Angel was in the living 810Please respect copyright.PENANAqhN1UT3jid
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 810Please respect copyright.PENANA90KSn5z8FC
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.810Please respect copyright.PENANA8dMXO13HIL
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.810Please respect copyright.PENANAD82MeVWdoE
"How was what?" Angel asked.810Please respect copyright.PENANA7O4Vyw532O
"Getting to know Leo?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAI2Bg3xPO07
Angel could have sworn 810Please respect copyright.PENANAkfV4OlZmu9
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 810Please respect copyright.PENANAwmr9CKc5Zp
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.810Please respect copyright.PENANAoR4FBTj4jF
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.810Please respect copyright.PENANAMNEDQrPuu4
"Really?" Amanda looked a810Please respect copyright.PENANA47FgYk2x8g
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 810Please respect copyright.PENANAshOvsMRmOs
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 810Please respect copyright.PENANAdTm8qwmHq3
have offended you?" 810Please respect copyright.PENANATGCSCzfsWl
"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."810Please respect copyright.PENANABUMbQs6KBW
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAogmThlrZfr
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."810Please respect copyright.PENANAn6zj3kmR0C
"Awww, you're so 810Please respect copyright.PENANAzM1d0eiSfG
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can810Please respect copyright.PENANA42cGdGksvR
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 810Please respect copyright.PENANAHo8KkHOV5J
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 810Please respect copyright.PENANAutRvm4Uhn9
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."810Please respect copyright.PENANA1a7oLjgKH0
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."810Please respect copyright.PENANAJKbokqfIQs
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAvblG0Q27pq
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."810Please respect copyright.PENANAAP4R3BC86U
Amanda gave Angel the 810Please respect copyright.PENANAGr1TnrZiRf
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 810Please respect copyright.PENANAfr0h6eZhUa
to deal with writing. It suits you."810Please respect copyright.PENANAmAWtTcEUQN
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.810Please respect copyright.PENANAvGeJG33xLB
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."810Please respect copyright.PENANA8mU694WQvZ
"What is it?" Angel asked.810Please respect copyright.PENANAEHcOxJr7Rs
"You seem to be one 810Please respect copyright.PENANAa7SxeB95gb
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,810Please respect copyright.PENANAyHL4YkrDYy
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."810Please respect copyright.PENANATKiRU3nosO
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.810Please respect copyright.PENANAxyQYnKqQiY
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.810Please respect copyright.PENANAkHCrV0H6Vs
"What?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAxLKmMtSdCj
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.810Please respect copyright.PENANAQdtHcU2MxF
Leo who had just come in810Please respect copyright.PENANATfBCgn629O
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 810Please respect copyright.PENANA7CKViTDJkC
just at the entrance of the living room.810Please respect copyright.PENANA5MyMTq5khX
"What did you just say 810Please respect copyright.PENANAdtlasvWCUi
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached810Please respect copyright.PENANAGTK54bUeeX
the two women on the wheelchairs.810Please respect copyright.PENANA0gR5LPrxFm
Amanda turned her 810Please respect copyright.PENANA5mJ4ttjIKS
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 810Please respect copyright.PENANAuXf1OloJNd
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 810Please respect copyright.PENANAqyGGkoa5nA
themselves."810Please respect copyright.PENANAgqyBEK0JqS
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAjiQXIgBb4S
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4zanfHMv1
Leo couldn't believe 810Please respect copyright.PENANAV8he1ofURT
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 810Please respect copyright.PENANAA6IYZZSQa7
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.810Please respect copyright.PENANAYe5OfsQf9H
"Haven't you thought 810Please respect copyright.PENANAzGDLb9db5L
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 810Please respect copyright.PENANA8W7ZAJyTwQ
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a810Please respect copyright.PENANAnzMnaklxeh
job of her own?"810Please respect copyright.PENANApBgpnDdJk7
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."810Please respect copyright.PENANAyY5hjkNFH8
"You deserve better, my 810Please respect copyright.PENANAqjnLzT5JEM
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 810Please respect copyright.PENANA4lbbFhWLyT
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."810Please respect copyright.PENANAx9ZNQW7jxu
