Angel was in the living 592Please respect copyright.PENANARcGprkSMyt
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 592Please respect copyright.PENANAj4IWOb6lKp
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.592Please respect copyright.PENANALoJ4G82s39
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.592Please respect copyright.PENANARnJEsoUFHf
"How was what?" Angel asked.592Please respect copyright.PENANAz2wW5F8DBN
"Getting to know Leo?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAEgrbVYbu2d
Angel could have sworn 592Please respect copyright.PENANAl2zaj8X6ac
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 592Please respect copyright.PENANAwkPMRd7Sku
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.592Please respect copyright.PENANACbfkO4v2Gx
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.592Please respect copyright.PENANA4tGxHBe8HO
"Really?" Amanda looked a592Please respect copyright.PENANAgGmPl21K1c
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 592Please respect copyright.PENANA8Qv5pPSIQU
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 592Please respect copyright.PENANAKhDKJfBNri
have offended you?" 592Please respect copyright.PENANAm4lJBpVhzP
"Oh, no, no," Angel replied quickly. "I just felt a little discomfort in my body and felt like it was time I saw the doctor."592Please respect copyright.PENANA6xEKSU0KZa
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAl28MIEimfn
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."592Please respect copyright.PENANAFjpGcItKG0
"Awww, you're so 592Please respect copyright.PENANAgwqFoAkc17
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can592Please respect copyright.PENANAsuK2LNxLeN
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 592Please respect copyright.PENANA9G4IdPKB4U
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 592Please respect copyright.PENANAT8o8WuMlHJ
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."592Please respect copyright.PENANA7ndytJmVHr
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."592Please respect copyright.PENANAOP1UlzTn1f
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAZN41sLJ1hP
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."592Please respect copyright.PENANAmo9v9pXkQD
Amanda gave Angel the 592Please respect copyright.PENANAYF5su2r06S
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 592Please respect copyright.PENANADbau1qAdqb
to deal with writing. It suits you."592Please respect copyright.PENANA54K6r38Aoe
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.592Please respect copyright.PENANA06ulFX9euN
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."592Please respect copyright.PENANAQBapba9LIL
"What is it?" Angel asked.592Please respect copyright.PENANAwWymwBDeAE
"You seem to be one 592Please respect copyright.PENANA16A1gdeVLO
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,592Please respect copyright.PENANAUqXvrBTs8Q
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."592Please respect copyright.PENANAVOyskPn5Um
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.592Please respect copyright.PENANArr7ZXLn1PV
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.592Please respect copyright.PENANA6JTpSNmYri
"What?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAfnMSWXnMOi
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.592Please respect copyright.PENANAvJT3buFjEj
Leo who had just come in592Please respect copyright.PENANABFA37PYE46
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 592Please respect copyright.PENANAWoNpE6mfok
just at the entrance of the living room.592Please respect copyright.PENANAFCdml8w6SQ
"What did you just say 592Please respect copyright.PENANAbDfBgZiBzu
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached592Please respect copyright.PENANA4qSRPbRKP0
the two women on the wheelchairs.592Please respect copyright.PENANAfbunqh7jZ2
Amanda turned her 592Please respect copyright.PENANAWp1ANCqU1l
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 592Please respect copyright.PENANAeNSD5SQimG
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 592Please respect copyright.PENANAujChJK1Pbs
themselves."592Please respect copyright.PENANAIyDPUC6rqN
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAKDRkIZVVdv
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAEh84hrsLL5
Leo couldn't believe 592Please respect copyright.PENANAVBb2P3aiJF
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 592Please respect copyright.PENANAiErUqAVoeE
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.592Please respect copyright.PENANAqTlskQj1T2
"Haven't you thought 592Please respect copyright.PENANA9Vj7IZz7Ju
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 592Please respect copyright.PENANAQJAobzCst7
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a592Please respect copyright.PENANAdHGXSW3lXa
job of her own?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAjdJ1eNbLtv
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."592Please respect copyright.PENANAqOTlsHLQ37
"You deserve better, my 592Please respect copyright.PENANAscDXRL4tEk
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 592Please respect copyright.PENANA4AUCKqaeqv
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."592Please respect copyright.PENANAWmhpnFLwOd
