Angel was in the living 847Please respect copyright.PENANAzRx6LW4oNy
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 847Please respect copyright.PENANA17LmFzuLFF
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.847Please respect copyright.PENANAHxHIxAtjkF
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.847Please respect copyright.PENANAGew6bgPoz4
"How was what?" Angel asked.847Please respect copyright.PENANAnmnCF60hMJ
"Getting to know Leo?"847Please respect copyright.PENANAn67qs6K8VT
Angel could have sworn 847Please respect copyright.PENANA6WQexf2UlD
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 847Please respect copyright.PENANATyl546liWd
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.847Please respect copyright.PENANADygvPcEI5n
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.847Please respect copyright.PENANADBD4Ocmv9e
"Really?" Amanda looked a847Please respect copyright.PENANAeTaQlRblFo
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 847Please respect copyright.PENANAPdZUkU4qwA
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 847Please respect copyright.PENANAuXLSSSG6qW
have offended you?" 847Please respect copyright.PENANAPpoDysjsGh
"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."847Please respect copyright.PENANAxYn037EMe2
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"847Please respect copyright.PENANARH2Tf8ByG8
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."847Please respect copyright.PENANArSUiZ0RkrM
"Awww, you're so 847Please respect copyright.PENANAlDtTPAqVwE
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can847Please respect copyright.PENANAt4FLjuj6aj
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 847Please respect copyright.PENANA58XwWWD2Iz
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 847Please respect copyright.PENANAfssOrlVjqM
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."847Please respect copyright.PENANADzu40aCPSI
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."847Please respect copyright.PENANAbIktrwzQe4
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"847Please respect copyright.PENANAA3tywW2wqG
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."847Please respect copyright.PENANA9ah2pJrCt1
Amanda gave Angel the 847Please respect copyright.PENANAX5XNVeuLij
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 847Please respect copyright.PENANAdXSTedvyjr
to deal with writing. It suits you."847Please respect copyright.PENANAc0TvKHAPKA
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.847Please respect copyright.PENANANIZwFj16OU
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."847Please respect copyright.PENANA4N4LsuKGQG
"What is it?" Angel asked.847Please respect copyright.PENANAgH33yqfzRe
"You seem to be one 847Please respect copyright.PENANAYbQ95XJDzp
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,847Please respect copyright.PENANAmdtnCSVTKi
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."847Please respect copyright.PENANAE2hByq0gdA
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.847Please respect copyright.PENANA7kBGeb5xLm
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.847Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4Y8JIzqrl
"What?"847Please respect copyright.PENANAj5cWbgfv2G
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.847Please respect copyright.PENANALv1z5WTWQI
Leo who had just come in847Please respect copyright.PENANAVcnZRATUMD
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 847Please respect copyright.PENANA2g4Q3jbApZ
just at the entrance of the living room.847Please respect copyright.PENANADTw9Y2sbsz
"What did you just say 847Please respect copyright.PENANA0tCBkztZpC
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached847Please respect copyright.PENANAsXZt4JCaRs
the two women on the wheelchairs.847Please respect copyright.PENANA1JEsAmlcPB
Amanda turned her 847Please respect copyright.PENANAnuJLXGlpej
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 847Please respect copyright.PENANA21cH5IHqkJ
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 847Please respect copyright.PENANAL1uixwWYUK
themselves."847Please respect copyright.PENANAxFRxINkxLm
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"847Please respect copyright.PENANAZMOUc5Aa1F
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"847Please respect copyright.PENANAgeiNTbegkJ
Leo couldn't believe 847Please respect copyright.PENANAtjgcKHaFUe
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 847Please respect copyright.PENANAkHAc5h5PKX
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.847Please respect copyright.PENANAOZHTABJ78p
"Haven't you thought 847Please respect copyright.PENANAOl31qSmXb0
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 847Please respect copyright.PENANAjyoZKan30j
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a847Please respect copyright.PENANAIKKrNPtErZ
job of her own?"847Please respect copyright.PENANAhCCtF6SoDc
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."847Please respect copyright.PENANAfp9UjKj1tO
"You deserve better, my 847Please respect copyright.PENANAuTNOtQFlBR
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 847Please respect copyright.PENANAtSLL2QZrH3
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."847Please respect copyright.PENANAoT5fjYYoNF
