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“Angel just ruined everything for me,” said Leo as he28Please respect copyright.PENANAo1LhNIPfuC
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“What do you mean she’s ruined everything?” Eric asked.28Please respect copyright.PENANAqqiI2iEvgd
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“Carly and I were supposed to run away together, but it’s like she caught on to28Please respect copyright.PENANA2iQuglCKk1
us.” Leo shook his head. “That’s why she stayed behind with Carly. She says she28Please respect copyright.PENANAEe2Xcc8P5H
doesn’t want Marco to suspect anything.”28Please respect copyright.PENANARpiNYlM4Dm
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Eric shrugged his shoulders. “Angel does have a point,” he said. “We don’t need28Please respect copyright.PENANAo2PLdOQAw6
Marco knowing that the two of you are dating. He might tell his father, who, in28Please respect copyright.PENANAkEWUg5miXZ
turn, will tell your dad. Well, you know how this vicious cycle goes.”28Please respect copyright.PENANADOoUdKnthJ
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Leo sighed. “You do have a point.” He turned to his cousin. “Go on. I know you28Please respect copyright.PENANAKwKuuSJwhI
want to say it.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAua2NtFqyYn
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“Say what?” Eric asked without looking at Leo.28Please respect copyright.PENANAYkNX8eeUQO
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Leo sighed again, deeply this time. “That she has my best interest at heart.”28Please respect copyright.PENANA4Zo1pRZ0d6
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Eric looked at Leo, this time with a beaming smile on his face. “Of course,28Please respect copyright.PENANALPseXWw87P
because that’s just how she is.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAiUItFplylt
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“Can you stop smiling like that?” Leo looked irritated. Eric’s smile shone28Please respect copyright.PENANAht1vdm9UkY
brightly like the sun. Leo felt blinded as he turned to look away. “You’ve had28Please respect copyright.PENANALSBvj2hNns
your fun.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAJU5TJz0VD4
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“I just want to rub it in. Before we went into the garden, I was about to tell28Please respect copyright.PENANAGPpKWTLt0K
you the same thing, but it slipped my mind. It’s good that Angel thought way28Please respect copyright.PENANAe46BJxRClG
ahead and talked to Carly about it.”28Please respect copyright.PENANASGaRaE6oHV
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Leo felt dumb. None of that came to mind, and he felt like slapping himself for28Please respect copyright.PENANAEv5Z9J5hcP
being so stupid and careless. He hoped Marco wasn’t paying enough attention at28Please respect copyright.PENANAHEMgyXptjW
first for him to realize there was anything between him and Carly. It seems he28Please respect copyright.PENANAt3dUzQwWVN
has Angel to thank, but Leo was too embarrassed to think of doing so.28Please respect copyright.PENANAzeDGw3WVuc
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“Do they serve milkshakes here?” Leo asked, trying to rid himself of his28Please respect copyright.PENANAILzqyFdAGv
thoughts.28Please respect copyright.PENANAoPYCccTQMq
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“Yeah, I already asked,” answered Eric. “They serve non-alcoholic drinks as28Please respect copyright.PENANAqLzYvYhfsA
well, in case there’s anyone who needs one.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAgWgKtFcTby
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“I’ll go over to the table and ask what drinks they want. Do they have snacks28Please respect copyright.PENANAokFBpqwwT0
too?”28Please respect copyright.PENANARHa8PFQ7Hx
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Leo left the counter and found Carly where he had left her. She was slowly28Please respect copyright.PENANAz5DCvpTQgs
looking around, taking in the view of the place. There were bright bulbs28Please respect copyright.PENANA0rPGwwiE4f
hanging over the area, and she apparently stood out with her beautiful dress.28Please respect copyright.PENANAp3ABzORAWX
If they weren’t around so many people, he wasn’t going to hesitate to kiss and28Please respect copyright.PENANAmnNDswedP9
caress her. He smiled at her instead and gestured with his head to her, saying28Please respect copyright.PENANAYGgG82TSGP
that they should join Angel and the others.28Please respect copyright.PENANAVR8HfBR52n
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Trina and Kim stood by the fountain as they watched Leo approach the table28Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9gOV6gVa0
where Angel, Oliver, and the Asian man sat. Carly joined him soon afterwards.28Please respect copyright.PENANA5GUTSBO1s6
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“How long do you think we’ll stay here until he decides to see his lover?”28Please respect copyright.PENANAR7zSrmB27E
Trina asked as she sat at the edge of the pool basin of the fountain.28Please respect copyright.PENANASlYaqys01u
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“I don’t know,” said Kim, who remained standing. “Don’t tell me you’re already28Please respect copyright.PENANABjhT9bZrWd
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“Oh, no, it’s not that. They are there enjoying themselves when I’m in need of28Please respect copyright.PENANAK8dxpqT8aP
a drink right now.”28Please respect copyright.PENANA7fwRbdrbTr
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Kim rolled her eyes. “We can go there and take a seat, but we should sit out of28Please respect copyright.PENANA2fR6kNLvGV
their sight.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAoc5scpgnGe
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“Good idea. Let’s wait for Eric at the counter. Leo looks like he’s checking to28Please respect copyright.PENANA4NAeXsCT26
see what everyone needs because he hasn’t sat down. They will easily see us if28Please respect copyright.PENANA04zcnXEB75
they aren’t at their table.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAmw6GXz1ErD
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Kim agreed with Trina. They continued to watch Leo as he made his way back to28Please respect copyright.PENANAZu7zbRBZU2
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Meanwhile, Miranda, who had been watching over the balcony, followed Leo’s28Please respect copyright.PENANAUWn03H5CWV
movements. She kept telling herself that she needed to get down there. If she28Please respect copyright.PENANAgCthdQu18i
so much as stepped out of the room, no doubt Red Lion would have her head, and28Please respect copyright.PENANAHUuWUBNXtZ
whatever the meeting was all about, she wasn’t going to be a part of it.28Please respect copyright.PENANAK1Y4efavwt
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She huffed. If that was the consequence, she was going to have to deal with it.28Please respect copyright.PENANA7Y2RiELQhp
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Without giving much of a second thought, Miranda turned around and went back28Please respect copyright.PENANA5UtiBDtRM9
inside the room. The football game they were watching was on a half-time break,28Please respect copyright.PENANA9TohSb2rww
and the three men were there, talking aloud about the game. She approached28Please respect copyright.PENANAwesDt4f5hu
them, and to get their attention, she loudly cleared her throat.28Please respect copyright.PENANAS1W6ZckOro
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The three men all stopped talking and turned to look at Miranda. For a moment,28Please respect copyright.PENANAIkl87un9W5
she gulped as her eyes landed on the terrifying face of Red Lion, who didn’t28Please respect copyright.PENANAWR3cFklwBk
like the fact that she had disturbed them. She had to be quick with what she28Please respect copyright.PENANAwCJsVRn1Gv
wanted to say, as she was running on Red Lion’s patience.28Please respect copyright.PENANA20ZRUinK0B
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“I’ll be stepping out for a bit,” Miranda announced.28Please respect copyright.PENANAUfIu8fRXHG
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There was a brief silence in the room as the three men continued to look at28Please respect copyright.PENANAdijUhtrFdt
Miranda, expressionless. Red Lion moved in his seat, and Miranda feared that he28Please respect copyright.PENANA3WFBKKVqhJ
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“I don’t think going out is the best thing to do right now,” he said. “We’re28Please respect copyright.PENANAVyWbmiqena
waiting on someone, aren’t we?”28Please respect copyright.PENANA9ij3Z8nkVH
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“Yeah, we are, but this person isn’t showing up anyway. You’ll let me know when28Please respect copyright.PENANAsUPswBhdpe
he gets here. I really need to step out.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAK3Z6IQcw4S
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Red Lion continued to look at her. Walters now had a scared look on his face.28Please respect copyright.PENANAOw9WWorORc
He wished he could intervene, but things haven’t escalated between the two, so28Please respect copyright.PENANAgCMDiv6bFO
it was hopeless to do so.28Please respect copyright.PENANAKTNJ7jZLXG
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“Whatever,” said Red Lion as he leaned back on the couch. “You get back here in28Please respect copyright.PENANAvUGvaDSmfR
thirty minutes. If our host gets here before you, you better hurry back when28Please respect copyright.PENANAHTc38A2XM8
Walters calls.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAh4F2GvkO44
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Miranda felt relieved. She thought she wasn’t going to be let go so easily.28Please respect copyright.PENANAdtOErhP5pE
Moreover, the time Red Lion gave her was too little. However, she had to make28Please respect copyright.PENANAvq12Nf3qOT
use of this as much as possible, even if it meant seeing Leo down there for a28Please respect copyright.PENANAVEF1GhVSzp
minute.28Please respect copyright.PENANAO35E7oTgUw
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“I will,” said Miranda. She didn’t waste any time as she made her way for the28Please respect copyright.PENANA8HM9vyCOi4
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As soon as she walked out of the room, Hugo turned to Red Lion and asked, “Are28Please respect copyright.PENANAMMlJJ27RDX
you sure letting her go out like that is a good idea? Our host can walk in at28Please respect copyright.PENANA6EedXPy7fz
any moment.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAICrKs88SAb
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“True, but it’s better than her staying out on the balcony while we wait,” Red28Please respect copyright.PENANAY0Dx1hHPBN
