Angel was in the living 767Please respect copyright.PENANAnQvdoNNAnI
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 767Please respect copyright.PENANAMMdedgmpU0
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.767Please respect copyright.PENANAuNd47B4MG8
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.767Please respect copyright.PENANAiKASQJT4sc
"How was what?" Angel asked.767Please respect copyright.PENANAU7QQ2oWaGv
"Getting to know Leo?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAKMr31EIKin
Angel could have sworn 767Please respect copyright.PENANAhVyX9kUBAE
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 767Please respect copyright.PENANAnRSVjKFCo8
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.767Please respect copyright.PENANAMfeR870nlw
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.767Please respect copyright.PENANAxPYtz9FThM
"Really?" Amanda looked a767Please respect copyright.PENANApvXVdS7gFe
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 767Please respect copyright.PENANAz73kcyrTeS
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 767Please respect copyright.PENANAAmKzAI81S5
have offended you?" 767Please respect copyright.PENANActf8jPCKwV
"Oh, no, no," Angel replied quickly. "I just felt a little discomfort in my body and felt like it was time I saw the doctor."767Please respect copyright.PENANAx0XXDaI4Et
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAnNxL3vOk2F
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."767Please respect copyright.PENANAStinve5F2P
"Awww, you're so 767Please respect copyright.PENANAeNku3nPsfm
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can767Please respect copyright.PENANAEQFNWzNeiL
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 767Please respect copyright.PENANA3BZH0pEtvJ
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 767Please respect copyright.PENANAvi8vDXOgi1
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."767Please respect copyright.PENANANePA3k4LuS
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."767Please respect copyright.PENANAHkHuJpzlUE
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAEfqan3wIWL
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."767Please respect copyright.PENANAW63NHiklPm
Amanda gave Angel the 767Please respect copyright.PENANAFqSTLRL4UY
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 767Please respect copyright.PENANAPqSxYEMHIP
to deal with writing. It suits you."767Please respect copyright.PENANAVpeGGnxdVr
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.767Please respect copyright.PENANAg7hu3vznEg
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."767Please respect copyright.PENANA2ezURKNl2i
"What is it?" Angel asked.767Please respect copyright.PENANAKty3yiMPaW
"You seem to be one 767Please respect copyright.PENANAjOBPmylH8T
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,767Please respect copyright.PENANAogqm7l7CrS
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."767Please respect copyright.PENANAWxwb5Hq2v0
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.767Please respect copyright.PENANANUw6JzvZrH
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.767Please respect copyright.PENANAmD3SdRoamc
"What?"767Please respect copyright.PENANALoHoUoEsl4
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.767Please respect copyright.PENANACHfBLxBWp1
Leo who had just come in767Please respect copyright.PENANAgCRoRwUgGy
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 767Please respect copyright.PENANAqCngnZ7iMH
just at the entrance of the living room.767Please respect copyright.PENANAUKRUl4CVpD
"What did you just say 767Please respect copyright.PENANA4xTjIYWDop
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached767Please respect copyright.PENANAUb8Bf1tYgG
the two women on the wheelchairs.767Please respect copyright.PENANA59ptaxSF6J
Amanda turned her 767Please respect copyright.PENANAsoLXvwvLIT
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 767Please respect copyright.PENANAlE8IiSQzc7
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 767Please respect copyright.PENANAnQXo7wdWzz
themselves."767Please respect copyright.PENANAvx3H9gfW9C
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"767Please respect copyright.PENANA7i8or6RSa7
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"767Please respect copyright.PENANANpgIppaLIJ
Leo couldn't believe 767Please respect copyright.PENANAG0zU2LgV86
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 767Please respect copyright.PENANAnh8YXsPQ9p
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.767Please respect copyright.PENANAtTQ1o1pbiI
"Haven't you thought 767Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1HlqIFu6d
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 767Please respect copyright.PENANAkwd8ej4g5l
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a767Please respect copyright.PENANAwXaEHMkBT8
job of her own?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAbVh2FyBzfV
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."767Please respect copyright.PENANAyexpRIg4fG
"You deserve better, my 767Please respect copyright.PENANACgsHzT5hrM
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 767Please respect copyright.PENANA2TXQZrpH0f
