Angel was in the living 811Please respect copyright.PENANAIow5a9xIIS
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 811Please respect copyright.PENANAYYRqSLiNvs
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.811Please respect copyright.PENANAQHfBvL3ASL
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.811Please respect copyright.PENANAoAMWZ7vV4B
"How was what?" Angel asked.811Please respect copyright.PENANAw0Q6CYLdGN
"Getting to know Leo?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAAF9N9tldyJ
Angel could have sworn 811Please respect copyright.PENANAbMqE1Ey2Cw
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 811Please respect copyright.PENANAJPR8RIQkjf
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.811Please respect copyright.PENANA32VMQYVOAx
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.811Please respect copyright.PENANAnXKtqcIUni
"Really?" Amanda looked a811Please respect copyright.PENANAUmRHWaCsjB
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 811Please respect copyright.PENANAy2lN9XSiZE
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 811Please respect copyright.PENANAxJybTlvGB0
have offended you?" 811Please respect copyright.PENANA5rpN5jByLK
"Oh, no, no," Angel replied quickly. "I just felt a little discomfort in my body and felt like it was time I saw the doctor."811Please respect copyright.PENANAuh8LBZ727g
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"811Please respect copyright.PENANATqpvq2vQSs
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."811Please respect copyright.PENANA81pNXuz1mO
"Awww, you're so 811Please respect copyright.PENANAoEfRw1vtP6
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can811Please respect copyright.PENANAE7VIR9iwzw
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 811Please respect copyright.PENANAfqKkra2I5a
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 811Please respect copyright.PENANAVze59p9pNj
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."811Please respect copyright.PENANAsNh4fmGjjq
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."811Please respect copyright.PENANAjGHoeVkCP8
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAdySvk2NrXG
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."811Please respect copyright.PENANAVSa8G7e9IV
Amanda gave Angel the 811Please respect copyright.PENANAuBPCnAAx2t
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 811Please respect copyright.PENANAI5Q504sNw6
to deal with writing. It suits you."811Please respect copyright.PENANADDkvBUTL3N
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.811Please respect copyright.PENANAu89CQEnCeT
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."811Please respect copyright.PENANAORzO03nAZG
"What is it?" Angel asked.811Please respect copyright.PENANAO1j54nDoTF
"You seem to be one 811Please respect copyright.PENANA0IloOPQnjD
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,811Please respect copyright.PENANARpvPEcvFOC
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."811Please respect copyright.PENANAtEl1yQ5nJz
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.811Please respect copyright.PENANA7Qi9SPB3rO
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.811Please respect copyright.PENANAUr75545DXj
"What?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAVe3OtK212D
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.811Please respect copyright.PENANAJbs0bSsfm0
Leo who had just come in811Please respect copyright.PENANAX4Lepz7Srb
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 811Please respect copyright.PENANABlXQczQrYJ
just at the entrance of the living room.811Please respect copyright.PENANAWDQm0CV03B
"What did you just say 811Please respect copyright.PENANAZ82E7jwgHb
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached811Please respect copyright.PENANAZdC3R6bYAJ
the two women on the wheelchairs.811Please respect copyright.PENANAy0WHakJIXm
Amanda turned her 811Please respect copyright.PENANAGCS47izzbC
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 811Please respect copyright.PENANA1gWD1B7X5P
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 811Please respect copyright.PENANAYB6nZ9fvsc
themselves."811Please respect copyright.PENANA2SzEL4pNW4
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"811Please respect copyright.PENANADXYiJ3KyDn
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAf2e4hZWRFw
Leo couldn't believe 811Please respect copyright.PENANAGyVjtZHl3H
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 811Please respect copyright.PENANAbOQzU6tmYX
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.811Please respect copyright.PENANAP8gmoCE7cg
"Haven't you thought 811Please respect copyright.PENANATkhZLGSDip
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 811Please respect copyright.PENANA1SAJSBS4O4
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a811Please respect copyright.PENANA3HTusVOkRt
job of her own?"811Please respect copyright.PENANA5zm9qvHujh
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."811Please respect copyright.PENANAqzvSQXHgG1
"You deserve better, my 811Please respect copyright.PENANActVzuRQpme
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 811Please respect copyright.PENANAoRViT6bE8F
