Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Ild45j2AO
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy83BesJYIm
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqI9ooVqNP
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VJcjHI6bS
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFbINW237e
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39oeE6TmIE
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxGxQpyHV5
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxr3mKDfpt3
boss a call.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7FONTJOS7
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwUpM5vIYB
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3EtDejIhRL
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEywwbV3Uq
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Sltx0YaRg
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7HWl24tst
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2B46TMd16W
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNderfMNnB3
looked really tired and restless.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIPbLTxK8I
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMM3uWMa1Dd
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LnAoEXxkX
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoa3IUPvLK
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPE14RmKcI
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgj4kIm2go
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP257SW6beA
huge loss.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7B87uIfab2
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHB5gVg0N8
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzW9fZZgg1S
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaL2m0Cuff
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetgv432jcf
"What are you planning to do?"1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zWuuh2xm7
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTofqE2JbCs
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBH6Cya8wK
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZ2OkMzilX
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDVOLDaIvB
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VmEkb5JBw
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZ11KBEGPc
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrhDZ6LHFj
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeA2D9okUT2
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdv0T2KOeUS
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0K0okvtmru
vacant space weren't as good as her.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMb7V6bsqa
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJFGwdnafP
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbmYCnomrd
lucky charm.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1Zl379aaj
And he needed her back real bad.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEByvvkQVYy
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.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FReUTbrnX
"I have a job for you."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLQ0aibZ2R
***1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNwqcp0RE8
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKzOFe6UZm
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMit0XDEn4Z
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg07PPUoKhe
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tg413O78V
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBb130RjyX
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3auL8KKX5
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozijGR4G1c
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ERyvFuXtO
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFKUxQoCYk
serious.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFbZieM44M
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aCW7lXpFv
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tzEyOKolL
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHiTPslnbn
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QYCsTdrjd
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKuhCJcWX4
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUoLMUTsMH
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpxAc2arrz
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNKY3Kehvs
between the two of you considering what happened."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkDWu0FJbP
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRaRalo5ux
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLkhudGB2T
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5uInrVOpj
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxP02MLORg9
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2uYjJaT1o
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwNx5leaAf
"And you never apologised for it," said 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvnQB3OxK3
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgtYzDz71s
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhe0Fad0iby
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cknRqx46m
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweoUDVRfhE
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTsiEfa1qa
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfA0HNAZPE0
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRLHEbHTdK
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJeeSDLAE6v
for what happened to her.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAn4EQjyFd
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCRzn9WVTt
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zrQI3XQ7g
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuQZ0gOOf9
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDLYbe0XFT
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTsF5MquxV
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXrCMlrRsE
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9aLagcqKKA
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLr2Ah5FWT
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPaATEXvqi
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9Fkbuaerv
back at the club.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWFizkX4qR
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq90wC6NtcR
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAt9Bvsn6fD
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMx7yN4pR27
sisters completely.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3z9t5gCA9Y
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcvm8JuvTU
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMChsbPZXnd
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLkMay97Bp
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiDwa7XgdE
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwxOlCSYCT
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDVTJgNfLV
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dEWDSZNMx
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2pyQ0jDhO
club, not him.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSUDBhmRYb
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaH7zsxVfj
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC58GheSsqm
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsAEPJa6aV
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOe6YKVJhT
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9HmqVEebi
at each other yet, have you?"1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTl5KHUhtX
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6CH8MZyV2
"No," they answered at the same time.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz52P6q9wQQ
"Great. That's good to know."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvoit9MQDD
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0JIkGFbAC
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbVoQz69li
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4ojg11PJF
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEQk8yDiLQ
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXBDTspmTD
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFzSAgjbFc
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyO6pszLUU2
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCXJ0VbZzf
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZYsdWVQra
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbuuYmxRHW
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIoThYIIfD
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBu6HCkEYht
long."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fMwfQ9Geg
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEls7pedES6
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8m0HYgXUnW
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqanx5SIZM
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxzJj6q5UT
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPrFsJQLp4
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RCvXRl9Wm
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26Hbfzazzg
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuDAPrIVbe
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrEj9leYZO
Not like this. Something was wrong.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstgeJlYpK5
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoVXex1h1e
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLOdi8wR5D
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33d7nbeh2s
embarrassed?"1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXMv0F8Mvv
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluBLWJV0Z6
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70lykdd5lF
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVE9yCzrBlC
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCdXGPQrmG
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mFLq2yxUg
today?"1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohp2Bm57hg