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."847Please respect copyright.PENANARBv10K7ako
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."847Please respect copyright.PENANA6q51g6skkk
"What makes you so sure?"847Please respect copyright.PENANA9N4EvwwOoo
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."847Please respect copyright.PENANAJePgwv9LLd
"Mum won't though."847Please respect copyright.PENANAhb6le0VfYi
"Does she run the 847Please respect copyright.PENANAysg2KqlQQW
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 847Please respect copyright.PENANAq5ZdfDD1nk
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 847Please respect copyright.PENANAkfuYsfYrQk
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."847Please respect copyright.PENANAxflXc3dkRu
Leo knew his grandmother847Please respect copyright.PENANAEBZSli76Zv
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 847Please respect copyright.PENANAhQanaWB3Zx
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 847Please respect copyright.PENANAnPbeH1bc9b
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 847Please respect copyright.PENANA7jAAiT2doB
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.847Please respect copyright.PENANAmVOuqtJwmL
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.847Please respect copyright.PENANAUa9zhWREfu
"Don't say any of this 847Please respect copyright.PENANAcpOj4xDe1F
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 847Please respect copyright.PENANAiR7SJZNHpM
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 847Please respect copyright.PENANAQBTqiObWEJ
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 847Please respect copyright.PENANAtC1pIC4RLH
have to convince her a little more than I have to."847Please respect copyright.PENANAMrVUzBZcVu
Angel gulped. It felt 847Please respect copyright.PENANA4UEJVtN5ka
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only847Please respect copyright.PENANASNrSnxVceG
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.847Please respect copyright.PENANAjxqVSiwuat
Leo made his way out of 847Please respect copyright.PENANAeiAUaNqHgj
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 847Please respect copyright.PENANAzNAOjx9mzu
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 847Please respect copyright.PENANA4qFQpgl6dB
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 847Please respect copyright.PENANAZLJZUjaG17
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.847Please respect copyright.PENANAOJEGE9ycvz
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"847Please respect copyright.PENANA9w7HezvCsm
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."847Please respect copyright.PENANADbrSILfbMf
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."847Please respect copyright.PENANAVoGn7wEPNB
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.847Please respect copyright.PENANA4OlsL7mMYC
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.847Please respect copyright.PENANAdiBb50tRCd
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.847Please respect copyright.PENANAyCwuPaL2Zz
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."847Please respect copyright.PENANA0HbpQlFKMT
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."847Please respect copyright.PENANAXehFwX88X6
"I'm talking about Kim."847Please respect copyright.PENANA8XGaJGDsbS
Angel didn't know if it 847Please respect copyright.PENANAiyH2IJwlVF
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 847Please respect copyright.PENANARrftdLGcaU
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It847Please respect copyright.PENANAOEpYWbWopO
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 847Please respect copyright.PENANAzHJcxkjKlJ
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 847Please respect copyright.PENANAVcTgBE0VWc
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 847Please respect copyright.PENANAupbPQvWN10
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 847Please respect copyright.PENANA4PDMkWPflc
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 847Please respect copyright.PENANAa1rPwfMBOi
certain things?847Please respect copyright.PENANANy4pqwgzs5
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.847Please respect copyright.PENANAohvbIZNclB
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.847Please respect copyright.PENANAS9D1qygCpd
Angel felt like covering847Please respect copyright.PENANAiEFIWUkmud
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 847Please respect copyright.PENANAhvaLeIYCmP
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 847Please respect copyright.PENANA6lct8IcfEQ
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 847Please respect copyright.PENANA61yfFknYz0
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.847Please respect copyright.PENANAvBWVzMYgcL
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.847Please respect copyright.PENANATMEOyfBTzg
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.847Please respect copyright.PENANAEaLYAEEz8z
Angel felt her heart 847Please respect copyright.PENANALbfG5Xaxk0
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if847Please respect copyright.PENANAqjYxIYJhFl
