Angel was in the living 525Please respect copyright.PENANAolwjo1Cl6y
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 525Please respect copyright.PENANAwOysMBGnwz
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.525Please respect copyright.PENANATHadMUiEh6
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.525Please respect copyright.PENANAxnZrLqHi5G
"How was what?" Angel asked.525Please respect copyright.PENANA0Vnqijte7L
"Getting to know Leo?"525Please respect copyright.PENANAEJNIW82Ksd
Angel could have sworn 525Please respect copyright.PENANAHmdO2pT5ET
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 525Please respect copyright.PENANAGIrNKTxZzJ
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.525Please respect copyright.PENANAd8uiQjvVHo
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.525Please respect copyright.PENANASXYhdCDF1V
"Really?" Amanda looked a525Please respect copyright.PENANAMkPjQkWRQJ
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 525Please respect copyright.PENANAOuowsLAxFe
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 525Please respect copyright.PENANAI1uIhvhCTA
have offended you?" 525Please respect copyright.PENANAXRU7famHqy
"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."525Please respect copyright.PENANAkbcmPZRf40
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"525Please respect copyright.PENANASJ85t1GqWg
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."525Please respect copyright.PENANA6sf4yKgego
"Awww, you're so 525Please respect copyright.PENANAYJRMcWsuej
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can525Please respect copyright.PENANAjhYTdm0ouq
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 525Please respect copyright.PENANA4vxphl1eph
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 525Please respect copyright.PENANAlpzYVg1VZz
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."525Please respect copyright.PENANAh4xYKv9MUC
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."525Please respect copyright.PENANAp5DaeohTs0
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"525Please respect copyright.PENANA0IOy1F5buI
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."525Please respect copyright.PENANAk5ex3qSVSA
Amanda gave Angel the 525Please respect copyright.PENANANtxFl1rlVj
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 525Please respect copyright.PENANAnmLWz2l5EM
to deal with writing. It suits you."525Please respect copyright.PENANAdLnimvSNq4
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.525Please respect copyright.PENANAbyTvGUMGg1
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."525Please respect copyright.PENANAXBg7vh0PlN
"What is it?" Angel asked.525Please respect copyright.PENANAy45XYdSNVg
"You seem to be one 525Please respect copyright.PENANAO9DgtEiUgm
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,525Please respect copyright.PENANAcQFdaT7g3j
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."525Please respect copyright.PENANArZwOLf8H8O
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.525Please respect copyright.PENANAbTbSSeXxjg
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.525Please respect copyright.PENANAUR5kYPaGVr
"What?"525Please respect copyright.PENANADvsmr7jnJr
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.525Please respect copyright.PENANAs8yACd7xEq
Leo who had just come in525Please respect copyright.PENANAbGPyaIqFXh
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 525Please respect copyright.PENANAtHbFSkJDGA
just at the entrance of the living room.525Please respect copyright.PENANAEPgMSL9sfJ
"What did you just say 525Please respect copyright.PENANAK4l5RpfpRH
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached525Please respect copyright.PENANAGSkEF7SO2q
the two women on the wheelchairs.525Please respect copyright.PENANAemEvPiVfhg
Amanda turned her 525Please respect copyright.PENANAFRWgcgp2l7
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 525Please respect copyright.PENANAFs3UCsSCrQ
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 525Please respect copyright.PENANAuw56ixOMIe
themselves."525Please respect copyright.PENANAkaO7ifbFaG
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"525Please respect copyright.PENANADOmVTNvBhB
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"525Please respect copyright.PENANAMZFwTon2pR
Leo couldn't believe 525Please respect copyright.PENANAr5lSvFmmpH
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 525Please respect copyright.PENANAy6ljghwXMj
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.525Please respect copyright.PENANAVQQwS7dpSp
"Haven't you thought 525Please respect copyright.PENANAJx5GhZUOot
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 525Please respect copyright.PENANAhwWr7r1Bcw
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a525Please respect copyright.PENANAWNQmKzcpyx
job of her own?"525Please respect copyright.PENANAr2sj4fWGKf
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."525Please respect copyright.PENANAgo7fpbW6vh
"You deserve better, my 525Please respect copyright.PENANA1XQNisItvQ
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 525Please respect copyright.PENANA2HRJMrR7l0
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."525Please respect copyright.PENANAet1RJu7qBM
