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“Angel just ruined everything for me,” said Leo as he103Please respect copyright.PENANAEGBSdsXqVr
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“What do you mean she’s ruined everything?” Eric asked.103Please respect copyright.PENANAeZCTVugBU6
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“Carly and I were supposed to run away together, but it’s like she caught on to103Please respect copyright.PENANASNsp8gpGSQ
us.” Leo shook his head. “That’s why she stayed behind with Carly. She says she103Please respect copyright.PENANAPJu705EsIr
doesn’t want Marco to suspect anything.”103Please respect copyright.PENANA4BoiOXEYrr
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Eric shrugged his shoulders. “Angel does have a point,” he said. “We don’t need103Please respect copyright.PENANAzj9W440qM4
Marco knowing that the two of you are dating. He might tell his father, who, in103Please respect copyright.PENANAz7CCe4guJg
turn, will tell your dad. Well, you know how this vicious cycle goes.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAhQIGwRftHM
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Leo sighed. “You do have a point.” He turned to his cousin. “Go on. I know you103Please respect copyright.PENANAMtT2CTe6UD
want to say it.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAw7ERnmsBFI
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“Say what?” Eric asked without looking at Leo.103Please respect copyright.PENANAXFnHheUvnv
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Leo sighed again, deeply this time. “That she has my best interest at heart.”103Please respect copyright.PENANA6ordVbAYH0
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Eric looked at Leo, this time with a beaming smile on his face. “Of course,103Please respect copyright.PENANAWZFIWiCoPI
because that’s just how she is.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAFiecmObHCr
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“Can you stop smiling like that?” Leo looked irritated. Eric’s smile shone103Please respect copyright.PENANApIzgEtwwOG
brightly like the sun. Leo felt blinded as he turned to look away. “You’ve had103Please respect copyright.PENANAwFNyPWb1V7
your fun.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAdNPz5ju6ux
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“I just want to rub it in. Before we went into the garden, I was about to tell103Please respect copyright.PENANAfQ4S3nJn2t
you the same thing, but it slipped my mind. It’s good that Angel thought way103Please respect copyright.PENANAl30jpViCyz
ahead and talked to Carly about it.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAL0w5RbcaIm
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Leo felt dumb. None of that came to mind, and he felt like slapping himself for103Please respect copyright.PENANArsSB2KqIv4
being so stupid and careless. He hoped Marco wasn’t paying enough attention at103Please respect copyright.PENANA5bzW4RJrPm
first for him to realize there was anything between him and Carly. It seems he103Please respect copyright.PENANAFp99uGteUQ
has Angel to thank, but Leo was too embarrassed to think of doing so.103Please respect copyright.PENANAEfeSGn7UDI
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“Do they serve milkshakes here?” Leo asked, trying to rid himself of his103Please respect copyright.PENANAvRE8GBD5LQ
thoughts.103Please respect copyright.PENANATZeRbma9eW
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“Yeah, I already asked,” answered Eric. “They serve non-alcoholic drinks as103Please respect copyright.PENANA5Waro6ZPna
well, in case there’s anyone who needs one.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAv5K2qyeRzI
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“I’ll go over to the table and ask what drinks they want. Do they have snacks103Please respect copyright.PENANAoRpvcL5UWx
too?”103Please respect copyright.PENANACD0u9dzMxJ
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“Yep.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAf2fQvnktee
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Leo left the counter and found Carly where he had left her. She was slowly103Please respect copyright.PENANAkXRlKdh4bz
looking around, taking in the view of the place. There were bright bulbs103Please respect copyright.PENANAe3z8D5fFxg
hanging over the area, and she apparently stood out with her beautiful dress.103Please respect copyright.PENANAZDBWXhFJwc
If they weren’t around so many people, he wasn’t going to hesitate to kiss and103Please respect copyright.PENANA7R98ksbzqB
caress her. He smiled at her instead and gestured with his head to her, saying103Please respect copyright.PENANAlB16NbE9JH
that they should join Angel and the others.103Please respect copyright.PENANAg7lUTiUzmF
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Trina and Kim stood by the fountain as they watched Leo approach the table103Please respect copyright.PENANAdBsX3tDCtz
where Angel, Oliver, and the Asian man sat. Carly joined him soon afterwards.103Please respect copyright.PENANANecRyOUi2g
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“How long do you think we’ll stay here until he decides to see his lover?”103Please respect copyright.PENANAQRaDc0tIQ4
Trina asked as she sat at the edge of the pool basin of the fountain.103Please respect copyright.PENANAI2VUDEzlax
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“I don’t know,” said Kim, who remained standing. “Don’t tell me you’re already103Please respect copyright.PENANAdKEfCOAqeL
tired.”103Please respect copyright.PENANA1ynpZH1UsB
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“Oh, no, it’s not that. They are there enjoying themselves when I’m in need of103Please respect copyright.PENANAU8pQX7X0bJ
a drink right now.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAt78zhtlvBL
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Kim rolled her eyes. “We can go there and take a seat, but we should sit out of103Please respect copyright.PENANADcFHzI0oXR
their sight.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAefkKbSXTj6
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“Good idea. Let’s wait for Eric at the counter. Leo looks like he’s checking to103Please respect copyright.PENANABijX1g6AAl
see what everyone needs because he hasn’t sat down. They will easily see us if103Please respect copyright.PENANAkRon8LU6Hx
they aren’t at their table.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAneenkgIFQF
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Kim agreed with Trina. They continued to watch Leo as he made his way back to103Please respect copyright.PENANA2KJHzIxCon
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Meanwhile, Miranda, who had been watching over the balcony, followed Leo’s103Please respect copyright.PENANA3dbZAh6cvL
movements. She kept telling herself that she needed to get down there. If she103Please respect copyright.PENANAdORIlcnThE
so much as stepped out of the room, no doubt Red Lion would have her head, and103Please respect copyright.PENANAyMxJWfRRDv
whatever the meeting was all about, she wasn’t going to be a part of it.103Please respect copyright.PENANATlbIY2Smm1
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She huffed. If that was the consequence, she was going to have to deal with it.103Please respect copyright.PENANANmnyOZ75WK
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Without giving much of a second thought, Miranda turned around and went back103Please respect copyright.PENANAmx5uQcFUNq
inside the room. The football game they were watching was on a half-time break,103Please respect copyright.PENANAAWqOUYdVFA
and the three men were there, talking aloud about the game. She approached103Please respect copyright.PENANA3UF6tL2CeQ
them, and to get their attention, she loudly cleared her throat.103Please respect copyright.PENANAPQWxRQSL3V
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The three men all stopped talking and turned to look at Miranda. For a moment,103Please respect copyright.PENANAK4J719m4pW
she gulped as her eyes landed on the terrifying face of Red Lion, who didn’t103Please respect copyright.PENANAzLRbaE8GHQ
like the fact that she had disturbed them. She had to be quick with what she103Please respect copyright.PENANAjGL3qBXymk
wanted to say, as she was running on Red Lion’s patience.103Please respect copyright.PENANA7O68WeCrwk
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“I’ll be stepping out for a bit,” Miranda announced.103Please respect copyright.PENANAHnpTQzNIby
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There was a brief silence in the room as the three men continued to look at103Please respect copyright.PENANAt1UzUKYdWg
Miranda, expressionless. Red Lion moved in his seat, and Miranda feared that he103Please respect copyright.PENANAqNSLwOkKfL
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“I don’t think going out is the best thing to do right now,” he said. “We’re103Please respect copyright.PENANAqIRQRh1Rzm
waiting on someone, aren’t we?”103Please respect copyright.PENANAkH7seY1uow
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“Yeah, we are, but this person isn’t showing up anyway. You’ll let me know when103Please respect copyright.PENANA8c59O6I8db
he gets here. I really need to step out.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAHaVp3zjMJd
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Red Lion continued to look at her. Walters now had a scared look on his face.103Please respect copyright.PENANACtkmqfvEwO
He wished he could intervene, but things haven’t escalated between the two, so103Please respect copyright.PENANADtN2I2UoQJ
it was hopeless to do so.103Please respect copyright.PENANAI0JmHU87eV
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“Whatever,” said Red Lion as he leaned back on the couch. “You get back here in103Please respect copyright.PENANAzzAl2GCUFl
thirty minutes. If our host gets here before you, you better hurry back when103Please respect copyright.PENANA26R2tiHKvA
Walters calls.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAyyVD6p3Unv
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Miranda felt relieved. She thought she wasn’t going to be let go so easily.103Please respect copyright.PENANAsZylqg41xN
Moreover, the time Red Lion gave her was too little. However, she had to make103Please respect copyright.PENANAex2LwpG5Gk
use of this as much as possible, even if it meant seeing Leo down there for a103Please respect copyright.PENANA5g0CvM8bTj
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“I will,” said Miranda. She didn’t waste any time as she made her way for the103Please respect copyright.PENANAYFg89sfLGi
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As soon as she walked out of the room, Hugo turned to Red Lion and asked, “Are103Please respect copyright.PENANAzki4fZ6wwt
you sure letting her go out like that is a good idea? Our host can walk in at103Please respect copyright.PENANA2yLZaHYOWi
