Angel was in the living 844Please respect copyright.PENANARNhZZriGhF
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 844Please respect copyright.PENANAgCEQ0AflPJ
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.844Please respect copyright.PENANATOLCUKYuoz
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.844Please respect copyright.PENANA8IZ775kyci
"How was what?" Angel asked.844Please respect copyright.PENANArbcN0tGUN3
"Getting to know Leo?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAbyDdK2ikL2
Angel could have sworn 844Please respect copyright.PENANAMDApIUss8u
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 844Please respect copyright.PENANAbWo3EAftO6
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.844Please respect copyright.PENANArkvMCyA0Cw
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.844Please respect copyright.PENANAOHUBTpJJvV
"Really?" Amanda looked a844Please respect copyright.PENANAd0wcqbzhV5
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 844Please respect copyright.PENANAh1vQEPHdpY
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 844Please respect copyright.PENANAimXxS7ehkQ
have offended you?" 844Please respect copyright.PENANAQl7MIj8yDj
"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."844Please respect copyright.PENANAWtcevnL9BH
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"844Please respect copyright.PENANA79dvSDmF9l
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."844Please respect copyright.PENANAWmvfxAqvPD
"Awww, you're so 844Please respect copyright.PENANAfUaYW0KOGt
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can844Please respect copyright.PENANAPrylEl0IIK
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 844Please respect copyright.PENANA9VQohknrEJ
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 844Please respect copyright.PENANAE4EMv7xcB8
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."844Please respect copyright.PENANAioPqhu9jRl
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."844Please respect copyright.PENANAfK7f3II2Ps
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAuEFgAQYstE
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."844Please respect copyright.PENANAYut5ZmdyNl
Amanda gave Angel the 844Please respect copyright.PENANALWXoerg40T
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 844Please respect copyright.PENANAQQp7HTaEWx
to deal with writing. It suits you."844Please respect copyright.PENANAJC7uxrZ7Hw
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.844Please respect copyright.PENANAC1nVvA8VNb
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."844Please respect copyright.PENANARi7Es1j7AB
"What is it?" Angel asked.844Please respect copyright.PENANATpMPCmygya
"You seem to be one 844Please respect copyright.PENANANBZqc92CAZ
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,844Please respect copyright.PENANAlGLzAxA4aK
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."844Please respect copyright.PENANAgJQOcuFotu
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.844Please respect copyright.PENANA71yMB3w5Kd
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.844Please respect copyright.PENANA3LOG5o51hh
"What?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAPWjEb2eQS2
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.844Please respect copyright.PENANAu5oAfiq9ou
Leo who had just come in844Please respect copyright.PENANALXjoGjahnB
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 844Please respect copyright.PENANAhyXYs0dwkK
just at the entrance of the living room.844Please respect copyright.PENANAPussku1uOv
"What did you just say 844Please respect copyright.PENANA8DJD4kS7mq
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached844Please respect copyright.PENANA0nE8lYilcm
the two women on the wheelchairs.844Please respect copyright.PENANAXVGUwhLuOO
Amanda turned her 844Please respect copyright.PENANAXD7gKYTA6t
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 844Please respect copyright.PENANAvW1Blr1MTf
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 844Please respect copyright.PENANAzha2hIL5Rr
themselves."844Please respect copyright.PENANA3Vp1e7yweD
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAyYqlzKHAKN
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAYLS5s5PRyQ
Leo couldn't believe 844Please respect copyright.PENANAQW0HMQEUBy
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 844Please respect copyright.PENANA5mNDRLWKcr
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.844Please respect copyright.PENANAyZXID9c9QO
"Haven't you thought 844Please respect copyright.PENANABBM3kXfIxR
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 844Please respect copyright.PENANALkFHnFhNZA
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a844Please respect copyright.PENANAeI0Kw69fXt
job of her own?"844Please respect copyright.PENANA8McLxWeRc4
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."844Please respect copyright.PENANAAtMrStwYt3
"You deserve better, my 844Please respect copyright.PENANAS5Qbap3fiX
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 844Please respect copyright.PENANA2GJb4m6gXA
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."844Please respect copyright.PENANAJi1N8L3ZKd
