Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUVXPLpXKy
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nXY214xXq
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvWKR2KwgB
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKX3mW0PoF
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtqtF0XYyw
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1OiwEMyig
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraQ0qVwF8R
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Tyueemdzc
boss a call.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51a2ByQH0x
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjxULe2RiL
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjN6AWHNZxJ
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uNTTy5oxY
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFdFaVa5fX
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERdd3gtEFF
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuNfLH2urv
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkseeM8SNW
looked really tired and restless.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl231JaUZeY
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Lw63PH1bw
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYvfUlj0wm
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDtRRTmKRR
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrodaWspSA0
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgDhKZlFlO
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHxef60x2v
huge loss.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bJR914ONy
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDjFuL1FvX
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDgFcNQrxD
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcLS3m74AA
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArV7o91qBy
"What are you planning to do?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApqNZrI95f
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIPcIRoqV5
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdG30YFaGhd
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjyYv6P92a
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozABNGyk1J
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJKj0hAt8e
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ocIB852zW
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiP1eiLHNbb
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5VBjTZWlb
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADc5C2seHn
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqL704rx5iG
vacant space weren't as good as her.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvKnZXNDCq
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDr1pSSlKov
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1kIBLZqVT
lucky charm.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlu6kgVzB2
And he needed her back real bad.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQE4N7c2Em
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.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjud58HbGY0
"I have a job for you."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwyAkYfLGQ
***699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTxdKPKDzV
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLU4en4OpV7
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ka2OklIRW
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvIBYgkekH
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefY6v35fbZ
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROppAi2y4o
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55zOAKVhvL
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpcwlxAiAw
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsMceNzvEG
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxl5Bfpb73m
serious.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6NXpdTXXr
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ywOZV5lSp
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGFXXFw49W
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Z5o083wb4
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61mEqxSWxu
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwN8jxyx0rP
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVjMgNK0np
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVuLXx13K6
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCWo54ARtX
between the two of you considering what happened."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0P34v4tJea
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjSsjT9Edq
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnzjEIMQEG
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZ1Cz78Oup
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ditqDfbHe
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYmscTpad5
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBnSpQJn9X
"And you never apologised for it," said 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZx0eWhMs1l
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHvovASxJ5
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡco7aota0GH
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrf3NEfI15J
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4uOB9oFUz
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigx50gABwc
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XLUGm6tUL
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUiZBh4pG1
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEl5gmrUyvj
for what happened to her.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OTAtuBvl1
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94KjZi1wpV
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xr1fRpjwL
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYOtMprlGx
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWE3F4S4Fi
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6sdIhtNH7
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GkarCfTYX
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YQ1hxyVg8
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjV6lLFd7sc
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVVi2OB5fd
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVt0xUAVxgq
back at the club.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELXUKCu9yk
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyO4YodYWQ
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvPFwvid6r
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFw6nZfJHt6
sisters completely.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJwzjgTLDz
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVtp2Ce8fc
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhLjRCck7x
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRnzY0TU9T
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBXZZEoC1T
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zWlK32ryS
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEA273x7bB
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGSMPVy1UE
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4Dor4KAaA
club, not him.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwPLqFrYjt
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGt4Z9nF2MP
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfptVEfD4uE
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XE0N3sNzY
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiRRnjB00K
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZy7XVW4VG
at each other yet, have you?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozfGR34LPS
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBL5l6grQc2
"No," they answered at the same time.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPF4CUQWZz
"Great. That's good to know."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQyUoPrSTX
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8usDne4Wlz
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0tdQmUhvs
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRck6O8c7b
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8c6afkplGT
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTP2jk4o2At
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0XoBDupwN
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkk8C18kujn
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGI6qqyhx8y
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzCC5S3Ple
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lAIQNGNh8
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZmrLc3G6V
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XM1aPNUQE
long."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEOV8nrsI4
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb23eR0zMpE
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UBsI2534A
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNj2MmEpfIL
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOkP7P6IB6
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡet1NPR2uqO
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjFCYuLI6t
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzwR7NL8oC
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXutJn1AIF
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZOgsghtFM
Not like this. Something was wrong.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkv1nSKuQJr
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1r7L7SFSY
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJs6arVRh5N
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BJ5nxHeXR
embarrassed?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJ87eWNoHQ
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUO7rdxrFB
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNln8gyUih
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GYdKklMtv
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkpcQvKibZ
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe60wb6iaAC
today?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtSxj80ODG