any moment.”103Please respect copyright.PENANASN0NNOjeR2
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“True, but it’s better than her staying out on the balcony while we wait,” Red103Please respect copyright.PENANAvsNWfN1bZn
Lion answered. “If you ask me, I would step out too if it wasn’t for the football103Please respect copyright.PENANA1oM0FDRjFS
game. But I was serious about my threat, so she better be here before he does.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAtjez6zQ8E3
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Walters didn’t say anything as he briefly looked at Red Lion before looking up103Please respect copyright.PENANAKidozKmmt0
at the TV. Red Lion wasn’t kidding when he said he was in a good mood, Walters103Please respect copyright.PENANAlGLN1icTXB
thought to himself. Knowing Red Lion, he wasn’t going to let Miranda walk out103Please respect copyright.PENANAeFgez4w4KW
of here. Something must have really put Red Lion into a good mood today, or103Please respect copyright.PENANAufwvgQvzdR
else he wouldn’t have done what he did.103Please respect copyright.PENANANI3scS0Ojh
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Leo and Eric came to join the others at the table with their drinks, and Eric,103Please respect copyright.PENANAqoXHnBvDzm
on the other hand, carried a plate full of nachos and cheese. Oliver was so103Please respect copyright.PENANAvxStion9zq
delighted to see the plate of snacks that he couldn’t wait to eat them. Angel103Please respect copyright.PENANAjQoLs0yf4I
had to warn him not to eat too much, or else he might have a bad tummy ache the103Please respect copyright.PENANAWgZoCbIO4K
next day.103Please respect copyright.PENANAwfg2qS4dfR
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“I wouldn’t waste my breath warning the guy,” said Eric as he sat down on the103Please respect copyright.PENANAgo9poH0sSt
empty chair next to Angel after serving her a soda. “It’s a Friday, and he103Please respect copyright.PENANAyhuEiv0UwA
likes to act like he can do whatever he wants.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAb3yv4ShiDi
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Oliver, who sat on Angel’s other side, didn’t answer him as he took his mango103Please respect copyright.PENANAknnnzMUQHo
milkshake and put the straw in his mouth. Angel, on the other hand, looked at103Please respect copyright.PENANAh1xOsQsxTR
Eric and shook her head.103Please respect copyright.PENANA4w6pVKSlWX
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Leo placed his glass of beer and Carly’s cocktail before taking his seat in103Please respect copyright.PENANAmeKaF7TtKl
between them. He also served Marco a bottle of the cider that he wanted. Marco103Please respect copyright.PENANABy0xDm4pw2
thanked him as Leo sat down.103Please respect copyright.PENANAPruqEZQU5q
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“Hey, Marco,” said Angel as she turned to look at him, looking over Oliver, who103Please respect copyright.PENANATdWvPcqy36
sat in between them. “Have you ever been here before? In America, I mean.”103Please respect copyright.PENANA55oswEcFZb
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“Oh, yes, I’ve come here several times,” answered Marco. “I usually come here103Please respect copyright.PENANA8KkShtJ8UQ
with dad on business trips. Inheriting the family business can be tiring,103Please respect copyright.PENANAfzmJYH1DGN
especially when they’re showing you the ropes. You just have to be there, even103Please respect copyright.PENANA3skDZx16qp
when you don’t want to. I bet Leo can testify to that.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAbewZboyv8h
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“He’s right,” said Leo, finding it hard to argue with him.103Please respect copyright.PENANA8MnNATixNV
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“Wait, does that mean I might inherit mum’s business of running the massage103Please respect copyright.PENANAJEKkAsSTZx
parlors when I’m older?” Oliver asked as he took a nacho and dipped it in103Please respect copyright.PENANAIIyvarXPzo
cheese.103Please respect copyright.PENANAY149FQb4wC
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Everyone at the table grew quiet as they looked at Oliver. At the same time,103Please respect copyright.PENANApixmkSxCMA
they all burst into laughter.103Please respect copyright.PENANAiArLZtBWEl
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“Maybe,” said Eric. He tried his best to stop laughing, but it was of no use.103Please respect copyright.PENANAKnL5sQf89V
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“No fair,” said Oliver after chewing on his nacho. “You were the one who was103Please respect copyright.PENANA7JmsNQl6yA
supposed to inherit it, not me.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAICuQWIlNxg
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“Sorry, but I’m more into other businesses, lil’ bro.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAbM55YKxsRY
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“Don’t take it like that, Oliver,” said Marco. “Beauty parlors aren’t that bad.103Please respect copyright.PENANAElH47VHYtR
Moreover, many rich people love going to such places. So you’ll probably make a103Please respect copyright.PENANA2qOcWAq9pJ
lot more money in the future.”103Please respect copyright.PENANADTqhT0VBuu
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“Besides, if you’re interested in other things, I’m sure your mum will103Please respect copyright.PENANAXL3ImzeM7j
understand,” said Angel.103Please respect copyright.PENANAAunybbSk6D
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“If you like, you and I can run them together,” said Carly. “That’s if you plan103Please respect copyright.PENANAmdntfw0v2a
on running them.”103Please respect copyright.PENANABNAXB2SOus
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“And I can be more of an investor,” said Marco.103Please respect copyright.PENANAqvbpduMEH0
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“I still have a whole life ahead of me,” said Oliver as he shrugged his103Please respect copyright.PENANASWaqs0T4oE
shoulders. “I’ll see if I can handle it.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAwwXQ7zsu7b
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All the grown-ups at the table looked at the young boy, somewhat surprised at103Please respect copyright.PENANAOaQU3dC9Kx
his answer. They all stayed that way for a brief moment before Leo stretched103Please respect copyright.PENANA7ILTfQdU8i
out his hand to get a nacho.103Please respect copyright.PENANA4522IuVMgi
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“Good enough response for me,” he said. He put the nacho in his mouth103Please respect copyright.PENANA7RtAk57lR3
afterwards.103Please respect copyright.PENANA8MrjdCwg1X
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“I swear, sometimes I feel he’s older for his age,” said Eric as he shook his103Please respect copyright.PENANAd5xOk0r8dz
head.103Please respect copyright.PENANAjzEKDIGbGV
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“Aren’t all kids nowadays?” Angel asked with a smile.103Please respect copyright.PENANAnnOrzlKhg3
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“Just like Leo said, a very wise response,” said Marco as he looked at Oliver103Please respect copyright.PENANA3gp47GoGR0
admirably. “Hopefully, you do inherit, and we will become business partners in103Please respect copyright.PENANAaHApRDswWd
the future.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAMoGeot5Nlg
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“Yeah, let’s not push him for now,” said Carly. “He’ll sort all of that out103Please respect copyright.PENANAB8dQs4HTrV
later, when he’s older.”103Please respect copyright.PENANACF9xgp7CEP
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“Well, sometimes you don’t really have much of a choice. Isn’t that right,103Please respect copyright.PENANAsSOWQM4obG
Leo?” Marco asked, his eyes fixed on Leo.103Please respect copyright.PENANACSspS0o4Gz
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Leo slowly stopped chewing as he looked at Marco. He didn’t know if answering103Please respect copyright.PENANAqc5FXgQifH
Marco would be a good idea, but he only gestured with his head to acknowledge103Please respect copyright.PENANAClbLi5w297
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Angel was sipping on her drink when her eyes wandered away from the area in the103Please respect copyright.PENANAyBKVlIBlHj
bar and to the fountain. She had a feeling Trina and Kim had been standing103Please respect copyright.PENANAMkajgDEFcE
there for a while. When she found there were only a couple looking at the103Please respect copyright.PENANAOA96kIxaBi
fountain, she started to worry. Could they have given up and left? Kim didn’t103Please respect copyright.PENANAj7LiU9WZmc
seem like the kind of person who would give up on anything, Angel thought.103Please respect copyright.PENANARxPZQuzpzo
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She was lucky enough to see Kim and Trina approach the open bar, and she had a103Please respect copyright.PENANA0bhlqUErKP
clear view of them. Leo sat with his back facing them, but she feared Eric and103Please respect copyright.PENANA79B0woBNFv
Oliver would see them. Angel had to think of something to turn their eyes103Please respect copyright.PENANAA2rp0h6FA6
elsewhere. What should she do?103Please respect copyright.PENANAsHaR2VD4Fc
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She turned to Oliver, and he seemed distracted as he was eating the nachos103Please respect copyright.PENANAbcKT2y4lzj
hungrily. Turning to Eric, she found him somewhat staring at her.103Please respect copyright.PENANAsWolqK2kH4
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“What is it?” she asked him.103Please respect copyright.PENANAthMmvCo747
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“Oh, nothing,” he said, somewhat looking a little embarrassed that he was103Please respect copyright.PENANAPzKeIdPwHT
caught looking at her. “You’re looking really pretty tonight, that’s all.”103Please respect copyright.PENANA0binoEi4Go
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Angel noticed Kim and Trina enter the bar area through the corner of her eye.103Please respect copyright.PENANAfEIBFBpiCL
She couldn’t turn to look at them. That would only get Eric to look, and he103Please respect copyright.PENANAhD3CMTJYhd
would spot them eventually. She had to keep eye contact with him for as long as103Please respect copyright.PENANAFxtPwaqukr
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“Thank you,” said Angel, smiling at him. “Picking this outfit wasn’t easy, you103Please respect copyright.PENANAmOhGsLQjqO
know.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAb6RAxiD0NH
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“Nah, I think it was,” said Eric. “I’m betting that you didn’t have to try on103Please respect copyright.PENANAk0GOpFg6S1