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."767Please respect copyright.PENANAgdG0OyYy3X
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."767Please respect copyright.PENANAQIbxzcjXms
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."767Please respect copyright.PENANA8LlIWJ80Z1
"What makes you so sure?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAmnMlB5Ffkh
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."767Please respect copyright.PENANARxD0JiVubO
"Mum won't though."767Please respect copyright.PENANAOR7nHhSbYi
"Does she run the 767Please respect copyright.PENANAfE2eL5X6NP
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 767Please respect copyright.PENANA42M9RTRhZq
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 767Please respect copyright.PENANAMloteJRMVn
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."767Please respect copyright.PENANAydgPGWHASE
Leo knew his grandmother767Please respect copyright.PENANASTsFpYKKwj
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 767Please respect copyright.PENANArkV5Ke8NrS
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 767Please respect copyright.PENANA7putBqUdhH
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 767Please respect copyright.PENANAHmNnR8VWEj
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.767Please respect copyright.PENANAElA4mbczLk
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.767Please respect copyright.PENANATrmDXgTJF4
"Don't say any of this 767Please respect copyright.PENANAEdxKhYJMbc
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 767Please respect copyright.PENANABHofv7GDCP
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 767Please respect copyright.PENANAo8y7zhAHty
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 767Please respect copyright.PENANA9spMCFN9co
have to convince her a little more than I have to."767Please respect copyright.PENANAyH27LmChyK
Angel gulped. It felt 767Please respect copyright.PENANAPxSSE4D7oV
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only767Please respect copyright.PENANAJup7HTVIU4
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.767Please respect copyright.PENANAucmKhG4ssk
Leo made his way out of 767Please respect copyright.PENANAvazjYEOaKJ
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 767Please respect copyright.PENANAyLz4tzsuMt
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 767Please respect copyright.PENANAHtmYYERAqU
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 767Please respect copyright.PENANAQIhd2s4EuS
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.767Please respect copyright.PENANApDnL1NV59Y
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAZ89pnln7jj
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."767Please respect copyright.PENANAkq3IRj6MAv
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."767Please respect copyright.PENANAgJunjxjf7k
But Leo went up the stairs without giving her a chance to finish. Mrs McDonell looked on at his son as he went to his room.767Please respect copyright.PENANAcDJi9lVewN
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.767Please respect copyright.PENANA64ID9aJ6lw
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.767Please respect copyright.PENANAMLZSgZIxdU
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."767Please respect copyright.PENANAcsPPSLMtod
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."767Please respect copyright.PENANAELn4YYRDKL
"I'm talking about Kim."767Please respect copyright.PENANAMiIhvuEjBm
Angel didn't know if it 767Please respect copyright.PENANAXbFo7Sz4Mr
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 767Please respect copyright.PENANAdEz8Cvv7QV
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It767Please respect copyright.PENANAzrqlqZVT9C
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 767Please respect copyright.PENANAokgXY4jNiu
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 767Please respect copyright.PENANA1C7loecqEn
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 767Please respect copyright.PENANArb1a7u1SXk
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 767Please respect copyright.PENANA9sinDJ3Tff
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 767Please respect copyright.PENANA86aYbuZhbM
certain things?767Please respect copyright.PENANAeEW4fPHzWR
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.767Please respect copyright.PENANA3OhA5qk3wF
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.767Please respect copyright.PENANAuIpXUENXlL
Angel felt like covering767Please respect copyright.PENANAcRQzy3RBLE
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 767Please respect copyright.PENANARHpj2CAsCt
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 767Please respect copyright.PENANA6uTBu8Axop
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 767Please respect copyright.PENANAyh6GFJsmDJ
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.767Please respect copyright.PENANAj0rIbxeFcv
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.767Please respect copyright.PENANAEuSOIwUEil
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.767Please respect copyright.PENANA8EoayqfGLX
Angel felt her heart 767Please respect copyright.PENANAvYUT6U7iP9
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if767Please respect copyright.PENANAWUspcG40QQ
