104Please respect copyright.PENANALX4uiyqS0F
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The person on the balcony stepped into the room, and the first thing that104Please respect copyright.PENANA1phFb4D8Lk
caught Miranda’s eye was that the person wore a smart black suit, and there was104Please respect copyright.PENANA6c00GHUtux
a charming smile on his face.