The tapping of his fingers onto the desk must have gone on for quiet a while. It was close to lunch time and Leo didn't seem to notice the time.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZPqm5RDYO
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A knock came at the door, and Leo didn't seem to hear it at first, til it became louder. He jerked in his seat and sat up like he had just woken up from a dream.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdKlI2fSuW
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"Hello, Mr. McDonell?" came a female voice behind the door. "Are you in there?"
"Damn it," Leo muttered quietly to himself. "You can come in, Grace."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBArPquEWlx
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The door flew open and a young short lady with blonde hair, tied in a bun and glasses over her blue eyes, came into the room. She wore a white blouse with a black skirt and matching black high heeled shoes that made her look a bit taller. She had a blue file in her hand.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4SGg4D5gS
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"Yes, Grace, how may I help you?" Leo asked as he rubbed his eyes.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdiAyLbxx0
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"Were you asleep, sir?" Grace asked as she slowly approached his desk.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOnX6ZuXCq
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"No, not really." Leo looked around his desk as though he was looking for something, then he went on to look at Grace.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGgT1prcYT
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"I was just asking because you weren't answering the door and your secretary assured me that you were still in your office."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvC5ftVanQ1
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"Is she still at her desk?"637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJn0QyJ2uvI
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"I saw her heading out for lunch." Grace looked carefully at Leo. "You do know what time it is, right?"637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXI7wQhzFe
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Leo tried not to look surprised as he stared at the silver round clock seated on his desk beside his computer. He completely lost track of time that he felt like muttering to himself of how much of an idiot he was.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0zUOjXlP2
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"I simply lost track of time," he humbly admitted as he looked back at Grace, trying to keep his cool. He sometimes lost his temper in front of his colleagues. But today, he felt like it wasn't necessary.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFDAn5PoaH
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"You look tired. Are you okay?"637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfW4H60UOf6
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"I'm fine. Just had a few things on my mind, that's all."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TWLaf4Nxp
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"You should go out for fresh air. It looks like you need it."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79nT8wbgkJ
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Leo wanted to smile at the kind suggestion, but the thought of Angel working with him made his mind go dark and gloomy again.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zTLRd8zuJ
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He soon stood up from his seat and Grace took a step back, thinking that she might have struck a nerve.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLW9mw0rGtq
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"I'll try," Leo said as he picked up his phone on the table. "Though going out for fresh air really isn't my cup of tea."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKtih0Wk4V
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Grace smiled at him as she relaxed. "You will enjoy it, sir. Before you go, your father isn't back yet and I needed him to sign this document."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVSoazW6v0
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"Huh?" Leo raised his eyebrow. "My father isn't back yet?"637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXr8hmTTlF
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"No." Grace shook her head. "So, I called him and he told me to give it to you to sign it."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtB1VP5PzQ
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Leo stretched out his hand and Grace, likewise, gave him the file. He quickly opened the file and skimmed through the document. After familiarising himself with it, he put the file on the table, took the pen and signed it. He straightened up and gave the file back to Grace.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6ACCaCx87
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"Thank you, sir," said Grace as she quickly walked out of the office, closing the door behind her.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOHghSqyoU
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Leo couldn't help but wonder how he's father had not yet returned to the office. It was so unlike him.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuVYAHpuGQ
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With the phone in his other hand, Leo decided to call him. But before he could do so, the door flew open and Eric came into his office.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZDzp1QxmK
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"You should be knocking when you're coming here, Eric," said Leo as he looked up at his cousin.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jxwOi01Mk
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"Sorry," said Eric apologetically. "I always knock on your door, it's just today is kind of-"637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpCNRSqJ6O
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"-different?" Leo finished his sentence.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhWhVkMWt0
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"Yep. So are you coming with me for lunch?" Eric asked.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA72E82I6s5
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"Nah, I think I'll skip lunch today."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurun9Et2xq
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Eric raised an eyebrow at his cousin. "Are you sure?" he asked. "You seem to need it more than I do."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqwfYFSW0d
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"Why do you say that?"637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxecSxre7D
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"Because you look famished. I just passed Grace in the hall and she said you looked sick or something."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsQC5tJoeH
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Leo rubbed his forehead with his free hand. "I've been thinking a lot, that's why."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2mX1BBHiS
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Eric's eyes lit up. "Wait..., is it because of Angel? You're still worried about her working here?"637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwB8YClLRIj
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Leo shrugged his shoulders. "Well, what do you expect when you came here talking about her in the first place?"637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVRTzdkP7l
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Eric shook his head as he pinched his eyes with his index finger and thumb. "This is why I said you should go to a therapist. You can't hate someone who hasn't offended you."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRsktSgVDc
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"What are you saying? Of course she has."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FvKfENeOT
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Eric folded his arms. "Okay, apart from the time when she attacked you at the club because you were making love to her sister, mention any other time when she did you wrong."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFABzNLs6Ik