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."844Please respect copyright.PENANAMtHpeZqxej
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."844Please respect copyright.PENANAdIuvfTJf60
"What makes you so sure?"844Please respect copyright.PENANA7dfZKAyM0o
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."844Please respect copyright.PENANAmjeN5XpYzJ
"Mum won't though."844Please respect copyright.PENANAaP7jiUDU5c
"Does she run the 844Please respect copyright.PENANATZ5PuCSd8f
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 844Please respect copyright.PENANAOgOMeXj9RY
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 844Please respect copyright.PENANAclpNCM4m8D
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."844Please respect copyright.PENANADp0PZ0yVJb
Leo knew his grandmother844Please respect copyright.PENANAbgeHmGaYs7
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 844Please respect copyright.PENANAdJeXeeBHpI
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 844Please respect copyright.PENANAeHSj6W2k1u
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 844Please respect copyright.PENANAwEgOf0ZfwQ
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.844Please respect copyright.PENANAHbWyM0vVQD
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.844Please respect copyright.PENANATFsF6vxXBM
"Don't say any of this 844Please respect copyright.PENANA3WDn9h9Pee
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 844Please respect copyright.PENANAfe2MUdFzjJ
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 844Please respect copyright.PENANAtnfjxsFVOg
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 844Please respect copyright.PENANAGKvdzSERh3
have to convince her a little more than I have to."844Please respect copyright.PENANAj6neyCTFrk
Angel gulped. It felt 844Please respect copyright.PENANAofIQyvErfI
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only844Please respect copyright.PENANAvXxD28r5bF
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.844Please respect copyright.PENANAhLF4wi7dZW
Leo made his way out of 844Please respect copyright.PENANAq5sqrtizC4
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 844Please respect copyright.PENANAjWSEvg10fi
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 844Please respect copyright.PENANAuKvqccKweh
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 844Please respect copyright.PENANAtvt3UuLUEU
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.844Please respect copyright.PENANA8GEJiNOYjx
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAlVHMpmsHcM
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."844Please respect copyright.PENANAugylgdRFcC
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."844Please respect copyright.PENANACH3cPjHrpO
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.844Please respect copyright.PENANAETvFOkX3Xt
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.844Please respect copyright.PENANAVAnPi5KbJU
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.844Please respect copyright.PENANAcVsOLna9GK
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."844Please respect copyright.PENANAFTP6g4Rzvu
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."844Please respect copyright.PENANAYZwfONE1tE
"I'm talking about Kim."844Please respect copyright.PENANABCpPXs4nRj
Angel didn't know if it 844Please respect copyright.PENANAREMbrYU817
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 844Please respect copyright.PENANAQXUHmuMPtO
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It844Please respect copyright.PENANAm9cWcgig6J
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 844Please respect copyright.PENANAzPJErFOYjQ
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 844Please respect copyright.PENANAIXUWqdcNiA
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 844Please respect copyright.PENANABuwDLctfR0
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 844Please respect copyright.PENANAwDBJNIikGr
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 844Please respect copyright.PENANAtLUW1uPqBG
certain things?844Please respect copyright.PENANAj9vyY3auId
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.844Please respect copyright.PENANATdfogzlmOu
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.844Please respect copyright.PENANAtCMyc7wTFU
Angel felt like covering844Please respect copyright.PENANAA3aaaa4jhD
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 844Please respect copyright.PENANAsSvbgd3gJv
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 844Please respect copyright.PENANAnMdx0yqK4K
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 844Please respect copyright.PENANAmqizATFA0H
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.844Please respect copyright.PENANAdoy9Il1w3c
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.844Please respect copyright.PENANASgta4AVXtu
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.844Please respect copyright.PENANAgYHJw1e0Hg
Angel felt her heart 844Please respect copyright.PENANARv1nLNSJRJ
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if844Please respect copyright.PENANA5xY4XTdFEN