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."811Please respect copyright.PENANAw4ndqfmbfZ
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."811Please respect copyright.PENANACJaz17reKr
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."811Please respect copyright.PENANAHOrpxPzaLA
"What makes you so sure?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAZgpSsr6vnb
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."811Please respect copyright.PENANAMVjp9mrlBT
"Mum won't though."811Please respect copyright.PENANA3o1TPvbNsw
"Does she run the 811Please respect copyright.PENANA3kVw7MMGFH
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 811Please respect copyright.PENANAXUxDcgaEzD
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 811Please respect copyright.PENANA0iBcaizBrK
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."811Please respect copyright.PENANAe6dECzWMEF
Leo knew his grandmother811Please respect copyright.PENANADf9dVZeoQW
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 811Please respect copyright.PENANAAgBLsvbR8v
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 811Please respect copyright.PENANAU416BLGTba
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 811Please respect copyright.PENANAmjCNLy0OAu
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.811Please respect copyright.PENANA1O9APyiGwU
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.811Please respect copyright.PENANAbFE0I7uo8c
"Don't say any of this 811Please respect copyright.PENANAIlZD1Ke4Xb
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 811Please respect copyright.PENANA9MZP2uCiBd
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 811Please respect copyright.PENANA4xj12TKtrM
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 811Please respect copyright.PENANAqjwn7XJqBP
have to convince her a little more than I have to."811Please respect copyright.PENANAjpjlZ7e0Xm
Angel gulped. It felt 811Please respect copyright.PENANAjOjiRCNdRi
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only811Please respect copyright.PENANASkVkEsv9Iz
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.811Please respect copyright.PENANAhDIZcB98WA
Leo made his way out of 811Please respect copyright.PENANAihI905FsF0
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 811Please respect copyright.PENANAiVkCtl6nJp
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 811Please respect copyright.PENANA7tVCQwKVMr
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 811Please respect copyright.PENANA5f5qZm2HaS
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.811Please respect copyright.PENANAfWMX7oM7ek
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAQcLuX922d9
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."811Please respect copyright.PENANAQj4AD5EjY7
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."811Please respect copyright.PENANAuqkPxKntVz
But Leo went up the stairs without giving her a chance to finish. Mrs McDonell looked on at his son as he went to his room.811Please respect copyright.PENANAQNDt7NtltZ
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.811Please respect copyright.PENANAV7yJTlhpW0
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.811Please respect copyright.PENANALpl91mdkZF
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."811Please respect copyright.PENANAhc4j4Z0URY
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."811Please respect copyright.PENANA0NPxEysr7n
"I'm talking about Kim."811Please respect copyright.PENANAr6US14dhVo
Angel didn't know if it 811Please respect copyright.PENANACBoLdPzDfz
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 811Please respect copyright.PENANAWgrkjcweHk
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It811Please respect copyright.PENANAlFmIT8SRPN
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 811Please respect copyright.PENANAtbABk36Yq9
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 811Please respect copyright.PENANABkQVeHDylT
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 811Please respect copyright.PENANABBfziQBchl
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 811Please respect copyright.PENANAD8FAo2VqWD
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 811Please respect copyright.PENANAeqS7YrOLNg
certain things?811Please respect copyright.PENANA6uOYE9aYkb
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.811Please respect copyright.PENANAzYaggKNP2M
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.811Please respect copyright.PENANAt6IVqyzuYo
Angel felt like covering811Please respect copyright.PENANA5WF5OUzpN0
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 811Please respect copyright.PENANAOpWGSPq90b
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 811Please respect copyright.PENANAMSzaub8fbH
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 811Please respect copyright.PENANAgh9XjEdiyM
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.811Please respect copyright.PENANAOO47Gw8Kt5
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.811Please respect copyright.PENANArv8uPrM5iR
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.811Please respect copyright.PENANAbA47I6tnMH
Angel felt her heart 811Please respect copyright.PENANA5ikq4nKflz
