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“Angel just ruined everything for me,” said Leo as he330Please respect copyright.PENANAtDXmug5Wts
came to stand next to Eric by the bar counter.330Please respect copyright.PENANAvC8ABjFjrd
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“What do you mean she’s ruined everything?” Eric asked.330Please respect copyright.PENANApZMoesFpfY
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“Carly and I were supposed to run away together, but it’s like she caught on to330Please respect copyright.PENANALtWFzU5xAc
us.” Leo shook his head. “That’s why she stayed behind with Carly. She says she330Please respect copyright.PENANAILSuTXHB95
doesn’t want Marco to suspect anything.”330Please respect copyright.PENANARCPP7ZQ2HZ
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Eric shrugged his shoulders. “Angel does have a point,” he said. “We don’t need330Please respect copyright.PENANAkMdXyXItrt
Marco knowing that the two of you are dating. He might tell his father, who, in330Please respect copyright.PENANA5nyXDZFGtO
turn, will tell your dad. Well, you know how this vicious cycle goes.”330Please respect copyright.PENANACjrNF1LXZm
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Leo sighed. “You do have a point.” He turned to his cousin. “Go on. I know you330Please respect copyright.PENANAJyrrinQ9cH
want to say it.”330Please respect copyright.PENANACTLTxZjeSo
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“Say what?” Eric asked without looking at Leo.330Please respect copyright.PENANAbwvTDqh8Xb
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Leo sighed again, deeply this time. “That she has my best interest at heart.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAvkdsEdWAct
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Eric looked at Leo, this time with a beaming smile on his face. “Of course,330Please respect copyright.PENANAvFdWFErgMz
because that’s just how she is.”330Please respect copyright.PENANALErUPeMiNP
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“Can you stop smiling like that?” Leo looked irritated. Eric’s smile shone330Please respect copyright.PENANAoov8hSGF48
brightly like the sun. Leo felt blinded as he turned to look away. “You’ve had330Please respect copyright.PENANAkd0dcjd1x1
your fun.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAZmMAe4uP9S
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“I just want to rub it in. Before we went into the garden, I was about to tell330Please respect copyright.PENANA30n1vUadZH
you the same thing, but it slipped my mind. It’s good that Angel thought way330Please respect copyright.PENANAMNgYNFlbdH
ahead and talked to Carly about it.”330Please respect copyright.PENANANPiELysEN4
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Leo felt dumb. None of that came to mind, and he felt like slapping himself for330Please respect copyright.PENANA9t7nM6Zu9N
being so stupid and careless. He hoped Marco wasn’t paying enough attention at330Please respect copyright.PENANAsqExbuvWXE
first for him to realize there was anything between him and Carly. It seems he330Please respect copyright.PENANA5y3uMeaY9T
has Angel to thank, but Leo was too embarrassed to think of doing so.330Please respect copyright.PENANAA0j6tvFYn2
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“Do they serve milkshakes here?” Leo asked, trying to rid himself of his330Please respect copyright.PENANAqDYcVdHhpH
thoughts.330Please respect copyright.PENANAtjARLiJFTF
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“Yeah, I already asked,” answered Eric. “They serve non-alcoholic drinks as330Please respect copyright.PENANAjnGs74B5Br
well, in case there’s anyone who needs one.”330Please respect copyright.PENANA29n2llGOzI
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“I’ll go over to the table and ask what drinks they want. Do they have snacks330Please respect copyright.PENANAC4vY3PjXi6
too?”330Please respect copyright.PENANAe6U6tUOJLA
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“Yep.”330Please respect copyright.PENANApJpoxhcOjV
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Leo left the counter and found Carly where he had left her. She was slowly330Please respect copyright.PENANACko2BRO9IB
looking around, taking in the view of the place. There were bright bulbs330Please respect copyright.PENANAmPr7CwPSYj
hanging over the area, and she apparently stood out with her beautiful dress.330Please respect copyright.PENANAyJJp8rWuSv
If they weren’t around so many people, he wasn’t going to hesitate to kiss and330Please respect copyright.PENANANao2yIyE5G
caress her. He smiled at her instead and gestured with his head to her, saying330Please respect copyright.PENANASXlopIe3Bx
that they should join Angel and the others.330Please respect copyright.PENANABrE4D7IPjB
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Trina and Kim stood by the fountain as they watched Leo approach the table330Please respect copyright.PENANAwOH98e3Gdh
where Angel, Oliver, and the Asian man sat. Carly joined him soon afterwards.330Please respect copyright.PENANAhWXBKnIV62
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“How long do you think we’ll stay here until he decides to see his lover?”330Please respect copyright.PENANAhjEgfSTpT3
Trina asked as she sat at the edge of the pool basin of the fountain.330Please respect copyright.PENANAX1mD1nEFlX
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“I don’t know,” said Kim, who remained standing. “Don’t tell me you’re already330Please respect copyright.PENANAQj4kUXkSmQ
tired.”330Please respect copyright.PENANACnH4BDtWq2
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“Oh, no, it’s not that. They are there enjoying themselves when I’m in need of330Please respect copyright.PENANAAJTnwNbad9
a drink right now.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAh8iTX5IXpQ
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Kim rolled her eyes. “We can go there and take a seat, but we should sit out of330Please respect copyright.PENANAnthkSbA4RL
their sight.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAnEJ38G3MdI
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“Good idea. Let’s wait for Eric at the counter. Leo looks like he’s checking to330Please respect copyright.PENANAuj5TooCf9E
see what everyone needs because he hasn’t sat down. They will easily see us if330Please respect copyright.PENANAV9TDM8ZkFu
they aren’t at their table.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAbc0xNCAKlc
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Kim agreed with Trina. They continued to watch Leo as he made his way back to330Please respect copyright.PENANAdHIp8tGtQd
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Meanwhile, Miranda, who had been watching over the balcony, followed Leo’s330Please respect copyright.PENANAcvgTvSAHT8
movements. She kept telling herself that she needed to get down there. If she330Please respect copyright.PENANAQEoUra8vQF
so much as stepped out of the room, no doubt Red Lion would have her head, and330Please respect copyright.PENANA5veC8wtNri
whatever the meeting was all about, she wasn’t going to be a part of it.330Please respect copyright.PENANANCq1XvY0Gz
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She huffed. If that was the consequence, she was going to have to deal with it.330Please respect copyright.PENANAHr0z2qOHcB
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Without giving much of a second thought, Miranda turned around and went back330Please respect copyright.PENANAFM3VVDlBRi
inside the room. The football game they were watching was on a half-time break,330Please respect copyright.PENANAQZm0rQeR7u
and the three men were there, talking aloud about the game. She approached330Please respect copyright.PENANAuPDGfRnShH
them, and to get their attention, she loudly cleared her throat.330Please respect copyright.PENANAXEhX0LE6Dn
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The three men all stopped talking and turned to look at Miranda. For a moment,330Please respect copyright.PENANAYFzyGiSKfc
she gulped as her eyes landed on the terrifying face of Red Lion, who didn’t330Please respect copyright.PENANAINwFJ1BmWR
like the fact that she had disturbed them. She had to be quick with what she330Please respect copyright.PENANAuZwEaTQ4mS
wanted to say, as she was running on Red Lion’s patience.330Please respect copyright.PENANA0U6EHRqOnj
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“I’ll be stepping out for a bit,” Miranda announced.330Please respect copyright.PENANABDyEBZ7KVe
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There was a brief silence in the room as the three men continued to look at330Please respect copyright.PENANA1yErMurqil
Miranda, expressionless. Red Lion moved in his seat, and Miranda feared that he330Please respect copyright.PENANAmXoe382Ugc
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“I don’t think going out is the best thing to do right now,” he said. “We’re330Please respect copyright.PENANALKD6TZzJfc
waiting on someone, aren’t we?”330Please respect copyright.PENANA7jneOl0s4Q
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“Yeah, we are, but this person isn’t showing up anyway. You’ll let me know when330Please respect copyright.PENANAEllTyJD7ky
he gets here. I really need to step out.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAw6eZ7IIEmC
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Red Lion continued to look at her. Walters now had a scared look on his face.330Please respect copyright.PENANASA1viXoQjz
He wished he could intervene, but things haven’t escalated between the two, so330Please respect copyright.PENANAK0Cp51g0vo
it was hopeless to do so.330Please respect copyright.PENANAo2geK4ZqX8
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“Whatever,” said Red Lion as he leaned back on the couch. “You get back here in330Please respect copyright.PENANAU8Lk6Ffipo
thirty minutes. If our host gets here before you, you better hurry back when330Please respect copyright.PENANAZouW7mzEMl
Walters calls.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAGK8EWvSUVd
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Miranda felt relieved. She thought she wasn’t going to be let go so easily.330Please respect copyright.PENANAPVjT5butYu
Moreover, the time Red Lion gave her was too little. However, she had to make330Please respect copyright.PENANArFLAKU4D1J
use of this as much as possible, even if it meant seeing Leo down there for a330Please respect copyright.PENANANJu7XrHQVG
minute.330Please respect copyright.PENANApSxrNsUah2
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“I will,” said Miranda. She didn’t waste any time as she made her way for the330Please respect copyright.PENANA4Zg5Lc3WTF
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As soon as she walked out of the room, Hugo turned to Red Lion and asked, “Are330Please respect copyright.PENANA6ffRFFu1hq
you sure letting her go out like that is a good idea? Our host can walk in at330Please respect copyright.PENANAyU3Ljxn8JS
any moment.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAc6HnWGaFQb
