Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQq66YGkxn
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DMo7RHGZN
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPknAj5XdR
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tgiuVKryT
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABWir1o9ye
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7StwnSNT4
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpgnkx5a9A
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjg8pw40aF
boss a call.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0bH3GDXl3
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnyT3yUuud
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vpPaYZYEo
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxclKAELcX5
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jy99QMd2S
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTv4tNIyA3G
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHziFcWs9Ij
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCOgC8ukIK
looked really tired and restless.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KXTNeRSkQ
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7xTODTjLE
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn44cdeWsJr
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlecc2M7c4K
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6LO8sVRdU
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5xXVUp00b
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qK5SbwWqe
huge loss.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYgR4SBQjD
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRX65wfwPUs
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXjGxr3oWf
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrDcjCYiGG
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHRUL09l22
"What are you planning to do?"744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iOtAM6Dn1
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0VTkVsYGx
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacEMGRsdBr
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wAr0Tqfiq
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZ4Z0ZlVpw
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRExiTLBcva
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgIbpZirfL
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52eYFmGIbZ
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQkUfVcPxd
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9LHVfl7p6
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTTMwPnzja
vacant space weren't as good as her.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCHEVPSUab
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnQnCoQkZK
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8LIzEWwXd
lucky charm.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNol2uWvttJ
And he needed her back real bad.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEu7b1kjmoX
He picked up his phone that was on the table and made a phone call. At the fourth ring, the person at the other end picked up.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF24XvWtQs1
"I have a job for you."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zXmAnE8dA
***744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YsJFu57F4
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiX2GsDA2ct
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWS66JJNpZ
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIBYooBWXn
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnW3Sac4ziU
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEK603Dt3i
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlobHcO7E70
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dJyXaXEzx
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88YG3Pmkx7
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBC3DWhFBl
serious.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSMGMmzx7U
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4msVfAlPk
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIn29Romed
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MDd2GoXFf
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2e5lVJtWtM
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2yMdMtU5d
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaZt7K522M
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrhUup160f
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTlqW9KwL2
between the two of you considering what happened."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93MxDi3gCi
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULX2G53YqR
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wbTg2WRqA
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmrl6uJqhQ
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0mBeTTs64
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyJ2eiDlrS
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcsushRequ
"And you never apologised for it," said 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6TS4OMxXa
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnezWhiEi1O
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpb6htYKtRs
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauJ2IXvELu
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQGKl9Yuw6
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuInukQ4AH8
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQhx85QzOm
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9pV86YJ2w
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJF2YKIw4q
for what happened to her.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NMh55tFL3
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTlft9cVkD
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9E8PLXHoK
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKrcx8Mvkt
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUFNffKuLo
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXVRij8awl
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0Nwb9FL2D
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDLW90kDoT
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj51UzNn3LC
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tHXyApVHv
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSgs07Lsku
back at the club.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHH4us196V
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGc97XCu9oD
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRmy27fg1Q
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcPTZoaSzX
sisters completely.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPGuGgM5FL
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvobRLt4n85
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5rfeFbJ3u
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGicB3NhmH
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYl2WnA6y1
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGMyTv5DRJ
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwY7GcQZTT
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvk1a9l9Pmb
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3EOJUpAe4
club, not him.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcK79sfQhV
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WjmEupWER
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqYAGrDIMg
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYS06iZmwUh
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikkde0WhWT
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraDKYAQstP
at each other yet, have you?"744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV98zu6kfkv
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPm04TaNWqn
"No," they answered at the same time.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwxECTN3Lq
"Great. That's good to know."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagEL8FCY1d
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcjlFaJw4O
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvVitWY0xJ
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChMyvMz0tH
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIvOrG1chp
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjdaBX7Rtb
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wBMHyTrH7
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmuhNSWIh8
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtD4oFwXj9O
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKh9Qsh7Zmp
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydhMVaactI
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCjGEEWlon
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFtYWSKFQG
long."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6kvso7y95
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YGomh06hu
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUHVaMZ2kT
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiaey2rtRb
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJD4v6DDCY
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PswzAm8MO
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsKJaZFUOx
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FNiI3Ogoy
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLXVoBXnMQ
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRQHPqLpSu
Not like this. Something was wrong.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQiwhj4JGG
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVOrH5mrsK
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9NEPusm8m
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAf34TMyer
embarrassed?"744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZ7VmiytqB
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUAkrFq2Mp
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPV1kAilUG
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPXMOdACg8
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡna9CXJoErT
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BTASBYZM9
today?"744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNL4SkBIL9