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."592Please respect copyright.PENANAIll8wa5B4A
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."592Please respect copyright.PENANACv1Imi32jY
"What makes you so sure?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAVCO8qaI2cC
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."592Please respect copyright.PENANAYpJFSMu2eD
"Mum won't though."592Please respect copyright.PENANAmBuDVsZspi
"Does she run the 592Please respect copyright.PENANAN5nPWhbA4u
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 592Please respect copyright.PENANAE5t7RSDhPv
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 592Please respect copyright.PENANAFpBRSUh3xo
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."592Please respect copyright.PENANAMR3wfsmhvD
Leo knew his grandmother592Please respect copyright.PENANAcsxZvgTjgs
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 592Please respect copyright.PENANAaONJKj60OD
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 592Please respect copyright.PENANAGbDn9vwZOm
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 592Please respect copyright.PENANAJObj3rEjFU
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.592Please respect copyright.PENANASh4nW0VEns
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.592Please respect copyright.PENANATCKoW0fa2L
"Don't say any of this 592Please respect copyright.PENANATf8YIA7OpM
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 592Please respect copyright.PENANAviI4dFNGNI
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 592Please respect copyright.PENANAvCgbJ2lYtg
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 592Please respect copyright.PENANAWXBQ1KZVRk
have to convince her a little more than I have to."592Please respect copyright.PENANAPYnGLf70XJ
Angel gulped. It felt 592Please respect copyright.PENANAJIo6xqyPmS
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only592Please respect copyright.PENANAwg5h9xjNwk
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.592Please respect copyright.PENANAPAfB5ejRnQ
Leo made his way out of 592Please respect copyright.PENANA0Qxf3acraZ
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 592Please respect copyright.PENANApLS9F6kiwy
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 592Please respect copyright.PENANAfv2fm1ouqA
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 592Please respect copyright.PENANAekcyQa3w71
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.592Please respect copyright.PENANAauHZQkJAkK
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAHnmymBLXgn
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."592Please respect copyright.PENANAPfDyrRoxlh
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."592Please respect copyright.PENANAmuH3ZJhDQ6
But Leo went up the stairs without giving her a chance to finish. Mrs McDonell looked on at his son as he went to his room.592Please respect copyright.PENANA6sE0HPVbLi
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.592Please respect copyright.PENANAeIpexHItBJ
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.592Please respect copyright.PENANAGz4On6lEJy
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."592Please respect copyright.PENANA3H1GHt6eG1
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."592Please respect copyright.PENANARCfj9ZQiw9
"I'm talking about Kim."592Please respect copyright.PENANA0JKlmmknvq
Angel didn't know if it 592Please respect copyright.PENANAbBcr5IumYn
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 592Please respect copyright.PENANAbXKeDVzPpd
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It592Please respect copyright.PENANAXvXwwpwyx5
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 592Please respect copyright.PENANAMWOOvqqcli
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 592Please respect copyright.PENANAxcJGWHmV6y
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 592Please respect copyright.PENANAZaXUYGwCtA
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 592Please respect copyright.PENANABvGBmXiyeg
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 592Please respect copyright.PENANAP68c2bgRkG
certain things?592Please respect copyright.PENANAGRWIeFHbv0
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.592Please respect copyright.PENANA49Bt6RzMhb
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.592Please respect copyright.PENANAhXcyOfB3pu
Angel felt like covering592Please respect copyright.PENANAJwnOho853Y
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 592Please respect copyright.PENANAhujVowM593
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 592Please respect copyright.PENANAk4c0dtwKhW
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 592Please respect copyright.PENANAWnLtyJX4Kw
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.592Please respect copyright.PENANA7kohTUg5YN
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.592Please respect copyright.PENANAG66s5nzDIW
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.592Please respect copyright.PENANAi0wWnQXHWb
Angel felt her heart 592Please respect copyright.PENANAppKhrIIgkv
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if592Please respect copyright.PENANAkW94LUX1Hu