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMECGxpPIvq
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4n69vwSiAx
you want."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HXCedQqYE
"It worked for you, didn't it?"1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jcS7sAbNT
"What do you mean?"1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUF3b5ceVsg
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsVfPPnLqc
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllL4yqMGuT
sister."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fPjd9vLTw
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcP7htNV2KP
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOeqE0X3rQ
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42hv3xv0Ap
"I'm just speaking the truth."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51GOP7rrO0
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3BrwSUSzQ
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhTantFW3c
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4epIjt9LGm
"I was protecting my sister."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYr25MSoEo6
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpsqbshQlU
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bfcv8iLWR
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHY8Ij1Y3qy
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutyJntzg0U
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRSainje7z
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3WbuOJWbf
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUXiLad1z5
betray you like Carly betrayed me."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtekHlp6lED
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOq56bBRP3
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsb6DLKhDA
crystal glass.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGQwrUHyqc
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwux78huv3d
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvrZDjMjzS
in this situation right now."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVL64jWEWR
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bZBq5AvMj
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfmF7ruagv
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWEdRZi0Sa
actions.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUp0EvrhxOt
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqQuAPKMoe
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGrLtMNL3p
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSaKNyzdyC
near Carly."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFneIwLcCY
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡve6zpnHd6b
"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......"1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTK4cTNXv4E
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3J33DNtmd
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7xjD4kWXU
Carly, she would be insulting herself.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5frck0a1jG
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAg5VztgTgt
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Y2Q2mJ2MM
"That would never happen."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpdaXq4kQK
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92xeS2yHWm
"A fool in love, yes."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrcrOlHAYB
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5bJBnUy1m
"Why? Because you don't like me?"1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnr7ZU3edZT
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJRJ2DYNCJ
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdCyuOZmLm
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnZG1N66xQ
and my accident that she would ever change."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFOhX32ICW
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbGtbT87Os
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jdSp1qxWf
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecrQgDWbZL
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTANiEwsFn
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmwg8wonU5
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBJdladzzx
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJhPlwQtB1
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4kUEYcj2e
puzzled.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQXi2WKqXX
***1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8iXP7Gsye
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0fgkoGk0B
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5YAsElwHr
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqGRJuzxjw
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevuBjl1FQ9
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9afgD7zMD2
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmR9hCAt9Q8
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJqHDlmgY2
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7fKYNqK0X
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXpdLxL8RQ
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHixb41cEv
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiTOUDov26
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRyU1STNNh
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5rAMooXNe
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPNnAzAxGV
McDonell should be.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTa42gYYBD4
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKldp9l98Sx
"Our family has been successfully with the 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKvfuVLr9n
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndteBrxMz8
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVJTj6gX4W
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOshu6hlzwB
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogad7ESbDY
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvt7HryVFnA
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfB6GOd0skh
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgTPOPJnjc
especially from my brother. He is so kind."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwnASmJtq7
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnJGVERtps
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOPcz0Ia27
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxT4g8CwYel
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiZykktNnJ
model.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNidZ7CWp7J
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHnmEuyFu8
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspVfqIFAgF
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSj6UQ00Hq0
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIY1EJuD7v8
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwuOBIEDGt
the financial state her family was in.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbg4rck2ySt
But now that she was with the McDonell 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡka5VN1Icbh
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YHwBMq3Wf
she has always wanted.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9zBVVxNLU
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdY8U83gSp
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxOrkwno1x
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLBpsVWhfs
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2TqMm4tiF
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ev6d7tweJ
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41fiTYdYco
"That would be awesome."1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4zsAGnvjH
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsin0ZAgfZ
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8CumbkWJE
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoolXAkBCoR
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbSp5KZDIm
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWCg3OVtti
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjgyp4xqfD
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6omO7YIz9G
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XAv5Bt4JI
Miranda.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1z2M4wqvC
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1fJFNGZQ7
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUkrfkFWZs
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5XF4xjcx9
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19QQ1g6VNu
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnVm4Xdm0i
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bz2o8kTzi
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRgwMjDtEB
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjY5Ss10fv
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HZCkUk4o9
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoIldPi6nL
she never ever discussed her life with them.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcFlGHx4Dv
Could it be Miranda?1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrMogs9Rfe
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoS1guB62Ba
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1y1fSmE8Rf
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNmHd6tq4I
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhbWhb6lMU
And now she was calling Carly after all this1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFy2Vp54IlQ
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ACDzXz8nd
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEMPvHZloP
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovSL6AQvBY
betrayal.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGu3BfWWE2c
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIlt55ilNE
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYZCk3j9mP
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.1250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczrrMqzh5r
"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.