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."810Please respect copyright.PENANAcTeEV33mHi
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."810Please respect copyright.PENANAP2sWxw0SNq
"What makes you so sure?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAqu0Xwl60y2
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."810Please respect copyright.PENANAP287S6mfyi
"Mum won't though."810Please respect copyright.PENANA9jYugG9umy
"Does she run the 810Please respect copyright.PENANAiA90eKeq7J
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 810Please respect copyright.PENANA56EVTKcHc3
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 810Please respect copyright.PENANATsazSeGKDj
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."810Please respect copyright.PENANA59x3DZe9LE
Leo knew his grandmother810Please respect copyright.PENANAEDIs7u4F59
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 810Please respect copyright.PENANAu6Ryrz2eS5
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 810Please respect copyright.PENANAAAiadKcXER
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 810Please respect copyright.PENANAmb74eI1ZFq
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.810Please respect copyright.PENANAsREweoKJKp
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.810Please respect copyright.PENANAdptV7I58rM
"Don't say any of this 810Please respect copyright.PENANAmqo0yaHPQp
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 810Please respect copyright.PENANAnbjOWHfR6f
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 810Please respect copyright.PENANADhJ52vdznP
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 810Please respect copyright.PENANALo3CbNldCE
have to convince her a little more than I have to."810Please respect copyright.PENANADXwoJa2NCm
Angel gulped. It felt 810Please respect copyright.PENANA0v5HNDDobh
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only810Please respect copyright.PENANATuTSqWT0UY
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.810Please respect copyright.PENANAIF6QPWz1Mj
Leo made his way out of 810Please respect copyright.PENANA2TQZT9qEl8
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 810Please respect copyright.PENANAMzlgEoJlzl
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 810Please respect copyright.PENANAUF2oDepIaB
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 810Please respect copyright.PENANAWrPbjdU6KS
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.810Please respect copyright.PENANAe5mB3Krlcd
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAH3hGqCRsJa
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."810Please respect copyright.PENANAwT22Tb8Lk5
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."810Please respect copyright.PENANApGl9WNrkLQ
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.810Please respect copyright.PENANAHdJrETS1kR
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.810Please respect copyright.PENANAm9QAWw4lQd
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.810Please respect copyright.PENANAwUqaF5WOOr
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."810Please respect copyright.PENANAVWRLAhiKuI
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."810Please respect copyright.PENANAq6jyVj6lOh
"I'm talking about Kim."810Please respect copyright.PENANAbhD53d0kn6
Angel didn't know if it 810Please respect copyright.PENANAJGrpNHNAdy
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 810Please respect copyright.PENANAdJWS68lt0V
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It810Please respect copyright.PENANA3trBtTiW6F
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 810Please respect copyright.PENANA6g1YDIiqSb
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 810Please respect copyright.PENANAvevv57gPsF
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 810Please respect copyright.PENANALGmmkPZvNV
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 810Please respect copyright.PENANAAvTopxD3VR
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 810Please respect copyright.PENANAKKdQRLrIFV
certain things?810Please respect copyright.PENANARoqQKE7fDH
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.810Please respect copyright.PENANA6eEkV7Mq9j
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.810Please respect copyright.PENANAEk4QqtgY5O
Angel felt like covering810Please respect copyright.PENANAE35iXMZmph
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 810Please respect copyright.PENANAp492AXEDCZ
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 810Please respect copyright.PENANAMYOQgvP8fT
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 810Please respect copyright.PENANA5Rd7p054lG
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.810Please respect copyright.PENANAsjVgnzT0am
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.810Please respect copyright.PENANAmw2llOQvMK
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.810Please respect copyright.PENANAgiRsAaw9Ib
Angel felt her heart 810Please respect copyright.PENANAwq1vKWVwYu
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if810Please respect copyright.PENANAWLrIsd0KMO
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 810Please respect copyright.PENANAsxQnLywavZ