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Leo looked at Eric with a murderous look. He didn't have to think of anything because he knew he had none. Eric always had a way of getting to him when he wanted to.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNT8mxlHBI
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Leo ended up shaking his head admitting defeat and said, "fine. You win this time. But that doesn't mean she plots behind my back."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRtomKbGz0
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"You don't even have proof of that," said Eric as he started to chuckle. "You're just being paranoid."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEXRughGvL
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Leo shook his head as he walked round his table. "I'm so done with you. Let's go. Arguing with you makes me hungry."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtZcnmG4N9
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Leo started to walk out of his office with Eric right behind him. When the two stepped out, Leo locked the door.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM11gQ9Kokf
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"Since you really need to eat something," said Eric, "you can suggest where we can go for lunch."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnJMXhhs1B
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"First let me make a call to my dad. Can you imagine that he hasn't shown up to the office?"637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBfopt4JLT
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"Maybe he is still helping Carly out with her college transfer. You know how these things take time sometimes."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaKXjp2QQi
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"Ya, but it's lunch time and he should have called me first if he was going to arrive late."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IqjyzXIpc
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"He probably just forgot. You can give him a call as we head out of here. I'm starving."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDkOyNFnoy
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Leo would've said something over Eric's appetite, but he was too worried about his father to even care. The two made their way towards the elevator while Leo dialed his father's number on his phone and called. He put the phone to his ear as Eric reached the elevator first and pressed the button to summon it.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8M8c71fvb3
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Mr. McDonell answered the call upon the first ring and Leo was relieved.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfThtso96a
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"Leo, hey," came his father's voice. "Is anything wrong at the office?"637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSH8adRtOw7
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"No, nothing's wrong," Leo replied. The elevator doors in front of him flew open and Eric stepped in first with Leo following slowly behind him. "Grace told me that you weren't around and I thought of checking up on you."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdLnq0bX7g
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"Oh, I'm fine, son. There is no need to worry."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBczn00CKBz
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"Where are you anyway?" Eric pressed the button to the ground floor and the doors closed. They soon felt the elevator start to move.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiHO0EXlfd
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"Oh..., me?" Mr. McDonell seemed surprised by the question. "I decided to go for a walk in Central park, that's all."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0Mm4ANnli
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"I was worried when Grace told me you hadn't shown up to the office." Leo looked over at Eric who was staring at his own two feet.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnBF3IVaXp
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"You don't need to worry, son, I'm fine. Walking is good for me and I really need it today. I'll be back in the office as soon as lunch hour is over."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOeQUFnuF4
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"Okay, see you later, then." Leo cut the call.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39n2dpM3ug
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The elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open. Eric turned to look at Leo.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuyIIGc35g
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"So, where is he?" Eric asked Leo as they both walked out of the elevator.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3hWlY2eZI
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"He's taking a walk in Central park," Leo asked as they passed a few people down in the lobby.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMVjvFTwIr
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"Ah, you see. There was nothing to worry about."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeNHyIX96P
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"Ya, there wasn't."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFuvd5OuE8
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The two cousins stepped out through the large glass doors of the building, passing the doorman that stood guard.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk40M2efSXI
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"That reminds me," said Eric as they turned down the street on the sidewalk, "which restaurant are we going to?"637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtUBy06IfA
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"Can't we have junk food for a change?" Leo asked as he put his phone in the pocket and left his hand in it.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyz80Jh1FU5
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Eric looked at his cousin as they walked, careful enough not to bump into anyone coming in from the opposite direction and those in front of him who walked too slow. He looked surprised.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVfxvMi21S
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"Did you just say you want to eat junk food?" Eric asked. "Minutes ago, you said you weren't hungry."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQy53BoGaG
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"I've changed my mind. Am I on a diet so as not to eat junk?" Leo asked.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMVFVL6HJS
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"Not that I know of." They were soon near the traffic lights with many other civilians at the zebra crossing, waiting for the walk traffic light to turn on.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3usbLfOnkO
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"What's wrong with eating junk food, then?"637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfwJvmzgf0
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Eric thought about it for a second but he had to cross the road with Leo and the other pedestrians as soon as the traffic lights turned red for the cars to stop and the green walk sign turned on for the pedestrians. As soon as they reached the other side of the crossing and the cars that stopped were finally on the move behind them, Eric gave his reply:637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPRcqsQUZ7
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"There's nothing wrong with it. I'm just worried that you might grow fat. Besides, the only reason why I'm concerned is because you like going to fancy restaurants and eating salads all the time."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBD9UsLmVSO
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"I know," said Leo as they passed by a coffee shop and the strong smell of coffee flew onto the street when a lady, opened the door to enter the cafe. "I don't know how to explain it, but I'm really in a mood for it right now."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXr7z5VJFk
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"Okay, if you say so. But if you gain a pound after this, don't blame me."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DPIp6AhMm
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Leo turned to look at Eric, walking beside him. "Admit it, you want to eat junk food way more than I do."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHygBmUd2QI