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if811Please respect copyright.PENANAz8n8ACB50J
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 811Please respect copyright.PENANATSB9lGbMrZ
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 811Please respect copyright.PENANAbyT6J983c9
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 811Please respect copyright.PENANAj6NXSE6N1T
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 811Please respect copyright.PENANAbflgfHdms8
and invited her to the wedding.811Please respect copyright.PENANAEKoyx3ZfEy
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.811Please respect copyright.PENANAOaW9UuSbS7
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.811Please respect copyright.PENANAbKJzR5klrV
Angel looked at Amanda 811Please respect copyright.PENANAmrk8QyaukH
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 811Please respect copyright.PENANAZRiwSQqbo3
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.811Please respect copyright.PENANAVwPEMsMS5N
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 811Please respect copyright.PENANAU9DQeDalJ2
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they811Please respect copyright.PENANAjqNSnBPl8o
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they811Please respect copyright.PENANAj273Sr4v3r
saw Leo.811Please respect copyright.PENANAKrESMrZr24
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAEzFirg85qr
"Nothing, dear," said 811Please respect copyright.PENANAioZA2VTvab
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother811Please respect copyright.PENANAfRyatTbAtE
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."811Please respect copyright.PENANAxGqZIU7b2W
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."811Please respect copyright.PENANARf5xIyGihf
"Have a nice day."811Please respect copyright.PENANAZkPd9M7U8Y
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.811Please respect copyright.PENANAl0DEMADDH3
Leo nodded his head in 811Please respect copyright.PENANAoZSBCct8bU
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 811Please respect copyright.PENANAOE9c6XuwtG
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 811Please respect copyright.PENANASljOpXsh3r
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 811Please respect copyright.PENANA7sqyjuN7QP
through the front door.811Please respect copyright.PENANAWPgj9ukHjx
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.811Please respect copyright.PENANA6FMlTeTqfD
"You're unbelievable," 811Please respect copyright.PENANANNr2qr3d2G
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 811Please respect copyright.PENANAAy1XEktMul
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."811Please respect copyright.PENANAK4sRj8ZSAt
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.811Please respect copyright.PENANARodLaDmTX8
"I'm sorry for that, 811Please respect copyright.PENANAm4OVKtdNM9
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 811Please respect copyright.PENANAZLZ399Cm1R
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."811Please respect copyright.PENANAmg5Hae4MhO
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.811Please respect copyright.PENANAM0sj04j9kB
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."811Please respect copyright.PENANA35KqXEYYz3
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."811Please respect copyright.PENANAU7YgLElNLe
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."811Please respect copyright.PENANAbpcgKtsFUu
Angel slowly followed 811Please respect copyright.PENANAVcGKtV27sl
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 811Please respect copyright.PENANA6SmeK9NQVM
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her811Please respect copyright.PENANAttEH7uL8am
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 811Please respect copyright.PENANA0HAXyLR3Cr
must have felt awful.811Please respect copyright.PENANARikz1WXWFX
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.811Please respect copyright.PENANAzOeXTcwAEV
***811Please respect copyright.PENANAS4s6dyYw0E
Eric811Please respect copyright.PENANA03piOpH57K
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 811Please respect copyright.PENANAZmkrMJmxs8
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.811Please respect copyright.PENANAXwNMHPHK1n
He811Please respect copyright.PENANApMxZuBVwIx
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 811Please respect copyright.PENANAx1WwV1PZ47
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 811Please respect copyright.PENANAftpmjlhn0O
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.811Please respect copyright.PENANACGlQxPyqiB
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.811Please respect copyright.PENANAb8j8Fs5hjL
Since811Please respect copyright.PENANA6sp3lUWyTV
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 811Please respect copyright.PENANAcaN18mRTAP
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 811Please respect copyright.PENANAjodUqpWiwB
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 811Please respect copyright.PENANA8cNb7KCve5
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?811Please respect copyright.PENANAUHSmedXGS6
Who811Please respect copyright.PENANAjhXf278DK5
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 811Please respect copyright.PENANAPk29Uxxwkl
