The tapping of his fingers onto the desk must have gone on for quiet a while. It was close to lunch time and Leo didn't seem to notice the time.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Of9v2AP8P
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A knock came at the door, and Leo didn't seem to hear it at first, til it became louder. He jerked in his seat and sat up like he had just woken up from a dream.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrainaQEfn9
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"Hello, Mr. McDonell?" came a female voice behind the door. "Are you in there?"
"Damn it," Leo muttered quietly to himself. "You can come in, Grace."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptFbtbzHns
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The door flew open and a young short lady with blonde hair, tied in a bun and glasses over her blue eyes, came into the room. She wore a white blouse with a black skirt and matching black high heeled shoes that made her look a bit taller. She had a blue file in her hand.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGOLdYXtMw
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"Yes, Grace, how may I help you?" Leo asked as he rubbed his eyes.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB99xTUgMIQ
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"Were you asleep, sir?" Grace asked as she slowly approached his desk.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0WivSAX33
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"No, not really." Leo looked around his desk as though he was looking for something, then he went on to look at Grace.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsQXdQhoKV
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"I was just asking because you weren't answering the door and your secretary assured me that you were still in your office."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUv7AyHpsnR
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"Is she still at her desk?"615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Lvzxvb9Uy
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"I saw her heading out for lunch." Grace looked carefully at Leo. "You do know what time it is, right?"615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqtQLniM9q
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Leo tried not to look surprised as he stared at the silver round clock seated on his desk beside his computer. He completely lost track of time that he felt like muttering to himself of how much of an idiot he was.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKsfWPU9Cw
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"I simply lost track of time," he humbly admitted as he looked back at Grace, trying to keep his cool. He sometimes lost his temper in front of his colleagues. But today, he felt like it wasn't necessary.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1bTVawZ2A
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"You look tired. Are you okay?"615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54jYhg6ZrW
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"I'm fine. Just had a few things on my mind, that's all."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoCj2t96oB
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"You should go out for fresh air. It looks like you need it."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NmT9L8l1Z
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Leo wanted to smile at the kind suggestion, but the thought of Angel working with him made his mind go dark and gloomy again.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9az0RHQPN
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He soon stood up from his seat and Grace took a step back, thinking that she might have struck a nerve.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoiWAOzQPF
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"I'll try," Leo said as he picked up his phone on the table. "Though going out for fresh air really isn't my cup of tea."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mUY5aADAY
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Grace smiled at him as she relaxed. "You will enjoy it, sir. Before you go, your father isn't back yet and I needed him to sign this document."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLTzzAAKXv
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"Huh?" Leo raised his eyebrow. "My father isn't back yet?"615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZUcCxAFzt
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"No." Grace shook her head. "So, I called him and he told me to give it to you to sign it."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzk2Onbqkqv
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Leo stretched out his hand and Grace, likewise, gave him the file. He quickly opened the file and skimmed through the document. After familiarising himself with it, he put the file on the table, took the pen and signed it. He straightened up and gave the file back to Grace.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsvTg6jR5C
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"Thank you, sir," said Grace as she quickly walked out of the office, closing the door behind her.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWYIRT4Glk
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Leo couldn't help but wonder how he's father had not yet returned to the office. It was so unlike him.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMe8983dmYp
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With the phone in his other hand, Leo decided to call him. But before he could do so, the door flew open and Eric came into his office.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPEmPkT19m
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"You should be knocking when you're coming here, Eric," said Leo as he looked up at his cousin.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpS2U2fUTm
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"Sorry," said Eric apologetically. "I always knock on your door, it's just today is kind of-"615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMD1cC0Oj7
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"-different?" Leo finished his sentence.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtE5oRLgMB
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"Yep. So are you coming with me for lunch?" Eric asked.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWaqpjfwXU
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"Nah, I think I'll skip lunch today."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQREeiHcOax
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Eric raised an eyebrow at his cousin. "Are you sure?" he asked. "You seem to need it more than I do."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1lKqHRtYW
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"Why do you say that?"615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWrVUNn4dz
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"Because you look famished. I just passed Grace in the hall and she said you looked sick or something."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNuRsEUu6U
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Leo rubbed his forehead with his free hand. "I've been thinking a lot, that's why."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLc1Mud1D0G
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Eric's eyes lit up. "Wait..., is it because of Angel? You're still worried about her working here?"615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAs8LcJFHv
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Leo shrugged his shoulders. "Well, what do you expect when you came here talking about her in the first place?"615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFn6jYWgJh
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Eric shook his head as he pinched his eyes with his index finger and thumb. "This is why I said you should go to a therapist. You can't hate someone who hasn't offended you."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9hLKzgHqg
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"What are you saying? Of course she has."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPNqGdUmcy
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Eric folded his arms. "Okay, apart from the time when she attacked you at the club because you were making love to her sister, mention any other time when she did you wrong."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOexxm8J5Q