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 847Please respect copyright.PENANAZXjpKOztQp
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 847Please respect copyright.PENANAznKc5xdae6
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 847Please respect copyright.PENANATJDpKvvWdS
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 847Please respect copyright.PENANAP5PD3chwzq
and invited her to the wedding.847Please respect copyright.PENANASXYKakGepr
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.847Please respect copyright.PENANAykDfaxCFD7
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.847Please respect copyright.PENANAfSDjdHEqG9
Angel looked at Amanda 847Please respect copyright.PENANAEHX7YrvZZt
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 847Please respect copyright.PENANARIDofhjR87
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.847Please respect copyright.PENANA8ceMSbdOy8
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 847Please respect copyright.PENANAn4tDzNAx27
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they847Please respect copyright.PENANAd3GZIJStTk
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they847Please respect copyright.PENANAdWCRYsf3vw
saw Leo.847Please respect copyright.PENANADzMVEUKR9E
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"847Please respect copyright.PENANANUcsI9jWGX
"Nothing, dear," said 847Please respect copyright.PENANAfteUuzXFHT
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother847Please respect copyright.PENANAQa42MKJwjA
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."847Please respect copyright.PENANAAaxA4mzMt4
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."847Please respect copyright.PENANA5SFaZPDFN1
"Have a nice day."847Please respect copyright.PENANAz3Bc3jaGFb
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.847Please respect copyright.PENANANwSMXx8AWh
Leo nodded his head in 847Please respect copyright.PENANAcTv7B8UDxi
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 847Please respect copyright.PENANAiTGgVnkkKf
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 847Please respect copyright.PENANA9gLt3z9VWT
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 847Please respect copyright.PENANAL8N3R0aQAB
through the front door.847Please respect copyright.PENANAfduPH6GfaC
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.847Please respect copyright.PENANAGfBC1Ddc6n
"You're unbelievable," 847Please respect copyright.PENANALWJUSzDge8
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 847Please respect copyright.PENANA5REW5xn2x1
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."847Please respect copyright.PENANAh4bu0iKCZk
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.847Please respect copyright.PENANAdbJD2isB7K
"I'm sorry for that, 847Please respect copyright.PENANAJOq7rFIPcb
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 847Please respect copyright.PENANAVZppdPqv6k
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."847Please respect copyright.PENANARhQSTw8k8B
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.847Please respect copyright.PENANAiIruOK9FvC
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."847Please respect copyright.PENANAksTQfuDnxf
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."847Please respect copyright.PENANALH8LoHapaH
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."847Please respect copyright.PENANAbebTEth5Hr
Angel slowly followed 847Please respect copyright.PENANAwySTrIJ1Xd
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 847Please respect copyright.PENANAkrRKavjrH6
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her847Please respect copyright.PENANAliZUxRdZVx
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 847Please respect copyright.PENANAxviLxcm9dL
must have felt awful.847Please respect copyright.PENANAHlWUA4Jb2l
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.847Please respect copyright.PENANA91TY0R6EO3
***847Please respect copyright.PENANA4BeBV7e3kc
Eric847Please respect copyright.PENANASxXc19q2RH
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 847Please respect copyright.PENANApmd21T1eht
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.847Please respect copyright.PENANA9BTgBr2SRn
He847Please respect copyright.PENANA3pBmw1Oq6x
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 847Please respect copyright.PENANA9Af1l1m6wo
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 847Please respect copyright.PENANAsZD86xwrzP
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.847Please respect copyright.PENANAlT20pFKMs8
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.847Please respect copyright.PENANAIXjoE8Uy5M
Since847Please respect copyright.PENANAcLa6ZAYxLp
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 847Please respect copyright.PENANAXyjjyfmtUm
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 847Please respect copyright.PENANAFag7g5l5B3
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 847Please respect copyright.PENANAiHMNX9iF7e
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?847Please respect copyright.PENANA8qVFF6MF7F
Who847Please respect copyright.PENANAwgQ5kajkrl
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 847Please respect copyright.PENANAsRmr6aZYsU
