Angel was in the living 521Please respect copyright.PENANA0D8CGBTa8O
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 521Please respect copyright.PENANANINpWYB6ls
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.521Please respect copyright.PENANAl3BIAeUwEp
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.521Please respect copyright.PENANAWHpv8rXHPq
"How was what?" Angel asked.521Please respect copyright.PENANAgPr3M70dSC
"Getting to know Leo?"521Please respect copyright.PENANA7qMZC9RywE
Angel could have sworn 521Please respect copyright.PENANAV4rAckuTKc
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 521Please respect copyright.PENANARhxkSWPInY
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.521Please respect copyright.PENANAYOEEojHzZ5
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.521Please respect copyright.PENANAlAD3bd2E0d
"Really?" Amanda looked a521Please respect copyright.PENANAzE08NuN9Fo
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 521Please respect copyright.PENANA8D31CVwfOt
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 521Please respect copyright.PENANAtuTl5x2Smr
have offended you?" 521Please respect copyright.PENANAiZUdWbWCQm
"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."521Please respect copyright.PENANAkVzpgkHCXT
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAkh2LZ0TyHY
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."521Please respect copyright.PENANAghmX2RHW1D
"Awww, you're so 521Please respect copyright.PENANA4K4fDoo0ir
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can521Please respect copyright.PENANAw5B3EZd55e
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 521Please respect copyright.PENANAfwnNxYY6Kn
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 521Please respect copyright.PENANA3IDJ5nztgP
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."521Please respect copyright.PENANAfymKl2SCGA
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."521Please respect copyright.PENANAsGxubi4oEI
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAsqyED5Nmw6
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."521Please respect copyright.PENANADsvq5MVaKO
Amanda gave Angel the 521Please respect copyright.PENANAQYDmTd2tlD
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 521Please respect copyright.PENANA0cPcwPCyQY
to deal with writing. It suits you."521Please respect copyright.PENANAop8EwGnrhY
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.521Please respect copyright.PENANAnbMrP2I7kM
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."521Please respect copyright.PENANAXwA9vRV0W8
"What is it?" Angel asked.521Please respect copyright.PENANAdgHD1poYuy
"You seem to be one 521Please respect copyright.PENANAYr3QBXfqQ4
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,521Please respect copyright.PENANAeea3l5uICU
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."521Please respect copyright.PENANAi69qgm6u0W
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.521Please respect copyright.PENANAHNlRgTxW0x
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.521Please respect copyright.PENANANlPPGLLuPH
"What?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAeR7CZCoLlu
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.521Please respect copyright.PENANAYDOVSR5LAr
Leo who had just come in521Please respect copyright.PENANA52kelYaXPS
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 521Please respect copyright.PENANAMNFUzCcjjv
just at the entrance of the living room.521Please respect copyright.PENANAEEQC342D7M
"What did you just say 521Please respect copyright.PENANAJsgCbTZehM
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached521Please respect copyright.PENANAqfmVBavd2f
the two women on the wheelchairs.521Please respect copyright.PENANAa3kjRoXztc
Amanda turned her 521Please respect copyright.PENANAASDlHLI9PX
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 521Please respect copyright.PENANAex2LMsHAGB
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 521Please respect copyright.PENANAX2w6KXHcB9
themselves."521Please respect copyright.PENANAUQRjt40Pkk
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAB9vQVS2IEB
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAVgiuv1pmdt
Leo couldn't believe 521Please respect copyright.PENANAb9nlvmzDAh
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 521Please respect copyright.PENANAlQFXxlIsh2
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.521Please respect copyright.PENANA0djpO2gelv
"Haven't you thought 521Please respect copyright.PENANAUoKpDJevgh
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 521Please respect copyright.PENANAPZaf4BSwYo
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a521Please respect copyright.PENANAD0664fpVj1
job of her own?"521Please respect copyright.PENANA9LM75Kf7TU
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."521Please respect copyright.PENANAYJjuOBz4YZ
"You deserve better, my 521Please respect copyright.PENANAOhFjDe9ETX
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 521Please respect copyright.PENANAGhyhmCTBEv
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."521Please respect copyright.PENANAkTMhKvHdLT