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Leo looked at Eric with a murderous look. He didn't have to think of anything because he knew he had none. Eric always had a way of getting to him when he wanted to.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0aeC4ltZX
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Leo ended up shaking his head admitting defeat and said, "fine. You win this time. But that doesn't mean she plots behind my back."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lDQY9wZTn
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"You don't even have proof of that," said Eric as he started to chuckle. "You're just being paranoid."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Hw8pe3ObT
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Leo shook his head as he walked round his table. "I'm so done with you. Let's go. Arguing with you makes me hungry."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOIugrnt86
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Leo started to walk out of his office with Eric right behind him. When the two stepped out, Leo locked the door.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLnFouSS7C
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"Since you really need to eat something," said Eric, "you can suggest where we can go for lunch."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jSlND5nRf
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"First let me make a call to my dad. Can you imagine that he hasn't shown up to the office?"615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXBi0h3GJI
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"Maybe he is still helping Carly out with her college transfer. You know how these things take time sometimes."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVFezNqvf6
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"Ya, but it's lunch time and he should have called me first if he was going to arrive late."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqXpFsj53I
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"He probably just forgot. You can give him a call as we head out of here. I'm starving."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rJweEGjMJ
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Leo would've said something over Eric's appetite, but he was too worried about his father to even care. The two made their way towards the elevator while Leo dialed his father's number on his phone and called. He put the phone to his ear as Eric reached the elevator first and pressed the button to summon it.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysk8TeFZgT
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Mr. McDonell answered the call upon the first ring and Leo was relieved.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvUzRslZG5
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"Leo, hey," came his father's voice. "Is anything wrong at the office?"615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBuClZNnqW
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"No, nothing's wrong," Leo replied. The elevator doors in front of him flew open and Eric stepped in first with Leo following slowly behind him. "Grace told me that you weren't around and I thought of checking up on you."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVNukqlvYN
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"Oh, I'm fine, son. There is no need to worry."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiZeKre8K7
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"Where are you anyway?" Eric pressed the button to the ground floor and the doors closed. They soon felt the elevator start to move.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvhvL3wVBo
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"Oh..., me?" Mr. McDonell seemed surprised by the question. "I decided to go for a walk in Central park, that's all."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJofpdTEuT
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"I was worried when Grace told me you hadn't shown up to the office." Leo looked over at Eric who was staring at his own two feet.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0agivk2pBN
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"You don't need to worry, son, I'm fine. Walking is good for me and I really need it today. I'll be back in the office as soon as lunch hour is over."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsWLRrAI43
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"Okay, see you later, then." Leo cut the call.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlY2snVHg7p
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The elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open. Eric turned to look at Leo.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nJRqJ61kx
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"So, where is he?" Eric asked Leo as they both walked out of the elevator.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1F1eZlyrcj
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"He's taking a walk in Central park," Leo asked as they passed a few people down in the lobby.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaf7gfKU09j
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"Ah, you see. There was nothing to worry about."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9a6ULeAilI
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"Ya, there wasn't."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8tGZtCcqf
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The two cousins stepped out through the large glass doors of the building, passing the doorman that stood guard.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbMooSL3o4
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"That reminds me," said Eric as they turned down the street on the sidewalk, "which restaurant are we going to?"615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhEIimoWIr
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"Can't we have junk food for a change?" Leo asked as he put his phone in the pocket and left his hand in it.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7tHJVNrh4
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Eric looked at his cousin as they walked, careful enough not to bump into anyone coming in from the opposite direction and those in front of him who walked too slow. He looked surprised.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NgYLIGvlR
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"Did you just say you want to eat junk food?" Eric asked. "Minutes ago, you said you weren't hungry."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCHGGyw8Oy
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"I've changed my mind. Am I on a diet so as not to eat junk?" Leo asked.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVOV4QoX4e
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"Not that I know of." They were soon near the traffic lights with many other civilians at the zebra crossing, waiting for the walk traffic light to turn on.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzhKnlLqyR
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"What's wrong with eating junk food, then?"615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3eRt25SMD
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Eric thought about it for a second but he had to cross the road with Leo and the other pedestrians as soon as the traffic lights turned red for the cars to stop and the green walk sign turned on for the pedestrians. As soon as they reached the other side of the crossing and the cars that stopped were finally on the move behind them, Eric gave his reply:615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVZ13aHIDQ
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"There's nothing wrong with it. I'm just worried that you might grow fat. Besides, the only reason why I'm concerned is because you like going to fancy restaurants and eating salads all the time."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyj6PXg1HY
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"I know," said Leo as they passed by a coffee shop and the strong smell of coffee flew onto the street when a lady, opened the door to enter the cafe. "I don't know how to explain it, but I'm really in a mood for it right now."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHcrq36Zns
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"Okay, if you say so. But if you gain a pound after this, don't blame me."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoPwWlXRaZ
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Leo turned to look at Eric, walking beside him. "Admit it, you want to eat junk food way more than I do."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9D3TXrrXM