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 844Please respect copyright.PENANA1M5Ny3wBwZ
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 844Please respect copyright.PENANA09Au4P9WhV
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 844Please respect copyright.PENANAwbuoz6jAqf
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 844Please respect copyright.PENANAk9Xag81G3g
and invited her to the wedding.844Please respect copyright.PENANAmrCbLMQOge
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.844Please respect copyright.PENANAUfFK6zdpuw
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.844Please respect copyright.PENANAH9XRnjGlSP
Angel looked at Amanda 844Please respect copyright.PENANA9a5KSia2Vo
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 844Please respect copyright.PENANA763WErRQb6
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.844Please respect copyright.PENANAwwue7tAVMi
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 844Please respect copyright.PENANAJPAMs7X2Vt
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they844Please respect copyright.PENANAVnVItTdobw
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they844Please respect copyright.PENANAC130e57g3A
saw Leo.844Please respect copyright.PENANAHuzNbwQ13c
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAoyClYg4qVx
"Nothing, dear," said 844Please respect copyright.PENANAfm2n5hrhMi
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother844Please respect copyright.PENANAnqpWdtPhUl
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."844Please respect copyright.PENANAFiAuxSyrqE
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."844Please respect copyright.PENANAILb2MLhfnL
"Have a nice day."844Please respect copyright.PENANAJuKrvrkjmC
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.844Please respect copyright.PENANAJhsob3sZwM
Leo nodded his head in 844Please respect copyright.PENANAcWlUt86P5P
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 844Please respect copyright.PENANAMP7Spe9BzO
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 844Please respect copyright.PENANAAWXHoGbYAl
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 844Please respect copyright.PENANA4WztmzD8WR
through the front door.844Please respect copyright.PENANAg0Bim2BOvK
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.844Please respect copyright.PENANAHrjwdhjP9o
"You're unbelievable," 844Please respect copyright.PENANAFs9V5BjYPR
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 844Please respect copyright.PENANAsiPn30qx9j
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."844Please respect copyright.PENANAxeD7BizQK7
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.844Please respect copyright.PENANAL48QMQoGqv
"I'm sorry for that, 844Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2x3OLMana
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 844Please respect copyright.PENANAP92ve1T6d8
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."844Please respect copyright.PENANAqAbbF7ZxtZ
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.844Please respect copyright.PENANAVa4KvvPwiY
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."844Please respect copyright.PENANATqFOgQldYm
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."844Please respect copyright.PENANAJdzCpCgRq5
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."844Please respect copyright.PENANAAqhVvy7CDa
Angel slowly followed 844Please respect copyright.PENANAx6frYYYeg3
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 844Please respect copyright.PENANAAT5JJA360n
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her844Please respect copyright.PENANA94H8T5Nr87
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 844Please respect copyright.PENANAZZHix1T1Sc
must have felt awful.844Please respect copyright.PENANAisSWgLGy0B
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.844Please respect copyright.PENANAq9jveieKbP
***844Please respect copyright.PENANA6qtNaGQdvv
Eric844Please respect copyright.PENANAszLTZBo8lL
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 844Please respect copyright.PENANAm8cNnqsply
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.844Please respect copyright.PENANAhZWTsunAaY
He844Please respect copyright.PENANAyMnIWmhvyV
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 844Please respect copyright.PENANAZUIN6QQUSu
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 844Please respect copyright.PENANAOASUULlPAn
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.844Please respect copyright.PENANAvvvRqWI5nj
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.844Please respect copyright.PENANAD8rnfdWTO7
Since844Please respect copyright.PENANAFlGLB7EnZN
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 844Please respect copyright.PENANA3aXA375TWF
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 844Please respect copyright.PENANAnZx7wAH6wh
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 844Please respect copyright.PENANAjEUYm69w2T
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?844Please respect copyright.PENANAFsI3RS0Kog
Who844Please respect copyright.PENANAgAWVW7TXA8