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 767Please respect copyright.PENANA1ikIH2X6kE
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 767Please respect copyright.PENANA0zHOxaokUQ
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 767Please respect copyright.PENANAIwXJZS6U9d
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 767Please respect copyright.PENANAGXFLsi4ln4
and invited her to the wedding.767Please respect copyright.PENANAHPoKIocwm8
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.767Please respect copyright.PENANAgOsNevToUG
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.767Please respect copyright.PENANAv4xtLJemq9
Angel looked at Amanda 767Please respect copyright.PENANA2hFjYtO8hp
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 767Please respect copyright.PENANA53n0XTl3Nf
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.767Please respect copyright.PENANAvE8BLWNlnz
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 767Please respect copyright.PENANAJuilEfUXC9
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they767Please respect copyright.PENANA892P1ChbZX
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they767Please respect copyright.PENANASd216KgJ4F
saw Leo.767Please respect copyright.PENANAMlSrcAtdNq
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAKSFTlrfwJy
"Nothing, dear," said 767Please respect copyright.PENANAyaevyfAWPy
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother767Please respect copyright.PENANAHLmeg52f1D
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."767Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4qqkLxxFz
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."767Please respect copyright.PENANAv6gf3hoORI
"Have a nice day."767Please respect copyright.PENANA29UuoNHNAB
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.767Please respect copyright.PENANAIlCNxvceFl
Leo nodded his head in 767Please respect copyright.PENANAamzF6vcdhY
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 767Please respect copyright.PENANAxTmde5Kpx9
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 767Please respect copyright.PENANAdl2bXtEzt8
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 767Please respect copyright.PENANAqskRn4qT9b
through the front door.767Please respect copyright.PENANAEd5RtUM3mX
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.767Please respect copyright.PENANAkJ8wJa5X5W
"You're unbelievable," 767Please respect copyright.PENANAgG18G6imYT
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 767Please respect copyright.PENANAPsZUYFOaEK
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."767Please respect copyright.PENANAwTBxI2kQBZ
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.767Please respect copyright.PENANAePHQemT3OX
"I'm sorry for that, 767Please respect copyright.PENANAGqc2L0CbyT
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 767Please respect copyright.PENANAZsHFd1gYcF
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."767Please respect copyright.PENANAbAIZXrg2mS
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.767Please respect copyright.PENANAO6xeb8W8bE
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."767Please respect copyright.PENANAvmD96ajpIQ
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."767Please respect copyright.PENANACuKPi7O4LI
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."767Please respect copyright.PENANAG8EWHObWYF
Angel slowly followed 767Please respect copyright.PENANAOsPRA67ecT
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 767Please respect copyright.PENANAogyB3VZhIA
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her767Please respect copyright.PENANAm043s66Fk7
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 767Please respect copyright.PENANATefXb4Dsdr
must have felt awful.767Please respect copyright.PENANAJDjAc0X4Z3
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.767Please respect copyright.PENANArP4yvsp4bO
***767Please respect copyright.PENANACaLOS1NPhk
Eric767Please respect copyright.PENANAOwS5M6dDFb
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 767Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3LhvFSQGR
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.767Please respect copyright.PENANAYAom3sVqLd
He767Please respect copyright.PENANAGYGhkHaRIk
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 767Please respect copyright.PENANAfoNtiEzZeN
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 767Please respect copyright.PENANAPupMIJ0XYy
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.767Please respect copyright.PENANAdDiN9ipSDq
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.767Please respect copyright.PENANAEgl0T3Yrru
Since767Please respect copyright.PENANAzkJ3beQ34o
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 767Please respect copyright.PENANA1iC1yHTKW6
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 767Please respect copyright.PENANAODf2sECwKG
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 767Please respect copyright.PENANAm2RSOidn6Z
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?767Please respect copyright.PENANA624N2WhYxJ
Who767Please respect copyright.PENANAGJZ5BXeIcD
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 767Please respect copyright.PENANA0lOb8AD39Y