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft847Please respect copyright.PENANAt9uiDtNU4D
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.847Please respect copyright.PENANAs000n5gmVv
He847Please respect copyright.PENANABfMWulV56T
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 847Please respect copyright.PENANAhCZjpeLAcU
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 847Please respect copyright.PENANAujvNe8pjKz
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.847Please respect copyright.PENANABII9oHnJah
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.847Please respect copyright.PENANAtM1XqpqZfr
"You've someone here to see you."847Please respect copyright.PENANAVTLZLAi062
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.847Please respect copyright.PENANAKyoYS9lQb2
"It's Trina."847Please respect copyright.PENANADHfQwo4HSp
Eric847Please respect copyright.PENANAnV3t1dsfgn
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 847Please respect copyright.PENANAqgspe3Bggn
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 847Please respect copyright.PENANA5TcZgrYUGL
called off.847Please respect copyright.PENANA4KptLv8DY1
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.847Please respect copyright.PENANApV88wX0fDa
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.847Please respect copyright.PENANAphNnZtpweY
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.847Please respect copyright.PENANAud9pdLygFz
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.847Please respect copyright.PENANAo78gDqQSNi
Trina847Please respect copyright.PENANA2Dr5jukj6w
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to847Please respect copyright.PENANAuAoCWvNmww
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 847Please respect copyright.PENANAmKPj2Bgrwx
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 847Please respect copyright.PENANAgvYAm1LKwV
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 847Please respect copyright.PENANAhA9zn1IEda
fall out sometimes but still get back together.847Please respect copyright.PENANAY9TRtK0gyT
Now847Please respect copyright.PENANAxPXaBCKS7c
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 847Please respect copyright.PENANARjLApLYnQs
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 847Please respect copyright.PENANAEjciwFjXa2
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 847Please respect copyright.PENANAd3QYXUW05O
weren't friends.847Please respect copyright.PENANA50ucQXqfPm
While847Please respect copyright.PENANA1C13zvLOFG
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 847Please respect copyright.PENANAIYoNK07rZV
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 847Please respect copyright.PENANABBMOpVK3x0
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 847Please respect copyright.PENANAFzWtDvox8D
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 847Please respect copyright.PENANAukBatCMzdi
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.847Please respect copyright.PENANA7m1HcYAjN9
One847Please respect copyright.PENANAvdOdWd6v1B
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 847Please respect copyright.PENANAVC620PwVve
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 847Please respect copyright.PENANAXzEpiiiFo9
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 847Please respect copyright.PENANAxNy6tYDmQA
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 847Please respect copyright.PENANA7YO8t6uAMw
one.847Please respect copyright.PENANAc5mhgdHTzm
Not until he met Angel.847Please respect copyright.PENANASsrPpLnwIw
Trina847Please respect copyright.PENANAl2BiqKn6iy
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 847Please respect copyright.PENANADEwbhGcuES
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.847Please respect copyright.PENANAqAe5hA0OFX
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"847Please respect copyright.PENANAjMmiLolseE
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."847Please respect copyright.PENANACeuw3oTIOk
Trina847Please respect copyright.PENANAdlX6G7Xraw
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 847Please respect copyright.PENANABmz5XBdqPP
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 847Please respect copyright.PENANA0NKqSEtBwi
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 847Please respect copyright.PENANAqthQbpjXwi
beautiful.847Please respect copyright.PENANAH2TfJOr7gH
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.847Please respect copyright.PENANABnmmKi3Y06
"Then847Please respect copyright.PENANA2ERwS82UqB
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 847Please respect copyright.PENANAvQtsFuPQ4j
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 847Please respect copyright.PENANA6fOnZEdtBy
side to try and work things out."847Please respect copyright.PENANAEDSrO12YPy
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."847Please respect copyright.PENANAdlNJHBqEeV
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."847Please respect copyright.PENANAFFfWR0zToR
"Ya, me too."847Please respect copyright.PENANAyyb46htstt
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."847Please respect copyright.PENANATb9F6Jc5ZV
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.847Please respect copyright.PENANAdyHEbhlSOU