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"Mind you, I love junk. I'm just surprised you want to join in on the fun. And I know exactly where to go. There's this amazing place where they sell the best burgers."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFx0V9VG5j
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"Great, let's go."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMmiRDfoh5
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"Comfortable?" Mark asked after Angel sat on the chair he had just pulled out for her.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGTndX6DoI
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"Yes, thank you," Angel replied as she smiled up at him.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zpmO3O3sV
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"Good." Mark gave her a smile and he went to sit on the other side of the table.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevbUyJ3O29
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Angel went on ahead to look at her surrounding a little more. They were at an outdoor restaurant. As much as it was outdoors, the place was luxurious with the open roof above them filled with green creepers and tiny bulbs above them to make the scene around them look beautiful and a little intimate. The wooden tables were covered with white table cloths and above them were little bulbs in shape of candles with little green creepers and white flowers. Angel liked the way the restaurant made her feel. She felt like she was in a fairytale.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszhFfo9Sae
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"I see you like the place," Mark said, bringing her attention back to him.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPGJdzwyjb
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"Yes, it's really lovely," said Angel.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhIc2wpilU
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"We should order." Mark lifted the navy blue menu in front of him and opened it. "What would you like to have?"637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7kyK44zLI
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Angel also took hold of the menu and looked at it. It had been a long time since she had visited a fancy restaurant that she forgot about some delicate cuisines that most exquisite restaurants liked to serve. She smiled to herself when she noticed one of the meals she enjoyed on the menu.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVK7uPGEUgj
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"What is it?" Mark asked as he looked up from his menu and noticed Angel smiling.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUZI2lFETu
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"Nothing," Angel replied, still smiling. "I realised I haven't had a ratatouille in like.., forever."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCeSNbzC8g
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"Looks like you know your french cuisines." Mark smiled charmingly at her.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡot0WR7WkT8
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"There was a time when I was on a date and my boyfriend made me try it out. Goodness, it was magnificent."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Fglh4nP1k
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"You dated?" Mark looked surprised.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXd2wOUHmQ
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"Ya, but he wasn't the best of boyfriends," said Angel as she went back to looking at the menu. "The ratatouille can be a good starter. Just saying."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnUQ8VSoJs
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Mark continued to look at Angel and she didn't seem to notice. It was only moments later when she looked at him and caught him staring.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsakVb1mvu
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"What is it?" Angel asked.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlGkgv6hq0
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"Nothing," he said as he dropped his menu. "I wonder what the guy thought of letting you go."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdK0bTd5Rq
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Angel raised an eyebrow at him as she put the menu back down on the table. "That was three years ago. I caught him cheating on me and so..., just like everything that stays in the past..., it's history."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43okN6f7C8
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"Well, I think he's a fool letting you go."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVptIbHxkzH
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Angel looked up at the green creepers over her and the tiny bright lights. "He made a choice," she said. "Can't blame him. The girl he cheated on me with was very beautiful. I guess that's why."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUilCNRz4Xw
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Mark drew out his hand and placed it above Angel's that was on the table. Angel looked at him.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXo8JnP6rqb
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"He was too blind to notice how beautiful you are," he said. "You look heavenly, like an angel."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaea4dP5gE
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Angel smiled. "Stop it," she said, her cheeks starting to heat up. "I know you're only saying that to try and make me feel better."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kIp6qTk7L
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"Maybe. But I'm speaking the truth and you know it. I bet am not the first man to ever tell you that."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm10EyWl1dD
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Angel shook her head. "No, you aren't."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zbT6fmrZG
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Mark withdrew his hand. "Let's not talk about him." He lifted his hand to catch the attention of a waiter nearby. A lean blonde young man came to the table all dressed in a black shirt, a black pair of trousers, with matching black shoes and a black half apron round his waist.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQicVPKxJQc
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"Ready to take your order, sir?" the man asked politely with a gentle smile on his face.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWVPouAKAt
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"Yes, please," said Mark as he looked up at the waiter and then he went on to look at Angel. "For a starter, we would like the ratatouille, please."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3Z8vYti03
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"Coming right up, and would you like a drink while you wait?"637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLflT7yxzw
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"Yes, a bottle of your finest wine."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3W88U6bMRb
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"Of course," said the waiter as he smiled at both Mark and Angel before leaving them.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bcLd5AySH
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"We're having wine?" Angel asked with a questioning look on her face.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPcNM8CayQ
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"What is it?" Mark asked, this time his face grew a little worried. "Don't you take alcohol?"637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcA2kPU7co
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"Well...," Angel playfully rolled her eyes up. "I can't say I take alcohol when I drink wine on special occasions." Her eyes flew back to Mark's face.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoD5H1tJvud
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"Oh," Mark let out a little laugh as he leaned back on his chair. "For a minute there, I thought you didn't take alcohol at all."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9XgJpfE0I
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"I like wine. I don't drink beer or whiskey.., those type of drinks."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4pfuVEYdm
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"Even scotch?"