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft811Please respect copyright.PENANAV7b0oVvW2W
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.811Please respect copyright.PENANAHCx0O8twfQ
He811Please respect copyright.PENANABgN0MxDhRU
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 811Please respect copyright.PENANA2HIxLSqyoV
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 811Please respect copyright.PENANAyl8m0mFlRU
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.811Please respect copyright.PENANAKnZPjBZ2bT
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.811Please respect copyright.PENANAqfREsrcLAT
"You've someone here to see you."811Please respect copyright.PENANAZvpTzI1Pav
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.811Please respect copyright.PENANA6W670bC8DD
"It's Trina."811Please respect copyright.PENANAwFyr3kEkIF
Eric811Please respect copyright.PENANAv86winYGw9
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 811Please respect copyright.PENANAF4kTxhFO0A
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 811Please respect copyright.PENANArqSKEN8aha
called off.811Please respect copyright.PENANAVhgyqmb1eS
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.811Please respect copyright.PENANAI5Ntx9nm96
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.811Please respect copyright.PENANA6FmRxbwOn9
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.811Please respect copyright.PENANACwAaN0spm7
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.811Please respect copyright.PENANAcmTJLpG2NX
Trina811Please respect copyright.PENANAD1NXrBnCqD
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to811Please respect copyright.PENANA8JZvEtEl4j
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 811Please respect copyright.PENANAMnVsaH6bxA
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 811Please respect copyright.PENANAtH7wKxMqvH
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 811Please respect copyright.PENANA12c1nmKjTX
fall out sometimes but still get back together.811Please respect copyright.PENANACXKrNiOu6F
Now811Please respect copyright.PENANASOevkkgVsJ
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 811Please respect copyright.PENANAEfgzt098NZ
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 811Please respect copyright.PENANAAZPpru908Q
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 811Please respect copyright.PENANAxxrMILNIpT
weren't friends.811Please respect copyright.PENANAYbk5973Lpq
While811Please respect copyright.PENANASXGBVbxgF9
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 811Please respect copyright.PENANAWP4xZAe4Xh
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 811Please respect copyright.PENANAwvfpOxnm9E
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 811Please respect copyright.PENANA9EtlG3hODd
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 811Please respect copyright.PENANAcR6zlUuwlw
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.811Please respect copyright.PENANAbbTldZGsKH
One811Please respect copyright.PENANABnD2shQ3I4
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 811Please respect copyright.PENANAUKRw0veVnk
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 811Please respect copyright.PENANA7J7MxfCoMv
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 811Please respect copyright.PENANAjDvKo5lyk0
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 811Please respect copyright.PENANADkPdD7vJb4
one.811Please respect copyright.PENANARGfyvneQTd
Not until he met Angel.811Please respect copyright.PENANAvcTMNrCv6b
Trina811Please respect copyright.PENANAYqCb5M8BBV
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 811Please respect copyright.PENANAjAkVYRd0mU
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.811Please respect copyright.PENANAO6uBRQElOb
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAYtYX3WcHFi
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."811Please respect copyright.PENANAF8Oui7iakj
Trina811Please respect copyright.PENANA5iSL3Gg34h
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 811Please respect copyright.PENANAyMN8n1hhRB
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 811Please respect copyright.PENANAikdl8BqHmv
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 811Please respect copyright.PENANARcgglw4RQB
beautiful.811Please respect copyright.PENANAApesPm0dU4
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.811Please respect copyright.PENANANpTDuyMGfu
"Then811Please respect copyright.PENANA52bS48l6K3
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 811Please respect copyright.PENANAT9aUTzZVRW
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 811Please respect copyright.PENANAzON13SF41a
side to try and work things out."811Please respect copyright.PENANAsM0ebwKENa
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."811Please respect copyright.PENANA6OOKldtRXf
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."811Please respect copyright.PENANAxt31VByQYJ
"Ya, me too."811Please respect copyright.PENANAZV2T5ZVOIR
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."811Please respect copyright.PENANACSFD4gS5rG
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.811Please respect copyright.PENANAALLm1b04iP