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“True, but it’s better than her staying out on the balcony while we wait,” Red330Please respect copyright.PENANAgsEKl7NpKH
Lion answered. “If you ask me, I would step out too if it wasn’t for the football330Please respect copyright.PENANAHnpR1cnFud
game. But I was serious about my threat, so she better be here before he does.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAXnBPAEAlP7
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Walters didn’t say anything as he briefly looked at Red Lion before looking up330Please respect copyright.PENANAmGpnd5hqR3
at the TV. Red Lion wasn’t kidding when he said he was in a good mood, Walters330Please respect copyright.PENANA2DOSBo8O6I
thought to himself. Knowing Red Lion, he wasn’t going to let Miranda walk out330Please respect copyright.PENANAZdYJws9Zcl
of here. Something must have really put Red Lion into a good mood today, or330Please respect copyright.PENANAe9IOYCYThe
else he wouldn’t have done what he did.330Please respect copyright.PENANA9hd3KMDgJE
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Leo and Eric came to join the others at the table with their drinks, and Eric,330Please respect copyright.PENANAnzayWPC6xT
on the other hand, carried a plate full of nachos and cheese. Oliver was so330Please respect copyright.PENANAfTl9baB54F
delighted to see the plate of snacks that he couldn’t wait to eat them. Angel330Please respect copyright.PENANAU6fy0qjhTn
had to warn him not to eat too much, or else he might have a bad tummy ache the330Please respect copyright.PENANA6QeZgkNgGV
next day.330Please respect copyright.PENANACmCaloCYat
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“I wouldn’t waste my breath warning the guy,” said Eric as he sat down on the330Please respect copyright.PENANAoQnhufbN7B
empty chair next to Angel after serving her a soda. “It’s a Friday, and he330Please respect copyright.PENANApKT8ixOivi
likes to act like he can do whatever he wants.”330Please respect copyright.PENANACnB2zOJeWk
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Oliver, who sat on Angel’s other side, didn’t answer him as he took his mango330Please respect copyright.PENANAaDUm8v22Oc
milkshake and put the straw in his mouth. Angel, on the other hand, looked at330Please respect copyright.PENANAY5PHKj7Ij2
Eric and shook her head.330Please respect copyright.PENANAUTIX5LbCQO
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Leo placed his glass of beer and Carly’s cocktail before taking his seat in330Please respect copyright.PENANAebc6dRG69b
between them. He also served Marco a bottle of the cider that he wanted. Marco330Please respect copyright.PENANAdR7X9acrRh
thanked him as Leo sat down.330Please respect copyright.PENANAt68oOk6hQB
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“Hey, Marco,” said Angel as she turned to look at him, looking over Oliver, who330Please respect copyright.PENANAjvPJTvAv0G
sat in between them. “Have you ever been here before? In America, I mean.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAu7HnSfuWXf
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“Oh, yes, I’ve come here several times,” answered Marco. “I usually come here330Please respect copyright.PENANAJ16fKGzIqF
with dad on business trips. Inheriting the family business can be tiring,330Please respect copyright.PENANAV7R87yJvw0
especially when they’re showing you the ropes. You just have to be there, even330Please respect copyright.PENANAnVbrStFsbn
when you don’t want to. I bet Leo can testify to that.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAmwr04X4g5T
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“He’s right,” said Leo, finding it hard to argue with him.330Please respect copyright.PENANARwcVf2FM3o
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“Wait, does that mean I might inherit mum’s business of running the massage330Please respect copyright.PENANA0uJjdYNGwM
parlors when I’m older?” Oliver asked as he took a nacho and dipped it in330Please respect copyright.PENANAQTV0nznPaT
cheese.330Please respect copyright.PENANA7lbxdo43Rg
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Everyone at the table grew quiet as they looked at Oliver. At the same time,330Please respect copyright.PENANAOGM2lSA5yJ
they all burst into laughter.330Please respect copyright.PENANAa5CcjxdBDM
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“Maybe,” said Eric. He tried his best to stop laughing, but it was of no use.330Please respect copyright.PENANAgoXFWRe2TO
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“No fair,” said Oliver after chewing on his nacho. “You were the one who was330Please respect copyright.PENANAEKNVAKoqby
supposed to inherit it, not me.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAj0500BXdMm
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“Sorry, but I’m more into other businesses, lil’ bro.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7Km5XKFmw
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“Don’t take it like that, Oliver,” said Marco. “Beauty parlors aren’t that bad.330Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0o9lHAMFr
Moreover, many rich people love going to such places. So you’ll probably make a330Please respect copyright.PENANAE528grwqLb
lot more money in the future.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAVsCKnIGeGX
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“Besides, if you’re interested in other things, I’m sure your mum will330Please respect copyright.PENANAjh1jDbUuSw
understand,” said Angel.330Please respect copyright.PENANAxHb0Crk5Je
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“If you like, you and I can run them together,” said Carly. “That’s if you plan330Please respect copyright.PENANAvXEQjP5Qww
on running them.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAeo0UuwW9XH
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“And I can be more of an investor,” said Marco.330Please respect copyright.PENANAVOsbC2b3u8
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“I still have a whole life ahead of me,” said Oliver as he shrugged his330Please respect copyright.PENANAbwWfCNKd6l
shoulders. “I’ll see if I can handle it.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAnP9ICdoypp
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All the grown-ups at the table looked at the young boy, somewhat surprised at330Please respect copyright.PENANAImFNAJoHTa
his answer. They all stayed that way for a brief moment before Leo stretched330Please respect copyright.PENANADWOEDjG5JH
out his hand to get a nacho.330Please respect copyright.PENANA5WJRfHLqWh
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“Good enough response for me,” he said. He put the nacho in his mouth330Please respect copyright.PENANA1QEVU15XnL
afterwards.330Please respect copyright.PENANAfRZOaDZ7RE
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“I swear, sometimes I feel he’s older for his age,” said Eric as he shook his330Please respect copyright.PENANAEwCsHj4k5q
head.330Please respect copyright.PENANARC07wA49pt
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“Aren’t all kids nowadays?” Angel asked with a smile.330Please respect copyright.PENANAgehxDDuGXC
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“Just like Leo said, a very wise response,” said Marco as he looked at Oliver330Please respect copyright.PENANAdloiAegZ0z
admirably. “Hopefully, you do inherit, and we will become business partners in330Please respect copyright.PENANAnQmdtNxsry
the future.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAIcUVFX1adK
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“Yeah, let’s not push him for now,” said Carly. “He’ll sort all of that out330Please respect copyright.PENANAurhfVwoXuU
later, when he’s older.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAunAioeZTu5
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“Well, sometimes you don’t really have much of a choice. Isn’t that right,330Please respect copyright.PENANAhbRtTOfZiY
Leo?” Marco asked, his eyes fixed on Leo.330Please respect copyright.PENANAQZDnJV6V1h
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Leo slowly stopped chewing as he looked at Marco. He didn’t know if answering330Please respect copyright.PENANA3DqccKE3N1
Marco would be a good idea, but he only gestured with his head to acknowledge330Please respect copyright.PENANAj8OcC3fY4I
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Angel was sipping on her drink when her eyes wandered away from the area in the330Please respect copyright.PENANA4ulLbEkaZ9
bar and to the fountain. She had a feeling Trina and Kim had been standing330Please respect copyright.PENANAf4y2DgWIgb
there for a while. When she found there were only a couple looking at the330Please respect copyright.PENANAbHCX1BLZ79
fountain, she started to worry. Could they have given up and left? Kim didn’t330Please respect copyright.PENANAQr3hPCN2bU
seem like the kind of person who would give up on anything, Angel thought.330Please respect copyright.PENANAQzbnxYcMVJ
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She was lucky enough to see Kim and Trina approach the open bar, and she had a330Please respect copyright.PENANA55QlpFJm44
clear view of them. Leo sat with his back facing them, but she feared Eric and330Please respect copyright.PENANArPOkhip0BD
Oliver would see them. Angel had to think of something to turn their eyes330Please respect copyright.PENANAJmKLjJrv6z
elsewhere. What should she do?330Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6jW7AJoPw
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She turned to Oliver, and he seemed distracted as he was eating the nachos330Please respect copyright.PENANA3FMNK0InlE
hungrily. Turning to Eric, she found him somewhat staring at her.330Please respect copyright.PENANAEJo036wEXx
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“What is it?” she asked him.330Please respect copyright.PENANAouRtSV0ZKU
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“Oh, nothing,” he said, somewhat looking a little embarrassed that he was330Please respect copyright.PENANA0BXBRMyVg2
caught looking at her. “You’re looking really pretty tonight, that’s all.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAfjs4Qwxm8Q
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Angel noticed Kim and Trina enter the bar area through the corner of her eye.330Please respect copyright.PENANAV4QFOaAbRK
She couldn’t turn to look at them. That would only get Eric to look, and he330Please respect copyright.PENANA3QreyCO96r
would spot them eventually. She had to keep eye contact with him for as long as330Please respect copyright.PENANA1buk0vYb8V
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“Thank you,” said Angel, smiling at him. “Picking this outfit wasn’t easy, you330Please respect copyright.PENANAWhMuJqeRLy
know.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAfl1WRvIaIu
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“Nah, I think it was,” said Eric. “I’m betting that you didn’t have to try on330Please respect copyright.PENANArYRMXkj3P1