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."521Please respect copyright.PENANADsgsQ8hgRq
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."521Please respect copyright.PENANA9ztSXyVRAw
"What makes you so sure?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAbsXoxwaeTo
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."521Please respect copyright.PENANAFZjEVABYQM
"Mum won't though."521Please respect copyright.PENANA9F77Wn9szl
"Does she run the 521Please respect copyright.PENANAoYZY47Rh6S
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 521Please respect copyright.PENANAdaHsbWhjin
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 521Please respect copyright.PENANAfei5r1RM4C
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."521Please respect copyright.PENANA1xHYXw7wp3
Leo knew his grandmother521Please respect copyright.PENANAR6OHcw1IXN
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 521Please respect copyright.PENANAAvq43OLwYF
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 521Please respect copyright.PENANAi9NBvrGiNR
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 521Please respect copyright.PENANAGZm9romwmD
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.521Please respect copyright.PENANATay629TOCw
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.521Please respect copyright.PENANA9m1cdOKaCW
"Don't say any of this 521Please respect copyright.PENANArtqf1YJiMm
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 521Please respect copyright.PENANAAlUmZcqvFv
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 521Please respect copyright.PENANAdIA9vqzZYn
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 521Please respect copyright.PENANAGgqvd7IBt4
have to convince her a little more than I have to."521Please respect copyright.PENANALsHMqXhTuw
Angel gulped. It felt 521Please respect copyright.PENANAX23yexPAdS
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only521Please respect copyright.PENANAYQtOXvP9fP
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.521Please respect copyright.PENANAkKclvzgPhg
Leo made his way out of 521Please respect copyright.PENANAMSWI6kVAgp
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 521Please respect copyright.PENANAzW7fIr4CXm
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 521Please respect copyright.PENANA8pSwkBiK2v
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 521Please respect copyright.PENANAEszIbxvWro
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.521Please respect copyright.PENANAWNTkey3x20
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAbor1RX8Lx0
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."521Please respect copyright.PENANAqYOzSngFcM
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."521Please respect copyright.PENANARm24MiMVaJ
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.521Please respect copyright.PENANAlMFLz23RUG
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.521Please respect copyright.PENANAu9OmMArRIE
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.521Please respect copyright.PENANAnDV1LCQMQ1
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."521Please respect copyright.PENANATXbNSCWalR
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."521Please respect copyright.PENANAAIlIozhgtl
"I'm talking about Kim."521Please respect copyright.PENANAHLaUt0pTcv
Angel didn't know if it 521Please respect copyright.PENANAmSHAgDibmN
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 521Please respect copyright.PENANA0ImixmsB0V
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It521Please respect copyright.PENANAVF5byzoExC
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 521Please respect copyright.PENANArQWnRVzr4r
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 521Please respect copyright.PENANAEux1fQgO1u
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 521Please respect copyright.PENANAXpqIVUDP8r
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 521Please respect copyright.PENANAvH23Mb5YGw
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 521Please respect copyright.PENANA91EBZosY2m
certain things?521Please respect copyright.PENANASw22KLyNLk
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.521Please respect copyright.PENANAjmuMTEeDh4
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.521Please respect copyright.PENANAHja9yDPRWQ
Angel felt like covering521Please respect copyright.PENANAnTGxwOh3Q4
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 521Please respect copyright.PENANAKJyyDE7gbE
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 521Please respect copyright.PENANAsvu4wViusm
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 521Please respect copyright.PENANAK9zC8QAlhP
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.521Please respect copyright.PENANAGdr6sbthAo
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.521Please respect copyright.PENANAoG0g12HZZY
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.521Please respect copyright.PENANAI774cBKe2n
Angel felt her heart 521Please respect copyright.PENANAB0Qa6I22pu
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if521Please respect copyright.PENANAibxFvK6BHP