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 592Please respect copyright.PENANAik7HXgKQGJ
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 592Please respect copyright.PENANAzgQjXSSpq6
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 592Please respect copyright.PENANARSJuNt4OPF
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 592Please respect copyright.PENANAyDkcvVl1yn
and invited her to the wedding.592Please respect copyright.PENANAdJ3Gwwlqty
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.592Please respect copyright.PENANA6MlDYFgzm8
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.592Please respect copyright.PENANAAYwmafj1dS
Angel looked at Amanda 592Please respect copyright.PENANAYKk2ti7fnf
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 592Please respect copyright.PENANAZhHKtq1PUi
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.592Please respect copyright.PENANA6tT4YFNV02
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 592Please respect copyright.PENANAxTPVNQzIJ1
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they592Please respect copyright.PENANAXAyREij8Or
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they592Please respect copyright.PENANAHgJkdko6Fk
saw Leo.592Please respect copyright.PENANAmfnJE1OZYn
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAk5MOOLTz9z
"Nothing, dear," said 592Please respect copyright.PENANA9M4BwMbDJt
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother592Please respect copyright.PENANAWpEfNtnBkL
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."592Please respect copyright.PENANAfuTG3AZljH
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."592Please respect copyright.PENANAbrNE6BhCTd
"Have a nice day."592Please respect copyright.PENANAACU8HatMK5
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.592Please respect copyright.PENANAG9ka8lg30A
Leo nodded his head in 592Please respect copyright.PENANAZSk1LIV3ju
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 592Please respect copyright.PENANAuGfVLIMBLl
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 592Please respect copyright.PENANAngm8WKtnYS
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 592Please respect copyright.PENANADJTrhiV14a
through the front door.592Please respect copyright.PENANAKxKMIs84vi
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.592Please respect copyright.PENANAxvzReiETXU
"You're unbelievable," 592Please respect copyright.PENANAu5GDvbZh4O
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 592Please respect copyright.PENANAtJjsLtYZ6I
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."592Please respect copyright.PENANAfkKEAaNcyL
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.592Please respect copyright.PENANA298xHoknoQ
"I'm sorry for that, 592Please respect copyright.PENANAZfomuBKn4G
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 592Please respect copyright.PENANAsRHqB2iamQ
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."592Please respect copyright.PENANAHxEGR0lNff
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.592Please respect copyright.PENANAdfqrQipCul
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."592Please respect copyright.PENANAIcNwzPCY9Y
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."592Please respect copyright.PENANAdLp0tGh4mu
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."592Please respect copyright.PENANAgh1Gb4SVEo
Angel slowly followed 592Please respect copyright.PENANAEuDimnnJAh
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 592Please respect copyright.PENANAYmjP0ZVCNE
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her592Please respect copyright.PENANAwJVCSCGtVe
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 592Please respect copyright.PENANANBKMfKBtAG
must have felt awful.592Please respect copyright.PENANAu1VH6h7o2O
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.592Please respect copyright.PENANAiyjEfptM0j
***592Please respect copyright.PENANAd3BQwNzUBH
Eric592Please respect copyright.PENANApzIDZUXf4d
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 592Please respect copyright.PENANAnfPSjUvl4D
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.592Please respect copyright.PENANAyCLlecdd0z
He592Please respect copyright.PENANAdCOdqd7TJf
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 592Please respect copyright.PENANA81N4fT2Kmw
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 592Please respect copyright.PENANAhjdJYITpjN
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.592Please respect copyright.PENANAHUuGPqTZWz
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.592Please respect copyright.PENANAjlg4A0nn2U
Since592Please respect copyright.PENANAUVApr9eViE
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 592Please respect copyright.PENANAzRSZKjmVlK
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 592Please respect copyright.PENANAK0MAxpq9hD
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 592Please respect copyright.PENANAtwykbwH7qO
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?592Please respect copyright.PENANApnEJY7oCIu
Who592Please respect copyright.PENANAPVUBOYtjVP
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 592Please respect copyright.PENANA0GpIXZwtCu