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft767Please respect copyright.PENANAOQGwz1U8yh
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.767Please respect copyright.PENANAzp4RkG2Zu2
He767Please respect copyright.PENANA7WUL2dcgNK
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 767Please respect copyright.PENANAcHqC6MGnpY
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 767Please respect copyright.PENANAtKZsiRVR0e
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.767Please respect copyright.PENANAyGfzhbqy9x
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.767Please respect copyright.PENANAErxoutjagF
"You've someone here to see you."767Please respect copyright.PENANAUOoYjKbXKX
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.767Please respect copyright.PENANAzxVs8ctMo1
"It's Trina."767Please respect copyright.PENANAeYbzjIFpJt
Eric767Please respect copyright.PENANACWXLKakAVw
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 767Please respect copyright.PENANA6yhGASf5jm
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 767Please respect copyright.PENANAvJlHGdObXn
called off.767Please respect copyright.PENANApFTVaH6SSu
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.767Please respect copyright.PENANA9WIqxbfFtC
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.767Please respect copyright.PENANATPcMNlxBX7
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.767Please respect copyright.PENANAyFdvug6DTW
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.767Please respect copyright.PENANAyMOjXBbw6G
Trina767Please respect copyright.PENANACfUUtFTp5c
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to767Please respect copyright.PENANApSnA8X0AgX
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 767Please respect copyright.PENANAeA6t8trKIt
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 767Please respect copyright.PENANACXQyqwSnDB
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 767Please respect copyright.PENANADyQYyJYskv
fall out sometimes but still get back together.767Please respect copyright.PENANAM2Au5uqWdE
Now767Please respect copyright.PENANAEeHQUACzJY
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 767Please respect copyright.PENANAF4eOuUW2Zw
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 767Please respect copyright.PENANAQqooMqNtG3
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 767Please respect copyright.PENANAXc987EbyeC
weren't friends.767Please respect copyright.PENANAqAD0wVLDKg
While767Please respect copyright.PENANAQjjuqqt9Wu
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 767Please respect copyright.PENANANKrypqVqRD
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 767Please respect copyright.PENANAaHBuNQjz6T
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 767Please respect copyright.PENANAYeVUgqc1q9
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 767Please respect copyright.PENANAdiTKdUnoSG
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.767Please respect copyright.PENANAIpVF3ixcb1
One767Please respect copyright.PENANAto9J7BkI5U
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 767Please respect copyright.PENANACvCdEdgi8T
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 767Please respect copyright.PENANAkSNjFkyyt4
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 767Please respect copyright.PENANAHTlkVUwSbq
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 767Please respect copyright.PENANAiW268BpAr8
one.767Please respect copyright.PENANAvZCk0ONZGZ
Not until he met Angel.767Please respect copyright.PENANAkQtxfvr2mV
Trina767Please respect copyright.PENANAnHrVGq6qna
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 767Please respect copyright.PENANAWff7moCi1v
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.767Please respect copyright.PENANADgnzoRBtwy
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAvmltuaFvVu
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."767Please respect copyright.PENANAlU6QEmHXC9
Trina767Please respect copyright.PENANAU5ctCx3c1k
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 767Please respect copyright.PENANAH8JFNguMiQ
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 767Please respect copyright.PENANArPCoAvsrbE
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 767Please respect copyright.PENANARjLS5nTZWQ
beautiful.767Please respect copyright.PENANAUrW5SyeJhj
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.767Please respect copyright.PENANAQh3WyQSmUf
"Then767Please respect copyright.PENANASJbB3Y44nt
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 767Please respect copyright.PENANAerwLhVbZRv
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 767Please respect copyright.PENANADrllVu80BS
side to try and work things out."767Please respect copyright.PENANAWEFbiAGnUX
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."767Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8lF8ht7gb
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."767Please respect copyright.PENANAj5XAl8NLdy
"Ya, me too."767Please respect copyright.PENANAAvz96BraG7
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."767Please respect copyright.PENANAwpHwq6ljJX
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.767Please respect copyright.PENANA5MProt9TpA