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 810Please respect copyright.PENANA0cNj6XM99O
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 810Please respect copyright.PENANAAjgBamZ45E
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 810Please respect copyright.PENANAqwAasQGSOc
and invited her to the wedding.810Please respect copyright.PENANAhar857Rote
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.810Please respect copyright.PENANAzEWmBDWGHO
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.810Please respect copyright.PENANAVCqsBBEscF
Angel looked at Amanda 810Please respect copyright.PENANAt9DeswuXM0
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 810Please respect copyright.PENANA2M7b26I57j
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.810Please respect copyright.PENANAkb6mjTBQBK
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 810Please respect copyright.PENANA5ByY706KLG
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they810Please respect copyright.PENANATcfj801fj9
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they810Please respect copyright.PENANA4kcFEpsRBn
saw Leo.810Please respect copyright.PENANA5phmOdkpRy
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"810Please respect copyright.PENANA3m6FaemKEx
"Nothing, dear," said 810Please respect copyright.PENANA1jU91tDnf4
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother810Please respect copyright.PENANA8jTseiCf6D
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."810Please respect copyright.PENANAsLeflCYM9U
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."810Please respect copyright.PENANAoRakss98Tn
"Have a nice day."810Please respect copyright.PENANAT5ZpYKvo3y
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.810Please respect copyright.PENANAGRrorWvhxP
Leo nodded his head in 810Please respect copyright.PENANAi7DwGu8lnZ
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 810Please respect copyright.PENANAMBwYMuPHv1
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 810Please respect copyright.PENANAEmurzUeT6f
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 810Please respect copyright.PENANAvnM8orAW25
through the front door.810Please respect copyright.PENANA2P0A80lni6
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.810Please respect copyright.PENANAMveViC4Tgf
"You're unbelievable," 810Please respect copyright.PENANAppCL46DZkV
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 810Please respect copyright.PENANATw14UDAI1L
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."810Please respect copyright.PENANANgmV3dFpnX
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.810Please respect copyright.PENANAITIDqHeCnF
"I'm sorry for that, 810Please respect copyright.PENANA6o0FBqtr2h
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 810Please respect copyright.PENANAhQje3AiTlt
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."810Please respect copyright.PENANAQWgwBzaE7r
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.810Please respect copyright.PENANAg0D9Yz2HYU
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."810Please respect copyright.PENANAsNWhg4yasu
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."810Please respect copyright.PENANAfMcvct4aK2
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."810Please respect copyright.PENANAu8UqErIQyU
Angel slowly followed 810Please respect copyright.PENANApvaGU5d0Fh
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 810Please respect copyright.PENANAKn6GOHhj62
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her810Please respect copyright.PENANAG9V5D4PMSA
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 810Please respect copyright.PENANAL4tHfbnHWm
must have felt awful.810Please respect copyright.PENANAVX4BMKNZJh
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.810Please respect copyright.PENANAq7PbQBXxf0
***810Please respect copyright.PENANA2aldYg6Jhc
Eric810Please respect copyright.PENANA23CrRco9FW
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 810Please respect copyright.PENANAM5imX3pBse
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.810Please respect copyright.PENANAmkRk7yg1Af
He810Please respect copyright.PENANAcYZD91P4uq
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 810Please respect copyright.PENANAI3jAfppesU
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 810Please respect copyright.PENANA2bChjoIUmB
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.810Please respect copyright.PENANAPXTtByjPVH
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.810Please respect copyright.PENANAGCwOrJS3OP
Since810Please respect copyright.PENANAniheYbcC2V
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 810Please respect copyright.PENANASuIYRxJsBb
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 810Please respect copyright.PENANAZh0VXuWzZ5
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 810Please respect copyright.PENANAWKeYGI7CWN
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?810Please respect copyright.PENANApr1MIQLh60
Who810Please respect copyright.PENANArn7fRW0ouV
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 810Please respect copyright.PENANAdgkevj79dh
