Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgI8nB8geo
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8nDhE4uvC
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBvJLZ9tgJ
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqv8GUcs2KR
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBI0eXGfY6C
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBFwx6ky1F
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5uofimyjF
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGmfhxIXNJ
boss a call.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzICqioGHnu
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqlZASaEix
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCIyDxlGN0
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyMJIhsfYr
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAEkxUL7Mk
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKacUH7ljkG
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtqIUhGeGB
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCdVR6uF4j
looked really tired and restless.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCK2G9ipGP9
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTdcM44riy
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5ooDvaM77
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfakF9C2KEE
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFZshoso1f
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTwOYOo87D
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCv4Aa5cEU
huge loss.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9DPVkiePZ
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6toENjPqDK
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfB1JwlUEdY
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyFcRgeIdm
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqUxREYOb5
"What are you planning to do?"745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhJrxvQH5e
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDZix84IJz
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3Qk2k8Knx
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAJWAug8Xo
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25BOmxuo6Q
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jvVBI544U
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ateUShRBE
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOIHG155YN
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTga5yZ2GD9
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC90pqT6hfm
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6mq6XbI0m
vacant space weren't as good as her.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhgnZwLG5M
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvrdOJnQzY
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ry3eej2Ps
lucky charm.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXZZAwtEu6
And he needed her back real bad.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcf39TgqOGY
He picked up his phone that was on the table and made a phone call. At the fourth ring, the person at the other end picked up.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZwCIrT7N1
"I have a job for you."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZPckVAsF6
***745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5yYHb85jk
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQUj41bLLj
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJtOIaZ58q
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5XO27m4Mw
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkhzKbR7PE
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWojgjgvm7g
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4b8vuWUKc
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaDb1yvpaf
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVR0LuYyHmY
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGvs5YLxnj
serious.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXVb0XiFah
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPwMXLs39d
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAw0XvsIbA
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfZapTDHdJ
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfqePGkfaW
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOmtwCWQQ3
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJZMX80THO
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHbDHb65tH
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKBpDbWlEN
between the two of you considering what happened."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFZtU2YER1
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqC6uiyBgH0
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpMOoSHdK9
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXKxpuxHPt
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdNZNdloTM
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBChKWDk3JN
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLAGCc56tX
"And you never apologised for it," said 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsJJUDcWqy
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrScIwrgx6
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyC3i8XahN
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYOHqR60K4
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhD9Jt3KfGH
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1M5nKlVQmg
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgse69AKiS
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvk2vkd391
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdN6JH8jsrL
for what happened to her.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMh1Wr52pw
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54Z3DmnrGN
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqu2ttRtXwR
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtfabI59MN
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZwHmWvuK4
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZYxfPLa0J
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAUdSeO1ud
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84hA4i6aBB
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IX70BJqJn
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AglTq6pWm
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSkVj3RL3q
back at the club.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LMIrMbsov
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFnYUperpg
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC84auXvkdG
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHmXjXRkZ0
sisters completely.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQhue27FIP
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuCH1pKPUj
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKGIaodmNv
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ104MjE7CB
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMbp8iarXv
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0sIcPegP6Q
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOhlte9cxP
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFvNyBsZIX
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLlhiCU1v4
club, not him.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPiP6nqWHc
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqZjA60AUl
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0yA3yVLXX
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOaUSezCTq
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qHE7Chgy5
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclXYJsqVXD
at each other yet, have you?"745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIp8XbiBWL
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMV3134lbCo
"No," they answered at the same time.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vyJ09KHdR
"Great. That's good to know."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSltgCf4QcL
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmnVBrCGzX
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroYEoSm1Z5
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zGlgYtf31
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxc9mp9exX6
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn83OpUO0PR
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wfmtP6ebx
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqstaVC1pl7
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbKrTdQlAs
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuceGB6bOSJ
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hyQ0AK9TU
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCmBKBP8a0
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSgrSE0Bhx
long."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQ1jjtoczx
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIYb9RRzpN
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKSf7AH313
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81WnrC42aI
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQtZ5Gn1cG
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULidjmM0vv
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WXGVfguMQ
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpL5KCLnA6
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNcGuHE55Y
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIy0VXJYphU
Not like this. Something was wrong.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hIztlIMMZ
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9BAcWAp2Z
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWxqGARm1X
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZEUC8T5xl
embarrassed?"745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7I50a5RkT
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHh0IVEaEo
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuES47Xzsf
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCys26GFWm
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgqoaMBHyd
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9FvnXKEwo
today?"745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCOn9I4Czg