any other dress. This one was just perfect.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAyEUI0RX9E4
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Carly, who looked at the two, smiled. “He’s not wrong there,” she said.330Please respect copyright.PENANA7isesmSFnf
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Leo felt like throwing up in his drink as he had a clear sight of Eric flirting330Please respect copyright.PENANA1Zpnk7s6t2
with Angel. He wished he could tell them to get a room, but he knew better than330Please respect copyright.PENANAa8xcvFaGL4
to say it when he was flirting with Carly some time ago.330Please respect copyright.PENANAhyvJhEEib8
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Angel saw through the corner of her eye that Kim and Trina had entered the bar330Please respect copyright.PENANAVpflWzQqyt
area and were now looking around for a table on the other side. It was best for330Please respect copyright.PENANAiRdtarjM1R
them to get a table where they couldn’t be seen. As soon as they were out of330Please respect copyright.PENANAKRTOo82Y0T
sight, Angel couldn’t help but feel relieved. She went on ahead to pick a330Please respect copyright.PENANAVsBniIzph0
nacho, dip it in cheese, and eat it.330Please respect copyright.PENANANm6qie7UOR
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“That was close,” said Trina. “For a moment, I thought Eric was going to see330Please respect copyright.PENANA4mnbn40Bqk
us.”330Please respect copyright.PENANA3t0Z5HNSLT
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“We better count ourselves lucky,” said Kim.330Please respect copyright.PENANAgt8quhG6my
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“If we weren’t on opposite sides, I would thank Angel for distracting him. I330Please respect copyright.PENANArHt2dUYmzQ
have a feeling she saw us and wasn’t into the idea of Eric seeing us too.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAbmIpMiNiXW
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Kim didn’t argue there. She somewhat agreed with Trina. She looked toward the330Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZLRc8AoFC
bar. Luckily enough, it was circular in shape with a bar shelve in the330Please respect copyright.PENANAzVro8BtjDO
circumference, blocking the view of the other side. Therefore, she could see330Please respect copyright.PENANAyarPH3dIGU
neither them nor them doing the same. Moreover, she could easily go over to the330Please respect copyright.PENANAyoprbPDbhz
counter for a drink.330Please respect copyright.PENANARIDFyLz9ey
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“We should really think things through, Kim,” said Trina as she looked over at330Please respect copyright.PENANAYw43jiomP7
the bar, realizing that the others were out of sight. “Is staying here really330Please respect copyright.PENANAJHm4MxTe4q
worth it? I doubt if he is going to meet his lover with the company that he330Please respect copyright.PENANAzrOwT1BsDv
has.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAjE4UfsLyXK
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“You’ve been in doubt all this time,” said Kim. “Why don’t you just give up and330Please respect copyright.PENANAXGRBNPb1iq
leave? I’m not going to stop you.”330Please respect copyright.PENANA3p4huG05YC
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“The reason I am here is that I’m afraid that you might mess this up. Your330Please respect copyright.PENANACYIjvts28m
obsession over Leo leaving you for someone else is really starting to get over330Please respect copyright.PENANAIYytO2KdhO
your head. If you aren’t careful, you might hurt yourself more than you are330Please respect copyright.PENANAaOZYD5u4AP
already doing right now.”330Please respect copyright.PENANA4sMiWWNmhf
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Kim looked at her best friend, feeling infuriated by what she said. She didn’t330Please respect copyright.PENANAxifcCFZUyt
want to lash out and tried to find a better way to respond.330Please respect copyright.PENANA1MO8ZOcnMw
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“Like I said before, if you want to, you can leave,” said Kim.330Please respect copyright.PENANABb5xzFGs8p
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“I’m not leaving without you,” said Trina. “And besides, when we came in here,330Please respect copyright.PENANAHvROXmXQUL
I saw Eric flirting with Angel. I wonder if he really does like her.”330Please respect copyright.PENANARMxNoSKTIJ
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A sudden laugh came out of Kim’s mouth. Tears almost filled her eyes. “You’re330Please respect copyright.PENANAVutqF61ECN
just as jealous as I am,” she said.330Please respect copyright.PENANA2jo3XK0msd
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“Well, I’m not like you,” said Trina as she folded her arms. “You’re making330Please respect copyright.PENANAlWxpe2Tb8g
things worse for yourself, and it will end up being a obsession.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAKGLF9xwueI
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Kim shook her head. “I know, but I won’t let this go far. Once I get to see330Please respect copyright.PENANAqhM4pz8uL3
Leo’s lover, I’ll let this go.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAw2MUXrOJpC
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Trina raised an eyebrow. “Will you? I know you, Kim. Leo has been the only man330Please respect copyright.PENANANcH3L2thW1
you’ve been in love with since we were kids, and him breaking up with you and330Please respect copyright.PENANAqBN2DaFyrD
calling off the wedding was a heavy toll. I don’t think you’ll be able to let330Please respect copyright.PENANAXfTod24Q0r
go of him that easily.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAUJo7bsbRGX
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“Are you trying to say I am psycho?” Kim didn’t like where their conversation330Please respect copyright.PENANAScepwljO9O
was going.330Please respect copyright.PENANAHxho8IjzE7
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Trina swallowed, thinking over her words before she spoke them out. “All I’m330Please respect copyright.PENANAnvnezpRGcV
saying is that it’s time to let Leo go. Thinking about him and his new lover330Please respect copyright.PENANA33Owi6JkN1
isn’t going to do you any good.”330Please respect copyright.PENANA716ZjdE8d4
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Kim sighed. She stretched out her hand over the table and beckoned to Trina to330Please respect copyright.PENANABR2ePOwdi6
give her hers. Trina did likewise, and Kim held her friend’s hand tightly.330Please respect copyright.PENANALQmJkkr5XK
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“Okay, after tonight, I’ll try and let go of Leo,” said Kim.330Please respect copyright.PENANA1wwZtR0kuL
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“Why not now?” Trina asked. “Don’t tell me you’re going to follow through with330Please respect copyright.PENANA8nskT6jj3V
your promise after you see this lover of his.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAh0ZpV8ODSd
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Kim didn’t answer, and Trina rolled her eyes. “Fine,” Trina said. “After330Please respect copyright.PENANA54v7mkJSup
tonight, I shouldn’t hear about Leo ever again.”330Please respect copyright.PENANADPrWnCRcsS
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“But what if we don’t see her?” Kim asked.330Please respect copyright.PENANA08LqkaHANN
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“You forget him anyway,” said Trina, pulling her hand away. “I’m going to get330Please respect copyright.PENANAwrXLpmmCzS
us some drinks.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAqETC4OMzW2
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Trina quickly stood up and left the table. Kim looked on at her best friend and330Please respect copyright.PENANA4V4WIj2sAg
knew she had pissed her off. She wished she could assure Trina that she was330Please respect copyright.PENANAXVSMFlrFWc
going to forget Leo after this, but even she knew that was far from impossible.330Please respect copyright.PENANAMjtWTfWdad
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Miranda rushed out of the elevator and ran into the garden like a mad woman.330Please respect copyright.PENANAXYYbXxgBBT
Along the way, she pushed people aside. To some, she apologized, but to others,330Please respect copyright.PENANAlISvPdH6ub
she didn’t even give them a second thought.330Please respect copyright.PENANAX74CxOAVEe
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There was only one way to the garden, and that was through the western wing330Please respect copyright.PENANAlgC9QCzWM6
since the doors to the east wing weren’t open, said a woman she had met in the330Please respect copyright.PENANAId3M7da4C4
elevator who was going downstairs and who had lived in the hotel for a long330Please respect copyright.PENANAeNxKL0ugj1
time. Thankful for the information, Miranda had to rush. She only had a few330Please respect copyright.PENANAq1WZxzT7hb
minutes left, but all she needed was to see Leo.330Please respect copyright.PENANAuo99zqBUFH
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She had just bypassed the fountain, heading towards the open bar, but then she330Please respect copyright.PENANAb3BodYv9QY
stopped herself short. She had to see where Leo was sitting first; he might as330Please respect copyright.PENANATeDLNlROXn
well have Carly seated right beside him, and Carly would no doubt see her if330Please respect copyright.PENANANvVlZ7jFxp
she wasn’t too careful.330Please respect copyright.PENANAaqdDCfyc7Z
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She didn’t have to look any further, as she saw Leo at the table with Carly330Please respect copyright.PENANA7KtDkB6qTv
beside him along with other people. Leo was holding the floor for the time330Please respect copyright.PENANAUnsvOVCaGz
being, and Miranda noticed how everyone laughed at what he said. Carly, who sat330Please respect copyright.PENANANH3LLVqrtV
next to him, looked admirably at him. Miranda huffed. If only she could figure330Please respect copyright.PENANAlQaINoO9fz
out a way to get the two apart, but now wasn’t the time to think about such330Please respect copyright.PENANAcjx1fZoTHt
things.330Please respect copyright.PENANAv8teTv7jwf
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She started to approach the entrance of the bar; looking over at Leo’s table330Please respect copyright.PENANAKbRKRFke9H
and hopeful that Carly wouldn’t turn her head to see her.330Please respect copyright.PENANAKiwTyMlpVx
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Miranda walked over to the counter and sat on the stool. Immediately, the330Please respect copyright.PENANA5o8c2opbOq
bartender attended to her, and she ordered a martini. The bartender went on330Please respect copyright.PENANAyS5m8TnS3x
ahead to make her drink as Miranda slightly turned around on her chair to look330Please respect copyright.PENANAQCFnBFc14t