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 521Please respect copyright.PENANANssbgjv2Uw
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 521Please respect copyright.PENANA3nflPkUh7a
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 521Please respect copyright.PENANAT9yaOd03te
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 521Please respect copyright.PENANAdh1CvYrYVq
and invited her to the wedding.521Please respect copyright.PENANA7FbQAeoQLr
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.521Please respect copyright.PENANArLHF9PLlHt
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.521Please respect copyright.PENANAv2qesoRZJ1
Angel looked at Amanda 521Please respect copyright.PENANAOKkjYnlspp
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 521Please respect copyright.PENANARKMccQ2B2b
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.521Please respect copyright.PENANAP9L8fVZTCc
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 521Please respect copyright.PENANAiBq1DkKKS2
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they521Please respect copyright.PENANAZmOhIlcMRb
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they521Please respect copyright.PENANAEOGfDy982v
saw Leo.521Please respect copyright.PENANAhGc5LFLsTJ
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAgGO3zRl2OV
"Nothing, dear," said 521Please respect copyright.PENANAUHo5qjya6e
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother521Please respect copyright.PENANAK5su0R1VmB
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."521Please respect copyright.PENANAxQ0lM6VQc4
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."521Please respect copyright.PENANAdINv1uhyzv
"Have a nice day."521Please respect copyright.PENANA40fgszRE4q
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.521Please respect copyright.PENANAhytNtZZgpL
Leo nodded his head in 521Please respect copyright.PENANA8YBkFKaBNd
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 521Please respect copyright.PENANAUTLNdXV9dD
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 521Please respect copyright.PENANAcyZleCwXwZ
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 521Please respect copyright.PENANAI0QehLDgNd
through the front door.521Please respect copyright.PENANAezrJ4ZgjY4
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.521Please respect copyright.PENANAqgrVVSgwBp
"You're unbelievable," 521Please respect copyright.PENANA8LonRqH3zL
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 521Please respect copyright.PENANAeGx8RlPSCr
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."521Please respect copyright.PENANAcuG9AExmGR
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.521Please respect copyright.PENANAihDrCJOxax
"I'm sorry for that, 521Please respect copyright.PENANAGuKW5sbQT0
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 521Please respect copyright.PENANAIb8mrQwrcQ
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."521Please respect copyright.PENANAzgumGxucLg
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.521Please respect copyright.PENANAhJablVxScm
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."521Please respect copyright.PENANAwbaz2kwtTq
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."521Please respect copyright.PENANAl7kZWCJy7W
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."521Please respect copyright.PENANAEotrOuFXx0
Angel slowly followed 521Please respect copyright.PENANAiMp06bSbCB
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 521Please respect copyright.PENANAf6zXzFNsmh
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her521Please respect copyright.PENANAN5ptUWbDvo
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 521Please respect copyright.PENANAUbyEBKco9E
must have felt awful.521Please respect copyright.PENANAUqQSff6tXn
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.521Please respect copyright.PENANA13FlHxhF9w
***521Please respect copyright.PENANABYsIvrgIVJ
Eric521Please respect copyright.PENANAcYlmgGhYQ1
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 521Please respect copyright.PENANAtKMNkagcWz
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.521Please respect copyright.PENANAexjlHjkWA3
He521Please respect copyright.PENANAYhrmBYVVBw
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 521Please respect copyright.PENANAr5IipCOrO3
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 521Please respect copyright.PENANAzf580ZkcH1
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.521Please respect copyright.PENANAsyL4c1e1uC
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.521Please respect copyright.PENANAKZ2DIOgkmA
Since521Please respect copyright.PENANA1WUjbYLoTw
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 521Please respect copyright.PENANA70AJcr3TgI
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 521Please respect copyright.PENANAVTma5CzIXk
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 521Please respect copyright.PENANALuG1YVZwqd
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?521Please respect copyright.PENANApC0uUzCrnS
Who521Please respect copyright.PENANA3juzdnjvfU
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 521Please respect copyright.PENANA0cwhXlh5Wi