Lion answered. “If you ask me, I would step out too if it wasn’t for the football28Please respect copyright.PENANAkCPzr2TdCU
game. But I was serious about my threat, so she better be here before he does.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAlOvA1vDvv9
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Walters didn’t say anything as he briefly looked at Red Lion before looking up28Please respect copyright.PENANA1jxUMFOW9f
at the TV. Red Lion wasn’t kidding when he said he was in a good mood, Walters28Please respect copyright.PENANAwDvXhn4Od6
thought to himself. Knowing Red Lion, he wasn’t going to let Miranda walk out28Please respect copyright.PENANAYfsUflOaLm
of here. Something must have really put Red Lion into a good mood today, or28Please respect copyright.PENANAOkvp8CNk7D
else he wouldn’t have done what he did.28Please respect copyright.PENANAJdtvWxpuT5
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Leo and Eric came to join the others at the table with their drinks, and Eric,28Please respect copyright.PENANAPwW71jvLET
on the other hand, carried a plate full of nachos and cheese. Oliver was so28Please respect copyright.PENANAkkpalePo8i
delighted to see the plate of snacks that he couldn’t wait to eat them. Angel28Please respect copyright.PENANAiFgTvyTTPb
had to warn him not to eat too much, or else he might have a bad tummy ache the28Please respect copyright.PENANAhGs9z1bB8i
next day.28Please respect copyright.PENANAYnOGgK0H1d
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“I wouldn’t waste my breath warning the guy,” said Eric as he sat down on the28Please respect copyright.PENANAccmKpTJFeT
empty chair next to Angel after serving her a soda. “It’s a Friday, and he28Please respect copyright.PENANAL7fw5IihJj
likes to act like he can do whatever he wants.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAkYww2iFmX8
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Oliver, who sat on Angel’s other side, didn’t answer him as he took his mango28Please respect copyright.PENANAlfZ6oTg4av
milkshake and put the straw in his mouth. Angel, on the other hand, looked at28Please respect copyright.PENANA2Q37Fubz7r
Eric and shook her head.28Please respect copyright.PENANAhvofr3q9vi
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Leo placed his glass of beer and Carly’s cocktail before taking his seat in28Please respect copyright.PENANAYliiIEOxPS
between them. He also served Marco a bottle of the cider that he wanted. Marco28Please respect copyright.PENANApw67wmYVQU
thanked him as Leo sat down.28Please respect copyright.PENANA3jARoyTxF7
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“Hey, Marco,” said Angel as she turned to look at him, looking over Oliver, who28Please respect copyright.PENANAy7WxeEbBFD
sat in between them. “Have you ever been here before? In America, I mean.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAg3WS4Ckw52
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“Oh, yes, I’ve come here several times,” answered Marco. “I usually come here28Please respect copyright.PENANA4Yg6eSXC7I
with dad on business trips. Inheriting the family business can be tiring,28Please respect copyright.PENANAXbdB9u1x9E
especially when they’re showing you the ropes. You just have to be there, even28Please respect copyright.PENANASWFRlHCiVb
when you don’t want to. I bet Leo can testify to that.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAebEFRQqVLZ
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“He’s right,” said Leo, finding it hard to argue with him.28Please respect copyright.PENANAchiSbXS9Pn
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“Wait, does that mean I might inherit mum’s business of running the massage28Please respect copyright.PENANAzhPARHiV8N
parlors when I’m older?” Oliver asked as he took a nacho and dipped it in28Please respect copyright.PENANAFX04oxhr3T
cheese.28Please respect copyright.PENANAnvLYOZPheN
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Everyone at the table grew quiet as they looked at Oliver. At the same time,28Please respect copyright.PENANAlvSrPvEix3
they all burst into laughter.28Please respect copyright.PENANAuJsOlpqiuk
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“Maybe,” said Eric. He tried his best to stop laughing, but it was of no use.28Please respect copyright.PENANAentvn09o3s
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“No fair,” said Oliver after chewing on his nacho. “You were the one who was28Please respect copyright.PENANAv1lHhnMF0p
supposed to inherit it, not me.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAHpDRSEDnxD
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“Sorry, but I’m more into other businesses, lil’ bro.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAlwrrTuJOfv
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“Don’t take it like that, Oliver,” said Marco. “Beauty parlors aren’t that bad.28Please respect copyright.PENANAKj75OH84QQ
Moreover, many rich people love going to such places. So you’ll probably make a28Please respect copyright.PENANABctd0v9ZMP
lot more money in the future.”28Please respect copyright.PENANA4ymOzf2KFZ
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“Besides, if you’re interested in other things, I’m sure your mum will28Please respect copyright.PENANAyRa4OLkQrh
understand,” said Angel.28Please respect copyright.PENANAedMMbLNXpO
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“If you like, you and I can run them together,” said Carly. “That’s if you plan28Please respect copyright.PENANAKjL66NHVTZ
on running them.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAHsJb2H7LKD
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“And I can be more of an investor,” said Marco.28Please respect copyright.PENANAL2rdKfdnIS
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“I still have a whole life ahead of me,” said Oliver as he shrugged his28Please respect copyright.PENANAcQxYc5WWRL
shoulders. “I’ll see if I can handle it.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAmYKBje34cm
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All the grown-ups at the table looked at the young boy, somewhat surprised at28Please respect copyright.PENANAxu7kLAPdoR
his answer. They all stayed that way for a brief moment before Leo stretched28Please respect copyright.PENANAbvzv7B5eRn
out his hand to get a nacho.28Please respect copyright.PENANAt4pXQSXYhM
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“Good enough response for me,” he said. He put the nacho in his mouth28Please respect copyright.PENANAiE0uG2HCvv
afterwards.28Please respect copyright.PENANAe0cNbAII9O
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“I swear, sometimes I feel he’s older for his age,” said Eric as he shook his28Please respect copyright.PENANAVJtEn2jTF1
head.28Please respect copyright.PENANA7Fy7jK2EE5
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“Aren’t all kids nowadays?” Angel asked with a smile.28Please respect copyright.PENANAHoYBABceyA
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“Just like Leo said, a very wise response,” said Marco as he looked at Oliver28Please respect copyright.PENANABLd2mmzI75
admirably. “Hopefully, you do inherit, and we will become business partners in28Please respect copyright.PENANA0keXyMuW2P
the future.”28Please respect copyright.PENANA2yL9QsA9q6
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“Yeah, let’s not push him for now,” said Carly. “He’ll sort all of that out28Please respect copyright.PENANAgUVBXLP9No
later, when he’s older.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAbalKZYhVxL
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“Well, sometimes you don’t really have much of a choice. Isn’t that right,28Please respect copyright.PENANAIgdvBoMmQR
Leo?” Marco asked, his eyes fixed on Leo.28Please respect copyright.PENANAFZdnGl7Q4C
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Leo slowly stopped chewing as he looked at Marco. He didn’t know if answering28Please respect copyright.PENANAbYCBYuPlcf
Marco would be a good idea, but he only gestured with his head to acknowledge28Please respect copyright.PENANA0jD8Z9c8w9
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Angel was sipping on her drink when her eyes wandered away from the area in the28Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7mDoKfLzu
bar and to the fountain. She had a feeling Trina and Kim had been standing28Please respect copyright.PENANAdg2B4bUh5G
there for a while. When she found there were only a couple looking at the28Please respect copyright.PENANAlx46WgtKhK
fountain, she started to worry. Could they have given up and left? Kim didn’t28Please respect copyright.PENANAYdvlXolAQr
seem like the kind of person who would give up on anything, Angel thought.28Please respect copyright.PENANAkJyeHXQ4mn
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She was lucky enough to see Kim and Trina approach the open bar, and she had a28Please respect copyright.PENANAZF5iz27SaT
clear view of them. Leo sat with his back facing them, but she feared Eric and28Please respect copyright.PENANAbxi0opmtx2
Oliver would see them. Angel had to think of something to turn their eyes28Please respect copyright.PENANAUd5LeuWFuF
elsewhere. What should she do?28Please respect copyright.PENANAvUF3ISKdBy
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She turned to Oliver, and he seemed distracted as he was eating the nachos28Please respect copyright.PENANAYznHd7utOU
hungrily. Turning to Eric, she found him somewhat staring at her.28Please respect copyright.PENANAC3PEvWTGim
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“What is it?” she asked him.28Please respect copyright.PENANA6hZHW7Npiz
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“Oh, nothing,” he said, somewhat looking a little embarrassed that he was28Please respect copyright.PENANAf9qi0bQdMA
caught looking at her. “You’re looking really pretty tonight, that’s all.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAIKS7Qkhndh
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Angel noticed Kim and Trina enter the bar area through the corner of her eye.28Please respect copyright.PENANAWWSMwpzTtK
She couldn’t turn to look at them. That would only get Eric to look, and he28Please respect copyright.PENANA7qcwDeCGy9
would spot them eventually. She had to keep eye contact with him for as long as28Please respect copyright.PENANAjz7fqrIJPi
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“Thank you,” said Angel, smiling at him. “Picking this outfit wasn’t easy, you28Please respect copyright.PENANAyf3nFtepAJ
know.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAY5QROSaOvQ
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“Nah, I think it was,” said Eric. “I’m betting that you didn’t have to try on28Please respect copyright.PENANAhcfoe7DHjF
any other dress. This one was just perfect.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAZgwIg2PdZh