at the table behind her. She had a clear view of Leo, and a smile came across330Please respect copyright.PENANAcPh4pa1PEW
her face.330Please respect copyright.PENANAyLaFjhBNOt
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“Seriously, ever since Albert puked on me at the work party, I told myself330Please respect copyright.PENANAXpvF3G21wZ
never to drink with him again,” said Leo, concluding his funny story.330Please respect copyright.PENANAI74IVetrL8
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"That's why I never hang around drunk people," said Marco. "You330Please respect copyright.PENANAiBXxaJm1Ox
might find they embarrass you."330Please respect copyright.PENANAxXk3OVjQdP
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"But haven't we ever done anything embarrassing when we are drunk?"330Please respect copyright.PENANArx283XGRNb
Eric asked.330Please respect copyright.PENANAnCojFlaJZm
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"Not me," Oliver answered. "I'm too young to drink."330Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4l3wIh7bv
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Eric sucked his teeth. "Of course, I wasn't directing the question to you,330Please respect copyright.PENANA6V4GcYhUrd
silly," he said.330Please respect copyright.PENANAU97pqABCvK
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"I remember there was one time back at my old college when I got so drunk330Please respect copyright.PENANAJdqvvGlPe1
that Angel had to come by taxi to take me home," Carly shared. "We330Please respect copyright.PENANAKKAVy21grD
were having a closing year party as a class at a friend's place. I got so330Please respect copyright.PENANAgPyEYnNRNe
carried away that I even fell in the pool."330Please respect copyright.PENANAvkdXfE2VO7
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"A friend of hers called, and I had to arrange some dry clothes for330Please respect copyright.PENANAxuuXGH9lYi
her," said Angel as she laughed. "Seriously, Carly, you threw Mum in330Please respect copyright.PENANAwOqmB2nsyT
a fit when I tried to sneak you back into the house. But you ended up singing330Please respect copyright.PENANAm5t8bj2seb
so loudly that she came rushing from her bedroom to see you in a mess."330Please respect copyright.PENANAC3QREqXqYk
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"Were you grounded, Carly?" Oliver asked as he ate some nachos.330Please respect copyright.PENANAkAvnsGCQrH
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"No, but if us young adults could still be, I definitely would have been330Please respect copyright.PENANAvD8AP9vATN
grounded," said Carly. "I was punished in a way, though. Mum didn't330Please respect copyright.PENANA3HuJP2TkEx
talk to me for a week."330Please respect copyright.PENANA0fJ6YBH14R
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"I remember when we were having my uncle's birthday party," said330Please respect copyright.PENANAn27wgnGFjS
Marco, "and we meant to have a nice, quiet family party. Instead, my uncle330Please respect copyright.PENANAfyyhck31Ou
brought in many of his unruly friends. The party turned out to be such a blast.330Please respect copyright.PENANANa6PFWA0wW
He and I had a competition to see who could drink more tequila. He passed out330Please respect copyright.PENANAfH1j9R0VzS
before he could take the last glass. I won, but at a cost. I puked in the car,330Please respect copyright.PENANApfuWlga1fE
and my dad was furious. From then on, I told myself I wasn't going for tequila330Please respect copyright.PENANAHHw7pFazNt
shots ever again."330Please respect copyright.PENANAzGJyldt0LM
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“Trust me, the first time I had my first tequila shot in college was awful,”330Please respect copyright.PENANAri0Tm8WOgX
said Eric. “My head was spinning so much that I slept in the bar, and it took330Please respect copyright.PENANAEjMG5Xkf5f
my friends I had back then to carry me back to my room. Leo was also there, and330Please respect copyright.PENANAVaQ5d1yplj
he said I was blabbering nonsense before I blacked out.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAyVPuoivd6E
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“He was complaining about some girl who couldn’t stop following him in330Please respect copyright.PENANAKednamGLap
college,” said Leo. “If she happened to be there to hear what you had said, she330Please respect copyright.PENANAwlhjIcj2Oz
would definitely have stayed away from you for sure.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAFWNrEOEoTD
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Eric shook his head after taking a sip of his drink. “I highly doubt it. I did330Please respect copyright.PENANA2Q9Vualy47
some crazy things in college, but the girls still loved me anyway.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAbxP3VKSwtJ
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Marco turned to look at Angel. “What of you, Angel? Have you ever had any330Please respect copyright.PENANAkx6phtT3E6
embarrassing moments when you were drunk?” he asked.330Please respect copyright.PENANAASZhrlveSk
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“Before she says anything,” said Carly. “You should ask her first if she drinks330Please respect copyright.PENANAJWoZ4OVhvb
alcohol.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAdDDJ77zSBV
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Marco, Leo, and Eric now turned their eyes on Angel with curious looks. Her330Please respect copyright.PENANABzhv0qCz9g
cheeks flushed in embarrassment as she looked down at the table. She pressed330Please respect copyright.PENANAWGg8gOOkD6
her lips together before looking at everyone, including Oliver.330Please respect copyright.PENANAu0dVgqPLYb
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"So, Angel, do you take any alcohol?” Marco asked.330Please respect copyright.PENANAzMAFTKyFbu
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“Of course, I do,” said Angel. “Except that I like to drink wine or champagne330Please respect copyright.PENANAYFrglPdyXM
on special occasions.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAdzb4EBb1A8
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“I never thought someone like you would actually take alcohol,” said Eric. “But330Please respect copyright.PENANACvoeJCdwfM
your preference suits you.”330Please respect copyright.PENANANNbdp6Qb9a
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“Yeah, very classy,” said Oliver.330Please respect copyright.PENANAYbasaTXhIA
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The adults turned to look at Oliver, surprised. Oliver also looked back at them330Please respect copyright.PENANAWjT6fDeGil
as though he were judging them for giving him such a look.330Please respect copyright.PENANAOjdS2e7fb2
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“What?” he asked with a shrug of his shoulders. “I hear people who drink such330Please respect copyright.PENANAJ29kBIMj5H
are considered classy.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAh0pj86tJNk
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“Wow, someone should tell him that he shouldn’t judge people according to what330Please respect copyright.PENANA9EHGw09VF3
they drink,” said Eric.330Please respect copyright.PENANAwP7ywabKWU
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“Well, Angel is classy, isn’t she?” Oliver asked.330Please respect copyright.PENANANza3OdIVuZ
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Angel and Carly burst into laughter. Marco and Leo chuckled, while Eric looked330Please respect copyright.PENANAEosmZj9emf
like he didn’t know what to do with his brother anymore.330Please respect copyright.PENANADUIdv43QZE
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“I agree with Oliver,” said Marco. “Angel is in a class of her own.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAm32Sp2Hm3q
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“That’s being too sweet, don’t you think?” Leo asked, raising an eyebrow at330Please respect copyright.PENANAMN58wRC7fB
Marco.330Please respect copyright.PENANAp0bx4vMz3J
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“Well, no, I’m being really genuine here. Angel carries a certain level of330Please respect copyright.PENANAFSeboEmiMZ
elegance that I can describe as classy. I don’t know, but there’s much more to330Please respect copyright.PENANAPBIdrz22It
her than just her beauty. You’re a man, and I have no doubt you see it too.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAiqzHQgRxxU
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Everyone was silent except for Oliver, who loudly sucked at his smoothie330Please respect copyright.PENANA4L5NLHgFvK
through the straw. Angel found herself looking at Marco with her cheeks feeling330Please respect copyright.PENANAo4GLwfFJMz
like hot coals slapped across her face. Marco turned from Leo to Angel, and the330Please respect copyright.PENANAQoU6YifzQo
corner of his lips rose to a smile. This time, his smile was gentle and330Please respect copyright.PENANA61dAnU9O4O
sincere.330Please respect copyright.PENANAJrrjIdFeSz
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Leo swallowed, as he didn’t know how to respond to Marco’s statement. He saw330Please respect copyright.PENANAGj4XwsdMGJ
Marco shift his attention to Angel. As much as Marco was somewhat right from330Please respect copyright.PENANAnnRZgO7Wag
Leo’s perspective, he did his best to try and not take it to heart. For some330Please respect copyright.PENANA7iUoSBJ2FK
reason, he couldn’t stand the way Marco looked at her, and it bothered him a330Please respect copyright.PENANAnAARrMuYhO
little. He started to wonder if Marco really liked Angel.330Please respect copyright.PENANAmz9c3zBJUY
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Eric felt like taking Angel by the hand and dragging her away from Marco. He330Please respect copyright.PENANATPGI22ZmBH
shifted uncomfortably in his chair, and he thought of bringing something up to330Please respect copyright.PENANAPHXtZaGpkI
ease the tension that he felt, but nothing came to mind.330Please respect copyright.PENANAijcTY1hTsi
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Carly couldn’t help but stare at Angel. What Marco said resonated with her, and330Please respect copyright.PENANAmzmSQv0JX4
as she stared at her sister, she could see it clearly. She always felt there330Please respect copyright.PENANAhJTx1otNny
was something about Angel that she couldn’t put her finger on, and it seems330Please respect copyright.PENANAYnOTf5OeLp
Marco hit the nail right on the head. Carly has not always looked up at her330Please respect copyright.PENANAUOSM0EFcW2
sister because she was older, but she always carried with her a certain essence330Please respect copyright.PENANAnxyMuXgrY1
that Carly’s been following blindly for years. She knew she could never be like330Please respect copyright.PENANAWtHuyxLXvm
Angel, but that essence always showed brightly, and Carly always admired Angel330Please respect copyright.PENANA0Wu2Snv6iz