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft521Please respect copyright.PENANAw6PSQkkrSY
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.521Please respect copyright.PENANAi62gfGn2p1
He521Please respect copyright.PENANAe1Nr2Rlf17
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 521Please respect copyright.PENANAuYsRN3UBzx
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 521Please respect copyright.PENANA4P2Q1ow8na
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.521Please respect copyright.PENANAufgcYWttcU
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.521Please respect copyright.PENANAHX6zUH5Kng
"You've someone here to see you."521Please respect copyright.PENANAl4QlnKeVr3
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.521Please respect copyright.PENANAEDMkDlqWkD
"It's Trina."521Please respect copyright.PENANAj637SSWP3q
Eric521Please respect copyright.PENANATrkddfKrzA
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 521Please respect copyright.PENANAhkkZigk7lY
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 521Please respect copyright.PENANAzoOANsoQ3A
called off.521Please respect copyright.PENANAYlctVj8Wwx
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.521Please respect copyright.PENANAnnOsleXL6V
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.521Please respect copyright.PENANAg4kn7r41eX
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.521Please respect copyright.PENANAdbvBBmiTfY
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.521Please respect copyright.PENANAIuYBeiAmR7
Trina521Please respect copyright.PENANALJJVolRJWH
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to521Please respect copyright.PENANA39xbSCHYIu
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 521Please respect copyright.PENANAv1ZnR4CKrd
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 521Please respect copyright.PENANAKIE8aYd45L
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 521Please respect copyright.PENANAztsQ3NQ4MU
fall out sometimes but still get back together.521Please respect copyright.PENANAFs4JRx2frc
Now521Please respect copyright.PENANAxacI3zS2cJ
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 521Please respect copyright.PENANA3w9gxiZSMm
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 521Please respect copyright.PENANA7VfMzwsxeO
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 521Please respect copyright.PENANAaDDTs3WNo7
weren't friends.521Please respect copyright.PENANAEBt4Ak0vJt
While521Please respect copyright.PENANAqtpm49Xmpe
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 521Please respect copyright.PENANAv9Nab0Ic6R
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 521Please respect copyright.PENANAsdKndxLSD0
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 521Please respect copyright.PENANAxYr7nCHmOO
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 521Please respect copyright.PENANAo8UpJ9LXgf
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.521Please respect copyright.PENANA0lPxYJNPkg
One521Please respect copyright.PENANAxEURqUIKkV
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 521Please respect copyright.PENANAdyNPyKkdJe
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 521Please respect copyright.PENANAN78h8OZbBv
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 521Please respect copyright.PENANAysymEBRnEd
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 521Please respect copyright.PENANAgJsyWMHt9j
one.521Please respect copyright.PENANAvFsyBPvO2G
Not until he met Angel.521Please respect copyright.PENANA2MElUn7qXp
Trina521Please respect copyright.PENANAhDxAiGssdu
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 521Please respect copyright.PENANAEjAYALKYgn
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.521Please respect copyright.PENANAkotwn1LdTQ
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAd9J7z8Gz8K
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."521Please respect copyright.PENANAgZChox0rkr
Trina521Please respect copyright.PENANAj3PyR5tAKC
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 521Please respect copyright.PENANArLx6eMfE6V
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 521Please respect copyright.PENANAXRL1rQl06N
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 521Please respect copyright.PENANAs8mNBgel0O
beautiful.521Please respect copyright.PENANAfXYKnGUXN4
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.521Please respect copyright.PENANAgmJN8O7b6f
"Then521Please respect copyright.PENANAT7TZkQLxmn
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 521Please respect copyright.PENANABooGhsFLqr
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 521Please respect copyright.PENANAX65GpwTdUO
side to try and work things out."521Please respect copyright.PENANAkSLBiWzH2F
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."521Please respect copyright.PENANAzyioTkuZdz
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."521Please respect copyright.PENANAHxj5U5xn28
"Ya, me too."521Please respect copyright.PENANAhPYPzriSfT
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."521Please respect copyright.PENANA4GmfW6Qg7N
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.521Please respect copyright.PENANACOpk4Xvkgs
