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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhW3Vxxlyt
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakI9JzIgfP
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpFa2j5jdL
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGU4TBlWJyz
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"Yes, Grace, how may I help you?" Leo asked as he rubbed his eyes.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡih8ATUhBZ7
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"Were you asleep, sir?" Grace asked as she slowly approached his desk.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcp1SrcHH4D
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqD8haljH5X
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvK8jqcXyW
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"Is she still at her desk?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAkkQcxYoV
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"I saw her heading out for lunch." Grace looked carefully at Leo. "You do know what time it is, right?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7y6Keg7I9
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczFZtnhV3E
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqa0FiyCWg
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"You look tired. Are you okay?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzaJJfVaNO
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"I'm fine. Just had a few things on my mind, that's all."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIHibfjpdb
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"You should go out for fresh air. It looks like you need it."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRPjVGiZ1w
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBtJTKnio7
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DpbcWCaoR
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYBqkFzQBR
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrr2bKBE9xO
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"Huh?" Leo raised his eyebrow. "My father isn't back yet?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLndo067Rk
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zPnkGYuO6
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyE8yOflKAL
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"Thank you, sir," said Grace as she quickly walked out of the office, closing the door behind her.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQgTcEBVaf
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspETprJf3j
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNgAwfh2p7
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"You should be knocking when you're coming here, Eric," said Leo as he looked up at his cousin.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQBT0fk8ZX
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"Sorry," said Eric apologetically. "I always knock on your door, it's just today is kind of-"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwE1Bq0s0K4
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"-different?" Leo finished his sentence.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfluwQSxQP
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"Yep. So are you coming with me for lunch?" Eric asked.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bBe9WAa0d
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"Nah, I think I'll skip lunch today."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVltdJ0Qph
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5BJ1XEQ3W
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"Why do you say that?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEH0dhKkoxb
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"Because you look famished. I just passed Grace in the hall and she said you looked sick or something."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0X4ctEIuS8
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Leo rubbed his forehead with his free hand. "I've been thinking a lot, that's why."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2T5MoTo6E1
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Eric's eyes lit up. "Wait..., is it because of Angel? You're still worried about her working here?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡue5ozlJZcb
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Leo shrugged his shoulders. "Well, what do you expect when you came here talking about her in the first place?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHOSjNHpdW
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlddds70xFo
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"What are you saying? Of course she has."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwHbrrqggY
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgL3FJE3vyO
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSkAID3V7e
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsSKF6mZW1
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"You don't even have proof of that," said Eric as he started to chuckle. "You're just being paranoid."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZMQJwowQZ
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1F2wcTOA7u
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60b3iM0DVJ
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"Since you really need to eat something," said Eric, "you can suggest where we can go for lunch."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mNIg2DtwX
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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?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2sFDfgRFC
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"Maybe he is still helping Carly out with her college transfer. You know how these things take time sometimes."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sCZ98GImn
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"Ya, but it's lunch time and he should have called me first if he was going to arrive late."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjO9KJnJPNi
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"He probably just forgot. You can give him a call as we head out of here. I'm starving."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMFycLkhK6
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKOd3vDv6W
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Mr. McDonell answered the call upon the first ring and Leo was relieved.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LPzC4S7W6
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"Leo, hey," came his father's voice. "Is anything wrong at the office?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBuJr7V8Up
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnV6aaIKlz
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"Oh, I'm fine, son. There is no need to worry."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gI8seJUS7
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXQYLwdqih
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jkitDrsgY
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VcWKLhMOL
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80GT7t3aHV
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"Okay, see you later, then." Leo cut the call.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGZeqKURGm
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The elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open. Eric turned to look at Leo.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakHfayhuRT
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"So, where is he?" Eric asked Leo as they both walked out of the elevator.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXffLIS1iMa
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"He's taking a walk in Central park," Leo asked as they passed a few people down in the lobby.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zkgknn2PE
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"Ah, you see. There was nothing to worry about."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKLdGTlhWn
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"Ya, there wasn't."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmov5DCKHag
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The two cousins stepped out through the large glass doors of the building, passing the doorman that stood guard.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHENW3pg2h
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"That reminds me," said Eric as they turned down the street on the sidewalk, "which restaurant are we going to?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Cg8QP67nC
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVkRyekDuW
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPSzZ2U0LR
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"Did you just say you want to eat junk food?" Eric asked. "Minutes ago, you said you weren't hungry."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1Rk92U9wz
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"I've changed my mind. Am I on a diet so as not to eat junk?" Leo asked.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiwre9coZ8
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNr4otsooyS
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"What's wrong with eating junk food, then?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJSBXzkrJy
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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:608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgCQSDYgXs