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft592Please respect copyright.PENANAoXHDLksWRe
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.592Please respect copyright.PENANAmqxY6kLf78
He592Please respect copyright.PENANACgSvHa72kI
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 592Please respect copyright.PENANAHyfXlWTs1V
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 592Please respect copyright.PENANAsi5uZr0beX
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.592Please respect copyright.PENANAxAhw2GK8mx
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.592Please respect copyright.PENANA3rTll9X4Cw
"You've someone here to see you."592Please respect copyright.PENANAORZ7N2ada0
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.592Please respect copyright.PENANAkppHxjsLm9
"It's Trina."592Please respect copyright.PENANAJgBC1zZZkl
Eric592Please respect copyright.PENANAPaKGfth8CP
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 592Please respect copyright.PENANA6DDSsyKWqY
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 592Please respect copyright.PENANAlotf83ylcW
called off.592Please respect copyright.PENANAKaxc81AFQZ
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.592Please respect copyright.PENANAIrWSjvsBCS
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.592Please respect copyright.PENANAVukprabbrL
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.592Please respect copyright.PENANA3dPloMIyVo
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.592Please respect copyright.PENANAhvkym8QVdR
Trina592Please respect copyright.PENANAYkwoIlWK0z
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to592Please respect copyright.PENANAawjSUW6Ssz
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 592Please respect copyright.PENANAD4LH6tpg8k
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 592Please respect copyright.PENANACyl1DvZAAt
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 592Please respect copyright.PENANAJOuACY8Vcg
fall out sometimes but still get back together.592Please respect copyright.PENANA0NBBf0Uf55
Now592Please respect copyright.PENANAnB7ubxgxWu
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 592Please respect copyright.PENANAIHNUFr7aI9
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 592Please respect copyright.PENANA4xC4AcwYNF
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 592Please respect copyright.PENANAXQtDP6auUH
weren't friends.592Please respect copyright.PENANA065UMRlK6U
While592Please respect copyright.PENANA62y4PnwDuH
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 592Please respect copyright.PENANAoE4b5QKiKR
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 592Please respect copyright.PENANA588hGXQTWO
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 592Please respect copyright.PENANA3IgB7FR68e
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 592Please respect copyright.PENANAJuNZ3IKPoj
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.592Please respect copyright.PENANAw4E0M8vJRX
One592Please respect copyright.PENANA2v3qeP44AW
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 592Please respect copyright.PENANAaf8JQy4vPa
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 592Please respect copyright.PENANAMteiiKQdoK
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 592Please respect copyright.PENANAUElIMrikQ4
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 592Please respect copyright.PENANA2tMsYaLBrE
one.592Please respect copyright.PENANAe41dfmmpoy
Not until he met Angel.592Please respect copyright.PENANAzre3MsBO7J
Trina592Please respect copyright.PENANAkyVPEN4CWJ
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 592Please respect copyright.PENANAZIlRXRBEko
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.592Please respect copyright.PENANAYOgKBKVj9E
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAK54AXMDLHk
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."592Please respect copyright.PENANAl1Z6wx38Uh
Trina592Please respect copyright.PENANA8WY7fbcwuG
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 592Please respect copyright.PENANAik9oGq36xy
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 592Please respect copyright.PENANAa7B9svtCwi
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 592Please respect copyright.PENANAbaHgkIz55x
beautiful.592Please respect copyright.PENANAnKzlEaKDnl
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.592Please respect copyright.PENANAMhpO8YPIZ5
"Then592Please respect copyright.PENANAxpAHQM3N2i
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 592Please respect copyright.PENANA058FA5nkpj
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 592Please respect copyright.PENANA1jVBenW38A
side to try and work things out."592Please respect copyright.PENANAZUK8EaPQyq
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."592Please respect copyright.PENANAsrsOmb5iCq
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."592Please respect copyright.PENANA8UeqeFnQMd
"Ya, me too."592Please respect copyright.PENANA57BSRpLBIM
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."592Please respect copyright.PENANAg7bcWJHcf6
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.592Please respect copyright.PENANAfvlH33fhXL
"Do you know something, Eric?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAjzsUQoQM5Q