any other dress. This one was just perfect.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAKcBGhFuatj
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Carly, who looked at the two, smiled. “He’s not wrong there,” she said.103Please respect copyright.PENANAvsL68TcPED
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Leo felt like throwing up in his drink as he had a clear sight of Eric flirting103Please respect copyright.PENANApPUjDprjOY
with Angel. He wished he could tell them to get a room, but he knew better than103Please respect copyright.PENANAnIaKoLYqa6
to say it when he was flirting with Carly some time ago.103Please respect copyright.PENANA6vppl4DQiA
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Angel saw through the corner of her eye that Kim and Trina had entered the bar103Please respect copyright.PENANATpw3ahKGlC
area and were now looking around for a table on the other side. It was best for103Please respect copyright.PENANALTYKziCHGn
them to get a table where they couldn’t be seen. As soon as they were out of103Please respect copyright.PENANAtA7dDesESe
sight, Angel couldn’t help but feel relieved. She went on ahead to pick a103Please respect copyright.PENANA3kskKHHscX
nacho, dip it in cheese, and eat it.103Please respect copyright.PENANAi7nRSiLGte
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“That was close,” said Trina. “For a moment, I thought Eric was going to see103Please respect copyright.PENANAGnlFgy8WoN
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“We better count ourselves lucky,” said Kim.103Please respect copyright.PENANAuGCsmQQb3j
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“If we weren’t on opposite sides, I would thank Angel for distracting him. I103Please respect copyright.PENANAaGyMo2aGDV
have a feeling she saw us and wasn’t into the idea of Eric seeing us too.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAA8uPBE5ZzX
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Kim didn’t argue there. She somewhat agreed with Trina. She looked toward the103Please respect copyright.PENANAQnMPhf84Mx
bar. Luckily enough, it was circular in shape with a bar shelve in the103Please respect copyright.PENANAoIg9G0W5nU
circumference, blocking the view of the other side. Therefore, she could see103Please respect copyright.PENANAq9PmQuE1Jq
neither them nor them doing the same. Moreover, she could easily go over to the103Please respect copyright.PENANA3m2uHYx6lZ
counter for a drink.103Please respect copyright.PENANAhGQ9Zz5HtL
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“We should really think things through, Kim,” said Trina as she looked over at103Please respect copyright.PENANAXh3sJKtbiw
the bar, realizing that the others were out of sight. “Is staying here really103Please respect copyright.PENANAyGmARWLUAa
worth it? I doubt if he is going to meet his lover with the company that he103Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9o2k2clny
has.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAVRCIuLVAii
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“You’ve been in doubt all this time,” said Kim. “Why don’t you just give up and103Please respect copyright.PENANAIDhafHBu0o
leave? I’m not going to stop you.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAdSK024GhOu
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“The reason I am here is that I’m afraid that you might mess this up. Your103Please respect copyright.PENANA100MNzj7GD
obsession over Leo leaving you for someone else is really starting to get over103Please respect copyright.PENANADynwWNMbbO
your head. If you aren’t careful, you might hurt yourself more than you are103Please respect copyright.PENANA0AlTu9L4dY
already doing right now.”103Please respect copyright.PENANArgLywU8CCl
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Kim looked at her best friend, feeling infuriated by what she said. She didn’t103Please respect copyright.PENANAsNMR6BYgd6
want to lash out and tried to find a better way to respond.103Please respect copyright.PENANAyCDz9dW7Aq
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“Like I said before, if you want to, you can leave,” said Kim.103Please respect copyright.PENANAA0hPbJji3a
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“I’m not leaving without you,” said Trina. “And besides, when we came in here,103Please respect copyright.PENANAi2fo7hiQqH
I saw Eric flirting with Angel. I wonder if he really does like her.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAPOD0w31HIk
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A sudden laugh came out of Kim’s mouth. Tears almost filled her eyes. “You’re103Please respect copyright.PENANAxjMS4ArcyX
just as jealous as I am,” she said.103Please respect copyright.PENANA7D12Xo9c9T
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“Well, I’m not like you,” said Trina as she folded her arms. “You’re making103Please respect copyright.PENANAkl7fpE1NvT
things worse for yourself, and it will end up being a obsession.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAQudvhHlpOw
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Kim shook her head. “I know, but I won’t let this go far. Once I get to see103Please respect copyright.PENANAAEvEpuozC4
Leo’s lover, I’ll let this go.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAPj5uwUONNn
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Trina raised an eyebrow. “Will you? I know you, Kim. Leo has been the only man103Please respect copyright.PENANATQwDT6Uprz
you’ve been in love with since we were kids, and him breaking up with you and103Please respect copyright.PENANADYGSOvC0Xm
calling off the wedding was a heavy toll. I don’t think you’ll be able to let103Please respect copyright.PENANAddqp1VM7sj
go of him that easily.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAuxSUiAN6v0
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“Are you trying to say I am psycho?” Kim didn’t like where their conversation103Please respect copyright.PENANA59tQMlBvUS
was going.103Please respect copyright.PENANAhvgcYc9YL2
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Trina swallowed, thinking over her words before she spoke them out. “All I’m103Please respect copyright.PENANAgqftnRHC3c
saying is that it’s time to let Leo go. Thinking about him and his new lover103Please respect copyright.PENANAHhZofXFWZH
isn’t going to do you any good.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAxKdB0BvFbF
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Kim sighed. She stretched out her hand over the table and beckoned to Trina to103Please respect copyright.PENANAYOxLMUEvnQ
give her hers. Trina did likewise, and Kim held her friend’s hand tightly.103Please respect copyright.PENANAySFjB7nvYD
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“Okay, after tonight, I’ll try and let go of Leo,” said Kim.103Please respect copyright.PENANAFis9BgWbaf
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“Why not now?” Trina asked. “Don’t tell me you’re going to follow through with103Please respect copyright.PENANA78u3FbCIlq
your promise after you see this lover of his.”103Please respect copyright.PENANA0zjSJ3X3ee
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Kim didn’t answer, and Trina rolled her eyes. “Fine,” Trina said. “After103Please respect copyright.PENANAr50MSaXrH4
tonight, I shouldn’t hear about Leo ever again.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAmlHQ39nNsz
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“But what if we don’t see her?” Kim asked.103Please respect copyright.PENANAAWRZKT13c3
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“You forget him anyway,” said Trina, pulling her hand away. “I’m going to get103Please respect copyright.PENANAclMlhNzXzV
us some drinks.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAXVX7giiG1i
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Trina quickly stood up and left the table. Kim looked on at her best friend and103Please respect copyright.PENANAyi0rHPM3mh
knew she had pissed her off. She wished she could assure Trina that she was103Please respect copyright.PENANAxvRCIbIMyZ
going to forget Leo after this, but even she knew that was far from impossible.103Please respect copyright.PENANA45WSjhOkUy
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Miranda rushed out of the elevator and ran into the garden like a mad woman.103Please respect copyright.PENANAWMZFwLL1N0
Along the way, she pushed people aside. To some, she apologized, but to others,103Please respect copyright.PENANArMj7h4u3gg
she didn’t even give them a second thought.103Please respect copyright.PENANAsStOjmZHdx
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There was only one way to the garden, and that was through the western wing103Please respect copyright.PENANAeEX78LTxsR
since the doors to the east wing weren’t open, said a woman she had met in the103Please respect copyright.PENANAhzVnngLivn
elevator who was going downstairs and who had lived in the hotel for a long103Please respect copyright.PENANACI5gkSF63R
time. Thankful for the information, Miranda had to rush. She only had a few103Please respect copyright.PENANAM6UyRyLzZj
minutes left, but all she needed was to see Leo.103Please respect copyright.PENANA8OSYJATZmd
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She had just bypassed the fountain, heading towards the open bar, but then she103Please respect copyright.PENANA0GvShXB7Kl
stopped herself short. She had to see where Leo was sitting first; he might as103Please respect copyright.PENANAC5tbZRGY1x
well have Carly seated right beside him, and Carly would no doubt see her if103Please respect copyright.PENANAltnwGtHOiF
she wasn’t too careful.103Please respect copyright.PENANAvi0l69Uykn
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She didn’t have to look any further, as she saw Leo at the table with Carly103Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8kiMsX98A
beside him along with other people. Leo was holding the floor for the time103Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5v9KCX3Hz
being, and Miranda noticed how everyone laughed at what he said. Carly, who sat103Please respect copyright.PENANAgUTU90js0U
next to him, looked admirably at him. Miranda huffed. If only she could figure103Please respect copyright.PENANA4oT8t30CSs
out a way to get the two apart, but now wasn’t the time to think about such103Please respect copyright.PENANAC3U2deD3AS
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She started to approach the entrance of the bar; looking over at Leo’s table103Please respect copyright.PENANAJhoGAcBNeg
and hopeful that Carly wouldn’t turn her head to see her.103Please respect copyright.PENANAWFIEmnOVLm
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Miranda walked over to the counter and sat on the stool. Immediately, the103Please respect copyright.PENANAV6gP2wRsAI
bartender attended to her, and she ordered a martini. The bartender went on103Please respect copyright.PENANAZNoejavTDj
ahead to make her drink as Miranda slightly turned around on her chair to look103Please respect copyright.PENANA8JlEkL7c1f