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Carly, who looked at the two, smiled. “He’s not wrong there,” she said.28Please respect copyright.PENANAawCV6QFGkM
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Leo felt like throwing up in his drink as he had a clear sight of Eric flirting28Please respect copyright.PENANAYqwQXaWm4S
with Angel. He wished he could tell them to get a room, but he knew better than28Please respect copyright.PENANARnfMrucdmR
to say it when he was flirting with Carly some time ago.28Please respect copyright.PENANAWNygyJLTeL
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Angel saw through the corner of her eye that Kim and Trina had entered the bar28Please respect copyright.PENANAQTMw8S0yJy
area and were now looking around for a table on the other side. It was best for28Please respect copyright.PENANAvypSbKjrcq
them to get a table where they couldn’t be seen. As soon as they were out of28Please respect copyright.PENANAR6qtEVnZaD
sight, Angel couldn’t help but feel relieved. She went on ahead to pick a28Please respect copyright.PENANADwkqCzB82X
nacho, dip it in cheese, and eat it.28Please respect copyright.PENANAGbAAFUBCBP
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“That was close,” said Trina. “For a moment, I thought Eric was going to see28Please respect copyright.PENANA1y4HEg1576
us.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAX3edGSxmRA
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“We better count ourselves lucky,” said Kim.28Please respect copyright.PENANADRJ1CdyHow
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“If we weren’t on opposite sides, I would thank Angel for distracting him. I28Please respect copyright.PENANACSMYJYirPU
have a feeling she saw us and wasn’t into the idea of Eric seeing us too.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAXbynTP1fJE
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Kim didn’t argue there. She somewhat agreed with Trina. She looked toward the28Please respect copyright.PENANAS24kwDTotk
bar. Luckily enough, it was circular in shape with a bar shelve in the28Please respect copyright.PENANA0821bsEk5V
circumference, blocking the view of the other side. Therefore, she could see28Please respect copyright.PENANAwrUMrwHJUT
neither them nor them doing the same. Moreover, she could easily go over to the28Please respect copyright.PENANASEf5MyukPm
counter for a drink.28Please respect copyright.PENANAdvyWCVmaiN
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“We should really think things through, Kim,” said Trina as she looked over at28Please respect copyright.PENANAz0uBxUt1Fg
the bar, realizing that the others were out of sight. “Is staying here really28Please respect copyright.PENANAsvgG7rSD5D
worth it? I doubt if he is going to meet his lover with the company that he28Please respect copyright.PENANAOctWCW5mDq
has.”28Please respect copyright.PENANA7bGHYP8xLC
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“You’ve been in doubt all this time,” said Kim. “Why don’t you just give up and28Please respect copyright.PENANA6EyIvlor2w
leave? I’m not going to stop you.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAnmZxssYniM
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“The reason I am here is that I’m afraid that you might mess this up. Your28Please respect copyright.PENANAeuP2CA7Rc5
obsession over Leo leaving you for someone else is really starting to get over28Please respect copyright.PENANASdEi7qdGLn
your head. If you aren’t careful, you might hurt yourself more than you are28Please respect copyright.PENANAUUfSGiPQ4X
already doing right now.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAosQJse4MVh
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Kim looked at her best friend, feeling infuriated by what she said. She didn’t28Please respect copyright.PENANA2vlLSJdShq
want to lash out and tried to find a better way to respond.28Please respect copyright.PENANAwDHr1ExLa6
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“Like I said before, if you want to, you can leave,” said Kim.28Please respect copyright.PENANACdNC0AJ49v
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“I’m not leaving without you,” said Trina. “And besides, when we came in here,28Please respect copyright.PENANAbLoIIdRbZ1
I saw Eric flirting with Angel. I wonder if he really does like her.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAfKScoV2y0Y
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A sudden laugh came out of Kim’s mouth. Tears almost filled her eyes. “You’re28Please respect copyright.PENANAoF5NSb1JLT
just as jealous as I am,” she said.28Please respect copyright.PENANAyq2h8q7d56
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“Well, I’m not like you,” said Trina as she folded her arms. “You’re making28Please respect copyright.PENANAcucUlDqI4k
things worse for yourself, and it will end up being a obsession.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAdb9wfeUB0X
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Kim shook her head. “I know, but I won’t let this go far. Once I get to see28Please respect copyright.PENANA5xUKg0RdbJ
Leo’s lover, I’ll let this go.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAkVmcsLG3cX
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Trina raised an eyebrow. “Will you? I know you, Kim. Leo has been the only man28Please respect copyright.PENANApW6JEp9jRF
you’ve been in love with since we were kids, and him breaking up with you and28Please respect copyright.PENANAv7qQcQnsF5
calling off the wedding was a heavy toll. I don’t think you’ll be able to let28Please respect copyright.PENANA6G2YU42n3I
go of him that easily.”28Please respect copyright.PENANA5KGnCc0zZO
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“Are you trying to say I am psycho?” Kim didn’t like where their conversation28Please respect copyright.PENANAiqblNoBVXJ
was going.28Please respect copyright.PENANAelJnpO6FBM
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Trina swallowed, thinking over her words before she spoke them out. “All I’m28Please respect copyright.PENANAv6LaGlyVDP
saying is that it’s time to let Leo go. Thinking about him and his new lover28Please respect copyright.PENANAoqCOl5gZ2N
isn’t going to do you any good.”28Please respect copyright.PENANApnKHZUTMDk
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Kim sighed. She stretched out her hand over the table and beckoned to Trina to28Please respect copyright.PENANAid8xrTcVJa
give her hers. Trina did likewise, and Kim held her friend’s hand tightly.28Please respect copyright.PENANAVnIdfxrRmZ
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“Okay, after tonight, I’ll try and let go of Leo,” said Kim.28Please respect copyright.PENANAWCE3lAymaw
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“Why not now?” Trina asked. “Don’t tell me you’re going to follow through with28Please respect copyright.PENANAL01InhV3i9
your promise after you see this lover of his.”28Please respect copyright.PENANASUapMDMhTL
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Kim didn’t answer, and Trina rolled her eyes. “Fine,” Trina said. “After28Please respect copyright.PENANAM1VvmA6RtJ
tonight, I shouldn’t hear about Leo ever again.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAsxp7zJdj9x
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“But what if we don’t see her?” Kim asked.28Please respect copyright.PENANA4XhEob3bQF
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“You forget him anyway,” said Trina, pulling her hand away. “I’m going to get28Please respect copyright.PENANAkQmHhObNom
us some drinks.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAGRzB6N1j4C
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Trina quickly stood up and left the table. Kim looked on at her best friend and28Please respect copyright.PENANAYcn1crk9Uy
knew she had pissed her off. She wished she could assure Trina that she was28Please respect copyright.PENANAMMTi47WznK
going to forget Leo after this, but even she knew that was far from impossible.28Please respect copyright.PENANANfUipt8WsM
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Miranda rushed out of the elevator and ran into the garden like a mad woman.28Please respect copyright.PENANAPXNZQUP263
Along the way, she pushed people aside. To some, she apologized, but to others,28Please respect copyright.PENANAyC0BneIhCl
she didn’t even give them a second thought.28Please respect copyright.PENANAR1fmmAvgHN
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There was only one way to the garden, and that was through the western wing28Please respect copyright.PENANA1hHUcFlTT1
since the doors to the east wing weren’t open, said a woman she had met in the28Please respect copyright.PENANAbCPt8aB476
elevator who was going downstairs and who had lived in the hotel for a long28Please respect copyright.PENANAGPX4mpSKXN
time. Thankful for the information, Miranda had to rush. She only had a few28Please respect copyright.PENANAupI0yLgJ8g
minutes left, but all she needed was to see Leo.28Please respect copyright.PENANA88TeBXlPSu
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She had just bypassed the fountain, heading towards the open bar, but then she28Please respect copyright.PENANATb4vmyw8MA
stopped herself short. She had to see where Leo was sitting first; he might as28Please respect copyright.PENANAD59xTko70z
well have Carly seated right beside him, and Carly would no doubt see her if28Please respect copyright.PENANA9JxKI3AkRE
she wasn’t too careful.28Please respect copyright.PENANAa3xo6nKGKD
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She didn’t have to look any further, as she saw Leo at the table with Carly28Please respect copyright.PENANAJdM3dFywCx
beside him along with other people. Leo was holding the floor for the time28Please respect copyright.PENANAP49GiheTrC
being, and Miranda noticed how everyone laughed at what he said. Carly, who sat28Please respect copyright.PENANAXhsSQBahVQ
next to him, looked admirably at him. Miranda huffed. If only she could figure28Please respect copyright.PENANARKx0PdWw7j
out a way to get the two apart, but now wasn’t the time to think about such28Please respect copyright.PENANA5vJxpjDFFI
things.28Please respect copyright.PENANAP3Y8EUAy8L
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She started to approach the entrance of the bar; looking over at Leo’s table28Please respect copyright.PENANAytM4ZL0kkD
and hopeful that Carly wouldn’t turn her head to see her.28Please respect copyright.PENANAxxlSqEtzv3
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Miranda walked over to the counter and sat on the stool. Immediately, the28Please respect copyright.PENANA3AXYjfwZNj
bartender attended to her, and she ordered a martini. The bartender went on28Please respect copyright.PENANAiwQ8UOygF2
ahead to make her drink as Miranda slightly turned around on her chair to look28Please respect copyright.PENANA93aTk5zWS3