"Do you know something, Eric?"811Please respect copyright.PENANABkSFtoeSnw
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"811Please respect copyright.PENANANxKKrtiSiu
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAHggxBNtb4l
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."811Please respect copyright.PENANAMH2q81LPeH
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.811Please respect copyright.PENANAYsmDtxsit4
Eric811Please respect copyright.PENANAkRcdznkrsa
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that811Please respect copyright.PENANAoX3MPEnmXQ
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 811Please respect copyright.PENANASMgKdqLB6Y
eyes with a corky smile on his face.811Please respect copyright.PENANA4zyXM1CG3i
"Please,811Please respect copyright.PENANAwe6vo4uMp4
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 811Please respect copyright.PENANAKrXlS4X3AK
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 811Please respect copyright.PENANA49sv4e8pzp
ask him?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAMomxyNqHaG
Trina811Please respect copyright.PENANAWes6U4Ayho
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 811Please respect copyright.PENANAkAl9TxWfSh
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 811Please respect copyright.PENANAPlLvoujtJV
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."811Please respect copyright.PENANAtoXjdBGcBw
Eric811Please respect copyright.PENANAfx5gRw73Y2
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 811Please respect copyright.PENANA53nR5AG7mB
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."811Please respect copyright.PENANAvCYEJxDQXY
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAPOasgoQUiF
Eric811Please respect copyright.PENANAsAyNtzzvWU
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 811Please respect copyright.PENANAtiKULscBph
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 811Please respect copyright.PENANAsrZIibgSpG
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 811Please respect copyright.PENANA3R6ZAKVEMw
to say next.811Please respect copyright.PENANAFuMIzQej61
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAzpBYR4Dca5
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.811Please respect copyright.PENANAdhGih2gIOj
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAM3l6wnnlRZ
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."811Please respect copyright.PENANAsZwWb7pZ3G
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAXvTstu2WYr
"She's811Please respect copyright.PENANAsv1GrtN2If
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 811Please respect copyright.PENANAeywcekAgBW
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.811Please respect copyright.PENANAd6iWqciLNp
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 811Please respect copyright.PENANANOS9AIJ6ww
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 811Please respect copyright.PENANAv7Vg8aYLY2
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 811Please respect copyright.PENANAUzYsXTVrv5
anymore.811Please respect copyright.PENANAHtsbv5JwlU
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.811Please respect copyright.PENANAdRMKzXiePE
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAsU9eMXjOfA
Trina811Please respect copyright.PENANAdiat2nPrNK
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 811Please respect copyright.PENANAPW6IZ3O7eQ
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 811Please respect copyright.PENANAdobT9qWNlL
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 811Please respect copyright.PENANAu0Dm5FbmXJ
massage him.811Please respect copyright.PENANADkDkiaPOWw
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAM0UIHAPFpx
Eric811Please respect copyright.PENANARE5ZWJDBXD
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 811Please respect copyright.PENANAtg2EBBp6el
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 811Please respect copyright.PENANALxwE2M5ufa
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 811Please respect copyright.PENANAcrSmOnXQPQ
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty811Please respect copyright.PENANAan6Rl6ffG2
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 811Please respect copyright.PENANAVbGgxLv7a5
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.811Please respect copyright.PENANAIFY1Xsfq6a
He811Please respect copyright.PENANAy0tj9jSkqj
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 811Please respect copyright.PENANABSn9zbyJ3v
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think811Please respect copyright.PENANAZrBCHaHnIB
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 811Please respect copyright.PENANARuCErXqOtF
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 811Please respect copyright.PENANAqjtZJNvF4Y
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.811Please respect copyright.PENANAQslo1ZMCuZ
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAKOYRCwWyFV
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."811Please respect copyright.PENANAjgt4QKcBCB
"I am here now, so why don't you relax a little bit." Trina bended over and whispered in his ear, "I really missed you though."811Please respect copyright.PENANAlQ0jZAs8rd