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"592Please respect copyright.PENANASmlrdJ4Awy
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAbiirS3AtLC
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."592Please respect copyright.PENANAxFXcAKC3WV
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.592Please respect copyright.PENANAEpK0aAvCIr
Eric592Please respect copyright.PENANAq8wXA8bEc8
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that592Please respect copyright.PENANAUpsHrEVnMb
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 592Please respect copyright.PENANAcIEE5wactf
eyes with a corky smile on his face.592Please respect copyright.PENANAPCppbjlrWo
"Please,592Please respect copyright.PENANALv5wmhgA0F
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 592Please respect copyright.PENANAILChZw3Gd1
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 592Please respect copyright.PENANAENLsXEMfuF
ask him?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAWz8lJo9O03
Trina592Please respect copyright.PENANA2OkSXcdhxQ
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 592Please respect copyright.PENANAFo61Z94LlT
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 592Please respect copyright.PENANA0DOo7dtQIJ
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."592Please respect copyright.PENANAdJHUYn4YcA
Eric592Please respect copyright.PENANA27GuteTsbn
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 592Please respect copyright.PENANAhav34kahV8
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."592Please respect copyright.PENANAkPiHyD78DK
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAVTgA4PkRmH
Eric592Please respect copyright.PENANAMb3mPuCmiy
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 592Please respect copyright.PENANA71jza3z0gs
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 592Please respect copyright.PENANAuFY01TeZT8
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 592Please respect copyright.PENANAduWsX5g04h
to say next.592Please respect copyright.PENANAypC9Mm4CD9
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"592Please respect copyright.PENANArQGRVoKrUx
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.592Please respect copyright.PENANAuIs6bp9Ulu
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAOUWh4tYfMO
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."592Please respect copyright.PENANAglx2sRC0m8
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"592Please respect copyright.PENANA60M4M6ZkY9
"She's592Please respect copyright.PENANAqvUpi9y8kj
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 592Please respect copyright.PENANACKcX4fZpcc
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.592Please respect copyright.PENANACpi0EdHMoG
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 592Please respect copyright.PENANAs9EmxQtHN1
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 592Please respect copyright.PENANAOBwXx7f0MT
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 592Please respect copyright.PENANAXDEVDFGZMs
anymore.592Please respect copyright.PENANA7UTlct1W9Y
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.592Please respect copyright.PENANAUpQt7r7jGd
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"592Please respect copyright.PENANANxCPcvMSwD
Trina592Please respect copyright.PENANANoYi0HFJm1
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 592Please respect copyright.PENANAsK8KCPi002
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 592Please respect copyright.PENANAjfGbxa4Y7b
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 592Please respect copyright.PENANAMgCLLUdw3f
massage him.592Please respect copyright.PENANAQup9qfjI6k
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAlTWMYysffQ
Eric592Please respect copyright.PENANA7jXvdpBoHl
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 592Please respect copyright.PENANA0seVV0xW3b
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 592Please respect copyright.PENANAtEQDh41P1c
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 592Please respect copyright.PENANAdUY5WSwcbr
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty592Please respect copyright.PENANAbpqCDR0Bot
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 592Please respect copyright.PENANAgTEfHnppVH
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.592Please respect copyright.PENANAvOUtOSYDk0
He592Please respect copyright.PENANAYLzm4gmE9q
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 592Please respect copyright.PENANA5wlItfiVyX
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think592Please respect copyright.PENANAdPc9xcSxWb
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 592Please respect copyright.PENANA7ga14uAYXd
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 592Please respect copyright.PENANA3uN9sOHjzh
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.592Please respect copyright.PENANA2r0uz8nY0r
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAc9haKOsHZS
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."592Please respect copyright.PENANAVvhwE1jFKV
"I am here now, so why don't you relax a little bit." Trina bended over and whispered in his ear, "I really missed you though."592Please respect copyright.PENANAZgKxMXFJGS