for it.330Please respect copyright.PENANAe5NcVL9mZH
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“We’re out of nachos,” Oliver announced, bringing everyone out of their330Please respect copyright.PENANAdINSpyQf0A
thoughts.330Please respect copyright.PENANAgn4QL8MJ4L
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“I’ll go get some,” said Leo, grateful for Oliver finishing the nachos. He330Please respect copyright.PENANAyKj2bN1v43
really needed to take a breather.330Please respect copyright.PENANASjOqGn5O6l
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Leo picked up the empty bowl and started to make his way to the bar counter.330Please respect copyright.PENANA6nXXja8e4Q
Oliver started to say something to keep everyone busy. When Leo was just a few330Please respect copyright.PENANA3SG3Hz80bU
feet away from the bar, it was then that Angel jerked upright in her seat as330Please respect copyright.PENANAZIq3ktu4zl
though she had woken up from a bad dream.330Please respect copyright.PENANABj86OS5njZ
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“Hey, are you okay?” Eric asked.330Please respect copyright.PENANAZSFeWVe4PF
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“I’m good, thanks,” Angel replied, assuring Eric with a smile. She turned to330Please respect copyright.PENANA4HIz6nQBQ7
Leo, who was heading to the counter. Kim was obviously on the other side, so330Please respect copyright.PENANASM4fALillL
Leo wouldn’t see them. She was worrying over nothing.330Please respect copyright.PENANAmJlIZSkKt8
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Miranda quickly turned back in her seat to face the beer and wine bottles on330Please respect copyright.PENANAaweHl3wxW2
the shelf behind the bar counter as she saw Leo approach. She swallowed as she330Please respect copyright.PENANAhr2Szda5sS
felt her hands start to shake. A debate arose in her head. Should she say330Please respect copyright.PENANAZEUepgWd6C
something to him when he comes over? Why should she? It’s not like he can330Please respect copyright.PENANA0WHKd3Zmiw
remember that they met at the candy store. I am just being silly, she said to330Please respect copyright.PENANAotnvxDmwiX
herself.330Please respect copyright.PENANAhI5aatxboC
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Leo finally reached the counter, and he happened to stand next to Miranda. When330Please respect copyright.PENANA7m5mLLIgVm
Miranda saw him through the corner of her eye, she felt frightened like a mouse330Please respect copyright.PENANAQcXgcs6WBl
that scurries away when it sees the enemy. However, she tried to sit still in330Please respect copyright.PENANA5BwZEi7aMj
her seat so as not to draw any attention to herself. She looked down at the330Please respect copyright.PENANAHLF86T682B
glass in front of her and slowly took it. She tried to control the trembling in330Please respect copyright.PENANAm3OTEl5zLw
her hand and hoped that she wouldn’t spill the drink over or that Leo wouldn’t330Please respect copyright.PENANAf1YigRFbEq
notice her.330Please respect copyright.PENANAoQEIvZWSQh
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Leo ordered another plate of nachos, and his eyes diverted to the side. His330Please respect copyright.PENANAhx0LMcTpqo
eyes fell on the woman beside him. He had a funny feeling that she looked330Please respect copyright.PENANAs1AFFa0noS
familiar, but he didn’t know if he should ask. Still, it was better to mind his330Please respect copyright.PENANASDt8P40s5l
own business.330Please respect copyright.PENANAS5qaHMJ9VQ
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Miranda felt his eyes on her, and automatically, her head turned to the side to330Please respect copyright.PENANAYaK0KgxFTz
look at Leo. After realizing what she had done, her eyes went wide with330Please respect copyright.PENANA3cUKAUxQ4j
surprise.330Please respect copyright.PENANAUmlA0cxP5i
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“I remember you from somewhere,” said Leo.330Please respect copyright.PENANAdjv7iEtQr2
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“Ah, yes,” said Miranda. Her surprised look seemed to have worked in her favor.330Please respect copyright.PENANADldpyfCNG6
“At the candy store.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAa7Q59hqBFP
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“Oh, yeah, right,” said Leo as he gave a nod of his head. “I remember. You330Please respect copyright.PENANAhFbl68gevV
bumped into that moving shelf.”330Please respect copyright.PENANApCNKQTU8sA
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“That was embarrassing,” said Miranda as she laughed. “I was in a rush.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAjF7ysb9ZXR
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Leo gave her a friendly smile and nodded his head, showing that he understood.330Please respect copyright.PENANAdQCxCzkdvy
His gesture made Miranda almost want to shoot out of her stool like a rocket.330Please respect copyright.PENANABwTMo4cwgU
Her heart fluttered, and she wanted to hold on to that beautiful feeling330Please respect copyright.PENANAFUSJBlpeBW
forever.330Please respect copyright.PENANAsGCycScJtu
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The bartender came back with the plate refilled with nachos and cheese. Leo330Please respect copyright.PENANAkV2SRQNrjT
took it and thanked the bartender. He turned to Miranda, and she knew that330Please respect copyright.PENANAPRSBjXqxqE
their conversation ended here.330Please respect copyright.PENANAKotAoD5efd
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“It was nice seeing you again,” said Leo. “Enjoy your drink.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAQeQ2H8ou0p
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“Thanks,” said Miranda. She didn’t know what to say next as Leo took his leave.330Please respect copyright.PENANAuWTqaDjLGL
The thought of being just a stranger to him didn’t sit well with Miranda. She330Please respect copyright.PENANA7QABM7WPei
wanted to be close to him. How will she be able to do that?330Please respect copyright.PENANAQO0b4yQeBd
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Her eyes fell to the table Leo was heading to, and she saw Carly talking with330Please respect copyright.PENANA5dKPThoLoo
so much glee. She didn’t seem to have a care in the world, and it hurt Miranda330Please respect copyright.PENANAfAY14TZZAh
that she should be the one close to Leo and not her.330Please respect copyright.PENANADPJ7pe2kkw
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Carly turned her eyes to Leo, who was approaching the table, and she couldn’t330Please respect copyright.PENANAyQJ2sJKuNA
help but smile at him. Miranda was smart enough to turn her head so that Carly330Please respect copyright.PENANADxKZbIKHdM
wouldn’t see her. Miranda knew her time was up, and she was guessing that she330Please respect copyright.PENANAlH8d8ULyl0
might have overstayed at the bar. It was time to go back upstairs. She thought330Please respect copyright.PENANAhSBpM7niIG
of looking back at Leo, but it wasn’t worth the risk. It was best for her to330Please respect copyright.PENANAT2Zbav91xn
leave, but after she finished her martini.330Please respect copyright.PENANAy4JdRCQm7f
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A few seconds before that, Trina came back to the table with two bottles of330Please respect copyright.PENANAEscWyS2dip
cider. She sat herself down and placed one bottle in front of Kim.330Please respect copyright.PENANAv9VTFaVxVP
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“Thanks,” said Kim.330Please respect copyright.PENANAkUl9XB31GS
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“Have you thought of what to do?” Trina asked. “We can’t see Leo from here.330Please respect copyright.PENANAkHHk9N430h
That’s if you really plan on catching Leo with his lover.”330Please respect copyright.PENANACkYlCAdELC
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“I thought of sitting by the counter and peeping on him,” Kim suggested.330Please respect copyright.PENANAVzC61qEP0e
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“Sounds like a good idea,” said Trina. “Even if we were to see him walking out,330Please respect copyright.PENANA0jgGgW1fI9
it would be impossible for us to see where he would go.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAQplR2YRIVX
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As the two women stood at the table, Trina stopped Kim by placing her hand on330Please respect copyright.PENANAx3NYAXRlRs
Kim’s shoulder.330Please respect copyright.PENANAvR8qONyguY
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“I know you’re tired of me saying this,” said Trina, “but doing this is a bad330Please respect copyright.PENANApu5HOWuVE6
idea. We should get out while we can.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAxgfZRvFtBq
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Kim scoffed. “I gave you my word earlier, didn’t I? There is no need to repeat330Please respect copyright.PENANAzlqDpiaMs7
the conversation. Let’s go.”330Please respect copyright.PENANA2TtlBlQxj9
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Trina’s hand fell away from Kim’s shoulder as Kim started to make her way to330Please respect copyright.PENANA99Gb0sNLQ8
the other side of the bar. Trina followed her, and coming back the way they330Please respect copyright.PENANAcORnHG56YI
came, they stopped at the counter. From the angle at which they stood, they330Please respect copyright.PENANAoXroadnGhX
were able to see Leo’s table.330Please respect copyright.PENANA3g0byfLkSp
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The two of them sat on the stools, facing each other. Trina had her back facing330Please respect copyright.PENANAYekkESodEK
Leo’s table, shielding Kim from plain sight if the worst happened.330Please respect copyright.PENANAZboxk7WBwn
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“I can’t see so much, so you’ll be telling me what’s going on,” said Trina.330Please respect copyright.PENANAk01hPMvbzN
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“You’re overthinking things,” said Kim. “You can take a peek and still won’t be330Please respect copyright.PENANA9mVKrmoQA4
seen. Oh, look, Leo is coming over.”330Please respect copyright.PENANARwRuoahbk3
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Trina turned her head slightly to see Leo approach the other side of the330Please respect copyright.PENANAROUOXebVvU
counter. He wasn’t looking in their direction, so they were at ease as they330Please respect copyright.PENANAYfAfUaNlvk
looked on. They saw him ask the bar tender for another refill of nachos. He330Please respect copyright.PENANAkvPph2STlz
soon looked at the woman beside him, and Kim held Trina’s hand on the bar330Please respect copyright.PENANAXc92mDIOgA
counter in anticipation.330Please respect copyright.PENANA2U0kRKRchq
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“Could it be her?” Kim asked, almost squeezing Trina’s hand.330Please respect copyright.PENANAZIXYPHlPIi