Eric811Please respect copyright.PENANAeO5LxI4z0z
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his811Please respect copyright.PENANAGAKmPnVqww
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.811Please respect copyright.PENANAAVP1brKvJ1
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAAZWyY2QgSl
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."811Please respect copyright.PENANAVXXeLJnZoJ
"Oh,811Please respect copyright.PENANAxfXqIA6eH5
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair811Please respect copyright.PENANA5VywxAK0yR
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 811Please respect copyright.PENANAf9f36kgHIV
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.811Please respect copyright.PENANAXEzJx7Brx9
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.811Please respect copyright.PENANA8Lmw1lCYox
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.811Please respect copyright.PENANABVl8mHUk77
Trina811Please respect copyright.PENANAPjusvOpHVW
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him811Please respect copyright.PENANANPKv80n1iN
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.811Please respect copyright.PENANAvRMpP11dvZ
Leo811Please respect copyright.PENANA3FYsmJNvB4
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 811Please respect copyright.PENANA03Jjq3Hxix
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.811Please respect copyright.PENANAj8OlFOeWeU
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.811Please respect copyright.PENANAHVMH7rXuhv
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.811Please respect copyright.PENANAEVFMn9Dmi9
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAzgJnRuP2eS
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."811Please respect copyright.PENANAq5XSabsnCF
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.811Please respect copyright.PENANAr2ykswwpZy
"I was just leaving," said Trina.811Please respect copyright.PENANA1HKv2P1aKf
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."811Please respect copyright.PENANALlhJQnZcM6
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.811Please respect copyright.PENANA8xZ19rdYCU
With811Please respect copyright.PENANAK4WK449YI5
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood811Please respect copyright.PENANAJZBPRhLbX7
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.811Please respect copyright.PENANA5q92dRW40E
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.811Please respect copyright.PENANA4mbMhhhMCq
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.811Please respect copyright.PENANAmqSTSQOsik
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.811Please respect copyright.PENANAQnK5RtvzCZ
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."811Please respect copyright.PENANAmYhVG6N6me
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."811Please respect copyright.PENANAK2p13IAzVv
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."811Please respect copyright.PENANA7DXb1jzvix
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."811Please respect copyright.PENANAw1oVu0xUkR
"Well, you would someday."811Please respect copyright.PENANAKDGCjJ2vDZ
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAFAp8s6cegp
"I mean, you won't be able to hide your love for Carly forever. What if after a year, you two decide to get married?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAuIGDRSMu53
"That would be fine by me."811Please respect copyright.PENANA6CoyoxKFSw
"Oh,811Please respect copyright.PENANARIHxJ8sqGK
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 811Please respect copyright.PENANAhm1tEvaAck
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 811Please respect copyright.PENANAXM15TXsL7y
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 811Please respect copyright.PENANAnicFaFEsJ2
you broke things off with her."811Please respect copyright.PENANADtHo0VKXcd
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."811Please respect copyright.PENANAVXqxF90aXx
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."811Please respect copyright.PENANAKSqI6iQyMh
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."811Please respect copyright.PENANA2jJ8vfDdet
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."811Please respect copyright.PENANAy0JuRvGPsd
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.811Please respect copyright.PENANA1gf9ajch1X
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."811Please respect copyright.PENANAum6TDL5UY3
Leo811Please respect copyright.PENANAyVqFoV8G6C
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 811Please respect copyright.PENANAqeuX4Ggg8Q
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 811Please respect copyright.PENANA6FtnhT2qkd
her.811Please respect copyright.PENANAIgSyNzHQCa
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.811Please respect copyright.PENANAu9CkiGMAvC
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.811Please respect copyright.PENANAr7rABuG5pm
Eric811Please respect copyright.PENANA8sPw6epA23
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 811Please respect copyright.PENANAFTbE3qFvJD
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 811Please respect copyright.PENANA397BPBgnL8