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."525Please respect copyright.PENANALIueV2bXqc
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."525Please respect copyright.PENANAycPYmY2XdO
"What makes you so sure?"525Please respect copyright.PENANAd0mcZsBD4n
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."525Please respect copyright.PENANAkWmI1GAR16
"Mum won't though."525Please respect copyright.PENANAmGKlLHosD7
"Does she run the 525Please respect copyright.PENANAfH5srRzvhw
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 525Please respect copyright.PENANAfZz9f2svfQ
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 525Please respect copyright.PENANA2lco4XbJGC
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."525Please respect copyright.PENANA8FRxPLNjWo
Leo knew his grandmother525Please respect copyright.PENANAm9sk52fbTL
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 525Please respect copyright.PENANA59kfzYSuf2
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 525Please respect copyright.PENANAtkrkb5yRXK
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 525Please respect copyright.PENANA8c6PbOnjU8
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.525Please respect copyright.PENANA8HJCpzsEzO
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.525Please respect copyright.PENANAVi8mO1TxKk
"Don't say any of this 525Please respect copyright.PENANAEIxbxN3OGj
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 525Please respect copyright.PENANAvZo5mEDIIS
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 525Please respect copyright.PENANAoxDBbmz7zh
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 525Please respect copyright.PENANAhSe6kdKEFx
have to convince her a little more than I have to."525Please respect copyright.PENANAcv8FekFlwY
Angel gulped. It felt 525Please respect copyright.PENANAIOm641lLkh
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only525Please respect copyright.PENANAYsFgLepqRa
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.525Please respect copyright.PENANAk7sZoxTzqP
Leo made his way out of 525Please respect copyright.PENANAYBkmfhsDKv
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 525Please respect copyright.PENANAmZoyg0SlYi
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 525Please respect copyright.PENANAfxpFbvqizx
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 525Please respect copyright.PENANA8fkgwldUDL
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.525Please respect copyright.PENANAmghEaDbCBm
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"525Please respect copyright.PENANAu45Jq7Mjir
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."525Please respect copyright.PENANAzv05oMqFWZ
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."525Please respect copyright.PENANAc1cutP4qgu
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.525Please respect copyright.PENANAsS11tASVW8
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.525Please respect copyright.PENANAG7cxdR6QyX
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.525Please respect copyright.PENANAvPXJgoTGKC
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."525Please respect copyright.PENANAIo4v9xFg2e
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."525Please respect copyright.PENANAlXY36Pa64S
"I'm talking about Kim."525Please respect copyright.PENANANPwtAWzsKR
Angel didn't know if it 525Please respect copyright.PENANAGlyz8hGLyN
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 525Please respect copyright.PENANAjzzqjY58GH
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It525Please respect copyright.PENANAjliOsXJBXu
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 525Please respect copyright.PENANAkEqLKxIYvf
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 525Please respect copyright.PENANA4EMVwZlruS
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 525Please respect copyright.PENANAYRvIPxhxxI
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 525Please respect copyright.PENANAsJkxRcBwyk
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 525Please respect copyright.PENANAPnEbk3lzZ3
certain things?525Please respect copyright.PENANANcQP5tgUJ3
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.525Please respect copyright.PENANAFUseyWY2bP
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.525Please respect copyright.PENANAWhSk70xtiK
Angel felt like covering525Please respect copyright.PENANADfvE2NzfeH
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 525Please respect copyright.PENANAYS8N70TOv9
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 525Please respect copyright.PENANAZNz2rQ9JR4
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 525Please respect copyright.PENANAubcCIOwiNj
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.525Please respect copyright.PENANAdmrLX702oy
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.525Please respect copyright.PENANAjiPswtjnFG
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.525Please respect copyright.PENANARwHaH9XeHZ
Angel felt her heart 525Please respect copyright.PENANAXYPpFQFJdP
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if525Please respect copyright.PENANAlg79Wf5QZI