"Do you know something, Eric?"847Please respect copyright.PENANAk3bAGNySLv
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"847Please respect copyright.PENANAj3vewuPPPr
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"847Please respect copyright.PENANAE8KqquecZx
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."847Please respect copyright.PENANAqnqttGAR3j
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.847Please respect copyright.PENANAaGSqyrdMT2
Eric847Please respect copyright.PENANA1sO8mGGDEW
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that847Please respect copyright.PENANAugRGkn4JUd
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 847Please respect copyright.PENANA7hX0AoNloD
eyes with a corky smile on his face.847Please respect copyright.PENANAeQfZOgWYs0
"Please,847Please respect copyright.PENANAggF0fTR8PM
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 847Please respect copyright.PENANAL2LO1GMFSk
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 847Please respect copyright.PENANAFklUgdZtOP
ask him?"847Please respect copyright.PENANA8XQV6vcCIY
Trina847Please respect copyright.PENANAvZazZl7MaR
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 847Please respect copyright.PENANAluVBj2NEjg
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 847Please respect copyright.PENANAtbQ0xzMYE2
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."847Please respect copyright.PENANAERUtJMWUnI
Eric847Please respect copyright.PENANAJObNDz9QpT
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 847Please respect copyright.PENANAZu4j5iUyBc
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."847Please respect copyright.PENANAIOWnGZ6dok
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"847Please respect copyright.PENANA794mW26O3e
Eric847Please respect copyright.PENANAoVQ7AoZ4ik
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 847Please respect copyright.PENANAFPoSpoBvyj
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 847Please respect copyright.PENANAuvka7ZvEwE
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 847Please respect copyright.PENANAhiB03eguLv
to say next.847Please respect copyright.PENANAv6HesgcEEk
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"847Please respect copyright.PENANAaYcEbb2Q6x
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.847Please respect copyright.PENANAJUtRN0mUTN
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"847Please respect copyright.PENANAYUhipmCFUC
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."847Please respect copyright.PENANAEY8YWkHbNM
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"847Please respect copyright.PENANAGgfz4RWxXg
"She's847Please respect copyright.PENANAyXZDLoQ7ah
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 847Please respect copyright.PENANAOwuDT33iTn
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.847Please respect copyright.PENANA3OD7tRlHXQ
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 847Please respect copyright.PENANAIkVJELBbis
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 847Please respect copyright.PENANACDJlWynMyS
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 847Please respect copyright.PENANATysiLkDdgZ
anymore.847Please respect copyright.PENANALqcAF1MEkk
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.847Please respect copyright.PENANAwBJAewo1jA
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"847Please respect copyright.PENANACFRaGEdkRL
Trina847Please respect copyright.PENANAJrex2o7xyF
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 847Please respect copyright.PENANAWT3pGGsxww
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 847Please respect copyright.PENANA8oqnnMDbwk
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 847Please respect copyright.PENANAoax3KlRRIH
massage him.847Please respect copyright.PENANABasPl8g4UR
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"847Please respect copyright.PENANAY0ZNGAvLML
Eric847Please respect copyright.PENANABW4qwUdgLC
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 847Please respect copyright.PENANANvNs32vrG1
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 847Please respect copyright.PENANA05xTv3njxo
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 847Please respect copyright.PENANAvRXkJBmOgD
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty847Please respect copyright.PENANAZv6CMUHB2m
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 847Please respect copyright.PENANAIx4kYnSikg
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.847Please respect copyright.PENANAz24BIrcxF3
He847Please respect copyright.PENANAROsoRFbYYI
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 847Please respect copyright.PENANADcegCol6G6
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think847Please respect copyright.PENANAnS7gUHu8Tc
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 847Please respect copyright.PENANA7A0HKYn7g7
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 847Please respect copyright.PENANAffvlTqT9WM
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.847Please respect copyright.PENANASj6rQctgmZ
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"847Please respect copyright.PENANAXHqVPva3gS
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."847Please respect copyright.PENANAOB5P1phVpZ