thinking about Angel just now."811Please respect copyright.PENANAI0Y7JCFn5Y
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."811Please respect copyright.PENANAVOT3zq9BwC
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAVYtemS4ZTz
Leo811Please respect copyright.PENANAbnMnNvjDkl
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 811Please respect copyright.PENANAR6wtw30SCM
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 811Please respect copyright.PENANAYvHaSoO90u
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.811Please respect copyright.PENANAXvS42sNtQ8
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"811Please respect copyright.PENANAz1obHTehFq
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.811Please respect copyright.PENANA1W18BIXVhG
"Because,811Please respect copyright.PENANAInmYVh2RSh
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 811Please respect copyright.PENANA4ea48YsvuM
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 811Please respect copyright.PENANAsMsEAxNtp0
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're811Please respect copyright.PENANAbffiq0LhEV
in a sense of emergency to release it."811Please respect copyright.PENANAJDLbQBaP3o
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."811Please respect copyright.PENANAzjsvCpoX99
"Of811Please respect copyright.PENANAVbBfJN4fXr
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 811Please respect copyright.PENANAt0vHSNcqhl
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 811Please respect copyright.PENANAbwQzC5bx1N
darling, Angel."811Please respect copyright.PENANADLyEAcJZdC
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."811Please respect copyright.PENANAmZBO0gWB83
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.811Please respect copyright.PENANAWIFudy6aYW
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.811Please respect copyright.PENANAbQWlj7aoR1
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.811Please respect copyright.PENANA5s5HAOnSmq
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."811Please respect copyright.PENANAuX8Smsp7s6
Eric laughed. "Looks like she really put you in your place for sure. She didn't even have to raise a finger to do it."811Please respect copyright.PENANAn1x81kDLqW
"Grandma811Please respect copyright.PENANAFSggYMr7Qi
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 811Please respect copyright.PENANA2SmHar9VoE
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."811Please respect copyright.PENANAr3VgZYm1x2
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"811Please respect copyright.PENANATXxKkCjkSn
Leo811Please respect copyright.PENANA93X6eYuq8x
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 811Please respect copyright.PENANAEVLR6m0dbE
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a811Please respect copyright.PENANAf2ICZ0WWEH
word to anyone.811Please respect copyright.PENANAHCUD7Ni33w
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."811Please respect copyright.PENANAyny0r88xF7
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."811Please respect copyright.PENANAdlsWvEI2LH
"Yep,811Please respect copyright.PENANAjw8blsTeyW
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I811Please respect copyright.PENANAJugtqLdVCL
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.811Please respect copyright.PENANAkNXRLZOQAp
"Ya, you do that. I've a lot of daydreaming to do." Eric leaned back on his chair and with his hands behind his head.811Please respect copyright.PENANAgNfUY161kq
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."811Please respect copyright.PENANAfZHRqBIKOB
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."811Please respect copyright.PENANAIsTHnd0YnK
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."811Please respect copyright.PENANA0ALE9x64dw
Eric811Please respect copyright.PENANAOZe4rPz3t4
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 811Please respect copyright.PENANAGIdyX2d9Zy
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 811Please respect copyright.PENANA0GokqN1e26
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."811Please respect copyright.PENANAnZ0o6kx7N5
Leo811Please respect copyright.PENANALdrCdH3Et2
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 811Please respect copyright.PENANAluo6mrGRO0
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 811Please respect copyright.PENANA6KWE6ROyvz
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.811Please respect copyright.PENANAtdOTtd2vlK
He811Please respect copyright.PENANAUWUyntbNfG
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 811Please respect copyright.PENANAizSdmBPuaM
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 811Please respect copyright.PENANADUhQrXl9VL
desk that he had to look at today.811Please respect copyright.PENANAJfCEkFStJO
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?811Please respect copyright.PENANAZVyHavcEKB
Leo811Please respect copyright.PENANAImgBNpiq58
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 811Please respect copyright.PENANA7XVYxnTRVF
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.811Please respect copyright.PENANALXDkR0pFid
And it would take a lot more time for him to finally realise that he might have finally met his match.
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