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“Angel just ruined everything for me,” said Leo as he425Please respect copyright.PENANAfXGcCapEeA
came to stand next to Eric by the bar counter.425Please respect copyright.PENANAzzI2TFeZ7X
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“What do you mean she’s ruined everything?” Eric asked.425Please respect copyright.PENANAbnsij29Fc3
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“Carly and I were supposed to run away together, but it’s like she caught on to425Please respect copyright.PENANAk4sqNRAnE3
us.” Leo shook his head. “That’s why she stayed behind with Carly. She says she425Please respect copyright.PENANAFuwX2y70N9
doesn’t want Marco to suspect anything.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAxOLKE525hN
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Eric shrugged his shoulders. “Angel does have a point,” he said. “We don’t need425Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZduEmNGW5
Marco knowing that the two of you are dating. He might tell his father, who, in425Please respect copyright.PENANAfqlL7IsdLj
turn, will tell your dad. Well, you know how this vicious cycle goes.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAwzk7tS7fxA
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Leo sighed. “You do have a point.” He turned to his cousin. “Go on. I know you425Please respect copyright.PENANADjIRmM3aW4
want to say it.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAHrfT0EMkiV
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“Say what?” Eric asked without looking at Leo.425Please respect copyright.PENANArxhc4sL1Si
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Leo sighed again, deeply this time. “That she has my best interest at heart.”425Please respect copyright.PENANActrZF8gHFM
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Eric looked at Leo, this time with a beaming smile on his face. “Of course,425Please respect copyright.PENANA1t7aPeI91T
because that’s just how she is.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAF97lI9qIBp
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“Can you stop smiling like that?” Leo looked irritated. Eric’s smile shone425Please respect copyright.PENANAXp0htKrCEW
brightly like the sun. Leo felt blinded as he turned to look away. “You’ve had425Please respect copyright.PENANAB5z7Bt4ZUK
your fun.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAuMhHYDdQP1
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“I just want to rub it in. Before we went into the garden, I was about to tell425Please respect copyright.PENANAip7qnG5bz5
you the same thing, but it slipped my mind. It’s good that Angel thought way425Please respect copyright.PENANAiaFB5YvHfv
ahead and talked to Carly about it.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAcrTcMY3z2P
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Leo felt dumb. None of that came to mind, and he felt like slapping himself for425Please respect copyright.PENANAxrs4JbRRRq
being so stupid and careless. He hoped Marco wasn’t paying enough attention at425Please respect copyright.PENANAOSHPNq7gaO
first for him to realize there was anything between him and Carly. It seems he425Please respect copyright.PENANAFAzW9cera4
has Angel to thank, but Leo was too embarrassed to think of doing so.425Please respect copyright.PENANALpFgP6DHyj
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“Do they serve milkshakes here?” Leo asked, trying to rid himself of his425Please respect copyright.PENANAPB4RbNgMoi
thoughts.425Please respect copyright.PENANAEXWsC4999e
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“Yeah, I already asked,” answered Eric. “They serve non-alcoholic drinks as425Please respect copyright.PENANAtRZlajfdie
well, in case there’s anyone who needs one.”425Please respect copyright.PENANA7uNDbVn3Zj
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“I’ll go over to the table and ask what drinks they want. Do they have snacks425Please respect copyright.PENANAV9IBKYBBHY
too?”425Please respect copyright.PENANAbsjN1abgCS
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“Yep.”425Please respect copyright.PENANABHZcT7M3ys
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Leo left the counter and found Carly where he had left her. She was slowly425Please respect copyright.PENANApUzHTRjSRh
looking around, taking in the view of the place. There were bright bulbs425Please respect copyright.PENANA8LJ5Fj7Wyr
hanging over the area, and she apparently stood out with her beautiful dress.425Please respect copyright.PENANAN1lIgVJQUZ
If they weren’t around so many people, he wasn’t going to hesitate to kiss and425Please respect copyright.PENANAA80Yy3Wo3U
caress her. He smiled at her instead and gestured with his head to her, saying425Please respect copyright.PENANA6BBv4Y38gb
that they should join Angel and the others.425Please respect copyright.PENANAivgRh4Oz7D