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft810Please respect copyright.PENANAYJHfzQfEnN
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.810Please respect copyright.PENANAufED9MaPNW
He810Please respect copyright.PENANAXIxenK45HE
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 810Please respect copyright.PENANADvayOLCMUH
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 810Please respect copyright.PENANAetS7dGgBYs
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.810Please respect copyright.PENANAa391XDtxCJ
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.810Please respect copyright.PENANAtnzvLAe69H
"You've someone here to see you."810Please respect copyright.PENANARaVuKf6dyL
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.810Please respect copyright.PENANALvTiL39lTC
"It's Trina."810Please respect copyright.PENANAm9lNofP3lW
Eric810Please respect copyright.PENANAouYxqSpdlu
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 810Please respect copyright.PENANAn0RUiuJjHk
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 810Please respect copyright.PENANA7oTxn1NZ8W
called off.810Please respect copyright.PENANA1kDBpiATHw
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.810Please respect copyright.PENANAcKob2DeUCf
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.810Please respect copyright.PENANALWvYKG1ZJ5
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.810Please respect copyright.PENANAvRi3zxZrc1
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.810Please respect copyright.PENANAg2K3pA5Dnn
Trina810Please respect copyright.PENANANuDJcfaSHQ
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to810Please respect copyright.PENANAHsSQv8X1jf
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 810Please respect copyright.PENANAiuCTCZ8R2J
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 810Please respect copyright.PENANAyd3xBwB1gx
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 810Please respect copyright.PENANAs133aEcNFG
fall out sometimes but still get back together.810Please respect copyright.PENANAIvJbv6Fn01
Now810Please respect copyright.PENANAzCqxhDAWF1
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 810Please respect copyright.PENANAMFGZB4shy6
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 810Please respect copyright.PENANA92171mOSzc
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 810Please respect copyright.PENANAgFNbA41u8o
weren't friends.810Please respect copyright.PENANANHIhGRQ1pU
While810Please respect copyright.PENANAHcX5A1mWV9
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 810Please respect copyright.PENANAyPMycoWU1X
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 810Please respect copyright.PENANAyp5FYJlXd6
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 810Please respect copyright.PENANATi3fC4OKyH
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 810Please respect copyright.PENANA526eJRMRNQ
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.810Please respect copyright.PENANAQEx1k2PKhD
One810Please respect copyright.PENANAq5580Ex6sR
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 810Please respect copyright.PENANAP50YTuX1M5
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 810Please respect copyright.PENANAN2dgymFbNX
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 810Please respect copyright.PENANAQER7qL22E8
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 810Please respect copyright.PENANABOgvtwG3Da
one.810Please respect copyright.PENANAZMnY2GqK2c
Not until he met Angel.810Please respect copyright.PENANAF690RKGnaK
Trina810Please respect copyright.PENANANa5YVeWkiE
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 810Please respect copyright.PENANAWczX453ij5
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.810Please respect copyright.PENANAGGhA0vwHyU
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAZuA304rOdB
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."810Please respect copyright.PENANAXeGoBQegjU
Trina810Please respect copyright.PENANAunZB3d2VRQ
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 810Please respect copyright.PENANAEYq2Qcu0x9
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 810Please respect copyright.PENANARWPSQ3TsDB
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 810Please respect copyright.PENANAqGNiyhEZl7
beautiful.810Please respect copyright.PENANAgW2iLriy8R
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.810Please respect copyright.PENANAFpUCNBZMBe
"Then810Please respect copyright.PENANAyXFIBXaZth
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 810Please respect copyright.PENANAeFLTTpUZYQ
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 810Please respect copyright.PENANAdykfAoYrI9
side to try and work things out."810Please respect copyright.PENANAe34GVOi1Et
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."810Please respect copyright.PENANAMKJKanjQaW
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."810Please respect copyright.PENANAXkKtsUcxN4
"Ya, me too."810Please respect copyright.PENANAYVG94Pbsyv
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."810Please respect copyright.PENANA4k0oCtqNDu
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.810Please respect copyright.PENANALpbf4Uhoa1