"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."847Please respect copyright.PENANAscx438tZRF
Eric847Please respect copyright.PENANA8lggntTL5R
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his847Please respect copyright.PENANAchkTztYD2P
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.847Please respect copyright.PENANALerRL5Kd6i
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"847Please respect copyright.PENANAVGAuVPicip
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."847Please respect copyright.PENANAHC7NtLYgpW
"Oh,847Please respect copyright.PENANA2JkyXXkZT1
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair847Please respect copyright.PENANASN20T9pWEF
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 847Please respect copyright.PENANAbGEV0nkP1C
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.847Please respect copyright.PENANAZmsashvhFd
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.847Please respect copyright.PENANA8zo1X8Rlvx
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.847Please respect copyright.PENANAbMerb0FhxG
Trina847Please respect copyright.PENANAxSBQke3CWI
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him847Please respect copyright.PENANAncPJnWPUp1
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.847Please respect copyright.PENANA5vYlHUtPTi
Leo847Please respect copyright.PENANAGaxdmuy9Rn
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 847Please respect copyright.PENANA7q6SW0DSRo
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.847Please respect copyright.PENANAu2HNePgQV5
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.847Please respect copyright.PENANA1M3VRuvEZ8
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.847Please respect copyright.PENANAP06Kddt5YN
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"847Please respect copyright.PENANAuXjlcOHJx9
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."847Please respect copyright.PENANAMWArbBORND
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.847Please respect copyright.PENANAs0La74Gvxi
"I was just leaving," said Trina.847Please respect copyright.PENANAuTfZSf9WrZ
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."847Please respect copyright.PENANAEKOobVzvBb
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.847Please respect copyright.PENANAEvDaMVYe28
With847Please respect copyright.PENANAU4szZhjilh
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood847Please respect copyright.PENANAHy85jxFPQg
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.847Please respect copyright.PENANAcIliyTAiPi
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.847Please respect copyright.PENANAPDcPpGYDVq
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.847Please respect copyright.PENANA502gm4I7Kk
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.847Please respect copyright.PENANAf1Tgg7r5ca
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."847Please respect copyright.PENANAYsIDNRZM8r
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."847Please respect copyright.PENANAd8kqO66HBo
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."847Please respect copyright.PENANALANaHvlUXA
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."847Please respect copyright.PENANA0j1ybT9tTP
"Well, you would someday."847Please respect copyright.PENANAvjSDXcwI56
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"847Please respect copyright.PENANA2kOkRzuLBQ
"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?"847Please respect copyright.PENANAxAlbmHI20r
"That would be fine by me."847Please respect copyright.PENANAdpfNGYuzSL
"Oh,847Please respect copyright.PENANAQuAge8Muts
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 847Please respect copyright.PENANANrHuSqqYDU
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 847Please respect copyright.PENANAAc3oryQCUo
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 847Please respect copyright.PENANAL5DPWcWXwC
you broke things off with her."847Please respect copyright.PENANAboKP4eNuwT
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."847Please respect copyright.PENANAYOIhC6R31q
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."847Please respect copyright.PENANAR9ZPQoSJZe
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."847Please respect copyright.PENANA8Gl2GEYcBH
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."847Please respect copyright.PENANABwvN0yX2ah
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.847Please respect copyright.PENANADBYiVC8Wi2
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."847Please respect copyright.PENANAkn2QJocEDj
Leo847Please respect copyright.PENANAIUeuFa02KX
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 847Please respect copyright.PENANAjl6DV3YUR0
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 847Please respect copyright.PENANAxlf0QGlFoF
her.847Please respect copyright.PENANAI6Pg1GWydX
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.847Please respect copyright.PENANAzyMYG7GuMl
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.847Please respect copyright.PENANAUyGqePg8RX
Eric847Please respect copyright.PENANAKX89M9bQ41
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 847Please respect copyright.PENANAvfJDYnT69u
