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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkS2ZECt3h
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTw4fwFM6A
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiogTtOmdg
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4pQQxsLyp
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"Yes, Grace, how may I help you?" Leo asked as he rubbed his eyes.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPOsWna0X0
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"Were you asleep, sir?" Grace asked as she slowly approached his desk.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgvXB7S5nA
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63m3pPUzv8
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMdUVsipLN
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"Is she still at her desk?"609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7bNSDOCYO
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"I saw her heading out for lunch." Grace looked carefully at Leo. "You do know what time it is, right?"609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ035rZY2Vig
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTy19mUJaA
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnJHVEl3K0
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"You look tired. Are you okay?"609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMHpvlGZmF
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"I'm fine. Just had a few things on my mind, that's all."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAIwPS1wJN
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"You should go out for fresh air. It looks like you need it."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMeN497rHA
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4N4XCno2a
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT39a7nzMTk
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNmh4p5Yjn
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfDepRf0mQ
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"Huh?" Leo raised his eyebrow. "My father isn't back yet?"609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOeHrVYrCV
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1MlIVItm2
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rxSUnFPXf
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"Thank you, sir," said Grace as she quickly walked out of the office, closing the door behind her.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXKal8zLAy
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneVQvDBtio
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsytvqbviWe
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"You should be knocking when you're coming here, Eric," said Leo as he looked up at his cousin.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVe9FD6Ivm
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"Sorry," said Eric apologetically. "I always knock on your door, it's just today is kind of-"609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZWKe4lIBE
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"-different?" Leo finished his sentence.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSXdBS1c62
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"Yep. So are you coming with me for lunch?" Eric asked.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfcNzPk3Qc
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"Nah, I think I'll skip lunch today."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoXZDBcFfU
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJ2f3qKc6p
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"Why do you say that?"609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEi1EaWyin
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"Because you look famished. I just passed Grace in the hall and she said you looked sick or something."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5zNF8xkjm
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Leo rubbed his forehead with his free hand. "I've been thinking a lot, that's why."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDrQwM0oFn
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Eric's eyes lit up. "Wait..., is it because of Angel? You're still worried about her working here?"609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHL3zDQCAG
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Leo shrugged his shoulders. "Well, what do you expect when you came here talking about her in the first place?"609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRtuYMcgHC
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ilkEmDakG
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"What are you saying? Of course she has."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVESNYPM7oB
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpJI35mlmd
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbsOaj8iho
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCoZZhv95Hk
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"You don't even have proof of that," said Eric as he started to chuckle. "You're just being paranoid."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFExDS3JlvT
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOWml2OIc1
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mzGBdU3Td
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"Since you really need to eat something," said Eric, "you can suggest where we can go for lunch."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWB66KI21Wz
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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?"609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVP0XsIklPJ
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"Maybe he is still helping Carly out with her college transfer. You know how these things take time sometimes."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQ6zOZREEs
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"Ya, but it's lunch time and he should have called me first if he was going to arrive late."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9ElMZLFQA
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"He probably just forgot. You can give him a call as we head out of here. I'm starving."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0bMvGqeBg
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTt9TdpAq6F
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Mr. McDonell answered the call upon the first ring and Leo was relieved.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVMIqiNDEp
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"Leo, hey," came his father's voice. "Is anything wrong at the office?"609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2p5wWweBq
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zsHwvnz3E
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"Oh, I'm fine, son. There is no need to worry."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzo8qTsOfL
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhA3WUypZP
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXtelDKg3b
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpFRBK9DhW
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOHkbPvZVW
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"Okay, see you later, then." Leo cut the call.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPqW5sX09p
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The elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open. Eric turned to look at Leo.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaib0wjT5Z
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"So, where is he?" Eric asked Leo as they both walked out of the elevator.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvm3rNPnNj
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"He's taking a walk in Central park," Leo asked as they passed a few people down in the lobby.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoJxyB7Sct
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"Ah, you see. There was nothing to worry about."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVesZPVKF2l
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"Ya, there wasn't."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5Gim2ziaO
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The two cousins stepped out through the large glass doors of the building, passing the doorman that stood guard.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtPEEvj1bY
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"That reminds me," said Eric as they turned down the street on the sidewalk, "which restaurant are we going to?"609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDHJ8Whffi
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQsKOm4X5w
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowYdBNDl5G
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"Did you just say you want to eat junk food?" Eric asked. "Minutes ago, you said you weren't hungry."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXbXQ2CkJU
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"I've changed my mind. Am I on a diet so as not to eat junk?" Leo asked.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1QD2iWLdU
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Cpb1SbAKG
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"What's wrong with eating junk food, then?"609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpr87iYhxTi
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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:609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjJOVoVrqW
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTLQPPalKo
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBj5zRx52x
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"Okay, if you say so. But if you gain a pound after this, don't blame me."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6EMez6RFI
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUL5xGNJOp
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjRedZJkUt
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"Great, let's go."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzJIYYX1yS
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"Comfortable?" Mark asked after Angel sat on the chair he had just pulled out for her.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3p8mcMv4eq
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"Yes, thank you," Angel replied as she smiled up at him.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpA35wGr7FD
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"Good." Mark gave her a smile and he went to sit on the other side of the table.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfRnmqM4GX
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFtHFdNZZH
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"I see you like the place," Mark said, bringing her attention back to him.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpS1QGhppw
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"Yes, it's really lovely," said Angel.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGAIqS0Tak
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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?"609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbfeYijKMk
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBoaif4RpU
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"What is it?" Mark asked as he looked up from his menu and noticed Angel smiling.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLVhvF8gfe
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"Nothing," Angel replied, still smiling. "I realised I haven't had a ratatouille in like.., forever."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8aewl2BGA
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"Looks like you know your french cuisines." Mark smiled charmingly at her.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQl01uqGxo
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkIW1Mgkgk
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"You dated?" Mark looked surprised.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjQXgVr0IF
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjR1NGyjCG
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNWceLhnS2
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"What is it?" Angel asked.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhTGaYex7k
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"Nothing," he said as he dropped his menu. "I wonder what the guy thought of letting you go."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9blyEingu
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmLLaPJPl0
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"Well, I think he's a fool letting you go."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeP0Ut0gMdd
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Fo6tXZWVp
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Mark drew out his hand and placed it above Angel's that was on the table. Angel looked at him.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCv0z5zCZP
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"He was too blind to notice how beautiful you are," he said. "You look heavenly, like an angel."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWosNPVvmi
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpphd5j5pG6
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yTL2MptK7
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Angel shook her head. "No, you aren't."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5s89bGG96
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9ynWZmSJ8
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"Ready to take your order, sir?" the man asked politely with a gentle smile on his face.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWdFul24iX
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LCK7O8Ku8
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"Coming right up, and would you like a drink while you wait?"609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxn7134KKe
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"Yes, a bottle of your finest wine."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbXAe9nnWw
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"Of course," said the waiter as he smiled at both Mark and Angel before leaving them.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5M5tjTa9Qd
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"We're having wine?" Angel asked with a questioning look on her face.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFb5rAxCvJy
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"What is it?" Mark asked, this time his face grew a little worried. "Don't you take alcohol?"609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxO44VzvsX
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfEXi8iZG4
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5y5DqJ23g5
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"I like wine. I don't drink beer or whiskey.., those type of drinks."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAp27LRKc0C
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"Even scotch?"
"Even scotch." Angel said as she smiled.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEOUzECqxa
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"Women like you love wine."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3ldbFExNK
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"Well, there are other women who love beers, scotch and whiskey...., champagne, maybe a little," Angel shrugged her shoulders.
"True. I'm glad I guessed that you're a wine drinker."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucIBlYdnfm
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"Ha. Just now you thought I didn't even take wine."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQ0tOsTHhs
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"Because you caught me off guard with that question."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyjeohNZvq
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Angel let out a laugh but one that didn't attract people's attention in the restaurant.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FH3NMOffz
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"Ya, I'm sorry about that," said Angel after she gathered her composure. "I just wanted to see your reaction."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGGLI9zctE
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNvQ5XCMPf
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7RBaONSzB
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"Shall we have a toast?" Mark suggested as he held his glass.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpo2JXF7qeS
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"A toast to what?" Angel asked, her fingers around the stem of her glass.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxebXYt1fKi
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"A toast for your health, that's one. And also, for you just being you."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtM9xHeG2h
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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."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RZQfdMknZ
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Their glasses clinked when they touched and they both drank.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGghXo5geza
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"This is really good," said Angel after she withdrew the brim of the glass from her lips.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKemIFpdfN0
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"That's why I ordered the best of the best," said Mark as he put his glass on the table.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00Wb02Fxor
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"I might end up drinking the whole bottle. But that won't be so ladylike of me."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EHBuA5zQL
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"I should be worried." Mark raised his eyebrow at her. "Do you easily get drunk, Angel Barclay?"609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9IPX6sYM7
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Angel took another sip of her wine. "If I have too much, then yes. I can get a little tipsy."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSNTrDlexd
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"Then we can take it a little slow, shall we?"
"Slow is good."609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp68vSwdmYO
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAmeNgIK99
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoWpurn4G3
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0bipy7ijm
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCXKxi94Yh
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHyVErYul3
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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.609Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwXtupFJYD
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"God, how I've missed you," he muttered to the wind.
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