"Do you know something, Eric?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAoW2H3yhjkB
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAc7Cy6nPOLc
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAtCxcKc2SUR
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."521Please respect copyright.PENANAXGU51XUJzJ
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.521Please respect copyright.PENANAII6l2qwbLz
Eric521Please respect copyright.PENANAgO8Ukbrir3
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that521Please respect copyright.PENANAZ68keMQN8o
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 521Please respect copyright.PENANAD8PzBwMUIA
eyes with a corky smile on his face.521Please respect copyright.PENANAdUyG2JnSER
"Please,521Please respect copyright.PENANAhzOVW4hVrf
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 521Please respect copyright.PENANA09PVLLXJrZ
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 521Please respect copyright.PENANA9SBXXkHBSQ
ask him?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAUHXLn0X6Av
Trina521Please respect copyright.PENANAW5xcXP0riA
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 521Please respect copyright.PENANA7IWpQx0t0D
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 521Please respect copyright.PENANARYNgiAMkUB
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."521Please respect copyright.PENANAzDwPkR82Wf
Eric521Please respect copyright.PENANA4GrwDc1tgc
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 521Please respect copyright.PENANAc1U2ECiX63
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."521Please respect copyright.PENANAf7BeBqNSpV
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"521Please respect copyright.PENANA5qaUbydxXg
Eric521Please respect copyright.PENANA3pbZRMSj12
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 521Please respect copyright.PENANA6751hHYM3V
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 521Please respect copyright.PENANAGlnh8dvmgM
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 521Please respect copyright.PENANAbxVYntXfJH
to say next.521Please respect copyright.PENANAXeM7jlBL4X
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAy7AboSORH6
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.521Please respect copyright.PENANAkNtoP7KNot
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"521Please respect copyright.PENANArbm3zLdOLm
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."521Please respect copyright.PENANAbTfzV92bMy
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"521Please respect copyright.PENANARxzrQe2Vqk
"She's521Please respect copyright.PENANArzJIZMuAmw
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 521Please respect copyright.PENANAVHKznK56wT
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.521Please respect copyright.PENANAZXk6caWPnP
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 521Please respect copyright.PENANALOHwSBTY1K
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 521Please respect copyright.PENANATTsJIfG9Vn
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 521Please respect copyright.PENANAtl6gXDE5FG
anymore.521Please respect copyright.PENANAEwZoqz9OKd
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.521Please respect copyright.PENANAR7iLMZ4S50
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAG9EhKO1ebO
Trina521Please respect copyright.PENANAjZXZgAcu05
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 521Please respect copyright.PENANAv3qutVxdVs
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 521Please respect copyright.PENANAUJyHVNk0Dc
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 521Please respect copyright.PENANA8BpsSaD3iO
massage him.521Please respect copyright.PENANAjp8MjMN69c
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAB1u73oLLys
Eric521Please respect copyright.PENANAjhD5WvFIpA
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 521Please respect copyright.PENANAaAvBYbObl3
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 521Please respect copyright.PENANACSmhTmU6iM
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 521Please respect copyright.PENANARX5RCw6gw0
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty521Please respect copyright.PENANAJXsQnuATru
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 521Please respect copyright.PENANAOdTlOFHohE
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.521Please respect copyright.PENANAu9Rjnl3BjK
He521Please respect copyright.PENANAQkPvdA49Go
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 521Please respect copyright.PENANAqTEJElHQN7
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think521Please respect copyright.PENANAR1lHiet2lw
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 521Please respect copyright.PENANAqBw2v7JIxs
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 521Please respect copyright.PENANAMIwAdr3I2b
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.521Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8xwhfJeaW
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAdO7O4MJbym
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."521Please respect copyright.PENANA7dOY9WNmGn