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 525Please respect copyright.PENANAwB0ODnrEno
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 525Please respect copyright.PENANACB9XRNC2v3
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 525Please respect copyright.PENANA0VTmXAfFMY
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 525Please respect copyright.PENANAUANu6o1oy6
and invited her to the wedding.525Please respect copyright.PENANAGRhDcX0sTv
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.525Please respect copyright.PENANAJZ0AzFttwB
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.525Please respect copyright.PENANAOwAAlP97Wp
Angel looked at Amanda 525Please respect copyright.PENANAitpBdlVyN1
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 525Please respect copyright.PENANACSSUeKdZr7
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.525Please respect copyright.PENANAsPea8gzpvT
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 525Please respect copyright.PENANAbrTfVD3bYH
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they525Please respect copyright.PENANAFx4cIrQlBO
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they525Please respect copyright.PENANAZMxFRtIWuk
saw Leo.525Please respect copyright.PENANAH9fe8GsvoD
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"525Please respect copyright.PENANAG5fSyiPnRY
"Nothing, dear," said 525Please respect copyright.PENANAo9C9MO7xzK
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother525Please respect copyright.PENANAROdHfg02TQ
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."525Please respect copyright.PENANASgL5yNj9PX
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."525Please respect copyright.PENANA5LAmttE3ZX
"Have a nice day."525Please respect copyright.PENANAd88iToW83a
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.525Please respect copyright.PENANAitSOqt2ucU
Leo nodded his head in 525Please respect copyright.PENANAQGYZqOCByY
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 525Please respect copyright.PENANAs0tUkAQUdK
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 525Please respect copyright.PENANArDcQ72dks7
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 525Please respect copyright.PENANAs8tmfv9xa7
through the front door.525Please respect copyright.PENANAXfEYlaibX6
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.525Please respect copyright.PENANA08b3ZZKZid
"You're unbelievable," 525Please respect copyright.PENANAaz4SxhJeZL
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 525Please respect copyright.PENANA3lcFHMaPnb
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."525Please respect copyright.PENANAmJauFznvcE
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.525Please respect copyright.PENANAeTU1TSuukM
"I'm sorry for that, 525Please respect copyright.PENANAXNDlR58G0d
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 525Please respect copyright.PENANANPd5uKGv4N
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."525Please respect copyright.PENANAp0QJvO6odV
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.525Please respect copyright.PENANAgsU2wt2nH7
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."525Please respect copyright.PENANAqL7PfeCqPd
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."525Please respect copyright.PENANAOAPltQlg2D
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."525Please respect copyright.PENANAjzOXnNDx6l
Angel slowly followed 525Please respect copyright.PENANAzYSxgy8Li6
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 525Please respect copyright.PENANAJwI4HwhwyA
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her525Please respect copyright.PENANAFgEx9Mloq7
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 525Please respect copyright.PENANAXzkr2MW9cq
must have felt awful.525Please respect copyright.PENANA8SJtiMsJaR
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.525Please respect copyright.PENANAQKlr6AJlzR
***525Please respect copyright.PENANAOehNfnwPtq
Eric525Please respect copyright.PENANAma5ApPKn79
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 525Please respect copyright.PENANAycsSNC7JCr
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.525Please respect copyright.PENANAJvEN7I6UCo
He525Please respect copyright.PENANALvwVjxvenZ
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 525Please respect copyright.PENANAYU8y1q8wMt
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 525Please respect copyright.PENANAwW7bASembO
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.525Please respect copyright.PENANAEUuasLMGMW
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.525Please respect copyright.PENANAPBmA5mr2xm
Since525Please respect copyright.PENANAtCCYC9XHV5
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 525Please respect copyright.PENANAhgEp8TIB5U
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 525Please respect copyright.PENANA2vUImCaZpt
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 525Please respect copyright.PENANA0ABbVlIHZ6
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?525Please respect copyright.PENANASTydYTcYTd
Who525Please respect copyright.PENANACQuGpRQsML
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 525Please respect copyright.PENANAfLgt5OqSsI