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Trina looked at the woman beside Leo as she turned to look at him. She shook330Please respect copyright.PENANA8t1skJyLZJ
her head. “I don’t think so,” said Trina.330Please respect copyright.PENANAbGTxbagQtG
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They watched as Leo talked with the woman briefly, and as soon as he took the bowl330Please respect copyright.PENANAw6M6c266Rq
of nachos, he addressed the woman and went back to his table. Trina shook her330Please respect copyright.PENANAPa1aDmikB7
head.330Please respect copyright.PENANA4veIYGoQSp
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“She’s not the one,” said Trina. “They looked like they knew each other, but330Please respect copyright.PENANAK7cEap9G7W
not at that intimate level.”330Please respect copyright.PENANA1wRfRybZ70
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“Are you sure?” Kim asked. “Because he was smiling at her.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAgGsXXFaC7F
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Trina rolled her eyes before turning them at her friend. “Does every smile he330Please respect copyright.PENANAY9Chw2eo3U
gives everyone mean that he is flirting with them?” she asked. “He looks like330Please respect copyright.PENANAZnzjmF4CZz
he was being friendly to me.”330Please respect copyright.PENANARZWVN29Rel
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“What if she’s the one and they were communicating in some way through code?”330Please respect copyright.PENANAvE7bK1e5RT
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Trina raised an eyebrow at her. Kim knew she was taking things a little far and330Please respect copyright.PENANAc8Y2QokhNx
looked the other way, taking a sip from her bottle and feeling embarrassed.330Please respect copyright.PENANA7aBg0zykDz
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Angel stared at her empty glass of soda, concluding that she needed to refill.330Please respect copyright.PENANAjyE4N5rw3S
She excused herself from the table and started to make her way to the bar330Please respect copyright.PENANACG3TT7UN9s
counter.330Please respect copyright.PENANA6qHQqJYWCl
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Miranda finished her martini in one huge gulp. She placed the glass on the330Please respect copyright.PENANALx1YLvze7a
counter, leaving the bill under the glass. After she stepped down from her330Please respect copyright.PENANArlW3CC1Cp7
stool, she turned around and came shoulder to shoulder with someone.330Please respect copyright.PENANAUflCCneLGU
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“Oh, sorry about that,” said a beautiful woman in a stunning red velvet dress.330Please respect copyright.PENANAcOLbomr13K
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Miranda almost panicked, for she thought the person she had bumped into was330Please respect copyright.PENANAYIISNdFEHm
someone familiar. However, looking closely, she realized that it was Angel,330Please respect copyright.PENANAyjyVSVCmSe
Carly’s older sister. Miranda knew Angel didn’t know about her, but Miranda330Please respect copyright.PENANAsfVZE2pAHK
knew who she was. In the past, when she and Carly used to work together, Carly330Please respect copyright.PENANAg2m8ZZGF3i
had shown Angel’s pictures to her a few times. Miranda acknowledged that the330Please respect copyright.PENANAejROf2NY4h
sisters had looks that could kill, but there was something about Angel’s beauty330Please respect copyright.PENANAgIsMdbQxLg
that was different from Carly’s.330Please respect copyright.PENANALJIAkX0Jbz
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“Oh, it’s nothing,” said Miranda.330Please respect copyright.PENANADHWgcNneaU
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Angel smiled at her before turning her attention to the bartender. Miranda330Please respect copyright.PENANAWQbxh1xIt7
turned around to head out of the bar when she froze in her tracks. She felt330Please respect copyright.PENANAdoBeSrFBEI
caught in a trap as she looked ahead. This is bad.330Please respect copyright.PENANAGAPh55gXqw
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Carly’s eyes fell on Miranda as she looked over to the bar to check on her330Please respect copyright.PENANAey9dugELOp
sister. Miranda happened to be right in her line of vision. Carly’s eyes330Please respect copyright.PENANAal5yydQgVG
widened with fear as thoughts started to run through her head. What was Miranda330Please respect copyright.PENANAulbzgUEWsR
doing here?330Please respect copyright.PENANA4bgJii3Yd3
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Angel thanked the bartender after refilling her glass, and when she turned330Please respect copyright.PENANAQJtc2Re6I6
around, the woman whom she bumped into stood still like a statue. Angel read330Please respect copyright.PENANAqEZEukLWA1
her body language, and she realized that the person seemed to be in some kind330Please respect copyright.PENANAoBbcm2eKwk
of shock. She noticed the woman looking towards the table where her sister and330Please respect copyright.PENANAZHJiZr6TPy
the others were. Moreover, she saw Carly look at the woman with the same330Please respect copyright.PENANAkytDVnLCEd
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Angel raised an eyebrow. She was just about to touch the woman’s shoulder to330Please respect copyright.PENANAnRLSIdBxiL
get her attention, but she thought better of it.330Please respect copyright.PENANAMZR7bJ8ofj
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“Hey, are you okay?” Angel asked.330Please respect copyright.PENANArkScZet2I1
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Miranda jolted back to reality and turned to look at Angel. She nervously330Please respect copyright.PENANAnx9mUUtvBe
chuckled. “Uh, yes, I’m fine, thanks,” said Miranda. “I thought I saw someone I330Please respect copyright.PENANA2himlqxHtw
knew, but I was mistaken. I should go now.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAPzzUZbDA1X
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Before Angel could say anything, Miranda quickly made her way out of the bar.330Please respect copyright.PENANAQqwpGIW1gm
Those who were wondering what took Angel so long turned to the bar counter and330Please respect copyright.PENANAF9dgSDvt44
saw the woman quickly walk away from Angel. Angel looked at the young woman,330Please respect copyright.PENANAFCAwqcK4Hd
and she turned her attention back to the table, specifically on Carly. Carly330Please respect copyright.PENANAWOgh8cqe7r
didn’t turn her head right away as she looked at her sister. She didn’t want to330Please respect copyright.PENANAIh1dlaKAiL
look like she knew Miranda, and it was best to act natural. Angel went back to330Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6qKtiU4Yq
the table.330Please respect copyright.PENANApIJyh76yRf
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“What was that about?” Eric asked.330Please respect copyright.PENANAVCKL73s9w4
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“Oh, she thought she recognized someone, but she was mistaken,” said Angel as330Please respect copyright.PENANAbqQBs9rFRg
she sat back down on her seat, placing her glass on the table.330Please respect copyright.PENANADSbTyUuIwn
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“She must have meant me,” said Leo. Carly looked at him, surprised at his330Please respect copyright.PENANAEHlfG8uidO
statement. “Remember the time we went to that candy store a few days ago?” He330Please respect copyright.PENANAmzeJDkFkk7
looked at Eric. “She was the one who bumped into that moving shelf.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAJyfNZjmnsh
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“Oh, I see,” said Angel. “But she said she didn’t recognize anyone.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAAUVMk3VyEq
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“Obviously she was nervous because of Leo again,” said Eric. “I bet the reason330Please respect copyright.PENANAV8G8O43IhE
she bumped into that shelf was because of your scary looks.”330Please respect copyright.PENANApj3FsqrWmK
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Angel shook her head. “Not this again,” she said.330Please respect copyright.PENANAWZ3EbZzn3Z
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“Mind you,” Leo started to say, “when I went over to the bar, I actually talked330Please respect copyright.PENANAqlRPxZOFYU
to her. She didn’t seem nervous to me.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAnDzH4EXg5O
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“She obviously fell for your good looks, not the scary one as Eric had put it,”330Please respect copyright.PENANANppJP6zJlF
said Marco.330Please respect copyright.PENANATC0zF6GhMC
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“You really are a bully, Eric,” said Oliver. “It’s not Leo’s fault that he is330Please respect copyright.PENANA9IFXB4eviG
more handsome than you.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAj7T4EZ4fOS
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Marcos and Angel laughed at Eric. Eric, on the other hand, felt like hitting330Please respect copyright.PENANANQuLsVpTHu
his brother on the head. Carly had been silent the whole time as thoughts ran330Please respect copyright.PENANA74TMfNv3rK
through her head. Miranda actually had a talk with Leo, and that scared her.330Please respect copyright.PENANAAIsB98mZUn
Could she have told Leo that she was also there at his bachelor party?330Please respect copyright.PENANAzlEra4W4oe
Moreover, they met days ago at the candy store, and she finds herself here at330Please respect copyright.PENANAHjXrSsFOLQ
the hotel. Why did Carly feel like she was suddenly in jeopardy?330Please respect copyright.PENANAZn2Y48o6mo
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Angel wiped away the tears from her eyes, and she soon looked at Carly, who330Please respect copyright.PENANAE4VOilAJ4V
looked lost in thought. She couldn’t help but wonder what her sister was330Please respect copyright.PENANAPVWVVRUrlp
thinking about.330Please respect copyright.PENANABP12vVU24p
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“You, Oliver, have really cracked me up today,” said Marco as he continued to330Please respect copyright.PENANAOrPkMWcx4V
laugh. “I can’t wait for us to hang out like this again.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAfPumcVk4AE
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Oliver beamed at Marco happily, while Eric felt like slapping that look off his330Please respect copyright.PENANAn5RguHvhln
brother’s face.330Please respect copyright.PENANAMrNCRlOry6
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“Yeah, Oliver has really cracked me up too,” said Angel as she turned to smile330Please respect copyright.PENANAGSHsObGuEq
at Oliver.330Please respect copyright.PENANAlixHSQTI68
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“I hate to wrap things up here,” said Marco, “but I’m done for the night.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAnDjpih8beq