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Trina and Kim stood by the fountain as they watched Leo approach the table425Please respect copyright.PENANAvX0Kc6yEC7
where Angel, Oliver, and the Asian man sat. Carly joined him soon afterwards.425Please respect copyright.PENANAr0pYmhI2Kv
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“How long do you think we’ll stay here until he decides to see his lover?”425Please respect copyright.PENANAoaFc8iiB54
Trina asked as she sat at the edge of the pool basin of the fountain.425Please respect copyright.PENANABFDh2RIdAj
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“I don’t know,” said Kim, who remained standing. “Don’t tell me you’re already425Please respect copyright.PENANABBLkfeT0e0
tired.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAdkrjbg4vyH
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“Oh, no, it’s not that. They are there enjoying themselves when I’m in need of425Please respect copyright.PENANAg7A20hMVGF
a drink right now.”425Please respect copyright.PENANASpBJOLatXD
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Kim rolled her eyes. “We can go there and take a seat, but we should sit out of425Please respect copyright.PENANAZISX2WMsM0
their sight.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAW2NXKl7cin
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“Good idea. Let’s wait for Eric at the counter. Leo looks like he’s checking to425Please respect copyright.PENANASF95pkJroz
see what everyone needs because he hasn’t sat down. They will easily see us if425Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZtmMmAx40
they aren’t at their table.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAN7dBurEFCs
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Kim agreed with Trina. They continued to watch Leo as he made his way back to425Please respect copyright.PENANAg9541VH9uU
the counter.425Please respect copyright.PENANAdb4VUWtVRK
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Meanwhile, Miranda, who had been watching over the balcony, followed Leo’s425Please respect copyright.PENANAASVhPv2SKT
movements. She kept telling herself that she needed to get down there. If she425Please respect copyright.PENANALSIfTQR2ne
so much as stepped out of the room, no doubt Red Lion would have her head, and425Please respect copyright.PENANANVmCPmUDkB
whatever the meeting was all about, she wasn’t going to be a part of it.425Please respect copyright.PENANAbY10FZABQJ
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She huffed. If that was the consequence, she was going to have to deal with it.425Please respect copyright.PENANAQhd9rCPcGE
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Without giving much of a second thought, Miranda turned around and went back425Please respect copyright.PENANAA4behgf7TE
inside the room. The football game they were watching was on a half-time break,425Please respect copyright.PENANABJwpOms7cN
and the three men were there, talking aloud about the game. She approached425Please respect copyright.PENANA8dgeEb9uij
them, and to get their attention, she loudly cleared her throat.425Please respect copyright.PENANAghhEsDJNsh
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The three men all stopped talking and turned to look at Miranda. For a moment,425Please respect copyright.PENANAEIWbbcNeBD
she gulped as her eyes landed on the terrifying face of Red Lion, who didn’t425Please respect copyright.PENANAwpBbFR0U1U
like the fact that she had disturbed them. She had to be quick with what she425Please respect copyright.PENANAzxuKp6Nyie
wanted to say, as she was running on Red Lion’s patience.425Please respect copyright.PENANAWNB2ngypnU
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“I’ll be stepping out for a bit,” Miranda announced.425Please respect copyright.PENANAiZcNTMewSr
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There was a brief silence in the room as the three men continued to look at425Please respect copyright.PENANANiihE0ExxU
Miranda, expressionless. Red Lion moved in his seat, and Miranda feared that he425Please respect copyright.PENANAsQt4CoLOej
would speak first.425Please respect copyright.PENANApoSY0wQo15
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“I don’t think going out is the best thing to do right now,” he said. “We’re425Please respect copyright.PENANAW8LF7cmDmi
waiting on someone, aren’t we?”425Please respect copyright.PENANAR7oDtbwx2u
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“Yeah, we are, but this person isn’t showing up anyway. You’ll let me know when425Please respect copyright.PENANA3rDJC3IDX4
he gets here. I really need to step out.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAcHjKcztRMg
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Red Lion continued to look at her. Walters now had a scared look on his face.425Please respect copyright.PENANAbbTH7COHoH