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft525Please respect copyright.PENANAVecFLVngFL
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.525Please respect copyright.PENANAU3YlDlZSfw
He525Please respect copyright.PENANAHXlSBNXI39
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 525Please respect copyright.PENANAPOuZxTkJob
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 525Please respect copyright.PENANAdE2qHiSX35
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.525Please respect copyright.PENANAWqnLCr36lX
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.525Please respect copyright.PENANAQgsbRdhw2D
"You've someone here to see you."525Please respect copyright.PENANAAObMX6gCsA
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.525Please respect copyright.PENANAZVn7OOrCFQ
"It's Trina."525Please respect copyright.PENANAhxbPY3IDiw
Eric525Please respect copyright.PENANAUSC9ltBJyr
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 525Please respect copyright.PENANAErXyIQRuAj
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 525Please respect copyright.PENANAx7Yttugqdn
called off.525Please respect copyright.PENANAALzTLqdrVJ
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.525Please respect copyright.PENANAzlVKDSeZxh
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.525Please respect copyright.PENANAu2mtkxgNAl
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.525Please respect copyright.PENANAxi87KZC4er
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.525Please respect copyright.PENANAnXoAy9lCjq
Trina525Please respect copyright.PENANAzFiYzvAlfG
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to525Please respect copyright.PENANA87wOfAvuiI
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 525Please respect copyright.PENANAgU5X5bwESX
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 525Please respect copyright.PENANAEaZYA1X0Ik
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 525Please respect copyright.PENANA51Ylxa12ht
fall out sometimes but still get back together.525Please respect copyright.PENANARWKARXUGvJ
Now525Please respect copyright.PENANAyoOAErzn9I
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 525Please respect copyright.PENANA5GuNgzUjk8
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 525Please respect copyright.PENANA9LMlZ9vTlI
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 525Please respect copyright.PENANAVP1zGrvFOd
weren't friends.525Please respect copyright.PENANA6bp0crzQY5
While525Please respect copyright.PENANABkn1Ke1lj3
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 525Please respect copyright.PENANAeqeNMRht5B
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 525Please respect copyright.PENANA9LrZkAPONw
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 525Please respect copyright.PENANAsxCYJzp7RF
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 525Please respect copyright.PENANArF8LYmWmaD
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.525Please respect copyright.PENANASzUh3FStFg
One525Please respect copyright.PENANAWiRxwgUPgf
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 525Please respect copyright.PENANAzpwAYUMMSX
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 525Please respect copyright.PENANAsYEr1krP1s
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 525Please respect copyright.PENANALcdyLdOaPE
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 525Please respect copyright.PENANAeWMcFSEpAu
one.525Please respect copyright.PENANAR9lh0NwSD0
Not until he met Angel.525Please respect copyright.PENANAii9tz01Ygk
Trina525Please respect copyright.PENANAgjE418CZIn
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 525Please respect copyright.PENANA7DvXu3Hjbl
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.525Please respect copyright.PENANAHMKuzuyNWE
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"525Please respect copyright.PENANAtmUXU5CqKK
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."525Please respect copyright.PENANAMws37iYq6w
Trina525Please respect copyright.PENANA9e43yKXbA6
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 525Please respect copyright.PENANA6e1nt33NIp
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 525Please respect copyright.PENANAtem6qZBuMm
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 525Please respect copyright.PENANAmcThUXpxdu
beautiful.525Please respect copyright.PENANAPMPfkGk2VG
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.525Please respect copyright.PENANA7Vqr7YJBOa
"Then525Please respect copyright.PENANAn3Vq5iq7Hv
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 525Please respect copyright.PENANAfeJmK99f7L
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 525Please respect copyright.PENANAvZgRNNWkJe
side to try and work things out."525Please respect copyright.PENANARGVXnJOihJ
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."525Please respect copyright.PENANAcMf9WLtmke
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."525Please respect copyright.PENANA01qOYgWym8
"Ya, me too."525Please respect copyright.PENANAnRxaIckIGh
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."525Please respect copyright.PENANALZMObJ5vty
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.525Please respect copyright.PENANArKESXYG3Lm