at the table behind her. She had a clear view of Leo, and a smile came across28Please respect copyright.PENANAwwiiI2pLt5
her face.28Please respect copyright.PENANAXkpz7HXaHC
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“Seriously, ever since Albert puked on me at the work party, I told myself28Please respect copyright.PENANApParb2Puim
never to drink with him again,” said Leo, concluding his funny story.28Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZYBT3xvrx
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"That's why I never hang around drunk people," said Marco. "You28Please respect copyright.PENANA6uA6PgSfpH
might find they embarrass you."28Please respect copyright.PENANAGFOfs8xNpz
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"But haven't we ever done anything embarrassing when we are drunk?"28Please respect copyright.PENANA6MnnRobOzE
Eric asked.28Please respect copyright.PENANAQxqB1TfJtJ
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"Not me," Oliver answered. "I'm too young to drink."28Please respect copyright.PENANAbLW3GzYpHg
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Eric sucked his teeth. "Of course, I wasn't directing the question to you,28Please respect copyright.PENANA1Mx5iN1OQQ
silly," he said.28Please respect copyright.PENANAE7GBeeXaO5
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"I remember there was one time back at my old college when I got so drunk28Please respect copyright.PENANA6sIpsanFBL
that Angel had to come by taxi to take me home," Carly shared. "We28Please respect copyright.PENANAezz5H07Zb9
were having a closing year party as a class at a friend's place. I got so28Please respect copyright.PENANAnwSKvKyApG
carried away that I even fell in the pool."28Please respect copyright.PENANAZISKKGwTjn
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"A friend of hers called, and I had to arrange some dry clothes for28Please respect copyright.PENANAvCDtDhsKZ8
her," said Angel as she laughed. "Seriously, Carly, you threw Mum in28Please respect copyright.PENANAksfsssx0p7
a fit when I tried to sneak you back into the house. But you ended up singing28Please respect copyright.PENANAtQGmd2Lqvt
so loudly that she came rushing from her bedroom to see you in a mess."28Please respect copyright.PENANAu5Efn6nkWX
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"Were you grounded, Carly?" Oliver asked as he ate some nachos.28Please respect copyright.PENANAVR4SMej9ri
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"No, but if us young adults could still be, I definitely would have been28Please respect copyright.PENANAAloTd0MVwe
grounded," said Carly. "I was punished in a way, though. Mum didn't28Please respect copyright.PENANAF7y23KpB96
talk to me for a week."28Please respect copyright.PENANAudjQtltRxt
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"I remember when we were having my uncle's birthday party," said28Please respect copyright.PENANAP4QpFb5Imz
Marco, "and we meant to have a nice, quiet family party. Instead, my uncle28Please respect copyright.PENANAitYPg7Q4OE
brought in many of his unruly friends. The party turned out to be such a blast.28Please respect copyright.PENANAlq4Hpd9WAw
He and I had a competition to see who could drink more tequila. He passed out28Please respect copyright.PENANAyrUgUgZNsb
before he could take the last glass. I won, but at a cost. I puked in the car,28Please respect copyright.PENANAZZVsAxVP7w
and my dad was furious. From then on, I told myself I wasn't going for tequila28Please respect copyright.PENANAqzWWF6jI07
shots ever again."28Please respect copyright.PENANAmiCWWZkYvp
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“Trust me, the first time I had my first tequila shot in college was awful,”28Please respect copyright.PENANAL4d5W6qBSc
said Eric. “My head was spinning so much that I slept in the bar, and it took28Please respect copyright.PENANA1d9qF0T8aC
my friends I had back then to carry me back to my room. Leo was also there, and28Please respect copyright.PENANA1CbXZP4X5r
he said I was blabbering nonsense before I blacked out.”28Please respect copyright.PENANALZHYsURV8N
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“He was complaining about some girl who couldn’t stop following him in28Please respect copyright.PENANAhGHp2jRY0c
college,” said Leo. “If she happened to be there to hear what you had said, she28Please respect copyright.PENANAnhO1NeVDEU
would definitely have stayed away from you for sure.”28Please respect copyright.PENANA3o9U30IxHw
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Eric shook his head after taking a sip of his drink. “I highly doubt it. I did28Please respect copyright.PENANA0JcddYNvu3
some crazy things in college, but the girls still loved me anyway.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAZIaqhsPjM2
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Marco turned to look at Angel. “What of you, Angel? Have you ever had any28Please respect copyright.PENANAv2wYbiuc0c
embarrassing moments when you were drunk?” he asked.28Please respect copyright.PENANATCJ4XBdGXt
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“Before she says anything,” said Carly. “You should ask her first if she drinks28Please respect copyright.PENANA49HMlaeFCJ
alcohol.”28Please respect copyright.PENANA08wQKXkgCQ
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Marco, Leo, and Eric now turned their eyes on Angel with curious looks. Her28Please respect copyright.PENANAULNvXGlmBi
cheeks flushed in embarrassment as she looked down at the table. She pressed28Please respect copyright.PENANAhxO6CVoJLR
her lips together before looking at everyone, including Oliver.28Please respect copyright.PENANAVBHQvH1M8E
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"So, Angel, do you take any alcohol?” Marco asked.28Please respect copyright.PENANAZroN4rFT54
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“Of course, I do,” said Angel. “Except that I like to drink wine or champagne28Please respect copyright.PENANASkXVbU4puz
on special occasions.”28Please respect copyright.PENANA9IOZELEtQX
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“I never thought someone like you would actually take alcohol,” said Eric. “But28Please respect copyright.PENANAPQbJSeSYAU
your preference suits you.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAmxOZUhnnuE
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“Yeah, very classy,” said Oliver.28Please respect copyright.PENANA2CQByskyRb
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The adults turned to look at Oliver, surprised. Oliver also looked back at them28Please respect copyright.PENANAm5g7YqEsQ7
as though he were judging them for giving him such a look.28Please respect copyright.PENANAtFdfoQhwso
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“What?” he asked with a shrug of his shoulders. “I hear people who drink such28Please respect copyright.PENANAXlPnYlWrKj
are considered classy.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAbxAhgEd11k
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“Wow, someone should tell him that he shouldn’t judge people according to what28Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZiN4X6FTf
they drink,” said Eric.28Please respect copyright.PENANA460tSjndx7
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“Well, Angel is classy, isn’t she?” Oliver asked.28Please respect copyright.PENANA16FhKCV2QB
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Angel and Carly burst into laughter. Marco and Leo chuckled, while Eric looked28Please respect copyright.PENANAUZ45Rpkga5
like he didn’t know what to do with his brother anymore.28Please respect copyright.PENANALZ44uL1xSB
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“I agree with Oliver,” said Marco. “Angel is in a class of her own.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAcaE8LvpdNO
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“That’s being too sweet, don’t you think?” Leo asked, raising an eyebrow at28Please respect copyright.PENANAk5l9iO7lDX
Marco.28Please respect copyright.PENANAjqovZG54hC
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“Well, no, I’m being really genuine here. Angel carries a certain level of28Please respect copyright.PENANAeyFpvebQtv
elegance that I can describe as classy. I don’t know, but there’s much more to28Please respect copyright.PENANAq1TqY75MKH
her than just her beauty. You’re a man, and I have no doubt you see it too.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAoBfPKHbBAu
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Everyone was silent except for Oliver, who loudly sucked at his smoothie28Please respect copyright.PENANASm53vNCBQk
through the straw. Angel found herself looking at Marco with her cheeks feeling28Please respect copyright.PENANAQj88qP7dPU
like hot coals slapped across her face. Marco turned from Leo to Angel, and the28Please respect copyright.PENANAW9OrxjGrP8
corner of his lips rose to a smile. This time, his smile was gentle and28Please respect copyright.PENANAW5NAE3pNMA
sincere.28Please respect copyright.PENANAEYY3SfpfkX
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Leo swallowed, as he didn’t know how to respond to Marco’s statement. He saw28Please respect copyright.PENANAyHmhP2Szsp
Marco shift his attention to Angel. As much as Marco was somewhat right from28Please respect copyright.PENANAlBqZm2jRkn
Leo’s perspective, he did his best to try and not take it to heart. For some28Please respect copyright.PENANAV4KHrdGLco
reason, he couldn’t stand the way Marco looked at her, and it bothered him a28Please respect copyright.PENANAog36BZ9ENK
little. He started to wonder if Marco really liked Angel.28Please respect copyright.PENANAuCdr7MzSpJ
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Eric felt like taking Angel by the hand and dragging her away from Marco. He28Please respect copyright.PENANA17vsjaYidC
shifted uncomfortably in his chair, and he thought of bringing something up to28Please respect copyright.PENANAoklJ47llUp
ease the tension that he felt, but nothing came to mind.28Please respect copyright.PENANAXq5kbWCFUV
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Carly couldn’t help but stare at Angel. What Marco said resonated with her, and28Please respect copyright.PENANA7IJcC7IcSf
as she stared at her sister, she could see it clearly. She always felt there28Please respect copyright.PENANASz1NCerbW4
was something about Angel that she couldn’t put her finger on, and it seems28Please respect copyright.PENANAcgZTGm50pc
Marco hit the nail right on the head. Carly has not always looked up at her28Please respect copyright.PENANAbw6fkks7KT
sister because she was older, but she always carried with her a certain essence28Please respect copyright.PENANAhMQZpqkpe7
that Carly’s been following blindly for years. She knew she could never be like28Please respect copyright.PENANAoslB9z2dtM
Angel, but that essence always showed brightly, and Carly always admired Angel28Please respect copyright.PENANAWb5zxeo7PZ