at the table behind her. She had a clear view of Leo, and a smile came across103Please respect copyright.PENANA8eSE8Lbx5U
her face.103Please respect copyright.PENANA26uNsv7S77
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“Seriously, ever since Albert puked on me at the work party, I told myself103Please respect copyright.PENANARuZPfTGuY2
never to drink with him again,” said Leo, concluding his funny story.103Please respect copyright.PENANAZaBEHW9wUv
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"That's why I never hang around drunk people," said Marco. "You103Please respect copyright.PENANAEIw1sA7TRg
might find they embarrass you."103Please respect copyright.PENANAWuqPGNcIX5
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"But haven't we ever done anything embarrassing when we are drunk?"103Please respect copyright.PENANA9mz6nF2SmP
Eric asked.103Please respect copyright.PENANAr1sBfwBBP3
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"Not me," Oliver answered. "I'm too young to drink."103Please respect copyright.PENANA4blSKhydDm
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Eric sucked his teeth. "Of course, I wasn't directing the question to you,103Please respect copyright.PENANA2M9mNowuJK
silly," he said.103Please respect copyright.PENANAfJ7rnyID1P
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"I remember there was one time back at my old college when I got so drunk103Please respect copyright.PENANARX6SL1VEat
that Angel had to come by taxi to take me home," Carly shared. "We103Please respect copyright.PENANAM4i7FlFT50
were having a closing year party as a class at a friend's place. I got so103Please respect copyright.PENANAXYMdLf9Moy
carried away that I even fell in the pool."103Please respect copyright.PENANA2eZXd7lxiD
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"A friend of hers called, and I had to arrange some dry clothes for103Please respect copyright.PENANAVFUuwIL88L
her," said Angel as she laughed. "Seriously, Carly, you threw Mum in103Please respect copyright.PENANAyDwxseilKQ
a fit when I tried to sneak you back into the house. But you ended up singing103Please respect copyright.PENANAgZf6fuhEBl
so loudly that she came rushing from her bedroom to see you in a mess."103Please respect copyright.PENANA5wKDMUyqKX
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"Were you grounded, Carly?" Oliver asked as he ate some nachos.103Please respect copyright.PENANAdsf5Vs0QlP
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"No, but if us young adults could still be, I definitely would have been103Please respect copyright.PENANAxSvtTgVngP
grounded," said Carly. "I was punished in a way, though. Mum didn't103Please respect copyright.PENANAzk44V9gocj
talk to me for a week."103Please respect copyright.PENANA2foafUaWod
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"I remember when we were having my uncle's birthday party," said103Please respect copyright.PENANAjrZUirFK7r
Marco, "and we meant to have a nice, quiet family party. Instead, my uncle103Please respect copyright.PENANAhZZ1KzWQYQ
brought in many of his unruly friends. The party turned out to be such a blast.103Please respect copyright.PENANAkbx55fhQ68
He and I had a competition to see who could drink more tequila. He passed out103Please respect copyright.PENANAyq3a01Cmz2
before he could take the last glass. I won, but at a cost. I puked in the car,103Please respect copyright.PENANABib205OvOo
and my dad was furious. From then on, I told myself I wasn't going for tequila103Please respect copyright.PENANA2zyxoV1PjC
shots ever again."103Please respect copyright.PENANAylxwxdFmH2
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“Trust me, the first time I had my first tequila shot in college was awful,”103Please respect copyright.PENANAphwYGYF0Nd
said Eric. “My head was spinning so much that I slept in the bar, and it took103Please respect copyright.PENANAU6Oo0SW2RL
my friends I had back then to carry me back to my room. Leo was also there, and103Please respect copyright.PENANA0y6InQxUeM
he said I was blabbering nonsense before I blacked out.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAwXgek2p7mg
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“He was complaining about some girl who couldn’t stop following him in103Please respect copyright.PENANAwu9r8ij2uL
college,” said Leo. “If she happened to be there to hear what you had said, she103Please respect copyright.PENANAckBMO4UwD5
would definitely have stayed away from you for sure.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAOjQknS6YW7
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Eric shook his head after taking a sip of his drink. “I highly doubt it. I did103Please respect copyright.PENANAgyXG81tjow
some crazy things in college, but the girls still loved me anyway.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAKFm5woCBjZ
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Marco turned to look at Angel. “What of you, Angel? Have you ever had any103Please respect copyright.PENANA8itZY4R26q
embarrassing moments when you were drunk?” he asked.103Please respect copyright.PENANAeCK2wDY53F
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“Before she says anything,” said Carly. “You should ask her first if she drinks103Please respect copyright.PENANAO1C2fAQTkI
alcohol.”103Please respect copyright.PENANARejy638jSV
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Marco, Leo, and Eric now turned their eyes on Angel with curious looks. Her103Please respect copyright.PENANA3aAVGFl943
cheeks flushed in embarrassment as she looked down at the table. She pressed103Please respect copyright.PENANAiveVAPI0Oe
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"So, Angel, do you take any alcohol?” Marco asked.103Please respect copyright.PENANAZaXbpPS7kd
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“Of course, I do,” said Angel. “Except that I like to drink wine or champagne103Please respect copyright.PENANAPGgzeXpN5H
on special occasions.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAowJEstGecK
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“I never thought someone like you would actually take alcohol,” said Eric. “But103Please respect copyright.PENANAHOAHOv4NMw
your preference suits you.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAF7ZQd5e40T
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“Yeah, very classy,” said Oliver.103Please respect copyright.PENANAyTmV97FFTs
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The adults turned to look at Oliver, surprised. Oliver also looked back at them103Please respect copyright.PENANA1hUsLivZRR
as though he were judging them for giving him such a look.103Please respect copyright.PENANAEGHor8vc3J
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“What?” he asked with a shrug of his shoulders. “I hear people who drink such103Please respect copyright.PENANAhbKFtMqqDY
are considered classy.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAn1jaecKYh6
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“Wow, someone should tell him that he shouldn’t judge people according to what103Please respect copyright.PENANA09pRlMNVqy
they drink,” said Eric.103Please respect copyright.PENANAzCBQUZhPmJ
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“Well, Angel is classy, isn’t she?” Oliver asked.103Please respect copyright.PENANAvr14ibrgSP
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Angel and Carly burst into laughter. Marco and Leo chuckled, while Eric looked103Please respect copyright.PENANAIVzftk14wV
like he didn’t know what to do with his brother anymore.103Please respect copyright.PENANA9ESxDu1s53
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“I agree with Oliver,” said Marco. “Angel is in a class of her own.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAfnuf8oqlr2
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“That’s being too sweet, don’t you think?” Leo asked, raising an eyebrow at103Please respect copyright.PENANAnRAkmg0DFt
Marco.103Please respect copyright.PENANA7T3IFMgulH
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“Well, no, I’m being really genuine here. Angel carries a certain level of103Please respect copyright.PENANAWMGYrAMM8s
elegance that I can describe as classy. I don’t know, but there’s much more to103Please respect copyright.PENANAakiVsLn4cJ
her than just her beauty. You’re a man, and I have no doubt you see it too.”103Please respect copyright.PENANA0vcW4xK2C5
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Everyone was silent except for Oliver, who loudly sucked at his smoothie103Please respect copyright.PENANAvyp8jt8PvB
through the straw. Angel found herself looking at Marco with her cheeks feeling103Please respect copyright.PENANA15R9UMc6Ul
like hot coals slapped across her face. Marco turned from Leo to Angel, and the103Please respect copyright.PENANAiwZwhL8XXS
corner of his lips rose to a smile. This time, his smile was gentle and103Please respect copyright.PENANAujLPdwCBMe
sincere.103Please respect copyright.PENANAaX1ywrcsQL
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Leo swallowed, as he didn’t know how to respond to Marco’s statement. He saw103Please respect copyright.PENANAUkgYYmc4mb
Marco shift his attention to Angel. As much as Marco was somewhat right from103Please respect copyright.PENANAuYeETCrh0v
Leo’s perspective, he did his best to try and not take it to heart. For some103Please respect copyright.PENANAjw08WIWQRW
reason, he couldn’t stand the way Marco looked at her, and it bothered him a103Please respect copyright.PENANA74xoreyfhY
little. He started to wonder if Marco really liked Angel.103Please respect copyright.PENANA4JIXZWxU2o
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Eric felt like taking Angel by the hand and dragging her away from Marco. He103Please respect copyright.PENANA7HhSfbZegq
shifted uncomfortably in his chair, and he thought of bringing something up to103Please respect copyright.PENANAsBBQsiE0YI
ease the tension that he felt, but nothing came to mind.103Please respect copyright.PENANAzyu6zFDF4s
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Carly couldn’t help but stare at Angel. What Marco said resonated with her, and103Please respect copyright.PENANASeL9wlOImL
as she stared at her sister, she could see it clearly. She always felt there103Please respect copyright.PENANA4rLRpQP8TN
was something about Angel that she couldn’t put her finger on, and it seems103Please respect copyright.PENANAb49QEmvvPb
Marco hit the nail right on the head. Carly has not always looked up at her103Please respect copyright.PENANAwYCswpdDYu
sister because she was older, but she always carried with her a certain essence103Please respect copyright.PENANAY58RSp6lXC
that Carly’s been following blindly for years. She knew she could never be like103Please respect copyright.PENANAWKQEVxQzk4
Angel, but that essence always showed brightly, and Carly always admired Angel103Please respect copyright.PENANAIUWMcmXHe7