"Do you know something, Eric?"525Please respect copyright.PENANARUDBDFBKHU
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"525Please respect copyright.PENANA4DpTNbTqis
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"525Please respect copyright.PENANAhRooy2h1cW
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."525Please respect copyright.PENANA7EOelUj3dP
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.525Please respect copyright.PENANAKyK2CHxaz3
Eric525Please respect copyright.PENANAEnMC8jUFm8
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that525Please respect copyright.PENANAudHsEQzqd2
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 525Please respect copyright.PENANACaetXjY0oQ
eyes with a corky smile on his face.525Please respect copyright.PENANAZekUNBxPRd
"Please,525Please respect copyright.PENANApOoxMY7qeA
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 525Please respect copyright.PENANAsGmVVUBAXe
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 525Please respect copyright.PENANALhW9XO2Glc
ask him?"525Please respect copyright.PENANAEPIxK7G1j4
Trina525Please respect copyright.PENANAUVqeajntMz
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 525Please respect copyright.PENANAsPEHkgegNT
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 525Please respect copyright.PENANAXieKzkUuDq
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."525Please respect copyright.PENANAD0Uzkc2H0J
Eric525Please respect copyright.PENANAULrAOZ9gK9
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 525Please respect copyright.PENANADK0acTy68d
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."525Please respect copyright.PENANAObo77Fb8eS
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"525Please respect copyright.PENANAPr1SVLtmnZ
Eric525Please respect copyright.PENANAyTDMtAAAAE
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 525Please respect copyright.PENANA3ERFSvypW4
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 525Please respect copyright.PENANAklb12e2mpn
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 525Please respect copyright.PENANAi4chuD1N2L
to say next.525Please respect copyright.PENANAYG92dmcOaA
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"525Please respect copyright.PENANAmcBomSp5iC
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.525Please respect copyright.PENANAFStVSfrJtj
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"525Please respect copyright.PENANADZ9SD0A2x5
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."525Please respect copyright.PENANAVEUTTXlPTn
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"525Please respect copyright.PENANAzPqwOsrqni
"She's525Please respect copyright.PENANAsI2z8OvDtn
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 525Please respect copyright.PENANA76kJLg24ZY
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.525Please respect copyright.PENANA8Fk6YSSyTV
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 525Please respect copyright.PENANASqdDb4Dvc9
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 525Please respect copyright.PENANAJwK13MY47o
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 525Please respect copyright.PENANADSRhziHD2y
anymore.525Please respect copyright.PENANALHFqyDsYaI
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.525Please respect copyright.PENANA6u4FOPCwJ1
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"525Please respect copyright.PENANAzif5gPLuqW
Trina525Please respect copyright.PENANAyHt1xdAgVe
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 525Please respect copyright.PENANAfbe1DCVunh
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 525Please respect copyright.PENANAs29Ws4XrPE
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 525Please respect copyright.PENANAvp8JhSbwya
massage him.525Please respect copyright.PENANAjMHgkqxodE
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"525Please respect copyright.PENANAyhC2xRDpYd
Eric525Please respect copyright.PENANAuEH0dS6gZT
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 525Please respect copyright.PENANABawPAVeLx0
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 525Please respect copyright.PENANALz88lo2v1D
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 525Please respect copyright.PENANAT60WCLZDM4
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty525Please respect copyright.PENANAyPQVQVwTFc
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 525Please respect copyright.PENANAi9cHNAod8c
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.525Please respect copyright.PENANA67BMC9Xrq3
He525Please respect copyright.PENANA7z2IPVTsJY
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 525Please respect copyright.PENANAJc1rRTDSc1
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think525Please respect copyright.PENANAja4MbM7OsW
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 525Please respect copyright.PENANA19AawR4xqc
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 525Please respect copyright.PENANAHRhe2ADfXx
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.525Please respect copyright.PENANAUGAUhsSEKh
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"525Please respect copyright.PENANAk9pUfjbmVe
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."525Please respect copyright.PENANAkKlPZGgbXQ