Eric592Please respect copyright.PENANAIsSJZTbcbr
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his592Please respect copyright.PENANAxFUleMBOJt
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.592Please respect copyright.PENANAnBM5D9ZSeU
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAz7MtHQHZvA
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."592Please respect copyright.PENANAEbNBcwSKef
"Oh,592Please respect copyright.PENANARHaRKmvutV
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair592Please respect copyright.PENANANmIvQHHvAm
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 592Please respect copyright.PENANAlRFzfOBXdf
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.592Please respect copyright.PENANAP6NTsXHuqA
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.592Please respect copyright.PENANAfe3X5FUQS8
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.592Please respect copyright.PENANAtqVTs2ji0K
Trina592Please respect copyright.PENANAxraJRm6jvS
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him592Please respect copyright.PENANA0faSBD0yqH
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.592Please respect copyright.PENANAIAT8UwUGsB
Leo592Please respect copyright.PENANAYPyqPIrb1c
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 592Please respect copyright.PENANAQV0ISHVHXV
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.592Please respect copyright.PENANADDCpMAXmId
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.592Please respect copyright.PENANA1MWGimX07o
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.592Please respect copyright.PENANAyUjP4DWVMD
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"592Please respect copyright.PENANALgc7aDIXPA
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."592Please respect copyright.PENANANr5X9Gx0Jw
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.592Please respect copyright.PENANAPCS3pkrWig
"I was just leaving," said Trina.592Please respect copyright.PENANAwGhFxJ4uvj
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."592Please respect copyright.PENANAI4GYNK9pYH
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.592Please respect copyright.PENANAaKGYowPjtY
With592Please respect copyright.PENANAEyk8syzIbJ
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood592Please respect copyright.PENANADwCeGOggDu
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.592Please respect copyright.PENANAKd2CN9X3hi
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.592Please respect copyright.PENANAVio9EZQTY7
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.592Please respect copyright.PENANAWc72VbqMv5
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.592Please respect copyright.PENANAnkAdCJqkKp
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."592Please respect copyright.PENANAPcYJceno45
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."592Please respect copyright.PENANAPPPXOGyF4v
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."592Please respect copyright.PENANAqFMiHClfIr
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."592Please respect copyright.PENANAsmXadddc57
"Well, you would someday."592Please respect copyright.PENANASJwY6dA9Eu
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAHpLItZh9qE
"I mean, you won't be able to hide your love for Carly forever. What if after a year, you two decide to get married?"592Please respect copyright.PENANA8Rq0Up1XYN
"That would be fine by me."592Please respect copyright.PENANAyg8birmITG
"Oh,592Please respect copyright.PENANAFWMT1GXDM0
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 592Please respect copyright.PENANA79bjwoCSSw
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 592Please respect copyright.PENANAp7e80t2II7
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 592Please respect copyright.PENANAtZvU03ithV
you broke things off with her."592Please respect copyright.PENANAX2yMOoYSXY
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."592Please respect copyright.PENANAKj4esEJef3
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."592Please respect copyright.PENANAdA6k2sFxhZ
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."592Please respect copyright.PENANAnkqzi7C0j9
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."592Please respect copyright.PENANAdlXoEnRGqk
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.592Please respect copyright.PENANAWyDdr4L2nI
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."592Please respect copyright.PENANAi9t4Va50nQ
Leo592Please respect copyright.PENANABGyZxVOK0L
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 592Please respect copyright.PENANA0hRcjgMWGJ
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 592Please respect copyright.PENANAB8ssQG8kl2
her.592Please respect copyright.PENANAlYS7BZRAAP
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.592Please respect copyright.PENANAyeSZeMhtU3
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.592Please respect copyright.PENANA7TqUGYFZb4
Eric592Please respect copyright.PENANAgzjbsMN2B1
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 592Please respect copyright.PENANAKGk5bXy6NF
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 592Please respect copyright.PENANAlUB0LcFemT