"Do you know something, Eric?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAoUzdTgZf5A
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAxlaZ9ybzSl
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAMqy0JBLhda
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."810Please respect copyright.PENANA8uCtXwfgcn
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.810Please respect copyright.PENANAOpVRcakWY1
Eric810Please respect copyright.PENANA8Nd4Z9cTom
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that810Please respect copyright.PENANA3APLhQgboY
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 810Please respect copyright.PENANARfuMIgzlGs
eyes with a corky smile on his face.810Please respect copyright.PENANACxbsJnh4nb
"Please,810Please respect copyright.PENANAF9PSwXJVT9
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 810Please respect copyright.PENANAk1aP2v1tra
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 810Please respect copyright.PENANAAREZ8bjTvJ
ask him?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAzFoxpi42pJ
Trina810Please respect copyright.PENANA0xp7PWgJXH
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 810Please respect copyright.PENANA1gPerATYhP
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 810Please respect copyright.PENANANf2u1ZEZdS
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."810Please respect copyright.PENANAar95EHojDc
Eric810Please respect copyright.PENANAFMKLwWB13N
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 810Please respect copyright.PENANAeUzJ0uQrwO
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."810Please respect copyright.PENANAT7sCyxS8fH
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"810Please respect copyright.PENANABum9JNRU7R
Eric810Please respect copyright.PENANAZt6qyRj3JQ
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 810Please respect copyright.PENANAzAV7k5Xayv
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 810Please respect copyright.PENANA9XFBPtQW9o
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 810Please respect copyright.PENANAT3tpuDN2uW
to say next.810Please respect copyright.PENANALJwWpHDONL
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAv0LVp6an9j
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.810Please respect copyright.PENANAvKWyKjeZDV
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"810Please respect copyright.PENANA6lZx5I00v2
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."810Please respect copyright.PENANAaXxHsZyJYm
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"810Please respect copyright.PENANALJ652ifrCD
"She's810Please respect copyright.PENANAoNJSHXIkxC
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 810Please respect copyright.PENANAQDkoTlxNVM
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.810Please respect copyright.PENANA99BsXsRgbD
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 810Please respect copyright.PENANARY2Gkbz8aY
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 810Please respect copyright.PENANAtAEgQDF8E7
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 810Please respect copyright.PENANAHtvzayNdLz
anymore.810Please respect copyright.PENANAt0TTWsspwl
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.810Please respect copyright.PENANA6g3fVMJ6rS
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAIZ7ZDz9NVs
Trina810Please respect copyright.PENANAwo2DMhIfBB
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 810Please respect copyright.PENANASsOlGPtH0S
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 810Please respect copyright.PENANApqm3kJLha2
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 810Please respect copyright.PENANANXJcEYloGv
massage him.810Please respect copyright.PENANAafV8ufPN1i
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"810Please respect copyright.PENANA8Upw1E6XWo
Eric810Please respect copyright.PENANAarDQwCfAhc
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 810Please respect copyright.PENANAJDf6iceSOF
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 810Please respect copyright.PENANA5qkOffq8gX
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 810Please respect copyright.PENANAuNP0Exw1lm
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty810Please respect copyright.PENANAkmXSyr4TIW
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 810Please respect copyright.PENANAea2rXANv88
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.810Please respect copyright.PENANAFRV2sJny0J
He810Please respect copyright.PENANAot7aYhleEZ
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 810Please respect copyright.PENANAfFKPzuj0Oi
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think810Please respect copyright.PENANAwfzN35Lx0l
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 810Please respect copyright.PENANA3G2JJDQK2i
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 810Please respect copyright.PENANA6MO4hHN22c
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.810Please respect copyright.PENANAShLYqVZpnK
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAnB12l0EhUX
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."810Please respect copyright.PENANADzVNT1ihwB