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"Mind you, I love junk. I'm just surprised you want to join in on the fun. And I know exactly where to go. There's this amazing place where they sell the best burgers."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAUgjUkbUW
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"Great, let's go."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAtjenUfeR
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"Comfortable?" Mark asked after Angel sat on the chair he had just pulled out for her.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPFBpnGtIZ
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"Yes, thank you," Angel replied as she smiled up at him.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLmGTHMiu3
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"Good." Mark gave her a smile and he went to sit on the other side of the table.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZG9DjX0qQ
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Angel went on ahead to look at her surrounding a little more. They were at an outdoor restaurant. As much as it was outdoors, the place was luxurious with the open roof above them filled with green creepers and tiny bulbs above them to make the scene around them look beautiful and a little intimate. The wooden tables were covered with white table cloths and above them were little bulbs in shape of candles with little green creepers and white flowers. Angel liked the way the restaurant made her feel. She felt like she was in a fairytale.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTDdyEzZDQ
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"I see you like the place," Mark said, bringing her attention back to him.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh02NPaetPB
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"Yes, it's really lovely," said Angel.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzX1sVWkDew
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"We should order." Mark lifted the navy blue menu in front of him and opened it. "What would you like to have?"615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yP2q74naC
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Angel also took hold of the menu and looked at it. It had been a long time since she had visited a fancy restaurant that she forgot about some delicate cuisines that most exquisite restaurants liked to serve. She smiled to herself when she noticed one of the meals she enjoyed on the menu.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcHsfbjHAf
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"What is it?" Mark asked as he looked up from his menu and noticed Angel smiling.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKiiquRmMv
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"Nothing," Angel replied, still smiling. "I realised I haven't had a ratatouille in like.., forever."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcdXVjjWpB
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"Looks like you know your french cuisines." Mark smiled charmingly at her.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY72eiGv6kK
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"There was a time when I was on a date and my boyfriend made me try it out. Goodness, it was magnificent."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsO417nSxsU
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"You dated?" Mark looked surprised.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsD9SzCERS
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"Ya, but he wasn't the best of boyfriends," said Angel as she went back to looking at the menu. "The ratatouille can be a good starter. Just saying."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxk5h3uOWCG
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Mark continued to look at Angel and she didn't seem to notice. It was only moments later when she looked at him and caught him staring.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgV5iyyfuTe
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"What is it?" Angel asked.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcdO3XkyaV
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"Nothing," he said as he dropped his menu. "I wonder what the guy thought of letting you go."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWweedikXt
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Angel raised an eyebrow at him as she put the menu back down on the table. "That was three years ago. I caught him cheating on me and so..., just like everything that stays in the past..., it's history."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuo8OHMSESk
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"Well, I think he's a fool letting you go."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfySiGGiEIM
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Angel looked up at the green creepers over her and the tiny bright lights. "He made a choice," she said. "Can't blame him. The girl he cheated on me with was very beautiful. I guess that's why."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7JbXUw5QH
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Mark drew out his hand and placed it above Angel's that was on the table. Angel looked at him.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQYgRsAWpr
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"He was too blind to notice how beautiful you are," he said. "You look heavenly, like an angel."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx92P8NXTuP
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Angel smiled. "Stop it," she said, her cheeks starting to heat up. "I know you're only saying that to try and make me feel better."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUT5eCTzENQ
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"Maybe. But I'm speaking the truth and you know it. I bet am not the first man to ever tell you that."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsQvlh6lud
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Angel shook her head. "No, you aren't."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3B5aYMpRx8
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Mark withdrew his hand. "Let's not talk about him." He lifted his hand to catch the attention of a waiter nearby. A lean blonde young man came to the table all dressed in a black shirt, a black pair of trousers, with matching black shoes and a black half apron round his waist.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnsHG4EOKY
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"Ready to take your order, sir?" the man asked politely with a gentle smile on his face.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXw6wURzbTx
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"Yes, please," said Mark as he looked up at the waiter and then he went on to look at Angel. "For a starter, we would like the ratatouille, please."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTjDAXCqmo
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"Coming right up, and would you like a drink while you wait?"615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MvBRfpvZG
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"Yes, a bottle of your finest wine."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmE6DCcKDoK
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"Of course," said the waiter as he smiled at both Mark and Angel before leaving them.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1MjGPnWQA
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"We're having wine?" Angel asked with a questioning look on her face.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZtAsSBjYf
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"What is it?" Mark asked, this time his face grew a little worried. "Don't you take alcohol?"615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGMSOTUkrb
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"Well...," Angel playfully rolled her eyes up. "I can't say I take alcohol when I drink wine on special occasions." Her eyes flew back to Mark's face.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRltCXw94Wd
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"Oh," Mark let out a little laugh as he leaned back on his chair. "For a minute there, I thought you didn't take alcohol at all."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWb3nyXPrA
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"I like wine. I don't drink beer or whiskey.., those type of drinks."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nBa9Jpqae
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"Even scotch?"