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwj2uGTc8y
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vxqfszQ2m
you want."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqUFlvhRMW
"It worked for you, didn't it?"744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuKrgvLJBa
"What do you mean?"744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bXKCnpHsT
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmRd4QiqvF
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pyCL48VFl
sister."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tp0Lek29N
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTk1qvrrcor
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkmsW9rdBD
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLg5poY3nVy
"I'm just speaking the truth."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAZ5f0nrsV
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IIhH5i46I
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIugOA4wIVy
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxFNrMd7aa
"I was protecting my sister."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0g7xKHW4s
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgW2dbI76AG
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFvWUun41z
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhqTcMOgb2
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWLaBc3YPV
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZ4bycIwtQ
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTRU1vWyQZ
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTufJ1VdUVj
betray you like Carly betrayed me."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmB8YmLSSQt
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrdpPikHZW
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5dL7CNrc3
crystal glass.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjse1ogSJtI
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhmhIfKOSV
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjn66oYokK
in this situation right now."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotHjYuEcNa
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1AoA26CGW
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxP7IoQy3EB
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepCriEkkVA
actions.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MGRD5qv2o
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVy8vqAZYRp
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FEXQofu90
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNj6cVJ1HE
near Carly."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6QgLDcinY
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMEXJ9nNbb
"That's what you think. Isn't that what all men think when they go to the club and think they are in love with some......"744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTutHOfnmb
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJ6PA1NgXR
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqO52SeweM
Carly, she would be insulting herself.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2z07ijItG
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwHGFLvIEb
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHaFfn6cZW
"That would never happen."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfHb6KmEHW
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pJQSdlRXR
"A fool in love, yes."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05NoH6ADT2
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNcAYBWZ0U
"Why? Because you don't like me?"744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LsQbH9grG
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCbOTxLHDd
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhKqaQjcIp
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJJQFZvvAY
and my accident that she would ever change."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8bZ2OyUTy
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BDgmEXkvK
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRjcfCXNY1
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifwe8Bgc0Z
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfQntgl3F1
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kzKnKEwOF
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLESHAYwka
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejQAkSocft
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHrTxRH8po
puzzled.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWE6JTB5yHO
***744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwynz9coqjr
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFQTcUvoa0
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0nL3YquAx
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwFMulJkG6
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSQEHAZBbN
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhllAAEslYY
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96IETKfXqA
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bppikA5hU
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVtFi0cLwJ
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UVnScgw9K
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8ngF6mO1s
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfs6sXr1VAf
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22U8OqkQNT
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnd8e4Hv6cV
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzEJNhDxTo
McDonell should be.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZN618ypYTM
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXX320wQSS
"Our family has been successfully with the 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3c7hy38dH
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oUbCzAQ0x
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBrY1SGaI9
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6a5i2YNde
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG010xubcDs
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2R0Lw8zpb5
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGV749zIilU
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqXcxT57d6
especially from my brother. He is so kind."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRAre3zyFl
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DIfG2gWju
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMteK8bGIFR
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4cF7aBAXL
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd87qlTf0U9
model.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabFcxmEY6Q
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlIlRItbjL
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqoKdV1QE7
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SIdukYUuu
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKmIxwVgcN
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCsFSJTWO9
the financial state her family was in.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqMfywXwTT
But now that she was with the McDonell 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMr7qfmcXnj
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6vfEbJ3Pz
she has always wanted.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡun6qn3soMp
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdTqhZfcU0
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1g5kJifq0I
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBM49WJxcuL
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekfsqhJueR
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxa9VK8R5Vy
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrLOStGKDZ
"That would be awesome."744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡah4EV9d5yW
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQGzHFoWsH
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5cbT2TLew
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90335hHUi2
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIC0MPwO5r
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxp5ydL82cN
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUtXlw73Cs
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMC3yrri0m
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl23cmTW4NP
Miranda.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgTE9QlJ8b
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlHuuHdkg2
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡze9uuI2dOD
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvOP0wa12D
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XLyUiGAB9
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJYJqLh2D1
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUtNlyJXA5
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXyrzkgblw
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjhsU7z2PI
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypORsi7cV6
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7sAVItVS7
she never ever discussed her life with them.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3Z8uaCJ6U
Could it be Miranda?744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikSmXQVj4U
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnVcCEfoKO
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Gqio9TU0i
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkDByhc9Q8
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rk5DQ1GQy
And now she was calling Carly after all this744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrmHLNe5MQ
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbBN8n5as0
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJniW6N6Id
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUWbIiCl1k
betrayal.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFW0GRVxARK
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwigH0Mbiw
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFarWsU1l1
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiKqoUclnK
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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