"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."810Please respect copyright.PENANAFEElljyTzy
Eric810Please respect copyright.PENANANNmQSiv7R4
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his810Please respect copyright.PENANAqhJTGt1dCX
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.810Please respect copyright.PENANASzOmhz43Ux
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAlLAOxR1bep
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."810Please respect copyright.PENANA68Qoo6pWIj
"Oh,810Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8znrJZeBe
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair810Please respect copyright.PENANAi8AepA3CLJ
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 810Please respect copyright.PENANAh3vCB6LTNU
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.810Please respect copyright.PENANAVqP3SSGXnS
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.810Please respect copyright.PENANADfQsPOP8FP
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.810Please respect copyright.PENANAJARvvrx0vq
Trina810Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZkV0hftAL
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him810Please respect copyright.PENANAwS0DLduzdm
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.810Please respect copyright.PENANA61vbj5GeFh
Leo810Please respect copyright.PENANAb2uNrP7ylc
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 810Please respect copyright.PENANA1WfsORZpgL
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.810Please respect copyright.PENANAe5ZgW3omoS
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.810Please respect copyright.PENANA1Z3s2zbryN
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.810Please respect copyright.PENANAuvAipTeptb
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAWbUV1rWfB1
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."810Please respect copyright.PENANAyb3Jza4QfY
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.810Please respect copyright.PENANAwtC5kcldeC
"I was just leaving," said Trina.810Please respect copyright.PENANAbCNjtUwzIb
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."810Please respect copyright.PENANAkRYmQYvFMT
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.810Please respect copyright.PENANARtgfduJXqp
With810Please respect copyright.PENANA3Hjpkgqkle
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood810Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7SkBN8VaV
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.810Please respect copyright.PENANAshXuGVC1cJ
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.810Please respect copyright.PENANAtJeDykoBvG
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.810Please respect copyright.PENANAOM60Fgvkqv
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.810Please respect copyright.PENANAq1mOfVqidE
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."810Please respect copyright.PENANANCRO7uszpg
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."810Please respect copyright.PENANACi5Li7L0zf
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."810Please respect copyright.PENANAuKg5iPE7DD
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."810Please respect copyright.PENANAXM5yoLYIM3
"Well, you would someday."810Please respect copyright.PENANAVhBfqlQkhJ
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"810Please respect copyright.PENANA5iytNHjyHp
"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?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAbaro72dXjS
"That would be fine by me."810Please respect copyright.PENANALlP2tGwKkV
"Oh,810Please respect copyright.PENANAo7o5oh06Hf
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 810Please respect copyright.PENANAf0TsExVRUI
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 810Please respect copyright.PENANAWPakrauIMO
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 810Please respect copyright.PENANAisxdbwOT61
you broke things off with her."810Please respect copyright.PENANAyzlcNwWdy4
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."810Please respect copyright.PENANArc55uUOWRO
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."810Please respect copyright.PENANAYkPOgu0CpY
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."810Please respect copyright.PENANAekzIGZ0Lly
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."810Please respect copyright.PENANAaenjSCIhW2
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.810Please respect copyright.PENANA3Pr7vvOkNT
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."810Please respect copyright.PENANAcUXJhaLN5P
Leo810Please respect copyright.PENANAmLP2gLC0dV
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 810Please respect copyright.PENANALO3rYgVQ2i
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 810Please respect copyright.PENANAqONM0whVDR
her.810Please respect copyright.PENANAVz01i59UR2
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.810Please respect copyright.PENANApPjgPh6G2Y
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.810Please respect copyright.PENANAoZSk4tA9TN
Eric810Please respect copyright.PENANAGvNMpRregm
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 810Please respect copyright.PENANAv5bJcUkAVd