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 844Please respect copyright.PENANAv7ktlOuzv7
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft844Please respect copyright.PENANAjVMQ8zLETj
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.844Please respect copyright.PENANAv1EuHtJB6R
He844Please respect copyright.PENANA9cb32jeOiE
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 844Please respect copyright.PENANAXHNyuJdOiR
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 844Please respect copyright.PENANAQfAjZTOu2B
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.844Please respect copyright.PENANAvGltsqh1NW
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.844Please respect copyright.PENANAzAvfb1teB3
"You've someone here to see you."844Please respect copyright.PENANAkYn69ii4tN
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.844Please respect copyright.PENANAFDThlZyMJC
"It's Trina."844Please respect copyright.PENANAYk31LaZGaF
Eric844Please respect copyright.PENANA8OzzOPqBYB
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 844Please respect copyright.PENANAPzM2ParUcb
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 844Please respect copyright.PENANAM2EZsm2Mks
called off.844Please respect copyright.PENANAKHcgppa9as
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.844Please respect copyright.PENANAmOWEuhcAvd
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.844Please respect copyright.PENANAESjNXyjT83
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.844Please respect copyright.PENANA9uBAAuSXch
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.844Please respect copyright.PENANAr2xZ2iSzXm
Trina844Please respect copyright.PENANAGr642NgT4d
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to844Please respect copyright.PENANA3LrPsolGNs
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 844Please respect copyright.PENANAMBu5YXWOyi
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 844Please respect copyright.PENANAQtcD0urRfY
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 844Please respect copyright.PENANAvKIJRKtcGR
fall out sometimes but still get back together.844Please respect copyright.PENANAjnivwRtgDI
Now844Please respect copyright.PENANALttU76ybbt
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 844Please respect copyright.PENANA5n5rThCnnY
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 844Please respect copyright.PENANAO10R9G3voi
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 844Please respect copyright.PENANASer4ESz01b
weren't friends.844Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2WHLpRdRS
While844Please respect copyright.PENANAgCXWb2rDgI
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 844Please respect copyright.PENANATWLxzDx5o3
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 844Please respect copyright.PENANAYkH3V5YVu4
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 844Please respect copyright.PENANA2tPDGpRhnJ
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 844Please respect copyright.PENANA4VRJqBhUr8
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.844Please respect copyright.PENANAZEuNmvhJr6
One844Please respect copyright.PENANA0bTaiTi6HF
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 844Please respect copyright.PENANAkjXN9aiie2
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 844Please respect copyright.PENANAWaVRtkzbRs
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 844Please respect copyright.PENANAGOoFkrzRxQ
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 844Please respect copyright.PENANA7mQtjIHR3Y
one.844Please respect copyright.PENANADi8uRDtgwV
Not until he met Angel.844Please respect copyright.PENANA6TRy6hYZYP
Trina844Please respect copyright.PENANAfTMZJGokGA
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 844Please respect copyright.PENANAXxPcOon7TX
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.844Please respect copyright.PENANAN4izGE6JWQ
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAc2elRNDyRy
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."844Please respect copyright.PENANAwTgqiccpJE
Trina844Please respect copyright.PENANAApF48nwmMr
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 844Please respect copyright.PENANAnUtWlNdByM
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 844Please respect copyright.PENANAmIWMdbhMvO
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 844Please respect copyright.PENANAnKKR7g4x2o
beautiful.844Please respect copyright.PENANANzlInMeukm
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.844Please respect copyright.PENANABdpOoeb1Sf
"Then844Please respect copyright.PENANAOpfxJ5B0dv
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 844Please respect copyright.PENANAzDnAALgGkf
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 844Please respect copyright.PENANAtKpevFlKnb
side to try and work things out."844Please respect copyright.PENANA1dKkraUc1f
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."844Please respect copyright.PENANAgtr5Ze5oTD
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."844Please respect copyright.PENANA1eoQD6MjxA
"Ya, me too."844Please respect copyright.PENANAToFh7o0vLL
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."844Please respect copyright.PENANA8bRaqNAGPQ