"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."521Please respect copyright.PENANATgCNxffZT3
Eric521Please respect copyright.PENANAgC5j8WoH8m
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his521Please respect copyright.PENANAwYIkU75oia
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.521Please respect copyright.PENANA8s6zCDNy7R
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAt9RXjEUpKV
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."521Please respect copyright.PENANAqnKOA1YdtR
"Oh,521Please respect copyright.PENANAEvgOxtLm0A
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair521Please respect copyright.PENANAkvH6l9i53N
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 521Please respect copyright.PENANAFv86j8ywF3
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.521Please respect copyright.PENANA5kaxnEz7R1
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.521Please respect copyright.PENANAOVogfPQYL4
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.521Please respect copyright.PENANAy5giinwLNG
Trina521Please respect copyright.PENANAEM4SDT3JaV
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him521Please respect copyright.PENANA25ZmWaS9Wi
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.521Please respect copyright.PENANAle69LtPfvW
Leo521Please respect copyright.PENANAQkYRHhe3TF
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 521Please respect copyright.PENANAMXRw9oZgGp
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.521Please respect copyright.PENANA89NAGZvlLY
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.521Please respect copyright.PENANAEx30uFROVq
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.521Please respect copyright.PENANAHMLgqbY94p
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAErLvyjDeEe
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."521Please respect copyright.PENANAH15tqgxNw0
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.521Please respect copyright.PENANAvmftNIK3da
"I was just leaving," said Trina.521Please respect copyright.PENANA5yUSUxRax4
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."521Please respect copyright.PENANASlaRMGVM4h
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.521Please respect copyright.PENANABSAQaYDfD6
With521Please respect copyright.PENANAxNpPGNR3Sy
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood521Please respect copyright.PENANAIQUvrgYFdk
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.521Please respect copyright.PENANA9dXNLOtLIC
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.521Please respect copyright.PENANAadrWr2g1pw
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.521Please respect copyright.PENANAdEpS1qazWW
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.521Please respect copyright.PENANAmMr0LUCMKE
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."521Please respect copyright.PENANANMsoG4cfty
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."521Please respect copyright.PENANA4r5XrD73gf
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."521Please respect copyright.PENANABSscR5kMPK
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."521Please respect copyright.PENANA8hmel6tNm3
"Well, you would someday."521Please respect copyright.PENANAu767EsI7RL
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"521Please respect copyright.PENANATaZTVQ8ibJ
"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?"521Please respect copyright.PENANA5oDt056CEq
"That would be fine by me."521Please respect copyright.PENANAVDCHKtn4gU
"Oh,521Please respect copyright.PENANApzqhzKdHkI
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 521Please respect copyright.PENANACvs1gXVlQu
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 521Please respect copyright.PENANATWmkqBxMgy
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 521Please respect copyright.PENANAdk4SRoX6bm
you broke things off with her."521Please respect copyright.PENANADMHZLRKeRq
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."521Please respect copyright.PENANAnY50s9iUeE
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."521Please respect copyright.PENANAXSdKCB7DYj
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."521Please respect copyright.PENANAEiUMXibIv4
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."521Please respect copyright.PENANAF2MRAu7oHr
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.521Please respect copyright.PENANAeeegkn0zsv
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."521Please respect copyright.PENANA0R6SimiQx6
Leo521Please respect copyright.PENANARkwYnDmnNZ
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 521Please respect copyright.PENANARSFGQ1zk4S
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 521Please respect copyright.PENANAqqUvWMmJmf
her.521Please respect copyright.PENANAWCXdS5M47E
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.521Please respect copyright.PENANAbmGku3pQg5
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.521Please respect copyright.PENANAVnQuuI1O1w
Eric521Please respect copyright.PENANAl6GwN2q6Ud
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 521Please respect copyright.PENANAuvPM582ewL