for it.103Please respect copyright.PENANAn9JAxMr7GF
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“We’re out of nachos,” Oliver announced, bringing everyone out of their103Please respect copyright.PENANAAu5T9WrYkQ
thoughts.103Please respect copyright.PENANAbOmKbC6MmE
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“I’ll go get some,” said Leo, grateful for Oliver finishing the nachos. He103Please respect copyright.PENANA2SBHKxyko4
really needed to take a breather.103Please respect copyright.PENANA7hBLyGcK0i
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Leo picked up the empty bowl and started to make his way to the bar counter.103Please respect copyright.PENANAtufbM8qjDM
Oliver started to say something to keep everyone busy. When Leo was just a few103Please respect copyright.PENANA2LIfMPru84
feet away from the bar, it was then that Angel jerked upright in her seat as103Please respect copyright.PENANAVnEkig2pw6
though she had woken up from a bad dream.103Please respect copyright.PENANAkMsnUvhRUP
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“Hey, are you okay?” Eric asked.103Please respect copyright.PENANACBUmDtWb4h
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“I’m good, thanks,” Angel replied, assuring Eric with a smile. She turned to103Please respect copyright.PENANAGxr7b0k2Se
Leo, who was heading to the counter. Kim was obviously on the other side, so103Please respect copyright.PENANAmVSWYgfkYp
Leo wouldn’t see them. She was worrying over nothing.103Please respect copyright.PENANAGqwgTdBCVO
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Miranda quickly turned back in her seat to face the beer and wine bottles on103Please respect copyright.PENANANRqeEmcHrL
the shelf behind the bar counter as she saw Leo approach. She swallowed as she103Please respect copyright.PENANAhSt3M2aePP
felt her hands start to shake. A debate arose in her head. Should she say103Please respect copyright.PENANAKn5iwHOnuS
something to him when he comes over? Why should she? It’s not like he can103Please respect copyright.PENANABYvhWHFh22
remember that they met at the candy store. I am just being silly, she said to103Please respect copyright.PENANApBelOZunEp
herself.103Please respect copyright.PENANAo1ssCxq1Hs
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Leo finally reached the counter, and he happened to stand next to Miranda. When103Please respect copyright.PENANAAdKoBzFXpu
Miranda saw him through the corner of her eye, she felt frightened like a mouse103Please respect copyright.PENANA8LzbwVVT3i
that scurries away when it sees the enemy. However, she tried to sit still in103Please respect copyright.PENANA3ifZFePdjs
her seat so as not to draw any attention to herself. She looked down at the103Please respect copyright.PENANA0XttxeXndN
glass in front of her and slowly took it. She tried to control the trembling in103Please respect copyright.PENANAVDx2zzWoVe
her hand and hoped that she wouldn’t spill the drink over or that Leo wouldn’t103Please respect copyright.PENANA1G5oqVEa2R
notice her.103Please respect copyright.PENANAv2ZDx3Gbfw
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Leo ordered another plate of nachos, and his eyes diverted to the side. His103Please respect copyright.PENANA2nE6F6zQp5
eyes fell on the woman beside him. He had a funny feeling that she looked103Please respect copyright.PENANAkCS2sEtrIf
familiar, but he didn’t know if he should ask. Still, it was better to mind his103Please respect copyright.PENANA6XehUv6Nyj
own business.103Please respect copyright.PENANAjA0xxWUdpQ
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Miranda felt his eyes on her, and automatically, her head turned to the side to103Please respect copyright.PENANA2a4EBvTX1U
look at Leo. After realizing what she had done, her eyes went wide with103Please respect copyright.PENANAo4rnAb63MT
surprise.103Please respect copyright.PENANALu7rD7qkPA
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“I remember you from somewhere,” said Leo.103Please respect copyright.PENANAEAIhIBsyau
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“Ah, yes,” said Miranda. Her surprised look seemed to have worked in her favor.103Please respect copyright.PENANAFHp1yfWk5b
“At the candy store.”103Please respect copyright.PENANALi9mxiryCv
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“Oh, yeah, right,” said Leo as he gave a nod of his head. “I remember. You103Please respect copyright.PENANAEc2nWKXIbs
bumped into that moving shelf.”103Please respect copyright.PENANASf6kqQlOIm
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“That was embarrassing,” said Miranda as she laughed. “I was in a rush.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAzTO6Fg0Z9P
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Leo gave her a friendly smile and nodded his head, showing that he understood.103Please respect copyright.PENANAdQBwggDX0p
His gesture made Miranda almost want to shoot out of her stool like a rocket.103Please respect copyright.PENANAMPq8PEE0la
Her heart fluttered, and she wanted to hold on to that beautiful feeling103Please respect copyright.PENANAwdWgkJxM0n
forever.103Please respect copyright.PENANARNdcdUWkoc
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The bartender came back with the plate refilled with nachos and cheese. Leo103Please respect copyright.PENANAzlCoerWeRH
took it and thanked the bartender. He turned to Miranda, and she knew that103Please respect copyright.PENANAYciQNqW2vg
their conversation ended here.103Please respect copyright.PENANAuRzFa3NUYu
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“It was nice seeing you again,” said Leo. “Enjoy your drink.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAk6ba9EgkKK
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“Thanks,” said Miranda. She didn’t know what to say next as Leo took his leave.103Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2eK4b5BNq
The thought of being just a stranger to him didn’t sit well with Miranda. She103Please respect copyright.PENANAdFriyASRbs
wanted to be close to him. How will she be able to do that?103Please respect copyright.PENANAeBVOfVexIM
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Her eyes fell to the table Leo was heading to, and she saw Carly talking with103Please respect copyright.PENANAQD3KR4vf9k
so much glee. She didn’t seem to have a care in the world, and it hurt Miranda103Please respect copyright.PENANAwpgmCdH879
that she should be the one close to Leo and not her.103Please respect copyright.PENANA05hP49fdh9
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Carly turned her eyes to Leo, who was approaching the table, and she couldn’t103Please respect copyright.PENANAVMpu7CvX38
help but smile at him. Miranda was smart enough to turn her head so that Carly103Please respect copyright.PENANAk59S6P0a4o
wouldn’t see her. Miranda knew her time was up, and she was guessing that she103Please respect copyright.PENANAHk27xr5bOL
might have overstayed at the bar. It was time to go back upstairs. She thought103Please respect copyright.PENANAtXsfqTxonB
of looking back at Leo, but it wasn’t worth the risk. It was best for her to103Please respect copyright.PENANAPRhoxxnkbr
leave, but after she finished her martini.103Please respect copyright.PENANAgccPgb6QSb
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A few seconds before that, Trina came back to the table with two bottles of103Please respect copyright.PENANAUoynIrHbmM
cider. She sat herself down and placed one bottle in front of Kim.103Please respect copyright.PENANAstcPY2gGQG
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“Thanks,” said Kim.103Please respect copyright.PENANAkJCSfrgePH
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“Have you thought of what to do?” Trina asked. “We can’t see Leo from here.103Please respect copyright.PENANAXuz4ZvUCra
That’s if you really plan on catching Leo with his lover.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAhu2Lqq2we9
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“I thought of sitting by the counter and peeping on him,” Kim suggested.103Please respect copyright.PENANABgM2xCJeEy
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“Sounds like a good idea,” said Trina. “Even if we were to see him walking out,103Please respect copyright.PENANAEd7Re9eRsD
it would be impossible for us to see where he would go.”103Please respect copyright.PENANARogOImAiNY
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As the two women stood at the table, Trina stopped Kim by placing her hand on103Please respect copyright.PENANAsU7tI4sRdP
Kim’s shoulder.103Please respect copyright.PENANA69PZKq2JHr
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“I know you’re tired of me saying this,” said Trina, “but doing this is a bad103Please respect copyright.PENANAtp7E5iloWa
idea. We should get out while we can.”103Please respect copyright.PENANANSv92SQ6LZ
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Kim scoffed. “I gave you my word earlier, didn’t I? There is no need to repeat103Please respect copyright.PENANAGvKvruXAhO
the conversation. Let’s go.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAbkqrPHL5xL
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Trina’s hand fell away from Kim’s shoulder as Kim started to make her way to103Please respect copyright.PENANAVbQhnQw3DA
the other side of the bar. Trina followed her, and coming back the way they103Please respect copyright.PENANAp14ZANYNdq
came, they stopped at the counter. From the angle at which they stood, they103Please respect copyright.PENANAaHKDKUohWM
were able to see Leo’s table.103Please respect copyright.PENANA2rvJtYEk01
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The two of them sat on the stools, facing each other. Trina had her back facing103Please respect copyright.PENANA2yl6YXDptH
Leo’s table, shielding Kim from plain sight if the worst happened.103Please respect copyright.PENANA8Xatizh88n
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“I can’t see so much, so you’ll be telling me what’s going on,” said Trina.103Please respect copyright.PENANAtycwDPjuhi
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“You’re overthinking things,” said Kim. “You can take a peek and still won’t be103Please respect copyright.PENANAA1Wh33oS6X
seen. Oh, look, Leo is coming over.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAOeP9aiawuS
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Trina turned her head slightly to see Leo approach the other side of the103Please respect copyright.PENANALoUSJ2xdxH
counter. He wasn’t looking in their direction, so they were at ease as they103Please respect copyright.PENANAuCfRE8VU3K
looked on. They saw him ask the bar tender for another refill of nachos. He103Please respect copyright.PENANA00Cre8PsP3
soon looked at the woman beside him, and Kim held Trina’s hand on the bar103Please respect copyright.PENANAsdA9aT8cOg
counter in anticipation.103Please respect copyright.PENANAqPyyCUu7FY
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“Could it be her?” Kim asked, almost squeezing Trina’s hand.103Please respect copyright.PENANACUaSvHn245