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.844Please respect copyright.PENANAAiOHpNsI44
"Do you know something, Eric?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAd6nenf5xWB
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"844Please respect copyright.PENANApmhqPIrNtJ
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"844Please respect copyright.PENANA84QrmDw3sC
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."844Please respect copyright.PENANAGUrWeXW6gy
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.844Please respect copyright.PENANAeIIBGHv4lX
Eric844Please respect copyright.PENANArPnV1jofwf
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that844Please respect copyright.PENANAREz9mb5K14
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 844Please respect copyright.PENANAoHpVciwvd8
eyes with a corky smile on his face.844Please respect copyright.PENANACFEhVs6zbL
"Please,844Please respect copyright.PENANANSowDRmxIS
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 844Please respect copyright.PENANAyEnSSjOPHd
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 844Please respect copyright.PENANA71MAQto0Jm
ask him?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAO8abuLUTnj
Trina844Please respect copyright.PENANACqqVwQlArt
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 844Please respect copyright.PENANAMvi9sbxXiy
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 844Please respect copyright.PENANAjrTVDi2B9k
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."844Please respect copyright.PENANAIzRjJFEUTD
Eric844Please respect copyright.PENANA2Az6rzILh2
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 844Please respect copyright.PENANAavWD58sopY
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."844Please respect copyright.PENANADcjJr1jV2Q
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAM9jWG0KMGY
Eric844Please respect copyright.PENANAE0uFCVFr7F
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 844Please respect copyright.PENANAPjBUINhOUD
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 844Please respect copyright.PENANAvCj5Ff9Utj
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 844Please respect copyright.PENANAmopYgiUfv4
to say next.844Please respect copyright.PENANAbD4zvDeEAj
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAWHJE7sYrrU
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.844Please respect copyright.PENANA63OWmaqgfy
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAL9eDdo0pHp
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."844Please respect copyright.PENANAhvfa3SeONR
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAU7UUFGXsCx
"She's844Please respect copyright.PENANAPX4RikXuH5
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 844Please respect copyright.PENANAcB9BCh0b7t
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.844Please respect copyright.PENANAcs2hdpqo8X
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 844Please respect copyright.PENANAVA9TpL5fkg
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 844Please respect copyright.PENANA59gfcCSCsy
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 844Please respect copyright.PENANADV9YPVWXYu
anymore.844Please respect copyright.PENANAuxiBRzJmBW
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.844Please respect copyright.PENANAw18x1avDqL
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAIMDZsVHNpm
Trina844Please respect copyright.PENANAsA3FhUV4zC
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 844Please respect copyright.PENANArhdpcC2NKj
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 844Please respect copyright.PENANAtQxUaSI42v
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 844Please respect copyright.PENANAOPuAz8hWqO
massage him.844Please respect copyright.PENANAusqOQGeJb8
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAHDhn7JN75H
Eric844Please respect copyright.PENANAcXhbjTrDbh
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 844Please respect copyright.PENANAkp6DT2aXs7
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 844Please respect copyright.PENANAgxvjnBoD5y
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 844Please respect copyright.PENANAXopKtEFlkw
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty844Please respect copyright.PENANAjWwuOcNZvG
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 844Please respect copyright.PENANAgWYVebn6Lt
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.844Please respect copyright.PENANAW44YwA8G6e
He844Please respect copyright.PENANA6RNZDUChEF
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 844Please respect copyright.PENANA4EXbsJOsaX
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think844Please respect copyright.PENANALeNnEpD9am
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 844Please respect copyright.PENANAbkYlc53HFj
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 844Please respect copyright.PENANAXOCMFepfN7
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.844Please respect copyright.PENANADE6zkpeSnl
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8T8FJJZed
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."844Please respect copyright.PENANAxO4Ysls6q2