for it.28Please respect copyright.PENANAd4mYXKgPGa
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“We’re out of nachos,” Oliver announced, bringing everyone out of their28Please respect copyright.PENANA3kHmBZ8nhG
thoughts.28Please respect copyright.PENANAvEbMKcy6f2
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“I’ll go get some,” said Leo, grateful for Oliver finishing the nachos. He28Please respect copyright.PENANAuPq9wF7sI6
really needed to take a breather.28Please respect copyright.PENANAjbafNBICMu
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Leo picked up the empty bowl and started to make his way to the bar counter.28Please respect copyright.PENANAVW6FJULgwt
Oliver started to say something to keep everyone busy. When Leo was just a few28Please respect copyright.PENANAadDvHU8Okq
feet away from the bar, it was then that Angel jerked upright in her seat as28Please respect copyright.PENANAlBRT7QuqsG
though she had woken up from a bad dream.28Please respect copyright.PENANAE5qr6lQI18
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“Hey, are you okay?” Eric asked.28Please respect copyright.PENANAfyFELJBg8s
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“I’m good, thanks,” Angel replied, assuring Eric with a smile. She turned to28Please respect copyright.PENANAIZC0Kdn4rE
Leo, who was heading to the counter. Kim was obviously on the other side, so28Please respect copyright.PENANAycYlObRALc
Leo wouldn’t see them. She was worrying over nothing.28Please respect copyright.PENANAnN9vV4HDYI
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Miranda quickly turned back in her seat to face the beer and wine bottles on28Please respect copyright.PENANAsQ1QmNFcQz
the shelf behind the bar counter as she saw Leo approach. She swallowed as she28Please respect copyright.PENANAENMuSttRhm
felt her hands start to shake. A debate arose in her head. Should she say28Please respect copyright.PENANAdWWbSHI8xn
something to him when he comes over? Why should she? It’s not like he can28Please respect copyright.PENANAKo8HuZbmvW
remember that they met at the candy store. I am just being silly, she said to28Please respect copyright.PENANAIZP3m13zuw
herself.28Please respect copyright.PENANATIo0oX1giR
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Leo finally reached the counter, and he happened to stand next to Miranda. When28Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2npn0uu3D
Miranda saw him through the corner of her eye, she felt frightened like a mouse28Please respect copyright.PENANA5keVS2rHzf
that scurries away when it sees the enemy. However, she tried to sit still in28Please respect copyright.PENANAcGCsuFsMRX
her seat so as not to draw any attention to herself. She looked down at the28Please respect copyright.PENANAabOq9k0VzC
glass in front of her and slowly took it. She tried to control the trembling in28Please respect copyright.PENANApQ8cGbIZC5
her hand and hoped that she wouldn’t spill the drink over or that Leo wouldn’t28Please respect copyright.PENANAt8alYgsuTX
notice her.28Please respect copyright.PENANAEe1gQ1xv53
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Leo ordered another plate of nachos, and his eyes diverted to the side. His28Please respect copyright.PENANAkIOJkNG6DJ
eyes fell on the woman beside him. He had a funny feeling that she looked28Please respect copyright.PENANAjMnYDyqxOV
familiar, but he didn’t know if he should ask. Still, it was better to mind his28Please respect copyright.PENANAgwVNiMqIWA
own business.28Please respect copyright.PENANAnhDMJIOmIy
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Miranda felt his eyes on her, and automatically, her head turned to the side to28Please respect copyright.PENANA50JhuRe7yZ
look at Leo. After realizing what she had done, her eyes went wide with28Please respect copyright.PENANATMIfkIqSqy
surprise.28Please respect copyright.PENANAnC6ipG8VDg
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“I remember you from somewhere,” said Leo.28Please respect copyright.PENANA3KJW9ER65V
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“Ah, yes,” said Miranda. Her surprised look seemed to have worked in her favor.28Please respect copyright.PENANADfLIX0Uwdq
“At the candy store.”28Please respect copyright.PENANACCrcZxMwSK
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“Oh, yeah, right,” said Leo as he gave a nod of his head. “I remember. You28Please respect copyright.PENANAma7PMXD5iN
bumped into that moving shelf.”28Please respect copyright.PENANACycuzTl6sN
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“That was embarrassing,” said Miranda as she laughed. “I was in a rush.”28Please respect copyright.PENANApN4JzWKo7w
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Leo gave her a friendly smile and nodded his head, showing that he understood.28Please respect copyright.PENANAFPFhawZr0q
His gesture made Miranda almost want to shoot out of her stool like a rocket.28Please respect copyright.PENANAKFDCCGgUJn
Her heart fluttered, and she wanted to hold on to that beautiful feeling28Please respect copyright.PENANAl0MROSVwsj
forever.28Please respect copyright.PENANAfNalWYBhS3
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The bartender came back with the plate refilled with nachos and cheese. Leo28Please respect copyright.PENANAxBYykZflcG
took it and thanked the bartender. He turned to Miranda, and she knew that28Please respect copyright.PENANAEG52AApS2L
their conversation ended here.28Please respect copyright.PENANA4MGA6VIhWO
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“It was nice seeing you again,” said Leo. “Enjoy your drink.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAYDHWWVS5Jt
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“Thanks,” said Miranda. She didn’t know what to say next as Leo took his leave.28Please respect copyright.PENANAmutjPZLm4V
The thought of being just a stranger to him didn’t sit well with Miranda. She28Please respect copyright.PENANA18cQtyxQcr
wanted to be close to him. How will she be able to do that?28Please respect copyright.PENANAgE2BL1lkhG
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Her eyes fell to the table Leo was heading to, and she saw Carly talking with28Please respect copyright.PENANAGih6RwyfWH
so much glee. She didn’t seem to have a care in the world, and it hurt Miranda28Please respect copyright.PENANAq6miKFkaWq
that she should be the one close to Leo and not her.28Please respect copyright.PENANA2vpmORvG0X
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Carly turned her eyes to Leo, who was approaching the table, and she couldn’t28Please respect copyright.PENANAsAlBjj5h2W
help but smile at him. Miranda was smart enough to turn her head so that Carly28Please respect copyright.PENANAT2YWy7644k
wouldn’t see her. Miranda knew her time was up, and she was guessing that she28Please respect copyright.PENANAzbAAEWZlH5
might have overstayed at the bar. It was time to go back upstairs. She thought28Please respect copyright.PENANAOXGxPvFdt2
of looking back at Leo, but it wasn’t worth the risk. It was best for her to28Please respect copyright.PENANAJFUF0BvHTQ
leave, but after she finished her martini.28Please respect copyright.PENANAclNWxGeZXJ
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A few seconds before that, Trina came back to the table with two bottles of28Please respect copyright.PENANAgLGFkFY6fk
cider. She sat herself down and placed one bottle in front of Kim.28Please respect copyright.PENANAGm3bqIDG8p
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“Thanks,” said Kim.28Please respect copyright.PENANA1RcmFoarlQ
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“Have you thought of what to do?” Trina asked. “We can’t see Leo from here.28Please respect copyright.PENANArUkkwLLH6Y
That’s if you really plan on catching Leo with his lover.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAA1bYcFwYif
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“I thought of sitting by the counter and peeping on him,” Kim suggested.28Please respect copyright.PENANA07RPFmeo7g
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“Sounds like a good idea,” said Trina. “Even if we were to see him walking out,28Please respect copyright.PENANAq8i22yKpPU
it would be impossible for us to see where he would go.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAc0mruS7m5a
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As the two women stood at the table, Trina stopped Kim by placing her hand on28Please respect copyright.PENANAV3nWkvfhxD
Kim’s shoulder.28Please respect copyright.PENANAu12tEB3sFg
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“I know you’re tired of me saying this,” said Trina, “but doing this is a bad28Please respect copyright.PENANA4RWoNCNev3
idea. We should get out while we can.”28Please respect copyright.PENANA82DWNhW9RK
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Kim scoffed. “I gave you my word earlier, didn’t I? There is no need to repeat28Please respect copyright.PENANAF7ksA7O394
the conversation. Let’s go.”28Please respect copyright.PENANALgRgv5cVXu
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Trina’s hand fell away from Kim’s shoulder as Kim started to make her way to28Please respect copyright.PENANA1qCetrnvt3
the other side of the bar. Trina followed her, and coming back the way they28Please respect copyright.PENANAUjMbx5Vf3M
came, they stopped at the counter. From the angle at which they stood, they28Please respect copyright.PENANAdYD3OrkT81
were able to see Leo’s table.28Please respect copyright.PENANAFpaFpTSlZZ
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The two of them sat on the stools, facing each other. Trina had her back facing28Please respect copyright.PENANAkmYuXq75ih
Leo’s table, shielding Kim from plain sight if the worst happened.28Please respect copyright.PENANA5E5GvbS8m9
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“I can’t see so much, so you’ll be telling me what’s going on,” said Trina.28Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1ePmhNO4X
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“You’re overthinking things,” said Kim. “You can take a peek and still won’t be28Please respect copyright.PENANAKgW6giUYmJ
seen. Oh, look, Leo is coming over.”28Please respect copyright.PENANA4rFxIbdFSv
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Trina turned her head slightly to see Leo approach the other side of the28Please respect copyright.PENANAGNv4Mr71Zb
counter. He wasn’t looking in their direction, so they were at ease as they28Please respect copyright.PENANAXup87ttoj1
looked on. They saw him ask the bar tender for another refill of nachos. He28Please respect copyright.PENANAZWphsHPtZD
soon looked at the woman beside him, and Kim held Trina’s hand on the bar28Please respect copyright.PENANAAHA6m9aR2a
counter in anticipation.28Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6WOTvHX2U
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“Could it be her?” Kim asked, almost squeezing Trina’s hand.28Please respect copyright.PENANAvCBq4HDnf7