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 847Please respect copyright.PENANA5q2MFGQfBn
thinking about Angel just now."847Please respect copyright.PENANAd5s3VhZaiN
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."847Please respect copyright.PENANA1HzPxMJYb5
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"847Please respect copyright.PENANA0GL66hMVBE
Leo847Please respect copyright.PENANAK0LzrPwJbx
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 847Please respect copyright.PENANAokcS91oILA
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 847Please respect copyright.PENANATWYu7vjlKO
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.847Please respect copyright.PENANAGmpPnaqBLc
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"847Please respect copyright.PENANAdM7m7DkP3B
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.847Please respect copyright.PENANAvr5ZpdAWwh
"Because,847Please respect copyright.PENANAhbIr01ByHy
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 847Please respect copyright.PENANATmNkA5ShCr
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 847Please respect copyright.PENANA2i6l7G62h7
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're847Please respect copyright.PENANAirvMY1NlN5
in a sense of emergency to release it."847Please respect copyright.PENANAM7TW5estKk
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."847Please respect copyright.PENANAsnvMwDmHBM
"Of847Please respect copyright.PENANAmZP9Ctg14Q
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 847Please respect copyright.PENANAboBNt7chOg
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 847Please respect copyright.PENANA8GG1vL7MXm
darling, Angel."847Please respect copyright.PENANA9bn9MUBgWj
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."847Please respect copyright.PENANAzSIsnLgNVr
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.847Please respect copyright.PENANAnq4aNiPH0o
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.847Please respect copyright.PENANACwcUAaIeD7
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.847Please respect copyright.PENANAbn35dH5iq4
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."847Please respect copyright.PENANAcsUwr6zZOY
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."847Please respect copyright.PENANAPdOFDakPCH
"Grandma847Please respect copyright.PENANAsARTZHtKla
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 847Please respect copyright.PENANAD8qzoOT1EV
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."847Please respect copyright.PENANAe7yYm9e9Bi
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"847Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2xBoJpMFq
Leo847Please respect copyright.PENANAHkpyPZdXTE
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 847Please respect copyright.PENANA1WWKMKAwTe
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a847Please respect copyright.PENANAYBTErvtYBv
word to anyone.847Please respect copyright.PENANA8UCp1ZTiBW
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."847Please respect copyright.PENANAQd0iWSuEIG
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."847Please respect copyright.PENANAMLAGvdCgVl
"Yep,847Please respect copyright.PENANAma3T4HsYfm
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I847Please respect copyright.PENANAZCJZlpFPTH
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.847Please respect copyright.PENANAQtMsskZtYf
"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.847Please respect copyright.PENANAYViejyOmwS
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."847Please respect copyright.PENANABnTa8ZTTgq
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."847Please respect copyright.PENANArKrpp4SnvW
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."847Please respect copyright.PENANAbTNOAdNLdP
Eric847Please respect copyright.PENANArwPQBnQI6R
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 847Please respect copyright.PENANAYIP2WEHNSG
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 847Please respect copyright.PENANAxkZVuk05qy
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."847Please respect copyright.PENANA7aCZm1qJG7
Leo847Please respect copyright.PENANANHC0WYCeCD
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 847Please respect copyright.PENANAZqos0UZqHB
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 847Please respect copyright.PENANAKqBIlNVcPJ
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.847Please respect copyright.PENANApcz2BIV4lB
He847Please respect copyright.PENANAky0oUgCCv5
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 847Please respect copyright.PENANAOhehTg7afZ
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 847Please respect copyright.PENANAi0WYf8nujY
desk that he had to look at today.847Please respect copyright.PENANA0L4HDNBuqr
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?847Please respect copyright.PENANApjDUGMtASR
Leo847Please respect copyright.PENANAs2yhOVZHpq
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 847Please respect copyright.PENANAc730IX07gS
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.847Please respect copyright.PENANADHReAD4yZa
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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