thinking about Angel just now."592Please respect copyright.PENANAGFOzS5FIz1
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."592Please respect copyright.PENANAdx0i4c6ePz
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAqrjIIrI1kD
Leo592Please respect copyright.PENANApUFwBtToaq
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 592Please respect copyright.PENANAXoJJfpaTQ5
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 592Please respect copyright.PENANAStL3nZ5Wde
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.592Please respect copyright.PENANA9Q0xy7uFCk
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"592Please respect copyright.PENANAOu8phr5Im3
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.592Please respect copyright.PENANAWyUnItT7ZK
"Because,592Please respect copyright.PENANAmtNENxw5vw
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 592Please respect copyright.PENANA7MfwACLjNB
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 592Please respect copyright.PENANABg0uMTbZOn
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're592Please respect copyright.PENANAN3zVe7DEwP
in a sense of emergency to release it."592Please respect copyright.PENANAcyXr5PrntF
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."592Please respect copyright.PENANAuRkSfdG2K2
"Of592Please respect copyright.PENANA75TX9kVxTy
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 592Please respect copyright.PENANAxMrRzD6V3X
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 592Please respect copyright.PENANAKNUT8YCCY9
darling, Angel."592Please respect copyright.PENANAJQbZ87rOxe
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."592Please respect copyright.PENANABZUynbKw6r
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.592Please respect copyright.PENANA7uP6SdbGk8
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.592Please respect copyright.PENANAH7pVDYOJA4
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.592Please respect copyright.PENANASybG2n6kot
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."592Please respect copyright.PENANAuovOqPwuq8
Eric laughed. "Looks like she really put you in your place for sure. She didn't even have to raise a finger to do it."592Please respect copyright.PENANAV7SQoSFSyf
"Grandma592Please respect copyright.PENANAPkaKeXvETH
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 592Please respect copyright.PENANAlJ23U2boGw
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."592Please respect copyright.PENANAd3n43pgxtt
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"592Please respect copyright.PENANA49Fa2VLJoY
Leo592Please respect copyright.PENANAGPQjQsyOFa
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 592Please respect copyright.PENANAas97E80zxh
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a592Please respect copyright.PENANAhHDRsv8ZgG
word to anyone.592Please respect copyright.PENANAMTTwRYe89D
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."592Please respect copyright.PENANAugW0yVA8Ud
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."592Please respect copyright.PENANADYa4Aiyc2b
"Yep,592Please respect copyright.PENANAhx4la4jbgs
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I592Please respect copyright.PENANA5ov5U1XZiq
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.592Please respect copyright.PENANAv74y7dN0Cd
"Ya, you do that. I've a lot of daydreaming to do." Eric leaned back on his chair and with his hands behind his head.592Please respect copyright.PENANAyyQNlV43WR
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."592Please respect copyright.PENANAPuXsIwcLpp
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."592Please respect copyright.PENANADpsro1q1Pu
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."592Please respect copyright.PENANARuGXLvbAz3
Eric592Please respect copyright.PENANAAdEAGOkOnY
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 592Please respect copyright.PENANAkSw5LlKF0l
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 592Please respect copyright.PENANAKXNopI3FBf
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."592Please respect copyright.PENANAThnKs17Atc
Leo592Please respect copyright.PENANAgQ90ZvpplL
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 592Please respect copyright.PENANAsLt3r8loIu
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 592Please respect copyright.PENANAvyQ2AmfkFg
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.592Please respect copyright.PENANA3hjMrNwnhu
He592Please respect copyright.PENANAaq0vNFKy2n
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 592Please respect copyright.PENANAFeSq94WpI6
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 592Please respect copyright.PENANAlYS4snmXL9
desk that he had to look at today.592Please respect copyright.PENANACYA8WYyXf2
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?592Please respect copyright.PENANAIQTRZKdtf6
Leo592Please respect copyright.PENANAB8VEOpOk2J
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 592Please respect copyright.PENANAA8LVyVvFf0
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.592Please respect copyright.PENANA1rkBj8ett2
And it would take a lot more time for him to finally realise that he might have finally met his match.
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