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Trina looked at the woman beside Leo as she turned to look at him. She shook28Please respect copyright.PENANAsdio17GTIj
her head. “I don’t think so,” said Trina.28Please respect copyright.PENANAlighuRPBJM
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They watched as Leo talked with the woman briefly, and as soon as he took the bowl28Please respect copyright.PENANAeTmTNoxQP9
of nachos, he addressed the woman and went back to his table. Trina shook her28Please respect copyright.PENANAbOZr35tHWa
head.28Please respect copyright.PENANAfbjHczYvZU
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“She’s not the one,” said Trina. “They looked like they knew each other, but28Please respect copyright.PENANAjpVWCxJeQe
not at that intimate level.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAnqvaKFoTNQ
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“Are you sure?” Kim asked. “Because he was smiling at her.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAgexdg2AWWe
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Trina rolled her eyes before turning them at her friend. “Does every smile he28Please respect copyright.PENANA4GjLrfcHxz
gives everyone mean that he is flirting with them?” she asked. “He looks like28Please respect copyright.PENANAWfdTnGh2ru
he was being friendly to me.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAXk59aWlgwX
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“What if she’s the one and they were communicating in some way through code?”28Please respect copyright.PENANAkfcDdzxAah
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Trina raised an eyebrow at her. Kim knew she was taking things a little far and28Please respect copyright.PENANA2FXBR5VX27
looked the other way, taking a sip from her bottle and feeling embarrassed.28Please respect copyright.PENANAUDr6iDlqRr
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Angel stared at her empty glass of soda, concluding that she needed to refill.28Please respect copyright.PENANAC6du1roJHm
She excused herself from the table and started to make her way to the bar28Please respect copyright.PENANAfbyGxR90ZJ
counter.28Please respect copyright.PENANAa3PxCUUE15
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Miranda finished her martini in one huge gulp. She placed the glass on the28Please respect copyright.PENANAEhqOwXALF6
counter, leaving the bill under the glass. After she stepped down from her28Please respect copyright.PENANAp9Q9E3QveX
stool, she turned around and came shoulder to shoulder with someone.28Please respect copyright.PENANAfPyL4wGGWY
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“Oh, sorry about that,” said a beautiful woman in a stunning red velvet dress.28Please respect copyright.PENANAsaQ1XV8mbq
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Miranda almost panicked, for she thought the person she had bumped into was28Please respect copyright.PENANAmqlEtiYayi
someone familiar. However, looking closely, she realized that it was Angel,28Please respect copyright.PENANA1czWMw6AGb
Carly’s older sister. Miranda knew Angel didn’t know about her, but Miranda28Please respect copyright.PENANASvh1nMCH1N
knew who she was. In the past, when she and Carly used to work together, Carly28Please respect copyright.PENANAjbJkzk1yfr
had shown Angel’s pictures to her a few times. Miranda acknowledged that the28Please respect copyright.PENANAzrFLPpaqwg
sisters had looks that could kill, but there was something about Angel’s beauty28Please respect copyright.PENANAGUfMYI0pdr
that was different from Carly’s.28Please respect copyright.PENANAasuFMdhcqc
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“Oh, it’s nothing,” said Miranda.28Please respect copyright.PENANA7hzTj9Dv1L
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Angel smiled at her before turning her attention to the bartender. Miranda28Please respect copyright.PENANAuOkcp30ufX
turned around to head out of the bar when she froze in her tracks. She felt28Please respect copyright.PENANAu8Wa46NsHO
caught in a trap as she looked ahead. This is bad.28Please respect copyright.PENANAb9bTsbkhwN
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Carly’s eyes fell on Miranda as she looked over to the bar to check on her28Please respect copyright.PENANABH0zQJ3whM
sister. Miranda happened to be right in her line of vision. Carly’s eyes28Please respect copyright.PENANAZBVi2PwfiH
widened with fear as thoughts started to run through her head. What was Miranda28Please respect copyright.PENANAhBHUxJDStx
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Angel thanked the bartender after refilling her glass, and when she turned28Please respect copyright.PENANAOdbFO3CfMO
around, the woman whom she bumped into stood still like a statue. Angel read28Please respect copyright.PENANAkOJD6Jm6Su
her body language, and she realized that the person seemed to be in some kind28Please respect copyright.PENANAMpBSXcELSb
of shock. She noticed the woman looking towards the table where her sister and28Please respect copyright.PENANAzECFMU0aiz
the others were. Moreover, she saw Carly look at the woman with the same28Please respect copyright.PENANAOCmEZVtILO
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Angel raised an eyebrow. She was just about to touch the woman’s shoulder to28Please respect copyright.PENANAfdDSnwmsu4
get her attention, but she thought better of it.28Please respect copyright.PENANAWLCAgaSqlj
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“Hey, are you okay?” Angel asked.28Please respect copyright.PENANAlPwMHJgVtW
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Miranda jolted back to reality and turned to look at Angel. She nervously28Please respect copyright.PENANAZGx3vCoaCZ
chuckled. “Uh, yes, I’m fine, thanks,” said Miranda. “I thought I saw someone I28Please respect copyright.PENANAryidsbnUNJ
knew, but I was mistaken. I should go now.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAxkESz7DGAp
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Before Angel could say anything, Miranda quickly made her way out of the bar.28Please respect copyright.PENANASlC1F7JPNp
Those who were wondering what took Angel so long turned to the bar counter and28Please respect copyright.PENANA87yMdFgpBB
saw the woman quickly walk away from Angel. Angel looked at the young woman,28Please respect copyright.PENANA6maNsMaTxp
and she turned her attention back to the table, specifically on Carly. Carly28Please respect copyright.PENANALJzWoWMJot
didn’t turn her head right away as she looked at her sister. She didn’t want to28Please respect copyright.PENANAADxaf2aUb1
look like she knew Miranda, and it was best to act natural. Angel went back to28Please respect copyright.PENANAoaJuVwoPW5
the table.28Please respect copyright.PENANAAkBJTkUjhP
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“What was that about?” Eric asked.28Please respect copyright.PENANALx0o6SLom5
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“Oh, she thought she recognized someone, but she was mistaken,” said Angel as28Please respect copyright.PENANA6fCONDcO4G
she sat back down on her seat, placing her glass on the table.28Please respect copyright.PENANAgCotRYPPdr
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“She must have meant me,” said Leo. Carly looked at him, surprised at his28Please respect copyright.PENANAvIbPa3WAeo
statement. “Remember the time we went to that candy store a few days ago?” He28Please respect copyright.PENANAZda2JZlw6o
looked at Eric. “She was the one who bumped into that moving shelf.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAvEWKe3vSWK
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“Oh, I see,” said Angel. “But she said she didn’t recognize anyone.”28Please respect copyright.PENANArogyVqURoK
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“Obviously she was nervous because of Leo again,” said Eric. “I bet the reason28Please respect copyright.PENANALrIdxO7cZi
she bumped into that shelf was because of your scary looks.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAKJWZw5YXjL
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Angel shook her head. “Not this again,” she said.28Please respect copyright.PENANAULgz6B01YB
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“Mind you,” Leo started to say, “when I went over to the bar, I actually talked28Please respect copyright.PENANAaDM34wc7cN
to her. She didn’t seem nervous to me.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAY0QpoOa1vs
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“She obviously fell for your good looks, not the scary one as Eric had put it,”28Please respect copyright.PENANAGmGbF2uGqK
said Marco.28Please respect copyright.PENANAdYhiUv1VGh
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“You really are a bully, Eric,” said Oliver. “It’s not Leo’s fault that he is28Please respect copyright.PENANAsR4r9liacm
more handsome than you.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAuBPzpCcfve
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Marcos and Angel laughed at Eric. Eric, on the other hand, felt like hitting28Please respect copyright.PENANAayku5Vnxz3
his brother on the head. Carly had been silent the whole time as thoughts ran28Please respect copyright.PENANAO2ORoCilkF
through her head. Miranda actually had a talk with Leo, and that scared her.28Please respect copyright.PENANAP19djPEkKh
Could she have told Leo that she was also there at his bachelor party?28Please respect copyright.PENANAsM9pP3neFX
Moreover, they met days ago at the candy store, and she finds herself here at28Please respect copyright.PENANAVwe0ArtkgZ
the hotel. Why did Carly feel like she was suddenly in jeopardy?28Please respect copyright.PENANAbbV1mrw5CC
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Angel wiped away the tears from her eyes, and she soon looked at Carly, who28Please respect copyright.PENANArCnecNDaiF
looked lost in thought. She couldn’t help but wonder what her sister was28Please respect copyright.PENANAhYW8qnmzGf
thinking about.28Please respect copyright.PENANAFq1DHv7o9P
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“You, Oliver, have really cracked me up today,” said Marco as he continued to28Please respect copyright.PENANAf7QsQHI4JJ
laugh. “I can’t wait for us to hang out like this again.”28Please respect copyright.PENANA5rYFAdZVYi
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Oliver beamed at Marco happily, while Eric felt like slapping that look off his28Please respect copyright.PENANAzhkO0M0eMk
brother’s face.28Please respect copyright.PENANAVQI0FnKjM1
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“Yeah, Oliver has really cracked me up too,” said Angel as she turned to smile28Please respect copyright.PENANATN4YCnuMXv
at Oliver.28Please respect copyright.PENANAuA0sZrCkfr
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“I hate to wrap things up here,” said Marco, “but I’m done for the night.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAXjhhdmPoMZ
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“Oh, that’s a shame,” said Eric. “We were really having fun.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAldXN0jUYye
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“Don’t you think it’s also getting late?” Angel asked the others. “We better be28Please respect copyright.PENANAls5l3qdnUp
heading out too.”28Please respect copyright.PENANA5MCduPfpXO
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Leo gave Angel a look. He still didn’t get the chance to be alone with Carly.28Please respect copyright.PENANAodj1nagnk5
When Marco said he was leaving, he thought he had the opportunity. He turned to28Please respect copyright.PENANAisyitUfZls
look at Carly beside him, and she seemed to look lost in her own world.28Please respect copyright.PENANAUU66xbaoaF
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“We should,” said Oliver. “I want us to pass somewhere and get ice cream on our28Please respect copyright.PENANABSbcMFRm3O
way home.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAv84Oqy4CxA
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“Uh, wait a minute,” said Leo. “Some of us would like to spend a little time28Please respect copyright.PENANAtEva3WdVsf
here.”28Please respect copyright.PENANA3E6xs6VdkQ
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Angel threw Leo a look, knowing what he was playing at. She wanted to leave28Please respect copyright.PENANA727yE1DJ7X
because the possibility of Leo seeing Kim and Trina was high, and she didn’t28Please respect copyright.PENANAmBMbIPakBa
want to risk it. Moreover, if Kim does see Leo spending his time alone with28Please respect copyright.PENANAWURFGEP55a
Carly, she will realize without a doubt that Carly is Leo’s lover. If only she28Please respect copyright.PENANAOUhCsj4e9k
could tell Leo without making him so upset, she thought to herself.28Please respect copyright.PENANAvt4RBhhCtt
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“Leo’s right,” said Eric, looking over at Leo. “I would like to stay here for a28Please respect copyright.PENANAd9XZoAPPBX
little longer.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAijgx0pvJaH
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Angel sighed, but not the kind that anyone would notice. It looks like she lost28Please respect copyright.PENANALtcWKtzVS5
this one. She just has to find a way to work around it.28Please respect copyright.PENANASH0RDn507b
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“Well, then I’ll leave you to enjoy yourselves,” said Marco as he stood up from28Please respect copyright.PENANAYS28sobMNg
his seat. “Before I forget,” he said as he turned to Angel. “I would love to28Please respect copyright.PENANATI2n3VsBOx
get your number, Angel.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAiiytq5C8VX
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Angel almost forgot about that, and she blushed immediately when Marco asked her.28Please respect copyright.PENANA4qMDtleNdw
She watched him pull out his phone. He turned his eyes on her, giving her his28Please respect copyright.PENANANSXcZpFFwH
full attention. Angel hesitated for a bit before giving out her number, and he28Please respect copyright.PENANAIhPtDNyh2I
typed it down on his phone. Eric and Leo looked on, wondering why Marco looked28Please respect copyright.PENANAtcpodMqkHt
so eager to get her number. Carly wasn’t paying much attention, so she couldn’t28Please respect copyright.PENANAEMwSa0gxDv
care less.28Please respect copyright.PENANA1W1hR4gYyy
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“I really enjoyed my time with you,” said Marco, pocketing his phone away. “We28Please respect copyright.PENANAOLBRtUg6CF
should do this sometime soon.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAj7f3K10dzC
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“Sure,” said Eric, putting up a smile for Marco, which proved to be very28Please respect copyright.PENANAGSHZfnWoSd
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Marco wished everyone a good night, and everyone responded back. Even Carly,28Please respect copyright.PENANAV7a7aHeMiZ
who looked absent-minded, said goodnight. Before leaving, Marco gave Angel a28Please respect copyright.PENANA3CRvZdbURD
wink, telling her to expect a message from him anytime soon. Angel only smiled,28Please respect copyright.PENANAbZIxTdGli4
feeling embarrassed that he said that in front of everyone.28Please respect copyright.PENANAbA0JGcyE7P
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“Marco really likes you, Angel,” said Oliver after Marco had left the bar.28Please respect copyright.PENANA7JJ384Qjzn
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“Why do you say that?” Angel asked, looking at the boy with wide eyes.28Please respect copyright.PENANAoiT3qBAPsr
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“Don’t listen to him,” said Eric. “Kids don’t know what they say nowadays.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAjd1kTyH24A
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Leo turned to Carly, and it was then that he noticed that she hadn’t talked28Please respect copyright.PENANAbxguoashQT
much at all for a while.28Please respect copyright.PENANAATzkCncbYg
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“Hey, Carly, are you okay?” Leo asked.28Please respect copyright.PENANAXLXJEh99jM
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Everyone turned to look at Carly. She tried to hide it with a smile, telling28Please respect copyright.PENANAZB25JKiuPm
Leo that she was alright. Angel couldn’t point out why her sister looked low,28Please respect copyright.PENANATVvKDQnoPU
but she knew she could use this to her advantage.28Please respect copyright.PENANAeF1vh3QDCU
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“You look tired, Carly,” said Angel. “Maybe we should call it a night and head28Please respect copyright.PENANAqhFAM7ZxpT
home.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3NowcbCVZ
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Carly looked at Angel, and a small smile appeared on her face. She definitely28Please respect copyright.PENANArlm40XyiM0
needed to leave. The fact that Miranda was here messed with her head a lot, and28Please respect copyright.PENANATxzDON6a5t
she felt like being as far away from the hotel as possible. Considering that,28Please respect copyright.PENANAlXW1qPzk0s
Miranda might still be around.28Please respect copyright.PENANAvLJHPb6m04
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“Angel is right,” said Carly. “I’m feeling rather overwhelmed. We’ve had a long28Please respect copyright.PENANACGLyu2tEe0
day, and I didn’t get enough rest.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAODyOy4CXIN
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Leo looked a little disappointed, but now that he saw Carly more clearly, she28Please respect copyright.PENANAhhtCubljmj
didn’t look too well at all. It looks like his plans for tonight might as well28Please respect copyright.PENANA2pKPlkCM00
go down the drain. If Carly was feeling too tired, it was understandable that28Please respect copyright.PENANA3eyOT3jpBz
she wasn’t going to enjoy his company alone with him either.28Please respect copyright.PENANA8P7ucu5adD
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“Alright,” said Leo. “We better get going if we’re going to get Oliver’s ice28Please respect copyright.PENANA6gCoipw4C6
cream.”28Please respect copyright.PENANA8mHvKhaPzF
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“We better check out of that room and get our stuff then,” said Eric.28Please respect copyright.PENANAGS8SnSzyJJ
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“Oh, I forgot about that. Why don’t you go to the room while I go bring the car28Please respect copyright.PENANArYJD0tYYgH
around?”28Please respect copyright.PENANAu6nd5rv2xc
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“Sure.” Eric quickly stood up from his seat and started to make his way out of28Please respect copyright.PENANA8tt3MK7Jpe
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Trina and Kim, who still sat observing Leo, noticed Eric stand up from his28Please respect copyright.PENANAgaJnpmXXOV
seat. The others were still at the table, and it was only a moment later that28Please respect copyright.PENANAhpMiHa1yoh
they started to stand up.28Please respect copyright.PENANAHLouGvIsXo
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“Look, they’re leaving,” said Trina.28Please respect copyright.PENANAGlCwsSUAGj
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“Do you think Leo will get this opportunity to see his lover?” Kim asked.28Please respect copyright.PENANAglY3VagFXE
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“He can’t do that with the others tagging along,” said Trina. “Let’s watch and28Please respect copyright.PENANAiEYup71FJO
see.”28Please respect copyright.PENANA47yHPIWsIn
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Angel and Oliver started to make their way to the entrance of the bar when28Please respect copyright.PENANAtldQDFysJx
Angel, through the corner of her eye, saw Kim and Trina. This was bad. From28Please respect copyright.PENANAHjM4Wlz4gg
where she stood, she feared Leo might also notice them. She slowed her pace28Please respect copyright.PENANAVKIhjr522G
with Oliver and waited for Carly and Leo to catch up. If she was lucky, Leo28Please respect copyright.PENANAEdiDVSFBFF
might pass by without noticing Kim and Trina, but one can never be too sure.28Please respect copyright.PENANATf4Y8rBXGw
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Carly made her way to Angel and Oliver, with Leo following slowly behind her.28Please respect copyright.PENANAJLK1oyOsoE
Without much thought, his eyes found their way to the bar counter, and he28Please respect copyright.PENANA4XKXTtYzBq
noticed someone familiar at the other end. Only when the person turned in his28Please respect copyright.PENANA51mqneauZ6
direction and their eyes fell on him did he realize who it was.28Please respect copyright.PENANA6DsLNGAPXx
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“Oh, my gosh,” said Kim as she held Trina’s shoulder in a tight grip. “He’s28Please respect copyright.PENANARIXwHqO2Pi
seen us.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAvT1cMRM1CD
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Trina choked on her own words that she couldn’t speak as he saw Leo staring28Please respect copyright.PENANAz6MpFuK60m
back. His eyes slowly started to flame with anger. Or was it fury?28Please respect copyright.PENANAruf0h6LZ1J
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“Trina, we better go,” said Kim.28Please respect copyright.PENANANNCyJWTZpm
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Leo couldn’t believe Trina and Kim were there by the counter, staring back at28Please respect copyright.PENANA9jRE1qp1hs