"Do you know something, Eric?"767Please respect copyright.PENANA1NnRwXFNs5
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAMDkN6vwFTA
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAkEYUcNOiHu
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."767Please respect copyright.PENANAOxZyXS48lx
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.767Please respect copyright.PENANAzahVa8mhTJ
Eric767Please respect copyright.PENANAcOOULYmjDf
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that767Please respect copyright.PENANAvB393ZqRhG
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 767Please respect copyright.PENANA0qAQA9hhzG
eyes with a corky smile on his face.767Please respect copyright.PENANAp3ECiMT0Mp
"Please,767Please respect copyright.PENANAtHWQciZTcT
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 767Please respect copyright.PENANAMB8XASUTHU
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 767Please respect copyright.PENANAmPZREAyiQq
ask him?"767Please respect copyright.PENANApkDL0s2ot7
Trina767Please respect copyright.PENANA4N3G4KhOcf
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 767Please respect copyright.PENANAA8SKsxIrEd
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 767Please respect copyright.PENANApdk0AG5bfg
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."767Please respect copyright.PENANAJEGEODSfWT
Eric767Please respect copyright.PENANAoQq9oG69vG
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 767Please respect copyright.PENANAnjeIn2vTOV
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."767Please respect copyright.PENANAVyfGW4PXHK
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"767Please respect copyright.PENANA6v1hB4m620
Eric767Please respect copyright.PENANAuJSYNBpQ7h
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 767Please respect copyright.PENANAESokO7FZpA
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 767Please respect copyright.PENANA5856R4MVcG
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 767Please respect copyright.PENANAE4bhESwgmD
to say next.767Please respect copyright.PENANAh6MCLLEjtg
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"767Please respect copyright.PENANArcQJ0vRQOz
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.767Please respect copyright.PENANA7VgoUb5Dvp
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAokjj7DvgBc
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."767Please respect copyright.PENANAbJr2mpiCh1
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAJNMUCaG1vI
"She's767Please respect copyright.PENANAA5y3eemH7j
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 767Please respect copyright.PENANA1rUguE12Dl
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.767Please respect copyright.PENANAJkjAEufNTQ
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 767Please respect copyright.PENANAlR0c3qO2dC
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 767Please respect copyright.PENANAccQ6eKg2pW
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 767Please respect copyright.PENANA2mizrqmkQ5
anymore.767Please respect copyright.PENANA2ftEkWm4UW
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.767Please respect copyright.PENANAdoDa0vXmh6
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAO1vTlgb63f
Trina767Please respect copyright.PENANAYqNaoYSW6t
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 767Please respect copyright.PENANAXImPYW41Ow
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 767Please respect copyright.PENANAqdo0eYSVXW
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 767Please respect copyright.PENANArNBhTQi7gi
massage him.767Please respect copyright.PENANAS5GTLXO0Vn
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAI29R24vPv3
Eric767Please respect copyright.PENANA5tmlNUHLD2
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 767Please respect copyright.PENANAPkHH5UiEgj
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 767Please respect copyright.PENANAXrefVVuMJR
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 767Please respect copyright.PENANA8bOZ44L4Yy
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty767Please respect copyright.PENANANlfIKWGeFB
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 767Please respect copyright.PENANAVQ37MA4Nfv
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.767Please respect copyright.PENANAhIeKEhnnGC
He767Please respect copyright.PENANAyzPUMI0bqw
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 767Please respect copyright.PENANAEbhrlbBC9r
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think767Please respect copyright.PENANAVeEXDzGn7D
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 767Please respect copyright.PENANA4Bbq24WmAe
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 767Please respect copyright.PENANAlsudLYuTFr
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.767Please respect copyright.PENANAwXlTqA6jTf
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAWUItCTNhfn
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."767Please respect copyright.PENANALgQiIeCD9F
"I am here now, so why don't you relax a little bit." Trina bended over and whispered in his ear, "I really missed you though."767Please respect copyright.PENANAy5qq4UvTka
