Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jdnkutjBh
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCsBHkNnnD
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9a0FE3OJ5
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPONBWQZIgH
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlJET09Ozp
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIH2HM2S6qe
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGhdzz1Pt5
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJj8bUkYp42
boss a call.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqgxwhe9Lv
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsc5wUq8PDL
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWgl8NPDOg
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGkb4bvrcN
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlCFFULd4O
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMf1eMimz0
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRDDDjkTQ4
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrI76WF5Rlm
looked really tired and restless.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxT2Z94RjF4
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLDjTbF52x
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9BavQ3tcr
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR00qv17mTT
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYoifJpid9t
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWyz192x5r
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiBhVi24Z9
huge loss.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfer4CB5JXC
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSM6tujRH61
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRBBUZhORd
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDX6YAAVbNd
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHBFjWkvHj
"What are you planning to do?"908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4Gda8UxQt
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqsx6gvyp0
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt33zYzYzsM
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl30owN30tx
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjiEqtqg13
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7q3kNdZJi
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GRo2ro1Mt
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRECaLtrho9
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFJ0ZBqqiJ
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2oaWsVZPJ9
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70AXrwYboi
vacant space weren't as good as her.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYiaDEA7kO
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZF9wEFG9u3
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2b6yhLTH7
lucky charm.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKoHCWP3V6I
And he needed her back real bad.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1FOglrKwI
He picked up his phone that was on the table and made a phone call. At the fourth ring, the person at the other end picked up.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1gSy8TFZU
"I have a job for you."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzHqfrkBWe
***908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEhuyP0Pmc
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GviIzWQai
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASqgve91wX
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSILJOj9mo
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9Z00yF2x8
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKAi9bFfcr
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuja9iZkQU7
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIe8lp1bB6
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbd3ocJ8uCo
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHMu4H86jl
serious.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jlXAW4yIw
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZoT1Mablm
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZzEbTWAuo
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDHJNOVnGt
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrCvxQXwgt
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgDIegdyC6
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFNGfQXLBZ
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbIpsBFWLx
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyvHMThU0O
between the two of you considering what happened."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAtKEqsmcs
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrkbivEG4u
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWgT3JaMcj
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEYDIPnww8
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKuuQgNWvF
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lD5UOrzBt
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaQFE9ziqq
"And you never apologised for it," said 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEewt7ArUX0
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOJgeKjoNM
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YEiiMqlAh
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59vWD4eVuR
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1L4SEhkal
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVC0EyxGHoo
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbc99JTIeC
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1pUaTLzTK
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSAFJW083a
for what happened to her.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjoDjTnuSy
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8A0t2j8m7
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGv9IBpZjLG
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsxnrATMM4
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85WHu142mo
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfVgRufKQ5
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkHQCHOfdw
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3JgZOD2GD
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqL5IVhukxa
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgFspoyvDH
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QbMvfRnGt
back at the club.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjFeCrI4QR
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21RZYqo9eT
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7UQaufaZE
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkd590cdsfk
sisters completely.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbdZYIJVIl
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHEfrhLquC
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkAoTXBN5r
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkZgyWH7Rm
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNcSSIu5JE
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1QFqfCj1f
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ikZMemZPi
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZfQXx5L6v
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgsGI7UjRx
club, not him.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWFXTDWYgd
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5b0zZ98ELK
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocgsqpuunD
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblnA4Aypm7
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGO0uVFLEb
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXLR6jum16
at each other yet, have you?"908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EEJAA3iqy
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztyB9GK3IW
"No," they answered at the same time.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmXjUCINSL
"Great. That's good to know."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgulw0QYrf5
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ93McJBgo4
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3ksxfuEuz
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9z0dJljmgZ
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykR0K4a6TH
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyPVoioE5v
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOkVgbEtuf
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbe3xlA3AU1
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwshCWFUiK
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIN0snpJ5n
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZR7p5Fcen
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2e5gVSjZW
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbqHWCoBj9
long."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2oQJs0Jv40
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WFlxoRBdY
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WnPoCrS4c
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjlK1AjxAf
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kDMzKU3tP
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKrDqXXURh
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PnC8RbCvS
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHepMr1p0RZ
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEu3N8S0vNC
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrBRspGJCd
Not like this. Something was wrong.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrtmLfTtsV
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuYKD4qfXQ
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZroh7maCv0
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPocXjSdwPV
embarrassed?"908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIveDDUhII
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbuzPlpw9s
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDjVlsAI6d
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKXY6UuGNW
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCzBipW859
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmULIm0m4KO
today?"908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpo2kO6P9T4
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAehGFYhAM1