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 521Please respect copyright.PENANAp0JmTnSOe5
thinking about Angel just now."521Please respect copyright.PENANAwvETGmwpKM
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."521Please respect copyright.PENANAyuwmVV4Dgv
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAqJlbU3oJPN
Leo521Please respect copyright.PENANANQUvpYJxFA
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 521Please respect copyright.PENANA9LTqOMQUDg
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 521Please respect copyright.PENANAbJqM4HRiQH
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.521Please respect copyright.PENANACpwyseVeRb
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"521Please respect copyright.PENANAjj2X9Id02H
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.521Please respect copyright.PENANA3wZGbeCw0t
"Because,521Please respect copyright.PENANA0sdaO5AbPh
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 521Please respect copyright.PENANAoVXwUSR0HS
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 521Please respect copyright.PENANAnIxvicQWz3
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're521Please respect copyright.PENANAoe1Jtr5xKB
in a sense of emergency to release it."521Please respect copyright.PENANArMkLhn3W28
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."521Please respect copyright.PENANALEZ8xI2eLo
"Of521Please respect copyright.PENANAYoUvgYCMVt
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 521Please respect copyright.PENANAmRsIIw1wdP
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 521Please respect copyright.PENANAAF5ViYLImB
darling, Angel."521Please respect copyright.PENANA99F7rhXQbY
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."521Please respect copyright.PENANArxdGE1SCcw
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.521Please respect copyright.PENANA4iGftMcbgL
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.521Please respect copyright.PENANAqsNGPHMyD5
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.521Please respect copyright.PENANARRTeVpGD0X
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."521Please respect copyright.PENANAGN79UfbE0e
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."521Please respect copyright.PENANAro072xKMN8
"Grandma521Please respect copyright.PENANAIZw9DlEBpX
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 521Please respect copyright.PENANAefyhQAHc7f
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."521Please respect copyright.PENANAScJIdTcmi3
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"521Please respect copyright.PENANATjpGmPoTmn
Leo521Please respect copyright.PENANAfFx8LRP5EY
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 521Please respect copyright.PENANAOPjuGpTeYu
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a521Please respect copyright.PENANAkcFSsdm2OB
word to anyone.521Please respect copyright.PENANAAslcLCpGE7
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."521Please respect copyright.PENANA7yAmOs1agN
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."521Please respect copyright.PENANAbI4ZZ8Vgpp
"Yep,521Please respect copyright.PENANA0RotNZ9X5A
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I521Please respect copyright.PENANA6GMyc2I4zt
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.521Please respect copyright.PENANA1SsYXwEtfB
"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.521Please respect copyright.PENANA3bhRBZDBUP
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."521Please respect copyright.PENANAIIamrXNXge
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."521Please respect copyright.PENANAgrHdvQbNXM
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."521Please respect copyright.PENANA4HeThRQOen
Eric521Please respect copyright.PENANA4g0v0xsMvE
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 521Please respect copyright.PENANAeKTGH9h2Ra
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 521Please respect copyright.PENANAXXMG8zqX9S
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."521Please respect copyright.PENANAZ89NvfqNCl
Leo521Please respect copyright.PENANAzGG1Xozszl
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 521Please respect copyright.PENANASYQrhT4wSG
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 521Please respect copyright.PENANAFcmkoPRLLS
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.521Please respect copyright.PENANAM07aIP9CJl
He521Please respect copyright.PENANAmJgB9J8gQj
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 521Please respect copyright.PENANASN65hbpiIT
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 521Please respect copyright.PENANAnDEbt5enAJ
desk that he had to look at today.521Please respect copyright.PENANAn0FryILXLF
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?521Please respect copyright.PENANA3UbaHoQUYB
Leo521Please respect copyright.PENANApej8YVxo9B
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 521Please respect copyright.PENANAI258HapNOQ
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.521Please respect copyright.PENANAZxg9IDRM09
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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