Eric767Please respect copyright.PENANArSDO55doYK
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his767Please respect copyright.PENANAZFIx24km46
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.767Please respect copyright.PENANAty55Q90eZQ
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAAeicUIOx7S
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."767Please respect copyright.PENANAhw00b2R5Zi
"Oh,767Please respect copyright.PENANAdNdQrNTNPE
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair767Please respect copyright.PENANA5a6hhww8yj
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 767Please respect copyright.PENANAedXKvVQRQZ
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.767Please respect copyright.PENANAzQ43wmCrlT
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.767Please respect copyright.PENANAVDdSCTQcsj
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.767Please respect copyright.PENANAV7NJ1gGMOL
Trina767Please respect copyright.PENANAnM0l2hHXEt
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him767Please respect copyright.PENANAATvDb0H3y7
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.767Please respect copyright.PENANAvD3uM2demh
Leo767Please respect copyright.PENANAiOlp13fXTk
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 767Please respect copyright.PENANAbWIhObRk3J
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.767Please respect copyright.PENANAwRApFcNJxb
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.767Please respect copyright.PENANATQ0Zo7oIEM
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.767Please respect copyright.PENANAJzE43f3vRO
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAfSN5m8gJmB
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."767Please respect copyright.PENANATShC1FI6MH
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.767Please respect copyright.PENANAb60GpnCLac
"I was just leaving," said Trina.767Please respect copyright.PENANAwa4u5CSE6j
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."767Please respect copyright.PENANAIlrMPf03JD
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.767Please respect copyright.PENANAf1v0h82U0Q
With767Please respect copyright.PENANALRRyOxhPQJ
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood767Please respect copyright.PENANA5LCYCxyufv
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.767Please respect copyright.PENANAyWRMXCHMMk
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.767Please respect copyright.PENANAtPXguuOt7N
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.767Please respect copyright.PENANAykYkee21UC
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.767Please respect copyright.PENANAez832ZiLEU
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."767Please respect copyright.PENANASbyXXrQVOn
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."767Please respect copyright.PENANA4c634xk4tL
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."767Please respect copyright.PENANAYlStFraz0y
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."767Please respect copyright.PENANA2165fRktV2
"Well, you would someday."767Please respect copyright.PENANAe6ZNW3Caug
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"767Please respect copyright.PENANACPE2IIpCAG
"I mean, you won't be able to hide your love for Carly forever. What if after a year, you two decide to get married?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAAzqKBWhLa7
"That would be fine by me."767Please respect copyright.PENANAVMoGxJB33U
"Oh,767Please respect copyright.PENANATtK22yoAY8
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 767Please respect copyright.PENANAEtTQAWAhlw
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 767Please respect copyright.PENANAPr0xtdehHs
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 767Please respect copyright.PENANAGHcxTxIjog
you broke things off with her."767Please respect copyright.PENANAikawUTigPR
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."767Please respect copyright.PENANAa64O6kefcK
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."767Please respect copyright.PENANAMrg9I41zWb
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."767Please respect copyright.PENANARUzH1vU55v
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."767Please respect copyright.PENANAECD3vivz84
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.767Please respect copyright.PENANAu1hwLbwNH5
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."767Please respect copyright.PENANAx7VrPp6t10
Leo767Please respect copyright.PENANA7spmr7DYE5
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 767Please respect copyright.PENANAf8Dpl2hLUV
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 767Please respect copyright.PENANA2s24lXbYgU
her.767Please respect copyright.PENANAdpKcrZTl7V
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.767Please respect copyright.PENANAjGiRbxHETq
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.767Please respect copyright.PENANAEET3aocneV
Eric767Please respect copyright.PENANAEBoePw0GUZ
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 767Please respect copyright.PENANAxVccr6hu3B
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 767Please respect copyright.PENANAYn2EpkbwiJ