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5GILB1C3F
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTpbgO4TTV
you want."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcOrrydYwF
"It worked for you, didn't it?"745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwf9gdndJF
"What do you mean?"745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ032CjZ5fEZ
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqEh4aJSV2
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIGv3QPrCg
sister."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnub9zUO7XC
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4Xm5lNWiI
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7aYfL5jvAx
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzG3uebPG5T
"I'm just speaking the truth."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMSBOzZqrG
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4WZVBz3zp
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawGKPZyxeX
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ50UVp4yv1
"I was protecting my sister."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOiWkSLBXq
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6qauX1JoL
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6d0KxC1C7
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWpmBqx47n
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLfrRO6BTq
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUvtDd04IW
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZ074dnMWR
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eqqWSpRJj
betray you like Carly betrayed me."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5P3NAzKVs
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSqhrqpyPX
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKdjDCFDRr
crystal glass.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGF9Jr8mfD
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRb87uC7fct
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0R439ztCQ2
in this situation right now."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLVQtNwKmU
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFMCMQruog
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvpI0uAbOO
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVTwPvbCt7
actions.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrN1VOLWFjq
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYsGLG36F0
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpQWL7yjVt
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvliuC8BFSj
near Carly."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BADj7qzBE
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7iWTSJMsd
"That's what you think. Isn't that what all men think when they go to the club and think they are in love with some......"745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClKYfFfQ0Q
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLA7Y4rxYH
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡht0dNgnGWy
Carly, she would be insulting herself.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJNqyq8qOe
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BFJUcODEk
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ224iAez2Mz
"That would never happen."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLJsiK20Ca
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaik0hvR6v
"A fool in love, yes."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxzFuDGuAl
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8IoZeL4G1
"Why? Because you don't like me?"745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHlIGkqdK8
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFafRJLJX4
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfWIZ4V3Vw
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGvzpohTcj
and my accident that she would ever change."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQVbZ5FgoB
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21saefXUNC
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvcvaj6sZK
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQynXKk0eWN
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqefGOaDUg
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbh3pK6jgg8
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORAIVYsoOS
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpXnbn8d0b
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeLOskeJmJ
puzzled.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDMHFDJr8H
***745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmx80P7nFhC
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgXKLAqwod
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3EMiVU9rC
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNfQdtlgTf
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj58K66GE97
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8RZO8QTIG
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0I39Fc5Yx
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyqczY1JgO
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRrqdOTSmk
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyaiySwwexO
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0JhdmKmYe
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrbjSnM2im
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpUmqw8mc6
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRLfJZNMs5
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡju7y9KzGV6
McDonell should be.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdD5yVMGylc
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3avsIP59NM
"Our family has been successfully with the 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJUoBxh7F7
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5caawKpZJ
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt49cGSR5Fd
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoh8oLWK1Z
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHnbGjWUgQ
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡursSMM9XIm
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqp1e61VwW
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9twS5nkEL
especially from my brother. He is so kind."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDf0zWEcqZE
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYdIz7aSVU
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtPXfucMfy
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZF4HGuy70
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOkC7p8MLN
model.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLiPj4bfGA
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9khe8bKUM
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzzY9L48J2
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqsk1Z0D3L
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGU5nV1AgXC
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOD2PLfBLuy
the financial state her family was in.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UtjjiyQGF
But now that she was with the McDonell 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9c6XljkZmh
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQ37YjkjfU
she has always wanted.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBgwHGquh9
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zBrE4jS4I
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTJkqKM5tu
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQZxaRmd83
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpIgM7hD4H
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2d8r48JUp
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1U7NeDuYR
"That would be awesome."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcSU8TUpKb
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPD3UC25JH
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNb745jMGh7
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEO3fbhuuOW
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPRNYdAmuY
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQdaYLgX4i
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9QBlDnV2z
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6KYHELkNk
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ389iK2kTRv
Miranda.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGrraPemro
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEE2zktCTaq
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDXlRcFzTs
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBufQQdY7J
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nmQYTOALg
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQ74fy93wy
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhGMxbx3QA
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RXWrt9k7O
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvXr5eUGZ3
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsensNDM4e
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWpOqeWnwG
she never ever discussed her life with them.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HA4Ac8b7c
Could it be Miranda?745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbW0RQzuPVH
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOpFvYZ1jf
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNfR1sIaD4
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zhUS1b4xj
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07Tg3nh4T6
And now she was calling Carly after all this745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlJPRZjXiy
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzNmwC0PIR
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFGsGekGNP
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvKU5fZXaW
betrayal.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdW2bitwZc
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqOm6qD9Oq
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHzCL0QQzT
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo68GDPUijG
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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and then Add to home screen.