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFZDm5NDn9
you want."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxbnb5pLQ4
"It worked for you, didn't it?"908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡae2vP1BNdi
"What do you mean?"908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcBhTC8I2S
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmfkkigZdU
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcrLmoH7JW
sister."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3xhrsTTTF
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLK7tux7QAi
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76BEVuI9UF
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE22BeC5oiC
"I'm just speaking the truth."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5NcmshuMZ
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDQBWghfxa
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTu5A9ApDOH
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPv95OSy8x
"I was protecting my sister."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKL74BNxNF
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyri6RSWOK6
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzi4mNX7mc
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zN8hKIcYF
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxg8cyaIO7
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8BM6zTbop
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEOAJCuZYf
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1MehQZk76
betray you like Carly betrayed me."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIG9kxZeIk
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIDbig37IM
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDww9ATPPV
crystal glass.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96Y0xrl4PR
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡop2R9vdujU
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GQD1KiOlS
in this situation right now."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dXYLgixLX
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Oq1l7sMMG
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06ITUz5jbZ
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9NeBpqFDx
actions.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4L64P4ADMS
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOquMI0xxH
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaAvWbrp2n
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3dFautzFL
near Carly."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nI6QpFGp9
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFHdTpY3Gu
"That's what you think. Isn't that what all men think when they go to the club and think they are in love with some......"908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAT2gR9eDbu
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LCY78v8gU
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYNjuuYy3i
Carly, she would be insulting herself.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡseV2DAbpWo
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tWKdFeej9
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fVfOJr7WZ
"That would never happen."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRi0fZZZrGT
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrEPYnV7Ex
"A fool in love, yes."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlPk6toVnw
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqUwiRPHsc
"Why? Because you don't like me?"908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHs6a78mhL5
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOa7J6CsWl
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWn2pxEe9Ew
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxsXeyTFFS
and my accident that she would ever change."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmL84ZW2vUC
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8iGOf814U
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9foqdwphM9
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJh2jgs115i
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4jhnhtLa9
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIP5ovhq4Q
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrf5vJGn3M
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82l4Oz6ua9
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7nYwqo5Qa
puzzled.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JEJeO4cov
***908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPDBOprhOW
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGI5wyC4X1
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TIF2rCBiF
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLiLg3JOKD
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRajAlmOviN
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Bsg6bv1FD
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Eqskb7vGk
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDXWn7s5jI
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4nwFE2V7F
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLRHwSVlWF
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcorHauJDgA
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99E8S4VPUu
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfVCLbjgdl
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUbmNHZmfo
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvAVWsaie9
McDonell should be.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXh7hhgfyqJ
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmOl4j8qrC
"Our family has been successfully with the 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAvtcKnDza
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KGAQPVd4X
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8cGpe7qOt
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLuxX6BfjD
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkXzbpexkL
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jnxTmrYTe
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8fkpC0gAt
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpEYryGsBr
especially from my brother. He is so kind."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCc74Rx40u
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfD0M7pgovw
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAO1yztPWG
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpniW4E2nB
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBd6OcNzKSU
model.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65YcuLFEW1
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVnU5tqThf
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1MpcDctCm
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TZhGdf7nc
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjBBXmFwvg
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWw6sfZ7PE
the financial state her family was in.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVMKqHbgSH
But now that she was with the McDonell 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdIMBvxQns
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbtD607GGN
she has always wanted.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVD7sxp9Il8
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd27Drf2jab
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRM2Q6wGqx
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7STendsmzd
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5PvLsQQtX
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcICSKnlzA
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYnq7atOQZ
"That would be awesome."908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktIK6X4sQM
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNxnyZzt74
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3BbTJq6Ys
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJPWJxsJgx
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sDznFpyMv
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKEnE3ieYM
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8sZLDys7c
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZtZK2s9HU
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxTHW89T1g
Miranda.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOAPduiYsk
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OPhZv1cfK
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYP6ZWEAZM
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHq1IRSWXC
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlasbFe9sPI
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1FI5dtRt3
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyObUM3inx3
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVAgNTTp0s
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EHd8VDGNf
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpaGPAzH21a
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP58TjJFUGi
she never ever discussed her life with them.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYgApMDGYt
Could it be Miranda?908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46v6slj2z8
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNyYt5j9qx
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGyFxh4IqB
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtOScuvZ1z
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOD9gPnpGE
And now she was calling Carly after all this908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEUxiErCkz
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2yXwjsd26
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGBBQ18RLE
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qn8jNlo7G
betrayal.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZVqqRO0xJ
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM25HOW3FfH
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB16Y6rIDV7
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.908Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTr7BVyFSjs
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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