"Even scotch." Angel said as she smiled.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsac3N1QH4s
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"Women like you love wine."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqHwSGToZO
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"Well, there are other women who love beers, scotch and whiskey...., champagne, maybe a little," Angel shrugged her shoulders.
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"Ha. Just now you thought I didn't even take wine."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhe9AJs0Bd
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"Because you caught me off guard with that question."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGnMtTjit4
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Angel let out a laugh but one that didn't attract people's attention in the restaurant.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZ9s6iITy8
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"Ya, I'm sorry about that," said Angel after she gathered her composure. "I just wanted to see your reaction."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoSQph1P5x
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Mark had an amused look on his face and he didn't notice how charmingly he smiled at Angel until the waiter came back pushing a serving tray. On it was a black champagne bucket with a bottle of wine in it with ice all around. Alongside the bucket were two wine glasses.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrPNvYwUyr
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The waiter placed the two glasses in front of Mark and Angel, opened the bottle of wine and poured into the glasses. Afterwards, he placed the bottle back in the bucket, kindly excused himself and walked away.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKT9PuTmJu
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"Shall we have a toast?" Mark suggested as he held his glass.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1tljwKVhc
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"A toast to what?" Angel asked, her fingers around the stem of her glass.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpia8ieKIT
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"A toast for your health, that's one. And also, for you just being you."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdSFvUlFvs
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Angel smiled. "I will toast to the first one most of all, and the other reason is quite reasonable...., so cheers."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6ogbhrB7E
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Their glasses clinked when they touched and they both drank.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ABmymdIJw
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"This is really good," said Angel after she withdrew the brim of the glass from her lips.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77tupGwFvb
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"That's why I ordered the best of the best," said Mark as he put his glass on the table.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxJNmvZ28s
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"I might end up drinking the whole bottle. But that won't be so ladylike of me."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXG7rIgwhE
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"I should be worried." Mark raised his eyebrow at her. "Do you easily get drunk, Angel Barclay?"615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLkqH06yxN
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Angel took another sip of her wine. "If I have too much, then yes. I can get a little tipsy."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWztuVdGHHb
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"Then we can take it a little slow, shall we?"
"Slow is good."615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmspun5shJ
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It didn't take long for their to starter arrive. And as they had their meal, they continued to chat unaware of how much they enjoyed each other's company. But they had more matters to discuss, and they both knew it.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEaMm2LqqL
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The white tulips in his hands smelled fresh and divine as he walked, his eyes focused ahead. The place around him was quiet except for a few words he heard aloud at a distance. As he walked, he turned to the voice and saw a group of people, almost all of them dressed in black, gathered together surrounding a white casket. The person speaking before them was a priest, all dressed in white and purple robes with the Holy Bible in his hands. Those closer to the casket, crying silently and holding tissues to their noses were obviously the family to the deceased.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTp9NeQFWCH
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Death was a sad thing, especially if it happens to take a loved one away from you. But such was life. Death itself was inevitable and it was up to those alive and in the present to move on. Though it's hard for many others to do so.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJe9x3WaOky
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As he continued to walk away from the funeral procession and through the neatly arranged tombstones in the graveyard, he approached her grave. There stood a white marble tombstone that he had set up just a day after her burial. He was glad that his wife hadn't visited the graveyard with him. She would have been pissed to see such a magnificent tombstone and would have blamed him for wasting so much money on a dead person.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGOnYLCp80
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As he got closer, he stood there for a minute as he read her name in big black capital letters. He bended over to put the white tulips on the ground, next to the tombstone. After straightening up, he took a few steps back.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8gz4Hiibq
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He sighed as he smiled at the white tulips. If she were here, she would have smiled back at him, taken a sniff out of them and said thank you.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZZD3F1LnJ
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"God, how I've missed you," he muttered to the wind.
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