him. Did they happen to be here by coincidence, or did were they here because28Please respect copyright.PENANAuUsvTkIHTa
of him? He noticed how scared they looked at him, as if they had been caught28Please respect copyright.PENANAm0rcQdFLZD
doing something wrong. That confirmed that they were following him. He decided28Please respect copyright.PENANAHM9KWkEZXo
he was going to give them a piece of his mind.28Please respect copyright.PENANAysYrprJYkm
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Just as he was about to make his way over to them, a gentle touch fell on his28Please respect copyright.PENANAFp9iHhMSj9
shoulder, stopping him from proceeding further. He looked to the side, and he28Please respect copyright.PENANAEtQOnJgDe4
found Angel standing right beside him, her hand on his shoulder. She looked at28Please respect copyright.PENANAxDNzX5shsW
him with her soft brown eyes; they were stern yet so peaceful. There was28Please respect copyright.PENANA7cH2CHCrx3
something about her look and her presence beside him that made him slowly start28Please respect copyright.PENANA0VfmLFkvlx
to feel the anger in him dissipate like smoke.28Please respect copyright.PENANAiKUSwiDVJf
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She shook her head. “Not here,” she said to him in her normal tone of voice.28Please respect copyright.PENANAwpbphJgdkn
“Now is not the time to make a scene.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAAQTqQzlwRs
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Leo sighed, and he felt his muscles slowly start to relax. Angel was right; now28Please respect copyright.PENANArZr4M0ynu9
wasn’t the time to throw a tantrum. He looked back at Kim, who continued to28Please respect copyright.PENANAhKTxAV6r0F
look at him, still with a scared look on her face.28Please respect copyright.PENANAsv2Yr1psHc
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"Fine," he said to Angel as he looked at her.28Please respect copyright.PENANAFrTi6HQamB
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Angel gave a smile of relief. She turned to look at Trina and Kim, giving them28Please respect copyright.PENANA5t8fhCRwZA
a nod of her head. The two best friends looked relieved, but they knew that28Please respect copyright.PENANA2rZxlyrbOH
this wasn’t over.28Please respect copyright.PENANAUx6BLfCWf5
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Leo turned around to head out of the bar. Fortunately, Oliver and Carly were28Please respect copyright.PENANAtk6K0FPZro
way ahead of him, so they didn't see his silent altercation with Kim and Trina.28Please respect copyright.PENANA4KDTA0n8qj
He walked out of the bar with Angel following closely behind him.28Please respect copyright.PENANAoWLlHfQO1e
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"Thanks for that back there," Leo said to her.28Please respect copyright.PENANAHT1gqTvJwI
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"Well, getting yourself angry wasn't going to do you or me any28Please respect copyright.PENANAxCCTh3Kqob
favors," said Angel.28Please respect copyright.PENANAgRUrIf5r4t
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Leo turned to look at her through the corner of his eye. "How long have28Please respect copyright.PENANAWKIMflUDZ0
they been there?"28Please respect copyright.PENANAFWvSxWjVmK
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Angel found no point in lying to him. "I noticed them during our dinner. I28Please respect copyright.PENANAgtE9mzjQ2d
didn't want to tell you in front of our guests."28Please respect copyright.PENANAdCXW0ZJQYh
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Leo scoffed. "It's obvious that they were following me. I guess that’s the28Please respect copyright.PENANAdU8oF1l9sE
reason why you didn’t want me to be alone with Carly."28Please respect copyright.PENANA58nxttHK75
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"I don't want them to find out about your relationship with her just yet,28Please respect copyright.PENANAGVSQu1cIwt
so you've got to be careful from now on."28Please respect copyright.PENANAG0RNMIeK6P
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A smile appeared across Leo's face. The two might have their differences, but28Please respect copyright.PENANA0EFC6fPtLl
it was clear to see that Angel did care about his relationship with her sister.28Please respect copyright.PENANAH0R6u4NBVa
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As they continued to walk down the stone path towards the fountain where Oliver28Please respect copyright.PENANAfyW2U7ceI4
and Carly were, Leo tried to fight off the feeling of gratitude towards Angel.28Please respect copyright.PENANA8Z9WAKhkyY
In the end, he decided to let the feeling settle in for one night, and one28Please respect copyright.PENANAFto44KgLso
night only.28Please respect copyright.PENANA0o8ms912LA
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“That was a close one,” said Trina as she held her chest, breathing deeply.28Please respect copyright.PENANA2J9TY6pu72
“For sure, I thought Leo was going to come charging at us.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAs6cGog7Jni
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Kim sighed in relief. “I hate to say this, but we really do have Angel to28Please respect copyright.PENANAPjF2EeAani
thank,” she said. “Though I feel Leo will confront us about it.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAR2fBvtaiUf
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“Yeah, but Angel talked to him, and he calmed down in an instant.” Trina leaned28Please respect copyright.PENANAnUx4WtyFfE
against the bar counter, looking for the bartender. “Leo barely listens to28Please respect copyright.PENANAuQKGjSsAZZ
anyone, but he somehow listened to her. It’s best to receive his wrath28Please respect copyright.PENANAQQSGKG4esR
privately rather than in an open place where he can embarrass us. I’m going to28Please respect copyright.PENANAXHyOt70Ezy
order a cocktail and drink to thank Angel for saving our sorry lives. Do you28Please respect copyright.PENANA04r7gPdq6n
want one?”28Please respect copyright.PENANANspD3ZZyYM
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Kim gave a nod to Trina, and while her friend tried to get the attention of the28Please respect copyright.PENANATR68sAejpH
bartender, she couldn’t help but look at Leo with Angel walking beside him as28Please respect copyright.PENANAxHOcPlesWI
they went further away from the bar. Memories of her and Leo started to28Please respect copyright.PENANAEs2Xroye3Z
surface, and she couldn’t recall once when he ever listened to her when he was28Please respect copyright.PENANAB7tH9TV2kP
upset. Trina was right. Leo barely listens to anyone, except this time around,28Please respect copyright.PENANAR5AePbD0la
when Angel spoke to him. Her eyes fell upon Angel, who, even in that red velvet28Please respect copyright.PENANAULq1wydfJr
dress, walked effortlessly with elegance beside Leo. Was there something about28Please respect copyright.PENANABaDO5rQd1O
Angel that Kim wasn’t aware of?28Please respect copyright.PENANA6hHnxsUytc
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Miranda quickly stepped out of the elevator and ran down the hall back to the28Please respect copyright.PENANA98XvOy4ph1
room where Red Lion and Mr. Walters were. She knew her thirty minutes were up,28Please respect copyright.PENANAMnocemTxHh
and she had been so distracted that she didn’t notice her phone vibrate in the28Please respect copyright.PENANAzaOwgtcON4
pocket of her jeans. When she checked in the elevator, she found three missed28Please respect copyright.PENANAwMQnGjPH8h
calls from Mr. Walters, and she knew she was in for it.28Please respect copyright.PENANARTJXclpKBI
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As soon as she reached the suite, the door flew open before she could even28Please respect copyright.PENANAErD8gFelxS
knock. She thought the first person she would see was Red Lion, but to her28Please respect copyright.PENANA6gqZmuZV8E
relief, it was Walters.28Please respect copyright.PENANACY0gSln4X9
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“What took you so long?” he asked. “And why didn’t you answer my calls?”28Please respect copyright.PENANAHe3WVtkFxi
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“I’m sorry,” said Miranda. “I got a little distracted. Is he here?”28Please respect copyright.PENANALeDYoc33oY
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“Yeah, but count yourself lucky,” said Walters as he stood aside to let Miranda28Please respect copyright.PENANACBa72nzgmb
through the door. “Red Lion was going to kill you if he wanted to.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAdqUco4eNlr
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Miranda slowly stepped into the room, looking towards the living room area. Red28Please respect copyright.PENANAijrlBQG5n5
Lion's comrade sat on the couch. His eyes fixed on the TV screen that showed28Please respect copyright.PENANApoCjTPzsQH
the football game. Two more people sat on the other couch. They wore black28Please respect copyright.PENANAZx8AVds6Z7
suits, and they were of Asian descent. The two looked like bodyguards. Were28Please respect copyright.PENANA7LG36zp8J0
they here with the host who called for this meeting? Moreover, where was Red28Please respect copyright.PENANArEyHJiAmih
Lion?28Please respect copyright.PENANAu1Wso6Hrnf
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When she entered the living room area, she heard voices coming from the28Please respect copyright.PENANACxyjqiyDoU
balcony. She saw Red Lion standing by the open doors of the balcony. Someone28Please respect copyright.PENANARrLfpICU8B
stood in front of him, talking to him. Miranda couldn’t see who it was as the28Please respect copyright.PENANAVuD2o3DWMs
person stood on the balcony, and the doors hid him from view.28Please respect copyright.PENANAUiPv0UP0P2
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Red Lion noticed Miranda's presence and turned to look at her. He surprisingly28Please respect copyright.PENANAbOVOckFzJf
smiled. She almost sighed in relief, for she really thought he was going to28Please respect copyright.PENANASL5DIamRVR
squeeze her throat for being late. He turned to the person who stood on the28Please respect copyright.PENANAagihOKD0Xv
balcony.28Please respect copyright.PENANAfAGvTI9ZeS
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“The young lady we were waiting on is finally here,” said Red Lion. “We can28Please respect copyright.PENANAOvMxwdkhQm
begin the meeting.”28Please respect copyright.PENANAOCDYfaG3zK
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The person on the balcony stepped into the room, and the first thing that28Please respect copyright.PENANAZRGbNXvp9c
caught Miranda’s eye was that the person wore a smart black suit, and there was28Please respect copyright.PENANAzkizGnHYCp
a charming smile on his face.