He wished he could intervene, but things haven’t escalated between the two, so425Please respect copyright.PENANAdpOh484jZU
it was hopeless to do so.425Please respect copyright.PENANA90hR2ZOB0P
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“Whatever,” said Red Lion as he leaned back on the couch. “You get back here in425Please respect copyright.PENANASiow730Z7g
thirty minutes. If our host gets here before you, you better hurry back when425Please respect copyright.PENANAOxqpL1HJ68
Walters calls.”425Please respect copyright.PENANANZOk3Na4gC
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Miranda felt relieved. She thought she wasn’t going to be let go so easily.425Please respect copyright.PENANAtEe0Mn8p8m
Moreover, the time Red Lion gave her was too little. However, she had to make425Please respect copyright.PENANAVCkFZXSSzB
use of this as much as possible, even if it meant seeing Leo down there for a425Please respect copyright.PENANAxENLzg8gVV
minute.425Please respect copyright.PENANAw3eSpbBdQc
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“I will,” said Miranda. She didn’t waste any time as she made her way for the425Please respect copyright.PENANAL4MmfkePLk
door.425Please respect copyright.PENANANAm5xBZ7hn
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As soon as she walked out of the room, Hugo turned to Red Lion and asked, “Are425Please respect copyright.PENANAh9CLf6F7Sb
you sure letting her go out like that is a good idea? Our host can walk in at425Please respect copyright.PENANA0OpjgB42GX
any moment.”425Please respect copyright.PENANApFigi7F50s
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“True, but it’s better than her staying out on the balcony while we wait,” Red425Please respect copyright.PENANAWpA0IwmPtO
Lion answered. “If you ask me, I would step out too if it wasn’t for the football425Please respect copyright.PENANAH2WS7NJ2QZ
game. But I was serious about my threat, so she better be here before he does.”425Please respect copyright.PENANASrez8vLCRl
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Walters didn’t say anything as he briefly looked at Red Lion before looking up425Please respect copyright.PENANAKOjWL1nKFS
at the TV. Red Lion wasn’t kidding when he said he was in a good mood, Walters425Please respect copyright.PENANAZaK7ynq8B0
thought to himself. Knowing Red Lion, he wasn’t going to let Miranda walk out425Please respect copyright.PENANAEjRqAlAvU8
of here. Something must have really put Red Lion into a good mood today, or425Please respect copyright.PENANAG1XAwLcJ1s
else he wouldn’t have done what he did.425Please respect copyright.PENANAYJLrGNoRsc
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Leo and Eric came to join the others at the table with their drinks, and Eric,425Please respect copyright.PENANAjPITDCAILw
on the other hand, carried a plate full of nachos and cheese. Oliver was so425Please respect copyright.PENANAWNQQavRPL3
delighted to see the plate of snacks that he couldn’t wait to eat them. Angel425Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1KacVXvxf
had to warn him not to eat too much, or else he might have a bad tummy ache the425Please respect copyright.PENANAIdAGYdW1sc
next day.425Please respect copyright.PENANAl0oaAveeOo
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“I wouldn’t waste my breath warning the guy,” said Eric as he sat down on the425Please respect copyright.PENANApITQzkcJLw
empty chair next to Angel after serving her a soda. “It’s a Friday, and he425Please respect copyright.PENANAs2wX9tmqJS
likes to act like he can do whatever he wants.”425Please respect copyright.PENANA2oZIZmtgcy
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Oliver, who sat on Angel’s other side, didn’t answer him as he took his mango425Please respect copyright.PENANAJaH1gQJfRM
milkshake and put the straw in his mouth. Angel, on the other hand, looked at425Please respect copyright.PENANAJxDIuZxO68
Eric and shook her head.425Please respect copyright.PENANAIlj7upDFxJ
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Leo placed his glass of beer and Carly’s cocktail before taking his seat in425Please respect copyright.PENANAdQDStgXxA0
between them. He also served Marco a bottle of the cider that he wanted. Marco425Please respect copyright.PENANAlnS1j0C5Fm
thanked him as Leo sat down.425Please respect copyright.PENANAnkOaOm42t4
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“Hey, Marco,” said Angel as she turned to look at him, looking over Oliver, who425Please respect copyright.PENANAGYOd9UPmnB
sat in between them. “Have you ever been here before? In America, I mean.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAdqH34vDm4W
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“Oh, yes, I’ve come here several times,” answered Marco. “I usually come here425Please respect copyright.PENANASGA6AEwnFf
with dad on business trips. Inheriting the family business can be tiring,425Please respect copyright.PENANA8AHA3hV5Qa