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 810Please respect copyright.PENANAZOyIcO5awv
thinking about Angel just now."810Please respect copyright.PENANA95qpxhgQTV
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."810Please respect copyright.PENANAP6eViCaEcS
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAtLXCItTy2Z
Leo810Please respect copyright.PENANAVR8mcJSLZN
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 810Please respect copyright.PENANAVDTEq4mjs2
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 810Please respect copyright.PENANAifv4XkS1Ee
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.810Please respect copyright.PENANA6LYkdFV7ld
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAggPxlPINOe
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.810Please respect copyright.PENANA0ntuifS5KV
"Because,810Please respect copyright.PENANA0p42kiN49L
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 810Please respect copyright.PENANAj2cOrl7xkE
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 810Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZM2ww7ySZ
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're810Please respect copyright.PENANARtDW1iM20b
in a sense of emergency to release it."810Please respect copyright.PENANA6fntuNSlx3
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."810Please respect copyright.PENANAzCvnaWuw0i
"Of810Please respect copyright.PENANA2qkzHEdRSr
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 810Please respect copyright.PENANAf2WjAZnXik
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 810Please respect copyright.PENANAlYvK8elFlF
darling, Angel."810Please respect copyright.PENANAX6t2v69bHm
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."810Please respect copyright.PENANAhzVeSF68c3
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.810Please respect copyright.PENANAtJ12Nw5qO6
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.810Please respect copyright.PENANA59EKLnZckc
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.810Please respect copyright.PENANAKDoZDuOWTl
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."810Please respect copyright.PENANAt52Vk5C5JH
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."810Please respect copyright.PENANAr9cywJV84L
"Grandma810Please respect copyright.PENANA5Uwjy2SWl0
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 810Please respect copyright.PENANAshJf8P2Blf
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."810Please respect copyright.PENANA1BU1RNeKo7
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"810Please respect copyright.PENANAlHzA5oxKuu
Leo810Please respect copyright.PENANAxgzxqGCp9O
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 810Please respect copyright.PENANAhNdiFuEgHf
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a810Please respect copyright.PENANAljaUfsa9Ef
word to anyone.810Please respect copyright.PENANAgkhmYUGq4x
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."810Please respect copyright.PENANAHlNCvoDOmO
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."810Please respect copyright.PENANAwD67RtvSFc
"Yep,810Please respect copyright.PENANAs7e1S9ONmJ
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I810Please respect copyright.PENANAbGF9IevKet
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.810Please respect copyright.PENANAJJti6kqVSw
"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.810Please respect copyright.PENANAu9NfE6NJMD
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."810Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4qFvlQp46
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."810Please respect copyright.PENANAs0to4Wjm4Q
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."810Please respect copyright.PENANA0ockEPeb0F
Eric810Please respect copyright.PENANAcYgOhWCIh9
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 810Please respect copyright.PENANAcuicgS7U8G
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 810Please respect copyright.PENANAdFhfWE9Tq6
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."810Please respect copyright.PENANApowoEWZHaR
Leo810Please respect copyright.PENANAVofUXt7VVz
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 810Please respect copyright.PENANAz5ZWDzr1pA
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 810Please respect copyright.PENANAcwFZZn4uVi
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.810Please respect copyright.PENANA2rk6xR5ORk
He810Please respect copyright.PENANAIe75dnokOF
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 810Please respect copyright.PENANA0gGpSonRSh
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 810Please respect copyright.PENANAqwYojmLvez
desk that he had to look at today.810Please respect copyright.PENANA4l9ooTWzvc
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?810Please respect copyright.PENANAAlJllexN4d
Leo810Please respect copyright.PENANAN1r8bOhIGq
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 810Please respect copyright.PENANA30kCHUUk8M
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.810Please respect copyright.PENANAYUUmMql0u2
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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