"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."525Please respect copyright.PENANAT9Wrm1boRL
Eric525Please respect copyright.PENANA5MDh5LSPwQ
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his525Please respect copyright.PENANA0BXghYdN9O
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.525Please respect copyright.PENANA0JLahNNPaQ
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"525Please respect copyright.PENANA7DLflN0FUY
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."525Please respect copyright.PENANA73mWEww3j6
"Oh,525Please respect copyright.PENANADzSQiOdDqg
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair525Please respect copyright.PENANAryWlHgMlGU
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 525Please respect copyright.PENANA9qHAXn5LsB
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.525Please respect copyright.PENANAFMDse5FWIN
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.525Please respect copyright.PENANAzzKXcfqjfO
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.525Please respect copyright.PENANAXhcfeF2y80
Trina525Please respect copyright.PENANAa0VszSz3EO
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him525Please respect copyright.PENANAWtjbsRAvle
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.525Please respect copyright.PENANAyWL2CQ0YCP
Leo525Please respect copyright.PENANASxigq4GqWy
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 525Please respect copyright.PENANAEAi9pfn4Kv
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.525Please respect copyright.PENANAHgcu8CU2IX
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.525Please respect copyright.PENANAXiOGtlx0ig
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.525Please respect copyright.PENANAFQsfO2UPF3
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"525Please respect copyright.PENANAQvja0mbRZ9
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."525Please respect copyright.PENANAvU4vNsOEyy
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.525Please respect copyright.PENANA9QmyUbBFf6
"I was just leaving," said Trina.525Please respect copyright.PENANAYPwycgxl7D
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."525Please respect copyright.PENANA6oXGXD5M3t
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.525Please respect copyright.PENANAIx9uHRWEL4
With525Please respect copyright.PENANA9lno197h14
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood525Please respect copyright.PENANAodpaLr28kt
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.525Please respect copyright.PENANAYgFvCdgeVu
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.525Please respect copyright.PENANAIGEclGROyj
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.525Please respect copyright.PENANAozPvIUl1Wm
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.525Please respect copyright.PENANApGrxQQodEr
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."525Please respect copyright.PENANAXsWYc2k2bl
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."525Please respect copyright.PENANAxRRiepY8Z6
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."525Please respect copyright.PENANA3rFAsSHFUZ
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."525Please respect copyright.PENANAIru0Kuef3j
"Well, you would someday."525Please respect copyright.PENANAhJYDJ5MoJ5
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"525Please respect copyright.PENANAYiQ8Iu8vbS
"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?"525Please respect copyright.PENANALDELkVqA0d
"That would be fine by me."525Please respect copyright.PENANAMacEMmlYnI
"Oh,525Please respect copyright.PENANATmv21dM3KE
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 525Please respect copyright.PENANAqRlXZOvsFj
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 525Please respect copyright.PENANAIbAdXhElbB
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 525Please respect copyright.PENANAdRUjTcpmjd
you broke things off with her."525Please respect copyright.PENANA0YMdteJKPs
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."525Please respect copyright.PENANAysxqKRMFNk
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."525Please respect copyright.PENANAD8F8HUPXVg
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."525Please respect copyright.PENANAiLbwhb9vHO
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."525Please respect copyright.PENANA6wCrGTEkMF
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.525Please respect copyright.PENANAREsjtzsEt1
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."525Please respect copyright.PENANABHCqtdaSZc
Leo525Please respect copyright.PENANAyfOZXtUcJ4
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 525Please respect copyright.PENANANZqRJhBe58
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 525Please respect copyright.PENANATBFqDg0lT5
her.525Please respect copyright.PENANArcikXkWFrk
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.525Please respect copyright.PENANAGWUewNBJZT
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.525Please respect copyright.PENANAPzIctg4eq2
Eric525Please respect copyright.PENANA5BZMk767lv
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 525Please respect copyright.PENANAGBLqY1mfOU