"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."844Please respect copyright.PENANAifXOCG6sb3
Eric844Please respect copyright.PENANAQDjUvh1zVc
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his844Please respect copyright.PENANAfJngU1FEW5
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.844Please respect copyright.PENANAnio8CNH8kr
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAh9lXxH1veS
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."844Please respect copyright.PENANAXnogRftG0J
"Oh,844Please respect copyright.PENANAvDBwKZfpEj
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair844Please respect copyright.PENANAHSqCMb7FSO
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 844Please respect copyright.PENANApz4Gz8RXwN
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.844Please respect copyright.PENANAE9C26TVOSD
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.844Please respect copyright.PENANAQviuciI30Q
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.844Please respect copyright.PENANA3z3mGvRtkK
Trina844Please respect copyright.PENANApoBOLmLGrt
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him844Please respect copyright.PENANAPTtgl7Sdec
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.844Please respect copyright.PENANA22xXOKKVGx
Leo844Please respect copyright.PENANAE0YM45TONd
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 844Please respect copyright.PENANA3DsLdY9ekD
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.844Please respect copyright.PENANA2CTid5RxS6
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.844Please respect copyright.PENANASEjQNPzF3s
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.844Please respect copyright.PENANAfBV78FtthL
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAC4DZAjGerJ
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."844Please respect copyright.PENANALck7nKRYF3
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.844Please respect copyright.PENANATLnH5LFsnX
"I was just leaving," said Trina.844Please respect copyright.PENANATPG9GayOi6
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."844Please respect copyright.PENANA46QJX1xdHh
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.844Please respect copyright.PENANAbaXoED6Wiw
With844Please respect copyright.PENANAU7eEQBYB7d
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood844Please respect copyright.PENANADE3ILHnd4R
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.844Please respect copyright.PENANAqg6YMgsm0U
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.844Please respect copyright.PENANAuSWNn7N9Uv
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.844Please respect copyright.PENANAf0MS9p4JWW
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.844Please respect copyright.PENANASKqs1y1qf7
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."844Please respect copyright.PENANAAAdv14Krgv
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."844Please respect copyright.PENANAMdmZ9omHoY
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."844Please respect copyright.PENANAW3v5a1oDLG
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."844Please respect copyright.PENANA9C67ynvYMa
"Well, you would someday."844Please respect copyright.PENANAGTiwdc39Lt
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAO9Cqlso7G9
"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?"844Please respect copyright.PENANA32l2OgZ9dO
"That would be fine by me."844Please respect copyright.PENANAGYAMzD6hS9
"Oh,844Please respect copyright.PENANAIe5eOEdRE4
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 844Please respect copyright.PENANATqQp2Mbg0s
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 844Please respect copyright.PENANAkIpwmVqEC8
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 844Please respect copyright.PENANAKrq7GhvDes
you broke things off with her."844Please respect copyright.PENANAqgsUPuAc5r
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."844Please respect copyright.PENANAZr6XeEgwAB
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."844Please respect copyright.PENANAT8YawV8kup
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."844Please respect copyright.PENANAL6YyALmAKK
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."844Please respect copyright.PENANA0LDTkY4FNF
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.844Please respect copyright.PENANAu5BSpupNKQ
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."844Please respect copyright.PENANAxEJLIMBnYR
Leo844Please respect copyright.PENANAtb8OExuVO4
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 844Please respect copyright.PENANAuy0ATPHCnW
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 844Please respect copyright.PENANAq3u6xIg3aQ
her.844Please respect copyright.PENANAaW4u6E1GV0
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.844Please respect copyright.PENANA5At46v3rmU
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.844Please respect copyright.PENANAX9KY7nt6Og
Eric844Please respect copyright.PENANA9TTCOf6wjR
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 844Please respect copyright.PENANAticd1Seqv7