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Trina looked at the woman beside Leo as she turned to look at him. She shook103Please respect copyright.PENANAgeTm6Z37eO
her head. “I don’t think so,” said Trina.103Please respect copyright.PENANAj3wTm0Pgug
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They watched as Leo talked with the woman briefly, and as soon as he took the bowl103Please respect copyright.PENANAWIEDdHutmw
of nachos, he addressed the woman and went back to his table. Trina shook her103Please respect copyright.PENANAhrVRWXs7iO
head.103Please respect copyright.PENANAwdkqUIaQow
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“She’s not the one,” said Trina. “They looked like they knew each other, but103Please respect copyright.PENANAimVmbC634F
not at that intimate level.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAYyfGRIhFSc
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“Are you sure?” Kim asked. “Because he was smiling at her.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAQSyBPcVUrR
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Trina rolled her eyes before turning them at her friend. “Does every smile he103Please respect copyright.PENANAE4fYdsC84l
gives everyone mean that he is flirting with them?” she asked. “He looks like103Please respect copyright.PENANA1xdnQcwqSY
he was being friendly to me.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAC9uktmoK1X
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“What if she’s the one and they were communicating in some way through code?”103Please respect copyright.PENANAraU9GKpytO
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Trina raised an eyebrow at her. Kim knew she was taking things a little far and103Please respect copyright.PENANAfc41GYSBHH
looked the other way, taking a sip from her bottle and feeling embarrassed.103Please respect copyright.PENANAN0urztlky2
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Angel stared at her empty glass of soda, concluding that she needed to refill.103Please respect copyright.PENANArIH38jZ5Yv
She excused herself from the table and started to make her way to the bar103Please respect copyright.PENANA9M6sVqbznI
counter.103Please respect copyright.PENANAjEK7QxG2eC
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Miranda finished her martini in one huge gulp. She placed the glass on the103Please respect copyright.PENANAdy3B33AmtK
counter, leaving the bill under the glass. After she stepped down from her103Please respect copyright.PENANAlP5nUBf8ny
stool, she turned around and came shoulder to shoulder with someone.103Please respect copyright.PENANALj0proAB9Z
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“Oh, sorry about that,” said a beautiful woman in a stunning red velvet dress.103Please respect copyright.PENANApM08wkZyuT
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Miranda almost panicked, for she thought the person she had bumped into was103Please respect copyright.PENANAB8fnGqDduN
someone familiar. However, looking closely, she realized that it was Angel,103Please respect copyright.PENANAOQXzc6xdBX
Carly’s older sister. Miranda knew Angel didn’t know about her, but Miranda103Please respect copyright.PENANAFHPZkUe3gm
knew who she was. In the past, when she and Carly used to work together, Carly103Please respect copyright.PENANAiaItX8sh1m
had shown Angel’s pictures to her a few times. Miranda acknowledged that the103Please respect copyright.PENANA6QHnTNR4U9
sisters had looks that could kill, but there was something about Angel’s beauty103Please respect copyright.PENANAufndYmJWmF
that was different from Carly’s.103Please respect copyright.PENANA2O6jTv4vEX
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“Oh, it’s nothing,” said Miranda.103Please respect copyright.PENANAvL8zhdbV52
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Angel smiled at her before turning her attention to the bartender. Miranda103Please respect copyright.PENANA1GvMBO5owt
turned around to head out of the bar when she froze in her tracks. She felt103Please respect copyright.PENANA78OBvxGgAT
caught in a trap as she looked ahead. This is bad.103Please respect copyright.PENANARzJKiwX4MG
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Carly’s eyes fell on Miranda as she looked over to the bar to check on her103Please respect copyright.PENANAKJtF1h9RiT
sister. Miranda happened to be right in her line of vision. Carly’s eyes103Please respect copyright.PENANAfTsRM7HLKQ
widened with fear as thoughts started to run through her head. What was Miranda103Please respect copyright.PENANAHCvSXk5uCD
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Angel thanked the bartender after refilling her glass, and when she turned103Please respect copyright.PENANA1TdvrAkLvx
around, the woman whom she bumped into stood still like a statue. Angel read103Please respect copyright.PENANA6xDm2YKFoC
her body language, and she realized that the person seemed to be in some kind103Please respect copyright.PENANAXElv2pIOSy
of shock. She noticed the woman looking towards the table where her sister and103Please respect copyright.PENANANakh6Bx8at
the others were. Moreover, she saw Carly look at the woman with the same103Please respect copyright.PENANAs9j2xjFW0X
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Angel raised an eyebrow. She was just about to touch the woman’s shoulder to103Please respect copyright.PENANA8EgYYNRHBE
get her attention, but she thought better of it.103Please respect copyright.PENANAuL3ueTQlW3
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“Hey, are you okay?” Angel asked.103Please respect copyright.PENANAvByRh2d2kk
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Miranda jolted back to reality and turned to look at Angel. She nervously103Please respect copyright.PENANAhNaMx9oGWo
chuckled. “Uh, yes, I’m fine, thanks,” said Miranda. “I thought I saw someone I103Please respect copyright.PENANAj59xJc4Il5
knew, but I was mistaken. I should go now.”103Please respect copyright.PENANA0hsy9lMjOs
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Before Angel could say anything, Miranda quickly made her way out of the bar.103Please respect copyright.PENANAL1lSajQ3vt
Those who were wondering what took Angel so long turned to the bar counter and103Please respect copyright.PENANAsJRYsUtgrJ
saw the woman quickly walk away from Angel. Angel looked at the young woman,103Please respect copyright.PENANALHTrrqTfJe
and she turned her attention back to the table, specifically on Carly. Carly103Please respect copyright.PENANAVw5fJ2Zxc1
didn’t turn her head right away as she looked at her sister. She didn’t want to103Please respect copyright.PENANAdpSpqiLDrr
look like she knew Miranda, and it was best to act natural. Angel went back to103Please respect copyright.PENANAfONlLg9bbW
the table.103Please respect copyright.PENANALbrBD09g2X
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“What was that about?” Eric asked.103Please respect copyright.PENANAUCXajeneob
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“Oh, she thought she recognized someone, but she was mistaken,” said Angel as103Please respect copyright.PENANAQGL8tmcn3U
she sat back down on her seat, placing her glass on the table.103Please respect copyright.PENANAmn7JmAnRVo
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“She must have meant me,” said Leo. Carly looked at him, surprised at his103Please respect copyright.PENANAcyxKLKgMyd
statement. “Remember the time we went to that candy store a few days ago?” He103Please respect copyright.PENANA4GDpzcpOkv
looked at Eric. “She was the one who bumped into that moving shelf.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAwAoYmufBiV
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“Oh, I see,” said Angel. “But she said she didn’t recognize anyone.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAAWKvIL2cYQ
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“Obviously she was nervous because of Leo again,” said Eric. “I bet the reason103Please respect copyright.PENANAkraz6pQIIr
she bumped into that shelf was because of your scary looks.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAEMTO8MeAk1
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Angel shook her head. “Not this again,” she said.103Please respect copyright.PENANA6CVfWakQI2
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“Mind you,” Leo started to say, “when I went over to the bar, I actually talked103Please respect copyright.PENANA0jlSlorz38
to her. She didn’t seem nervous to me.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAg1lpv3egcW
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“She obviously fell for your good looks, not the scary one as Eric had put it,”103Please respect copyright.PENANAyx46tjh6wl
said Marco.103Please respect copyright.PENANAPYJe1VKM07
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“You really are a bully, Eric,” said Oliver. “It’s not Leo’s fault that he is103Please respect copyright.PENANAmOgMnvJX26
more handsome than you.”103Please respect copyright.PENANALXEGoeodiA
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Marcos and Angel laughed at Eric. Eric, on the other hand, felt like hitting103Please respect copyright.PENANAFp2QrTj4ft
his brother on the head. Carly had been silent the whole time as thoughts ran103Please respect copyright.PENANAdZbXT8KFlr
through her head. Miranda actually had a talk with Leo, and that scared her.103Please respect copyright.PENANAWVtiMOsFNz
Could she have told Leo that she was also there at his bachelor party?103Please respect copyright.PENANAVZZzvV7abh
Moreover, they met days ago at the candy store, and she finds herself here at103Please respect copyright.PENANAz9wIrS1Hwu
the hotel. Why did Carly feel like she was suddenly in jeopardy?103Please respect copyright.PENANA7xh9Wagv15
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Angel wiped away the tears from her eyes, and she soon looked at Carly, who103Please respect copyright.PENANAqNYp4kNhN7
looked lost in thought. She couldn’t help but wonder what her sister was103Please respect copyright.PENANA9WoiRCf4EC
thinking about.103Please respect copyright.PENANA3lZihIEhkd
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“You, Oliver, have really cracked me up today,” said Marco as he continued to103Please respect copyright.PENANATpJWy5xE2p
laugh. “I can’t wait for us to hang out like this again.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAildkYUaIBo
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Oliver beamed at Marco happily, while Eric felt like slapping that look off his103Please respect copyright.PENANAgqckpFlXAY
brother’s face.103Please respect copyright.PENANA3sVhch9SuS
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“Yeah, Oliver has really cracked me up too,” said Angel as she turned to smile103Please respect copyright.PENANAOEb85x2Tm1
at Oliver.103Please respect copyright.PENANAtxKwSsBz8K