especially when they’re showing you the ropes. You just have to be there, even425Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1RMX6U57j
when you don’t want to. I bet Leo can testify to that.”425Please respect copyright.PENANA4rg1elpoz9
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“He’s right,” said Leo, finding it hard to argue with him.425Please respect copyright.PENANAb57oBk8Uf6
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“Wait, does that mean I might inherit mum’s business of running the massage425Please respect copyright.PENANAgcC3eHsJno
parlors when I’m older?” Oliver asked as he took a nacho and dipped it in425Please respect copyright.PENANA4SiGSd4Cxm
cheese.425Please respect copyright.PENANAa3rAUf82xG
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Everyone at the table grew quiet as they looked at Oliver. At the same time,425Please respect copyright.PENANAUE5wFs6fQU
they all burst into laughter.425Please respect copyright.PENANAw0o35cNtZr
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“Maybe,” said Eric. He tried his best to stop laughing, but it was of no use.425Please respect copyright.PENANAFtSLCUQT4O
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“No fair,” said Oliver after chewing on his nacho. “You were the one who was425Please respect copyright.PENANAoB34Pgx6eT
supposed to inherit it, not me.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAvXc1ojLYjM
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“Sorry, but I’m more into other businesses, lil’ bro.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAdR6Jhg9mhV
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“Don’t take it like that, Oliver,” said Marco. “Beauty parlors aren’t that bad.425Please respect copyright.PENANAjavvMsiQrF
Moreover, many rich people love going to such places. So you’ll probably make a425Please respect copyright.PENANA5BppQwrlUg
lot more money in the future.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAWMDUFcE9li
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“Besides, if you’re interested in other things, I’m sure your mum will425Please respect copyright.PENANAc8tIwdbLje
understand,” said Angel.425Please respect copyright.PENANAo8YkgnyxWJ
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“If you like, you and I can run them together,” said Carly. “That’s if you plan425Please respect copyright.PENANA59TWSUnpWr
on running them.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAewyd1tfozI
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“And I can be more of an investor,” said Marco.425Please respect copyright.PENANAGncd6Qf0jo
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“I still have a whole life ahead of me,” said Oliver as he shrugged his425Please respect copyright.PENANA0yseUAbJSo
shoulders. “I’ll see if I can handle it.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAUeQDdLLruL
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All the grown-ups at the table looked at the young boy, somewhat surprised at425Please respect copyright.PENANA7p9F5LOaEl
his answer. They all stayed that way for a brief moment before Leo stretched425Please respect copyright.PENANAlRdL0axF1b
out his hand to get a nacho.425Please respect copyright.PENANAnjtyltrVBY
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“Good enough response for me,” he said. He put the nacho in his mouth425Please respect copyright.PENANA1M72sZUwVh
afterwards.425Please respect copyright.PENANAjN8zrbsEBI
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“I swear, sometimes I feel he’s older for his age,” said Eric as he shook his425Please respect copyright.PENANAQXle7yQC95
head.425Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6e9AEUHKm
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“Aren’t all kids nowadays?” Angel asked with a smile.425Please respect copyright.PENANAbf9wDKvCN2
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“Just like Leo said, a very wise response,” said Marco as he looked at Oliver425Please respect copyright.PENANAzdqSdprOuI
admirably. “Hopefully, you do inherit, and we will become business partners in425Please respect copyright.PENANANAd2AnzCml
the future.”425Please respect copyright.PENANARtrCaKx501
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“Yeah, let’s not push him for now,” said Carly. “He’ll sort all of that out425Please respect copyright.PENANAuueu1Ldj0S
later, when he’s older.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAOk5Fnu4qVr
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“Well, sometimes you don’t really have much of a choice. Isn’t that right,425Please respect copyright.PENANAei1OKczNGQ
Leo?” Marco asked, his eyes fixed on Leo.425Please respect copyright.PENANAXdKGRZmr7U
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Leo slowly stopped chewing as he looked at Marco. He didn’t know if answering425Please respect copyright.PENANA0IkN8c7wVQ
Marco would be a good idea, but he only gestured with his head to acknowledge425Please respect copyright.PENANAfPy6wgsOtO