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jNAOjzI9G
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mk2R0qmuG
you want."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IMfdrJOJc
"It worked for you, didn't it?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBDiOQXqnD
"What do you mean?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gHpkwJE4l
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqPGT3kj4G
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBceinRND7v
sister."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyaJJ5yW1O
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7xxLHgr4e
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsqclNeWeV
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6OgT5cuLe
"I'm just speaking the truth."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx01O7sei4F
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNZECwjsjz
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSvnpHg1PY
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKNC2GqIlw
"I was protecting my sister."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8lS0YVBZy
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfD4cDc11h
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGUxr9Dec7
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoRm3swQUq
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPtbvkLEPq
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRonrjmIBX
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItfo6mHo55
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PvRHQHs3M
betray you like Carly betrayed me."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4oKV40ENOG
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsa538etF9
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZr2JECbDg
crystal glass.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCCuEl3M5T
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudSwhIEecV
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RELaui9WU
in this situation right now."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdgWXtAalm
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuvT07AdDU
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2aRK9U8nF
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGF4manGpiY
actions.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dfHmP3XEE
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8xESx2LyO
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOEcnw0p7b
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWD7PF3vjX
near Carly."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JOI4iVJ82
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCieEE1g85i
"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......"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRjAS4oYEa
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qrrGwol43
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5i36kJaEI
Carly, she would be insulting herself.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgv7oD1UNj4
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvEkXoQak7
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqdeQzbshn
"That would never happen."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZ9gz4eZZ4
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22DWR4mvxV
"A fool in love, yes."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnHZ8nuzbD
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzz472Egi6a
"Why? Because you don't like me?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdj26aijqy
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVXct9ozDq
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0dZzYkHoS
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Rf10F5ktX
and my accident that she would ever change."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmywjWJ4Gx
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9AlRMldk5
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdnUPWhH6j
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeL1aS12lSi
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVZj7xJIPN
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4k9dkZwUpQ
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGyoGQ4WHL
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6AbdDPfnD
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDiFRQ6zQS
puzzled.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Tp8kJySaa
***699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiYzQEypOA
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2arEFdmYu
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNdp8SfNZH
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERAaaIQWJ6
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepeX7XXW6i
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqYSe8Svso
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOdjb267lh
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmb3OOnhTeN
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2XXSXaR5S
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3P9z6vdr8u
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosiJ1vj1Wx
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJFmic7UAq
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSrplbHkUe
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KDfnmjyGC
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqy9pNSmrI
McDonell should be.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxnMXFaIHz
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAzBRPw82v
"Our family has been successfully with the 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡduK26hJcas
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfeKEykUz5
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWa64U7g6D3
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEbaTUwTp1
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fFZCZ2cro
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmNet9m5Q0
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcVppztKkK
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgyeFTJQWi
especially from my brother. He is so kind."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjNAsz6Ls8
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOlUd6tG5D
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLrEawuiuX
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNBy0otJmb
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVPWDzbvGu
model.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqNhhzaW4N
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCr8zylqGgA
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTR8h8lTp6
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcbpGl4r1J
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYXHTkMRqu
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUcKF3S4mF
the financial state her family was in.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB725lBzYwF
But now that she was with the McDonell 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJ5Chp1MZs
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6BkrPHCgu
she has always wanted.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe08xRzEiX4
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvD4iBP1lfl
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfDTO5UZcj
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGniYh5CDLF
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvyt8Ea3ul
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuEFhN7b4e
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKMYPXddBH
"That would be awesome."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuiRJyvlrU
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡja1mK0Gl3G
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTjpRFrsqd
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb66qSZpjFM
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7XbflYv6z
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHn3exVJCp
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnuKrmXb9e
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4pdr6mLM8
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTW5lZaXN8
Miranda.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrpPty5e7y
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmY6mbzvtU
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRe3EvNQHa
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydMgVUfNPZ
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjsoVARNLs
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HgapfmLjV
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksxpjhsxIn
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5aMa9R0lT
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXhy868KSS
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49eCuxogKY
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRl245FZPpw
she never ever discussed her life with them.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHYiar7uWQ
Could it be Miranda?699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWVkwKAWFR
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8rmBmNVoc
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cMMBI17Iw
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4L7YGxf0YC
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyUNcx2g6c
And now she was calling Carly after all this699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66ajS2AXrx
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4a3qgxe8ha
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdc6KuFDrS
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7yFmuBz4V
betrayal.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHq8wb4dR0
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fGxQI4Jax
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bGN7YSXOO
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4P9exZJAM
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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