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 844Please respect copyright.PENANAtlppcwEcmB
thinking about Angel just now."844Please respect copyright.PENANAR1v6H3OG4q
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."844Please respect copyright.PENANAVEYXNx5iKO
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAWQt6OWLE2F
Leo844Please respect copyright.PENANA0nolsk5zYE
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 844Please respect copyright.PENANAqIau5bSKAw
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 844Please respect copyright.PENANAS7zRW8jOQS
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.844Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZraJTVPZs
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAXRbPFLI5OX
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.844Please respect copyright.PENANAiFZfOIClqJ
"Because,844Please respect copyright.PENANAPFyg0YPSBH
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 844Please respect copyright.PENANArn1okg3vX2
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 844Please respect copyright.PENANAI8jLXYaWbo
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're844Please respect copyright.PENANATgDyD4NYTF
in a sense of emergency to release it."844Please respect copyright.PENANAdGUbx8VW1f
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."844Please respect copyright.PENANAz4C7X3m9op
"Of844Please respect copyright.PENANAMjICxBVlAw
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 844Please respect copyright.PENANAqzcynAgDnC
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 844Please respect copyright.PENANAgrUyNvgzwt
darling, Angel."844Please respect copyright.PENANA7PQ4WIB4Ws
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."844Please respect copyright.PENANAHXF0lR4VZi
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.844Please respect copyright.PENANAoFTjO2MFfG
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.844Please respect copyright.PENANAWDxACbpZDi
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.844Please respect copyright.PENANAMy1avwyWy7
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."844Please respect copyright.PENANAn0yKujvf2P
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."844Please respect copyright.PENANAIRAwlHWGfr
"Grandma844Please respect copyright.PENANAZnNGYq9xT2
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 844Please respect copyright.PENANApHQDYQlseP
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."844Please respect copyright.PENANAPbXuSTplQF
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"844Please respect copyright.PENANAfqBA60fhhz
Leo844Please respect copyright.PENANAxNgBppZK5l
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 844Please respect copyright.PENANAcSjreHGoRy
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a844Please respect copyright.PENANAQcIkoFBwWX
word to anyone.844Please respect copyright.PENANAmCjzDX7iOm
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."844Please respect copyright.PENANAvvJQMuq1qJ
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."844Please respect copyright.PENANA7D4Zum54S7
"Yep,844Please respect copyright.PENANAFPWtdF05vR
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I844Please respect copyright.PENANAXfhZUOhtkt
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.844Please respect copyright.PENANABfuNGdxLfq
"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.844Please respect copyright.PENANAnaPFRaH7dE
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."844Please respect copyright.PENANA0YvT95kIPt
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."844Please respect copyright.PENANAhbgPG68g4B
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."844Please respect copyright.PENANAE0QN2r3CO7
Eric844Please respect copyright.PENANAmLb11iW994
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 844Please respect copyright.PENANA0keYjxeNnO
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 844Please respect copyright.PENANAIncleUHLNs
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."844Please respect copyright.PENANAT62O1a67yg
Leo844Please respect copyright.PENANARDpZpaMQ9h
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 844Please respect copyright.PENANAGWnbDUJckU
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 844Please respect copyright.PENANA5NodzIBnpr
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.844Please respect copyright.PENANA7P1oSlg3rT
He844Please respect copyright.PENANAhwVNAxYnvV
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 844Please respect copyright.PENANAeXpw8M8FTZ
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 844Please respect copyright.PENANAyrkYwtH9Fi
desk that he had to look at today.844Please respect copyright.PENANA3XLsUKf3Jy
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?844Please respect copyright.PENANAfZxeMwNmpD
Leo844Please respect copyright.PENANAsOupuH5QMI
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 844Please respect copyright.PENANAtWheyCDTUw
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.844Please respect copyright.PENANAZHByx87YWC
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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