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgHgIOO9vh
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgX2gkyApNK
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"Okay, if you say so. But if you gain a pound after this, don't blame me."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzf1O4OCRe4
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Mdo1WIhaa
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybfAZHfp72
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"Great, let's go."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVBEyLNgkb
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"Comfortable?" Mark asked after Angel sat on the chair he had just pulled out for her.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5JPzR6n9m
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"Yes, thank you," Angel replied as she smiled up at him.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5c4qyuUYx
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"Good." Mark gave her a smile and he went to sit on the other side of the table.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJgtub2U5b
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4QKev4wkh
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"I see you like the place," Mark said, bringing her attention back to him.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJExKxeo9wt
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"Yes, it's really lovely," said Angel.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWFUHt5Ugs
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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?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzca95Yexo
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynVvCyeSaG
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"What is it?" Mark asked as he looked up from his menu and noticed Angel smiling.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bkcjYpZg8
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"Nothing," Angel replied, still smiling. "I realised I haven't had a ratatouille in like.., forever."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleZrQXeOh8
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"Looks like you know your french cuisines." Mark smiled charmingly at her.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsgxokWwnX
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNUM3Ncz1a
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"You dated?" Mark looked surprised.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraExzuxXKi
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSVm0p2RMc
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XjxrcIa2Y
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"What is it?" Angel asked.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXs2ePp2oj
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"Nothing," he said as he dropped his menu. "I wonder what the guy thought of letting you go."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMP70OGTlb4
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5L7sADclst
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"Well, I think he's a fool letting you go."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjrn9J0QGf
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTL8R1FYu0e
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Mark drew out his hand and placed it above Angel's that was on the table. Angel looked at him.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrc3EOnHqmi
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"He was too blind to notice how beautiful you are," he said. "You look heavenly, like an angel."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGK76M3HEII
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqiVGjRnoS
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1cVQ95UGp
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Angel shook her head. "No, you aren't."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfdx7u28Tj
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTuuQh6Jp1
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"Ready to take your order, sir?" the man asked politely with a gentle smile on his face.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGchbTXErOL
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYSLJdbN3n
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"Coming right up, and would you like a drink while you wait?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8x9sdfZsCb
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"Yes, a bottle of your finest wine."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsD16riD5ZP
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"Of course," said the waiter as he smiled at both Mark and Angel before leaving them.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LfCTTqpXd
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"We're having wine?" Angel asked with a questioning look on her face.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXC2dIjt66b
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"What is it?" Mark asked, this time his face grew a little worried. "Don't you take alcohol?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rXV98uqwP
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSL250XFq4
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡil56S6fAvl
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"I like wine. I don't drink beer or whiskey.., those type of drinks."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHraVpbkEH
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"Even scotch?"
"Even scotch." Angel said as she smiled.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHkWArQHjc
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"Women like you love wine."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGSBUi3N10
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"Well, there are other women who love beers, scotch and whiskey...., champagne, maybe a little," Angel shrugged her shoulders.
"True. I'm glad I guessed that you're a wine drinker."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06tkVwvDpC
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"Ha. Just now you thought I didn't even take wine."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MYJIDSzJl
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"Because you caught me off guard with that question."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcSuo0FEJT
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Angel let out a laugh but one that didn't attract people's attention in the restaurant.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cFsbCoiVk
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"Ya, I'm sorry about that," said Angel after she gathered her composure. "I just wanted to see your reaction."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCyRtY5Wp4
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgdD6yZ6tC
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0m1l1ERIW
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"Shall we have a toast?" Mark suggested as he held his glass.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6JmE7D8vs
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"A toast to what?" Angel asked, her fingers around the stem of her glass.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuf1sHMZ7O
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"A toast for your health, that's one. And also, for you just being you."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5cRqSRByg
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRjr8SWS0q
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Their glasses clinked when they touched and they both drank.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgdVc6ApYD
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"This is really good," said Angel after she withdrew the brim of the glass from her lips.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8MXtNh8yi
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"That's why I ordered the best of the best," said Mark as he put his glass on the table.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVK8FG9bXPq
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"I might end up drinking the whole bottle. But that won't be so ladylike of me."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOD7hm5Avyy
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"I should be worried." Mark raised his eyebrow at her. "Do you easily get drunk, Angel Barclay?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmVs6ds2EU
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Angel took another sip of her wine. "If I have too much, then yes. I can get a little tipsy."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojWKqoyb9v
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"Then we can take it a little slow, shall we?"
"Slow is good."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyMqNwq1Ag
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdlQvPN9rI
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZs2hLjrqvX
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ785hulLNh7
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8w3y7Fm9Wp
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FADAwVq9m
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKqgl0lMeO
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"God, how I've missed you," he muttered to the wind.
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