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 525Please respect copyright.PENANAtZBrVK0d1D
thinking about Angel just now."525Please respect copyright.PENANAmuvBF2I3UE
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."525Please respect copyright.PENANAOicA1Yd6gY
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"525Please respect copyright.PENANAs3SkCZc3oY
Leo525Please respect copyright.PENANA10h26gJ4rJ
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 525Please respect copyright.PENANAHCSeR5cbOq
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 525Please respect copyright.PENANAywwF2c4fMd
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.525Please respect copyright.PENANAPtNt9ba1hn
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"525Please respect copyright.PENANAMBmUMPs0yr
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.525Please respect copyright.PENANAwp89z74Mqr
"Because,525Please respect copyright.PENANAoxjnzVewLU
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 525Please respect copyright.PENANAMsI2ov0B7e
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 525Please respect copyright.PENANAmJyHu4TsNU
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're525Please respect copyright.PENANAO4RYvPLZP2
in a sense of emergency to release it."525Please respect copyright.PENANAmMfjd9TZNA
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."525Please respect copyright.PENANAOXB0Z3gyCj
"Of525Please respect copyright.PENANAEgzTHcTfRr
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 525Please respect copyright.PENANA8u3WnHjFGm
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 525Please respect copyright.PENANAZfSwhH7FYC
darling, Angel."525Please respect copyright.PENANAnJPy5LrR5K
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."525Please respect copyright.PENANAXa2a4FvfQ5
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.525Please respect copyright.PENANAKi51sSERnw
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.525Please respect copyright.PENANAy6TsFvJvJv
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.525Please respect copyright.PENANAievIXg6Qo1
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."525Please respect copyright.PENANAFMVkanMgmm
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."525Please respect copyright.PENANAxX8cGiFtOb
"Grandma525Please respect copyright.PENANAG3AdHQjZXF
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 525Please respect copyright.PENANAjVTGOqVRda
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."525Please respect copyright.PENANAi97WvhZo36
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"525Please respect copyright.PENANAqhFeLpZ7u5
Leo525Please respect copyright.PENANAP1jyS7qeuZ
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 525Please respect copyright.PENANAP7E3BoEfuA
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a525Please respect copyright.PENANAZ20lIWujrN
word to anyone.525Please respect copyright.PENANAmMXEDYRjKs
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."525Please respect copyright.PENANAyJYnkTHQXm
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."525Please respect copyright.PENANAZN9DlV8ywY
"Yep,525Please respect copyright.PENANATLqTQeEV2z
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I525Please respect copyright.PENANAUYKMpYvxu1
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.525Please respect copyright.PENANAVszHgKRl21
"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.525Please respect copyright.PENANAeMpbg4RPLe
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."525Please respect copyright.PENANAcVR86iKLXy
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."525Please respect copyright.PENANA7TXpguAjnr
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."525Please respect copyright.PENANAEIJGlqraq0
Eric525Please respect copyright.PENANA9odN70B1tl
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 525Please respect copyright.PENANA4nfOnpQZ3K
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 525Please respect copyright.PENANAnHigXT2Pfx
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."525Please respect copyright.PENANATvXwUEfunm
Leo525Please respect copyright.PENANAPOQzT2PG78
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 525Please respect copyright.PENANAkkdbDFWVuk
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 525Please respect copyright.PENANAVJxqAYaoiE
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.525Please respect copyright.PENANANOlAtXWKAe
He525Please respect copyright.PENANAMKOjJCVSf2
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 525Please respect copyright.PENANAhvEwrl3b9D
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 525Please respect copyright.PENANAyYCQHpU3sb
desk that he had to look at today.525Please respect copyright.PENANAK1eonYbRhg
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?525Please respect copyright.PENANAhil7H0K00Y
Leo525Please respect copyright.PENANABXzsO9qUJB
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 525Please respect copyright.PENANAxBMgOBwazT
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.525Please respect copyright.PENANAbBAesOIRBE
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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