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“I hate to wrap things up here,” said Marco, “but I’m done for the night.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAVdiovoGViJ
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“Oh, that’s a shame,” said Eric. “We were really having fun.”103Please respect copyright.PENANABPs9cNhJzI
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“Don’t you think it’s also getting late?” Angel asked the others. “We better be103Please respect copyright.PENANAmbiGzTSRNS
heading out too.”103Please respect copyright.PENANA600fvVSexX
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Leo gave Angel a look. He still didn’t get the chance to be alone with Carly.103Please respect copyright.PENANAl2kLOLaJNu
When Marco said he was leaving, he thought he had the opportunity. He turned to103Please respect copyright.PENANA3OW9SNz4L8
look at Carly beside him, and she seemed to look lost in her own world.103Please respect copyright.PENANA8MIPuOghtj
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“We should,” said Oliver. “I want us to pass somewhere and get ice cream on our103Please respect copyright.PENANASCUvLq2PT5
way home.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAO0JBiU9xPh
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“Uh, wait a minute,” said Leo. “Some of us would like to spend a little time103Please respect copyright.PENANAMqEaFBDvjT
here.”103Please respect copyright.PENANApzrkL5tIx0
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Angel threw Leo a look, knowing what he was playing at. She wanted to leave103Please respect copyright.PENANAFAlLHA6Wti
because the possibility of Leo seeing Kim and Trina was high, and she didn’t103Please respect copyright.PENANA2KqfhKwNaX
want to risk it. Moreover, if Kim does see Leo spending his time alone with103Please respect copyright.PENANARkwSLcAnuz
Carly, she will realize without a doubt that Carly is Leo’s lover. If only she103Please respect copyright.PENANAPQL6AmlsYE
could tell Leo without making him so upset, she thought to herself.103Please respect copyright.PENANAVDUeVM5Otr
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“Leo’s right,” said Eric, looking over at Leo. “I would like to stay here for a103Please respect copyright.PENANAvmw69CrzxW
little longer.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAWTQlDegPtI
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Angel sighed, but not the kind that anyone would notice. It looks like she lost103Please respect copyright.PENANA1BDau3xfif
this one. She just has to find a way to work around it.103Please respect copyright.PENANA3RVorMRQK0
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“Well, then I’ll leave you to enjoy yourselves,” said Marco as he stood up from103Please respect copyright.PENANAQHhKXVJNfC
his seat. “Before I forget,” he said as he turned to Angel. “I would love to103Please respect copyright.PENANA5PJ9FEiiHv
get your number, Angel.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAXWh5tJM8Ql
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Angel almost forgot about that, and she blushed immediately when Marco asked her.103Please respect copyright.PENANAIrJMj7lD1W
She watched him pull out his phone. He turned his eyes on her, giving her his103Please respect copyright.PENANAJdmWuW2Qgp
full attention. Angel hesitated for a bit before giving out her number, and he103Please respect copyright.PENANARnG0TZ1800
typed it down on his phone. Eric and Leo looked on, wondering why Marco looked103Please respect copyright.PENANAolsez8kQTC
so eager to get her number. Carly wasn’t paying much attention, so she couldn’t103Please respect copyright.PENANAMDb9iavUgz
care less.103Please respect copyright.PENANAstMNf61Z8g
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“I really enjoyed my time with you,” said Marco, pocketing his phone away. “We103Please respect copyright.PENANAmAn9W7dzt2
should do this sometime soon.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAHbrQljkq4f
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“Sure,” said Eric, putting up a smile for Marco, which proved to be very103Please respect copyright.PENANADZWMRAWNw0
difficult.103Please respect copyright.PENANA3jORMK3Pg5
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Marco wished everyone a good night, and everyone responded back. Even Carly,103Please respect copyright.PENANAb04ql3YYG1
who looked absent-minded, said goodnight. Before leaving, Marco gave Angel a103Please respect copyright.PENANAlbxxE365mf
wink, telling her to expect a message from him anytime soon. Angel only smiled,103Please respect copyright.PENANAvKULB3va8G
feeling embarrassed that he said that in front of everyone.103Please respect copyright.PENANAp1TtEgUpyr
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“Marco really likes you, Angel,” said Oliver after Marco had left the bar.103Please respect copyright.PENANAmYXzATGi1h
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“Why do you say that?” Angel asked, looking at the boy with wide eyes.103Please respect copyright.PENANAApad2HX6Py
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“Don’t listen to him,” said Eric. “Kids don’t know what they say nowadays.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAyYq6GIdidy
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Leo turned to Carly, and it was then that he noticed that she hadn’t talked103Please respect copyright.PENANAWBZ0qU2FPg
much at all for a while.103Please respect copyright.PENANACOyMVPd6j2
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“Hey, Carly, are you okay?” Leo asked.103Please respect copyright.PENANAZkdVPYqFAu
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Everyone turned to look at Carly. She tried to hide it with a smile, telling103Please respect copyright.PENANAJf9ofVM3Rc
Leo that she was alright. Angel couldn’t point out why her sister looked low,103Please respect copyright.PENANA2Kr5FkkgrX
but she knew she could use this to her advantage.103Please respect copyright.PENANA88ckenGKA6
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“You look tired, Carly,” said Angel. “Maybe we should call it a night and head103Please respect copyright.PENANAy4vLG7OC2n
home.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAamagC60Hsy
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Carly looked at Angel, and a small smile appeared on her face. She definitely103Please respect copyright.PENANArW2b1o3XFX
needed to leave. The fact that Miranda was here messed with her head a lot, and103Please respect copyright.PENANAf3T4nZhZ7I
she felt like being as far away from the hotel as possible. Considering that,103Please respect copyright.PENANAdDoogZmqFE
Miranda might still be around.103Please respect copyright.PENANAzxOIqci3Y4
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“Angel is right,” said Carly. “I’m feeling rather overwhelmed. We’ve had a long103Please respect copyright.PENANAs9XYa1NqoT
day, and I didn’t get enough rest.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAb8P2RPvX62
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Leo looked a little disappointed, but now that he saw Carly more clearly, she103Please respect copyright.PENANAbNaNL0lOvP
didn’t look too well at all. It looks like his plans for tonight might as well103Please respect copyright.PENANAVhZotYHbfK
go down the drain. If Carly was feeling too tired, it was understandable that103Please respect copyright.PENANAvDtRbOLwXr
she wasn’t going to enjoy his company alone with him either.103Please respect copyright.PENANAKomAKMEmVR
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“Alright,” said Leo. “We better get going if we’re going to get Oliver’s ice103Please respect copyright.PENANAa7BW1UYYNs
cream.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAVP3iRxW9BI
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“We better check out of that room and get our stuff then,” said Eric.103Please respect copyright.PENANALI6JKsQfqR
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“Oh, I forgot about that. Why don’t you go to the room while I go bring the car103Please respect copyright.PENANAsOW84JuOPT
around?”103Please respect copyright.PENANAU8FIsRMeQO
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“Sure.” Eric quickly stood up from his seat and started to make his way out of103Please respect copyright.PENANAstF78MSa5U
the bar area.103Please respect copyright.PENANA0YY6CjdQ66
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Trina and Kim, who still sat observing Leo, noticed Eric stand up from his103Please respect copyright.PENANAChlMhp82B9
seat. The others were still at the table, and it was only a moment later that103Please respect copyright.PENANAIP358lwrfr
they started to stand up.103Please respect copyright.PENANABRW5DuIrdS
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“Look, they’re leaving,” said Trina.103Please respect copyright.PENANAtTWh0dQnDx
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“Do you think Leo will get this opportunity to see his lover?” Kim asked.103Please respect copyright.PENANA8PwFrWTKyW
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“He can’t do that with the others tagging along,” said Trina. “Let’s watch and103Please respect copyright.PENANAf2PR97GEKa
see.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAcVIwsrW82C
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Angel and Oliver started to make their way to the entrance of the bar when103Please respect copyright.PENANA2UU94757ud
Angel, through the corner of her eye, saw Kim and Trina. This was bad. From103Please respect copyright.PENANAbjZOrXrGmm
where she stood, she feared Leo might also notice them. She slowed her pace103Please respect copyright.PENANA6OJ7oDPEVs
with Oliver and waited for Carly and Leo to catch up. If she was lucky, Leo103Please respect copyright.PENANAbVm7tj6rHo
might pass by without noticing Kim and Trina, but one can never be too sure.103Please respect copyright.PENANAoQo7I6Yvo4
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Carly made her way to Angel and Oliver, with Leo following slowly behind her.103Please respect copyright.PENANAlqz30NtIiP
Without much thought, his eyes found their way to the bar counter, and he103Please respect copyright.PENANA8LTbPoPtu5
noticed someone familiar at the other end. Only when the person turned in his103Please respect copyright.PENANAQtbJvMzLsE
direction and their eyes fell on him did he realize who it was.103Please respect copyright.PENANAFGsGHNRVlW
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“Oh, my gosh,” said Kim as she held Trina’s shoulder in a tight grip. “He’s103Please respect copyright.PENANAp0eZlPbVjn
seen us.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAogTV4yxUMF
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Trina choked on her own words that she couldn’t speak as he saw Leo staring103Please respect copyright.PENANAcN9iwEilan
back. His eyes slowly started to flame with anger. Or was it fury?103Please respect copyright.PENANAU4H2TPjR1r
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“Trina, we better go,” said Kim.103Please respect copyright.PENANA0xprghurus