"Even scotch." Angel said as she smiled.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC25WSiqwMT
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"Women like you love wine."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkTZgWJFR8
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"Well, there are other women who love beers, scotch and whiskey...., champagne, maybe a little," Angel shrugged her shoulders.
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"Ha. Just now you thought I didn't even take wine."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8An4dCeNmi
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"Because you caught me off guard with that question."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH32MaMnkBn
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Angel let out a laugh but one that didn't attract people's attention in the restaurant.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlS1U8umYKW
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"Ya, I'm sorry about that," said Angel after she gathered her composure. "I just wanted to see your reaction."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8ifSXmeLX
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Mark had an amused look on his face and he didn't notice how charmingly he smiled at Angel until the waiter came back pushing a serving tray. On it was a black champagne bucket with a bottle of wine in it with ice all around. Alongside the bucket were two wine glasses.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXOSfxw7FU
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The waiter placed the two glasses in front of Mark and Angel, opened the bottle of wine and poured into the glasses. Afterwards, he placed the bottle back in the bucket, kindly excused himself and walked away.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCLhNeY5nM
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"Shall we have a toast?" Mark suggested as he held his glass.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoY4rVs3Vx
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"A toast to what?" Angel asked, her fingers around the stem of her glass.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXtTCILCib
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"A toast for your health, that's one. And also, for you just being you."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXqQYSinBz
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Angel smiled. "I will toast to the first one most of all, and the other reason is quite reasonable...., so cheers."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijgt3k5jpK
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Their glasses clinked when they touched and they both drank.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OJ1b6Mgt8
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"This is really good," said Angel after she withdrew the brim of the glass from her lips.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qLuiTjYk2
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"That's why I ordered the best of the best," said Mark as he put his glass on the table.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVRbfGAYMR
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"I might end up drinking the whole bottle. But that won't be so ladylike of me."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaOZqlFMLL
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"I should be worried." Mark raised his eyebrow at her. "Do you easily get drunk, Angel Barclay?"637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8w0cg3K161
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Angel took another sip of her wine. "If I have too much, then yes. I can get a little tipsy."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIG7dxpacF
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"Then we can take it a little slow, shall we?"
"Slow is good."637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfq9S6qWZQ
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It didn't take long for their to starter arrive. And as they had their meal, they continued to chat unaware of how much they enjoyed each other's company. But they had more matters to discuss, and they both knew it.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPI37y3MAW
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The white tulips in his hands smelled fresh and divine as he walked, his eyes focused ahead. The place around him was quiet except for a few words he heard aloud at a distance. As he walked, he turned to the voice and saw a group of people, almost all of them dressed in black, gathered together surrounding a white casket. The person speaking before them was a priest, all dressed in white and purple robes with the Holy Bible in his hands. Those closer to the casket, crying silently and holding tissues to their noses were obviously the family to the deceased.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPSUyiizUS
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Death was a sad thing, especially if it happens to take a loved one away from you. But such was life. Death itself was inevitable and it was up to those alive and in the present to move on. Though it's hard for many others to do so.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgRA0RnuyM
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As he continued to walk away from the funeral procession and through the neatly arranged tombstones in the graveyard, he approached her grave. There stood a white marble tombstone that he had set up just a day after her burial. He was glad that his wife hadn't visited the graveyard with him. She would have been pissed to see such a magnificent tombstone and would have blamed him for wasting so much money on a dead person.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNbU37qTQg
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As he got closer, he stood there for a minute as he read her name in big black capital letters. He bended over to put the white tulips on the ground, next to the tombstone. After straightening up, he took a few steps back.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKhVjaXOPv
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He sighed as he smiled at the white tulips. If she were here, she would have smiled back at him, taken a sniff out of them and said thank you.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWZPWv6ZiZ
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"God, how I've missed you," he muttered to the wind.
and then Add to home screen.