the statement.425Please respect copyright.PENANAkoVr9sob4k
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Angel was sipping on her drink when her eyes wandered away from the area in the425Please respect copyright.PENANA4qm2G1fr9T
bar and to the fountain. She had a feeling Trina and Kim had been standing425Please respect copyright.PENANANCJ7fpUk7L
there for a while. When she found there were only a couple looking at the425Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5yi5vUzqT
fountain, she started to worry. Could they have given up and left? Kim didn’t425Please respect copyright.PENANAHAMlZx7A4n
seem like the kind of person who would give up on anything, Angel thought.425Please respect copyright.PENANAsPZWJuDOxI
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She was lucky enough to see Kim and Trina approach the open bar, and she had a425Please respect copyright.PENANABc1vBn8ZHS
clear view of them. Leo sat with his back facing them, but she feared Eric and425Please respect copyright.PENANAAybZyhGTLW
Oliver would see them. Angel had to think of something to turn their eyes425Please respect copyright.PENANACHWXEY1v6L
elsewhere. What should she do?425Please respect copyright.PENANASw98L1VjG6
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She turned to Oliver, and he seemed distracted as he was eating the nachos425Please respect copyright.PENANAzDIPcVHG0E
hungrily. Turning to Eric, she found him somewhat staring at her.425Please respect copyright.PENANAkjojgVCF6k
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“What is it?” she asked him.425Please respect copyright.PENANAQHGUnGL1Qw
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“Oh, nothing,” he said, somewhat looking a little embarrassed that he was425Please respect copyright.PENANAUaddpoEjdr
caught looking at her. “You’re looking really pretty tonight, that’s all.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAzTOo54qJyH
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Angel noticed Kim and Trina enter the bar area through the corner of her eye.425Please respect copyright.PENANAqixvRR0cjh
She couldn’t turn to look at them. That would only get Eric to look, and he425Please respect copyright.PENANA9XwQhAYKCj
would spot them eventually. She had to keep eye contact with him for as long as425Please respect copyright.PENANAQjUwtFkgW1
necessary.425Please respect copyright.PENANAfyK0Gd6uGv
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“Thank you,” said Angel, smiling at him. “Picking this outfit wasn’t easy, you425Please respect copyright.PENANA6sMdRERyJS
know.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAwFLwbYBv6I
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“Nah, I think it was,” said Eric. “I’m betting that you didn’t have to try on425Please respect copyright.PENANA9jUMytWW3D
any other dress. This one was just perfect.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAu0ngm6YcIf
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Carly, who looked at the two, smiled. “He’s not wrong there,” she said.425Please respect copyright.PENANAtO4354O2wM
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Leo felt like throwing up in his drink as he had a clear sight of Eric flirting425Please respect copyright.PENANAvxWC0qMAoL
with Angel. He wished he could tell them to get a room, but he knew better than425Please respect copyright.PENANAh2HulrlWwh
to say it when he was flirting with Carly some time ago.425Please respect copyright.PENANAAR2EKzUNab
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Angel saw through the corner of her eye that Kim and Trina had entered the bar425Please respect copyright.PENANAKGyAud1VUO
area and were now looking around for a table on the other side. It was best for425Please respect copyright.PENANAK5HDaEc91I
them to get a table where they couldn’t be seen. As soon as they were out of425Please respect copyright.PENANAgo5c9zyA9R
sight, Angel couldn’t help but feel relieved. She went on ahead to pick a425Please respect copyright.PENANA1VmuwYkeOK
nacho, dip it in cheese, and eat it.425Please respect copyright.PENANAgAyFGeNAcO
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“That was close,” said Trina. “For a moment, I thought Eric was going to see425Please respect copyright.PENANAFsRwYEUmah
us.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAEJNv41Iv9Q
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“We better count ourselves lucky,” said Kim.425Please respect copyright.PENANAPB7uhuCh5e
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“If we weren’t on opposite sides, I would thank Angel for distracting him. I425Please respect copyright.PENANAwtG8esOJd7
have a feeling she saw us and wasn’t into the idea of Eric seeing us too.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAZSHlUKYW38
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Kim didn’t argue there. She somewhat agreed with Trina. She looked toward the425Please respect copyright.PENANAZTA35L35VL