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Leo couldn’t believe Trina and Kim were there by the counter, staring back at103Please respect copyright.PENANAc7QXKU6VGZ
him. Did they happen to be here by coincidence, or did were they here because103Please respect copyright.PENANAJThOcWrNLz
of him? He noticed how scared they looked at him, as if they had been caught103Please respect copyright.PENANAHF14lVR5SY
doing something wrong. That confirmed that they were following him. He decided103Please respect copyright.PENANAwLOtz2ZPae
he was going to give them a piece of his mind.103Please respect copyright.PENANAGIO6htXtIU
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Just as he was about to make his way over to them, a gentle touch fell on his103Please respect copyright.PENANAB9G6DiJQI2
shoulder, stopping him from proceeding further. He looked to the side, and he103Please respect copyright.PENANAQJNAy8hupx
found Angel standing right beside him, her hand on his shoulder. She looked at103Please respect copyright.PENANA2juxKwvGut
him with her soft brown eyes; they were stern yet so peaceful. There was103Please respect copyright.PENANAgUvH8DA1dl
something about her look and her presence beside him that made him slowly start103Please respect copyright.PENANARyFeOshQvV
to feel the anger in him dissipate like smoke.103Please respect copyright.PENANAtaPXmLAsPH
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She shook her head. “Not here,” she said to him in her normal tone of voice.103Please respect copyright.PENANAnfzCfIvJZT
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Leo sighed, and he felt his muscles slowly start to relax. Angel was right; now103Please respect copyright.PENANAyOWAsDL43p
wasn’t the time to throw a tantrum. He looked back at Kim, who continued to103Please respect copyright.PENANACXcwso3OKt
look at him, still with a scared look on her face.103Please respect copyright.PENANAAFwtuHa0AG
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"Fine," he said to Angel as he looked at her.103Please respect copyright.PENANAyhysfjE2YJ
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Angel gave a smile of relief. She turned to look at Trina and Kim, giving them103Please respect copyright.PENANAP1JZgxqA7k
a nod of her head. The two best friends looked relieved, but they knew that103Please respect copyright.PENANAaIFmlAq5ME
this wasn’t over.103Please respect copyright.PENANAR8JKCkRXEA
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Leo turned around to head out of the bar. Fortunately, Oliver and Carly were103Please respect copyright.PENANALnayMwlRHp
way ahead of him, so they didn't see his silent altercation with Kim and Trina.103Please respect copyright.PENANAQsIW8hzyVM
He walked out of the bar with Angel following closely behind him.103Please respect copyright.PENANADYCTYUg6jb
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"Thanks for that back there," Leo said to her.103Please respect copyright.PENANARzJK6WRNU6
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"Well, getting yourself angry wasn't going to do you or me any103Please respect copyright.PENANAw3QI2VkMwV
favors," said Angel.103Please respect copyright.PENANAEUHriJMzZW
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Leo turned to look at her through the corner of his eye. "How long have103Please respect copyright.PENANAzzdvz8mnqn
they been there?"103Please respect copyright.PENANAweR4UUsKTu
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Angel found no point in lying to him. "I noticed them during our dinner. I103Please respect copyright.PENANA2MczFsXVPj
didn't want to tell you in front of our guests."103Please respect copyright.PENANAO6E9zxStBT
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Leo scoffed. "It's obvious that they were following me. I guess that’s the103Please respect copyright.PENANAlOD0NiIm7g
reason why you didn’t want me to be alone with Carly."103Please respect copyright.PENANAOHOz2xb2Db
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"I don't want them to find out about your relationship with her just yet,103Please respect copyright.PENANAFL0LVcSftu
so you've got to be careful from now on."103Please respect copyright.PENANAh6BwAbDz8b
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A smile appeared across Leo's face. The two might have their differences, but103Please respect copyright.PENANAXje3IPHjPk
it was clear to see that Angel did care about his relationship with her sister.103Please respect copyright.PENANAD93OcMtP1p
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As they continued to walk down the stone path towards the fountain where Oliver103Please respect copyright.PENANA0LShVmwVmB
and Carly were, Leo tried to fight off the feeling of gratitude towards Angel.103Please respect copyright.PENANAfYPiAdvYhe
In the end, he decided to let the feeling settle in for one night, and one103Please respect copyright.PENANA5UEeSwjduN
night only.103Please respect copyright.PENANAkFAEp2O0Fj
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“That was a close one,” said Trina as she held her chest, breathing deeply.103Please respect copyright.PENANAR1ppD5up3J
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Kim sighed in relief. “I hate to say this, but we really do have Angel to103Please respect copyright.PENANAJiYQrOW2MD
thank,” she said. “Though I feel Leo will confront us about it.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAWlYvuj32YY
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“Yeah, but Angel talked to him, and he calmed down in an instant.” Trina leaned103Please respect copyright.PENANAfjVAMKpaHh
against the bar counter, looking for the bartender. “Leo barely listens to103Please respect copyright.PENANAa7xLZcmPJS
anyone, but he somehow listened to her. It’s best to receive his wrath103Please respect copyright.PENANAvUlb9s3ar2
privately rather than in an open place where he can embarrass us. I’m going to103Please respect copyright.PENANAtwtIjPihAr
order a cocktail and drink to thank Angel for saving our sorry lives. Do you103Please respect copyright.PENANAC8Su7O38Jy
want one?”103Please respect copyright.PENANAuNtbrXzMp9
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Kim gave a nod to Trina, and while her friend tried to get the attention of the103Please respect copyright.PENANAGfqZUbvm3r
bartender, she couldn’t help but look at Leo with Angel walking beside him as103Please respect copyright.PENANANeYYc4bao4
they went further away from the bar. Memories of her and Leo started to103Please respect copyright.PENANAV2hRlYaE7e
surface, and she couldn’t recall once when he ever listened to her when he was103Please respect copyright.PENANA9l6IeggmrH
upset. Trina was right. Leo barely listens to anyone, except this time around,103Please respect copyright.PENANAhgkOxv3J3e
when Angel spoke to him. Her eyes fell upon Angel, who, even in that red velvet103Please respect copyright.PENANAR5oSlCnQB8
dress, walked effortlessly with elegance beside Leo. Was there something about103Please respect copyright.PENANA05F4mfsLlc
Angel that Kim wasn’t aware of?103Please respect copyright.PENANALZbTWvXUl4
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Miranda quickly stepped out of the elevator and ran down the hall back to the103Please respect copyright.PENANAUSPWeKmyH6
room where Red Lion and Mr. Walters were. She knew her thirty minutes were up,103Please respect copyright.PENANAEH7vBHrQDs
and she had been so distracted that she didn’t notice her phone vibrate in the103Please respect copyright.PENANAPxf4e5bG6D
pocket of her jeans. When she checked in the elevator, she found three missed103Please respect copyright.PENANAvHP9yIs1j6
calls from Mr. Walters, and she knew she was in for it.103Please respect copyright.PENANAnxpgLtJ5d6
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As soon as she reached the suite, the door flew open before she could even103Please respect copyright.PENANANixWMdDh2Q
knock. She thought the first person she would see was Red Lion, but to her103Please respect copyright.PENANA8mnZWMSyAV
relief, it was Walters.103Please respect copyright.PENANAJbVpIQznA2
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“What took you so long?” he asked. “And why didn’t you answer my calls?”103Please respect copyright.PENANA3QBME8CDin
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“I’m sorry,” said Miranda. “I got a little distracted. Is he here?”103Please respect copyright.PENANAKhfaOyf9o5
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“Yeah, but count yourself lucky,” said Walters as he stood aside to let Miranda103Please respect copyright.PENANA07dan8YW3s
through the door. “Red Lion was going to kill you if he wanted to.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAXYAYMPDZfa
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Miranda slowly stepped into the room, looking towards the living room area. Red103Please respect copyright.PENANAU3VrKBnAjX
Lion's comrade sat on the couch. His eyes fixed on the TV screen that showed103Please respect copyright.PENANAfZAXRw7i6h
the football game. Two more people sat on the other couch. They wore black103Please respect copyright.PENANA9WJkklGJO1
suits, and they were of Asian descent. The two looked like bodyguards. Were103Please respect copyright.PENANAqu2NDvToJV
they here with the host who called for this meeting? Moreover, where was Red103Please respect copyright.PENANAbDw5mMFmVC
Lion?103Please respect copyright.PENANAvVyLmWTzya
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When she entered the living room area, she heard voices coming from the103Please respect copyright.PENANAXxKj88OIq0
balcony. She saw Red Lion standing by the open doors of the balcony. Someone103Please respect copyright.PENANAjsj3Qn8vJz
stood in front of him, talking to him. Miranda couldn’t see who it was as the103Please respect copyright.PENANAxHP5trzeG8
person stood on the balcony, and the doors hid him from view.103Please respect copyright.PENANAiXrIKJ7m18
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Red Lion noticed Miranda's presence and turned to look at her. He surprisingly103Please respect copyright.PENANARHCe659RdK
smiled. She almost sighed in relief, for she really thought he was going to103Please respect copyright.PENANA5fAUQdjPEp
squeeze her throat for being late. He turned to the person who stood on the103Please respect copyright.PENANAEi5UQbkZiQ
balcony.103Please respect copyright.PENANAob96Yxv82W
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“The young lady we were waiting on is finally here,” said Red Lion. “We can103Please respect copyright.PENANApx9yfL1ixl
begin the meeting.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAzRMil0xnYB
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The person on the balcony stepped into the room, and the first thing that103Please respect copyright.PENANAVZQHh2Woyb
caught Miranda’s eye was that the person wore a smart black suit, and there was103Please respect copyright.PENANAZotuw7qKs0
a charming smile on his face.