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“Oh, that’s a shame,” said Eric. “We were really having fun.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAX6pEQxOn3N
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“Don’t you think it’s also getting late?” Angel asked the others. “We better be330Please respect copyright.PENANAWphtngNPt5
heading out too.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAKme4Mxt9jX
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Leo gave Angel a look. He still didn’t get the chance to be alone with Carly.330Please respect copyright.PENANAcjGMz6EjFn
When Marco said he was leaving, he thought he had the opportunity. He turned to330Please respect copyright.PENANAery9JPxHDe
look at Carly beside him, and she seemed to look lost in her own world.330Please respect copyright.PENANASTHmaSAwg1
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“We should,” said Oliver. “I want us to pass somewhere and get ice cream on our330Please respect copyright.PENANAaNznEBkgge
way home.”330Please respect copyright.PENANA7uK4FmTXR2
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“Uh, wait a minute,” said Leo. “Some of us would like to spend a little time330Please respect copyright.PENANANaJ2JtL9F0
here.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAvPlMMvkOFQ
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Angel threw Leo a look, knowing what he was playing at. She wanted to leave330Please respect copyright.PENANAo3QJ6U6Vfi
because the possibility of Leo seeing Kim and Trina was high, and she didn’t330Please respect copyright.PENANA4iSlGGrUn7
want to risk it. Moreover, if Kim does see Leo spending his time alone with330Please respect copyright.PENANADu0LxuYnN2
Carly, she will realize without a doubt that Carly is Leo’s lover. If only she330Please respect copyright.PENANAmzBXAmIqmQ
could tell Leo without making him so upset, she thought to herself.330Please respect copyright.PENANAAea7DjwUuJ
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“Leo’s right,” said Eric, looking over at Leo. “I would like to stay here for a330Please respect copyright.PENANAevCaqMB3CM
little longer.”330Please respect copyright.PENANACC05fI4I9Q
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Angel sighed, but not the kind that anyone would notice. It looks like she lost330Please respect copyright.PENANAAZ364rXgUi
this one. She just has to find a way to work around it.330Please respect copyright.PENANA9aKTmGUcSJ
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“Well, then I’ll leave you to enjoy yourselves,” said Marco as he stood up from330Please respect copyright.PENANAmePcP26NSs
his seat. “Before I forget,” he said as he turned to Angel. “I would love to330Please respect copyright.PENANAEYhf4fACBy
get your number, Angel.”330Please respect copyright.PENANADwvLs82H6i
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Angel almost forgot about that, and she blushed immediately when Marco asked her.330Please respect copyright.PENANAWhrm3Sx70O
She watched him pull out his phone. He turned his eyes on her, giving her his330Please respect copyright.PENANA3pqUgQLI5A
full attention. Angel hesitated for a bit before giving out her number, and he330Please respect copyright.PENANAiWLOWpR6Ju
typed it down on his phone. Eric and Leo looked on, wondering why Marco looked330Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ev2UTBw3o
so eager to get her number. Carly wasn’t paying much attention, so she couldn’t330Please respect copyright.PENANAeZI4GG2ii5
care less.330Please respect copyright.PENANAS5tEbQzMmX
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“I really enjoyed my time with you,” said Marco, pocketing his phone away. “We330Please respect copyright.PENANAgIz9u86AiQ
should do this sometime soon.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAwOgzEOFr0Z
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“Sure,” said Eric, putting up a smile for Marco, which proved to be very330Please respect copyright.PENANA0GvDvUUQ84
difficult.330Please respect copyright.PENANA8MSHHGOXq4
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Marco wished everyone a good night, and everyone responded back. Even Carly,330Please respect copyright.PENANAnQdu5hP5So
who looked absent-minded, said goodnight. Before leaving, Marco gave Angel a330Please respect copyright.PENANACBs7eKRk2l
wink, telling her to expect a message from him anytime soon. Angel only smiled,330Please respect copyright.PENANAycsZH3zfZy
feeling embarrassed that he said that in front of everyone.330Please respect copyright.PENANAjMAd91nysv
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“Marco really likes you, Angel,” said Oliver after Marco had left the bar.330Please respect copyright.PENANA7yCjd5IS3R
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“Why do you say that?” Angel asked, looking at the boy with wide eyes.330Please respect copyright.PENANAMCnrI7IGdL
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“Don’t listen to him,” said Eric. “Kids don’t know what they say nowadays.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAeVOfMfRpEp
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Leo turned to Carly, and it was then that he noticed that she hadn’t talked330Please respect copyright.PENANA7RQbSwDtXZ
much at all for a while.330Please respect copyright.PENANACywlTvsd5E
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“Hey, Carly, are you okay?” Leo asked.330Please respect copyright.PENANAHU0Q2JoZW4
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Everyone turned to look at Carly. She tried to hide it with a smile, telling330Please respect copyright.PENANA6A8KPyAPTy
Leo that she was alright. Angel couldn’t point out why her sister looked low,330Please respect copyright.PENANAUsk0qAV5lX
but she knew she could use this to her advantage.330Please respect copyright.PENANA9RTCUZYd8W
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“You look tired, Carly,” said Angel. “Maybe we should call it a night and head330Please respect copyright.PENANAXc3DMXidPL
home.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAfE7BH4wu35
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Carly looked at Angel, and a small smile appeared on her face. She definitely330Please respect copyright.PENANAaFIputtD42
needed to leave. The fact that Miranda was here messed with her head a lot, and330Please respect copyright.PENANAcTvMf9KJRB
she felt like being as far away from the hotel as possible. Considering that,330Please respect copyright.PENANAgTgGqG1dVf
Miranda might still be around.330Please respect copyright.PENANAsjIt0bPKjs
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“Angel is right,” said Carly. “I’m feeling rather overwhelmed. We’ve had a long330Please respect copyright.PENANAA35nETTvml
day, and I didn’t get enough rest.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAUMTN6HSsu8
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Leo looked a little disappointed, but now that he saw Carly more clearly, she330Please respect copyright.PENANAWAFFvyAG4c
didn’t look too well at all. It looks like his plans for tonight might as well330Please respect copyright.PENANARZ3goHRCVh
go down the drain. If Carly was feeling too tired, it was understandable that330Please respect copyright.PENANAR0uaq5NIh6
she wasn’t going to enjoy his company alone with him either.330Please respect copyright.PENANAs0eFh8mMvf
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“Alright,” said Leo. “We better get going if we’re going to get Oliver’s ice330Please respect copyright.PENANAUBHk1rGYAm
cream.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAaGPmrfg6lR
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“We better check out of that room and get our stuff then,” said Eric.330Please respect copyright.PENANAXp8FuoM7CE
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“Oh, I forgot about that. Why don’t you go to the room while I go bring the car330Please respect copyright.PENANAE4LyHf3jja
around?”330Please respect copyright.PENANAB6IoY1RV2C
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“Sure.” Eric quickly stood up from his seat and started to make his way out of330Please respect copyright.PENANAqthEcgJW9D
the bar area.330Please respect copyright.PENANAX6BlFNIGxf
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Trina and Kim, who still sat observing Leo, noticed Eric stand up from his330Please respect copyright.PENANALyoAT61Mi6
seat. The others were still at the table, and it was only a moment later that330Please respect copyright.PENANA8wZkrAkuif
they started to stand up.330Please respect copyright.PENANAjnhpmcseOh
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“Look, they’re leaving,” said Trina.330Please respect copyright.PENANAWKfSZQEOv5
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“Do you think Leo will get this opportunity to see his lover?” Kim asked.330Please respect copyright.PENANACKvxe2Qp3r
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“He can’t do that with the others tagging along,” said Trina. “Let’s watch and330Please respect copyright.PENANAIzvw3Cz5fH
see.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAaqFcvkuB14
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Angel and Oliver started to make their way to the entrance of the bar when330Please respect copyright.PENANAKId1e8LVeO
Angel, through the corner of her eye, saw Kim and Trina. This was bad. From330Please respect copyright.PENANApufzjGh9MN
where she stood, she feared Leo might also notice them. She slowed her pace330Please respect copyright.PENANAXf7L7FapXh
with Oliver and waited for Carly and Leo to catch up. If she was lucky, Leo330Please respect copyright.PENANAcq7k4rW3Hw
might pass by without noticing Kim and Trina, but one can never be too sure.330Please respect copyright.PENANAunob5cU9zM
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Carly made her way to Angel and Oliver, with Leo following slowly behind her.330Please respect copyright.PENANAuGYKySnOkB
Without much thought, his eyes found their way to the bar counter, and he330Please respect copyright.PENANA0Q3M46LArA
noticed someone familiar at the other end. Only when the person turned in his330Please respect copyright.PENANAYPumkmVn3e
direction and their eyes fell on him did he realize who it was.330Please respect copyright.PENANAJahST74ZbL
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“Oh, my gosh,” said Kim as she held Trina’s shoulder in a tight grip. “He’s330Please respect copyright.PENANAzhX8GAcVZc
seen us.”330Please respect copyright.PENANA2y27QQD9Di
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Trina choked on her own words that she couldn’t speak as he saw Leo staring330Please respect copyright.PENANAm5oejfgvWh
back. His eyes slowly started to flame with anger. Or was it fury?330Please respect copyright.PENANAUcgHBv6bmd
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“Trina, we better go,” said Kim.330Please respect copyright.PENANAISdMaJgBKK