thinking about Angel just now."767Please respect copyright.PENANA6DcXa1cL02
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."767Please respect copyright.PENANAmpTMWunxJc
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAuo6dsv1DTj
Leo767Please respect copyright.PENANA8hfMJJSYBt
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 767Please respect copyright.PENANAj5lraAD7vV
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 767Please respect copyright.PENANAIBpKZEQwmj
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.767Please respect copyright.PENANAit1Xr8lY4V
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAcpAJizRQzp
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.767Please respect copyright.PENANAkjClacKwLq
"Because,767Please respect copyright.PENANAvxalkytWvO
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 767Please respect copyright.PENANA1atzs2uKf5
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 767Please respect copyright.PENANAozNhizNmB0
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're767Please respect copyright.PENANA3YHB7kBvAC
in a sense of emergency to release it."767Please respect copyright.PENANAo3Or2bsUOm
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."767Please respect copyright.PENANAl4BUIXH1tI
"Of767Please respect copyright.PENANAi1tvPAIqOL
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 767Please respect copyright.PENANABfjVL4ZRzT
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 767Please respect copyright.PENANAHo8rPVQd4R
darling, Angel."767Please respect copyright.PENANAH3Misvzig9
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."767Please respect copyright.PENANAHXdrh2CzJd
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.767Please respect copyright.PENANAhkcPPfkzdd
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.767Please respect copyright.PENANAV0KCYYsw70
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.767Please respect copyright.PENANAcrgoJebCe5
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."767Please respect copyright.PENANAwxHsXlK1xq
Eric laughed. "Looks like she really put you in your place for sure. She didn't even have to raise a finger to do it."767Please respect copyright.PENANAUf9Cxiip5o
"Grandma767Please respect copyright.PENANAmN7Vqplv4S
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 767Please respect copyright.PENANAxQv2xDj5sf
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."767Please respect copyright.PENANA5iAQCf4daA
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"767Please respect copyright.PENANAR5cbPuai8Y
Leo767Please respect copyright.PENANAfsnDjK3wOS
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 767Please respect copyright.PENANAzMZKiWaFD5
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a767Please respect copyright.PENANAbSMVI4JnaS
word to anyone.767Please respect copyright.PENANA7DuSsKRKmi
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."767Please respect copyright.PENANAQxeTbacdJ8
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."767Please respect copyright.PENANA1BZfGXzf3e
"Yep,767Please respect copyright.PENANAgoVRbNxsdA
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I767Please respect copyright.PENANABGdljfgwxS
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.767Please respect copyright.PENANAloZjnIt0kd
"Ya, you do that. I've a lot of daydreaming to do." Eric leaned back on his chair and with his hands behind his head.767Please respect copyright.PENANAWFgj3Copzw
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."767Please respect copyright.PENANAXuzlHgmCoF
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."767Please respect copyright.PENANAdFA80QIf37
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."767Please respect copyright.PENANA87Snq3hoVJ
Eric767Please respect copyright.PENANAMt4i5HQoZd
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 767Please respect copyright.PENANARHFRavKpmK
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 767Please respect copyright.PENANANI8ZBoOiIK
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."767Please respect copyright.PENANAxUKslc2RaX
Leo767Please respect copyright.PENANA2lya2aFmGE
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 767Please respect copyright.PENANAiKpgQCVM7e
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 767Please respect copyright.PENANAh2goi9PVqH
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.767Please respect copyright.PENANAPxzsXVVu5R
He767Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1q9mAB9tb
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 767Please respect copyright.PENANA9BYRV6h230
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 767Please respect copyright.PENANAx1PsbrUVze
desk that he had to look at today.767Please respect copyright.PENANAdssJJBTe77
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?767Please respect copyright.PENANA6TA1MKObI5
Leo767Please respect copyright.PENANA2qxkttWw0a
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 767Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3dbRigCP3
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.767Please respect copyright.PENANABQ4bOXauN6
And it would take a lot more time for him to finally realise that he might have finally met his match.
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