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Leo couldn’t believe Trina and Kim were there by the counter, staring back at330Please respect copyright.PENANArJ9sUN7HtX
him. Did they happen to be here by coincidence, or did were they here because330Please respect copyright.PENANAb9Zgdj39Ib
of him? He noticed how scared they looked at him, as if they had been caught330Please respect copyright.PENANANz9UaPI7Xa
doing something wrong. That confirmed that they were following him. He decided330Please respect copyright.PENANA10wjxR5RqX
he was going to give them a piece of his mind.330Please respect copyright.PENANA3RkV8It163
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Just as he was about to make his way over to them, a gentle touch fell on his330Please respect copyright.PENANAfubPjOkBxf
shoulder, stopping him from proceeding further. He looked to the side, and he330Please respect copyright.PENANAoy1nyZ7qPB
found Angel standing right beside him, her hand on his shoulder. She looked at330Please respect copyright.PENANAbBBTkhKTcT
him with her soft brown eyes; they were stern yet so peaceful. There was330Please respect copyright.PENANACeJunRqws4
something about her look and her presence beside him that made him slowly start330Please respect copyright.PENANARUlII55JD1
to feel the anger in him dissipate like smoke.330Please respect copyright.PENANAYCuGVjVWzK
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She shook her head. “Not here,” she said to him in her normal tone of voice.330Please respect copyright.PENANAWzyk85vjmp
“Now is not the time to make a scene.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAcH0ihoZSZ8
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Leo sighed, and he felt his muscles slowly start to relax. Angel was right; now330Please respect copyright.PENANAMoLDDWNFrV
wasn’t the time to throw a tantrum. He looked back at Kim, who continued to330Please respect copyright.PENANAUWtL0FCgNc
look at him, still with a scared look on her face.330Please respect copyright.PENANAKbn1EBnpqh
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"Fine," he said to Angel as he looked at her.330Please respect copyright.PENANAbmIPLqgVBA
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Angel gave a smile of relief. She turned to look at Trina and Kim, giving them330Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7WufEON08
a nod of her head. The two best friends looked relieved, but they knew that330Please respect copyright.PENANA2tVyjflJpk
this wasn’t over.330Please respect copyright.PENANASHnKBO4F2q
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Leo turned around to head out of the bar. Fortunately, Oliver and Carly were330Please respect copyright.PENANALUstoa3Apj
way ahead of him, so they didn't see his silent altercation with Kim and Trina.330Please respect copyright.PENANAiTX1deLYfb
He walked out of the bar with Angel following closely behind him.330Please respect copyright.PENANAF3penncOPI
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"Thanks for that back there," Leo said to her.330Please respect copyright.PENANA2xfkIoqlZu
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"Well, getting yourself angry wasn't going to do you or me any330Please respect copyright.PENANAu5BQMO8uAT
favors," said Angel.330Please respect copyright.PENANAc80VmYUGfo
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Leo turned to look at her through the corner of his eye. "How long have330Please respect copyright.PENANAW0UxFnLDZC
they been there?"330Please respect copyright.PENANAXmS7LjZgFl
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Angel found no point in lying to him. "I noticed them during our dinner. I330Please respect copyright.PENANAiJ39iyFFBK
didn't want to tell you in front of our guests."330Please respect copyright.PENANANg3yxw2ViP
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Leo scoffed. "It's obvious that they were following me. I guess that’s the330Please respect copyright.PENANArzBCfwaLMG
reason why you didn’t want me to be alone with Carly."330Please respect copyright.PENANAqfWIEOIDyR
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"I don't want them to find out about your relationship with her just yet,330Please respect copyright.PENANAWPOY0xhcZT
so you've got to be careful from now on."330Please respect copyright.PENANAFTkUpdRRem
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A smile appeared across Leo's face. The two might have their differences, but330Please respect copyright.PENANAUbkiPUNzuE
it was clear to see that Angel did care about his relationship with her sister.330Please respect copyright.PENANABIBaueGhCf
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As they continued to walk down the stone path towards the fountain where Oliver330Please respect copyright.PENANATyajNtZDzJ
and Carly were, Leo tried to fight off the feeling of gratitude towards Angel.330Please respect copyright.PENANA8GeuIz6TE7
In the end, he decided to let the feeling settle in for one night, and one330Please respect copyright.PENANAlF004HTAxx
night only.330Please respect copyright.PENANATrnU38z7C9
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“That was a close one,” said Trina as she held her chest, breathing deeply.330Please respect copyright.PENANAnk7oTaP2jP
“For sure, I thought Leo was going to come charging at us.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAcKAU8aahrA
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Kim sighed in relief. “I hate to say this, but we really do have Angel to330Please respect copyright.PENANAEn2lx2liKh
thank,” she said. “Though I feel Leo will confront us about it.”330Please respect copyright.PENANAwEBWYyqFFJ
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“Yeah, but Angel talked to him, and he calmed down in an instant.” Trina leaned330Please respect copyright.PENANAcKacyIgYrG
against the bar counter, looking for the bartender. “Leo barely listens to330Please respect copyright.PENANAfT26aHMb3V
anyone, but he somehow listened to her. It’s best to receive his wrath330Please respect copyright.PENANANSF8PSC3Me
privately rather than in an open place where he can embarrass us. I’m going to330Please respect copyright.PENANAYHeIONcNi4
order a cocktail and drink to thank Angel for saving our sorry lives. Do you330Please respect copyright.PENANAybBjWS4Sfl
want one?”330Please respect copyright.PENANAfDlUOfZEsK
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Kim gave a nod to Trina, and while her friend tried to get the attention of the330Please respect copyright.PENANADis0TQosp3
bartender, she couldn’t help but look at Leo with Angel walking beside him as330Please respect copyright.PENANA2kwWX37IU2
they went further away from the bar. Memories of her and Leo started to330Please respect copyright.PENANAuyyUOFXj82
surface, and she couldn’t recall once when he ever listened to her when he was330Please respect copyright.PENANAfkjHyf8ukz
upset. Trina was right. Leo barely listens to anyone, except this time around,330Please respect copyright.PENANAE2FstBMClm
when Angel spoke to him. Her eyes fell upon Angel, who, even in that red velvet330Please respect copyright.PENANA5PyoRR6eXa
dress, walked effortlessly with elegance beside Leo. Was there something about330Please respect copyright.PENANAkSaWW1GvFw
Angel that Kim wasn’t aware of?330Please respect copyright.PENANA3mL536deUO
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Miranda quickly stepped out of the elevator and ran down the hall back to the330Please respect copyright.PENANA1w2kpfM63F
room where Red Lion and Mr. Walters were. She knew her thirty minutes were up,330Please respect copyright.PENANAD8qo25mapB
and she had been so distracted that she didn’t notice her phone vibrate in the330Please respect copyright.PENANAXnNZxnGC9O
pocket of her jeans. When she checked in the elevator, she found three missed330Please respect copyright.PENANApraAitY6AK
calls from Mr. Walters, and she knew she was in for it.330Please respect copyright.PENANAfT7eg18wNZ
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As soon as she reached the suite, the door flew open before she could even330Please respect copyright.PENANAibwWztPPtJ
knock. She thought the first person she would see was Red Lion, but to her330Please respect copyright.PENANAdHxJJFBLBO
relief, it was Walters.330Please respect copyright.PENANAOUjnmUsILG
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“What took you so long?” he asked. “And why didn’t you answer my calls?”330Please respect copyright.PENANAIkkQaEzL85
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“I’m sorry,” said Miranda. “I got a little distracted. Is he here?”330Please respect copyright.PENANAfIEPfpvDga
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“Yeah, but count yourself lucky,” said Walters as he stood aside to let Miranda330Please respect copyright.PENANAzQ4MzIVRQt
through the door. “Red Lion was going to kill you if he wanted to.”330Please respect copyright.PENANA5aNSWKxVCb
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Miranda slowly stepped into the room, looking towards the living room area. Red330Please respect copyright.PENANAM5RGug1hpv
Lion's comrade sat on the couch. His eyes fixed on the TV screen that showed330Please respect copyright.PENANADMq2glN7zF
the football game. Two more people sat on the other couch. They wore black330Please respect copyright.PENANAQALKhgZnjw
suits, and they were of Asian descent. The two looked like bodyguards. Were330Please respect copyright.PENANA8rYCbNgB2A
they here with the host who called for this meeting? Moreover, where was Red330Please respect copyright.PENANAGTvwp9DdfK
Lion?330Please respect copyright.PENANA465lGLtBje
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When she entered the living room area, she heard voices coming from the330Please respect copyright.PENANAx6QcKbNukT
balcony. She saw Red Lion standing by the open doors of the balcony. Someone330Please respect copyright.PENANAl7we85K0xP
stood in front of him, talking to him. Miranda couldn’t see who it was as the330Please respect copyright.PENANAGEGfb4wMv1
person stood on the balcony, and the doors hid him from view.330Please respect copyright.PENANA8xUKZX3gfA
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Red Lion noticed Miranda's presence and turned to look at her. He surprisingly330Please respect copyright.PENANA1vGeHiO265
smiled. She almost sighed in relief, for she really thought he was going to330Please respect copyright.PENANA2mmwg3jDYj
squeeze her throat for being late. He turned to the person who stood on the330Please respect copyright.PENANAWRFkKxfJWs
balcony.330Please respect copyright.PENANAd9rTXvsh2m
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“The young lady we were waiting on is finally here,” said Red Lion. “We can330Please respect copyright.PENANAfnSoXKDuqn
begin the meeting.”330Please respect copyright.PENANA76M7Egb6Z4
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The person on the balcony stepped into the room, and the first thing that330Please respect copyright.PENANA8l6hMKr8nl
caught Miranda’s eye was that the person wore a smart black suit, and there was330Please respect copyright.PENANA2axgE7oh3M
a charming smile on his face.