bar. Luckily enough, it was circular in shape with a bar shelve in the425Please respect copyright.PENANAFSb9k56o7b
circumference, blocking the view of the other side. Therefore, she could see425Please respect copyright.PENANA2gaPlDOOQc
neither them nor them doing the same. Moreover, she could easily go over to the425Please respect copyright.PENANAJbjVuAA6ph
counter for a drink.425Please respect copyright.PENANABG4mOspU4O
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“We should really think things through, Kim,” said Trina as she looked over at425Please respect copyright.PENANAffo3y8QMPs
the bar, realizing that the others were out of sight. “Is staying here really425Please respect copyright.PENANAN0dznYneoX
worth it? I doubt if he is going to meet his lover with the company that he425Please respect copyright.PENANARrdkZnH3sM
has.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAmg5wnsLMQ0
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“You’ve been in doubt all this time,” said Kim. “Why don’t you just give up and425Please respect copyright.PENANAF68EG7Uen0
leave? I’m not going to stop you.”425Please respect copyright.PENANABXIByvMMJS
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“The reason I am here is that I’m afraid that you might mess this up. Your425Please respect copyright.PENANAOIantUDgj3
obsession over Leo leaving you for someone else is really starting to get over425Please respect copyright.PENANABDFRCS79hZ
your head. If you aren’t careful, you might hurt yourself more than you are425Please respect copyright.PENANAOpJ4OwbDs7
already doing right now.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAXc19aolE0G
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Kim looked at her best friend, feeling infuriated by what she said. She didn’t425Please respect copyright.PENANA6UsiyHbzDe
want to lash out and tried to find a better way to respond.425Please respect copyright.PENANA9mIk88L2Td
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“Like I said before, if you want to, you can leave,” said Kim.425Please respect copyright.PENANAYzqszK7LNS
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“I’m not leaving without you,” said Trina. “And besides, when we came in here,425Please respect copyright.PENANArYxB4HZqGb
I saw Eric flirting with Angel. I wonder if he really does like her.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAjYmEKgTMPN
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A sudden laugh came out of Kim’s mouth. Tears almost filled her eyes. “You’re425Please respect copyright.PENANAg17ofpG9FI
just as jealous as I am,” she said.425Please respect copyright.PENANAGr1Vf4QDQg
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“Well, I’m not like you,” said Trina as she folded her arms. “You’re making425Please respect copyright.PENANAaOFQGnmZJx
things worse for yourself, and it will end up being a obsession.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAJXtNzE12ir
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Kim shook her head. “I know, but I won’t let this go far. Once I get to see425Please respect copyright.PENANAHzDSqrIHf9
Leo’s lover, I’ll let this go.”425Please respect copyright.PENANADIoQnQXEGq
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Trina raised an eyebrow. “Will you? I know you, Kim. Leo has been the only man425Please respect copyright.PENANANb8D7Nxiz6
you’ve been in love with since we were kids, and him breaking up with you and425Please respect copyright.PENANAB0v3wl1ADY
calling off the wedding was a heavy toll. I don’t think you’ll be able to let425Please respect copyright.PENANADz7rQINZNR
go of him that easily.”425Please respect copyright.PENANA8k18QJ79n6
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“Are you trying to say I am psycho?” Kim didn’t like where their conversation425Please respect copyright.PENANAg6Z6XFTObC
was going.425Please respect copyright.PENANA6bQLV2dASJ
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Trina swallowed, thinking over her words before she spoke them out. “All I’m425Please respect copyright.PENANApXfnKxL4Ob
saying is that it’s time to let Leo go. Thinking about him and his new lover425Please respect copyright.PENANARwdFGsvIFS
isn’t going to do you any good.”425Please respect copyright.PENANATX2D7CPh7P
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Kim sighed. She stretched out her hand over the table and beckoned to Trina to425Please respect copyright.PENANAsqT2XTAwtS
give her hers. Trina did likewise, and Kim held her friend’s hand tightly.425Please respect copyright.PENANAJZLOCEAHZN
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“Okay, after tonight, I’ll try and let go of Leo,” said Kim.425Please respect copyright.PENANA5whnLGXN72
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“Why not now?” Trina asked. “Don’t tell me you’re going to follow through with425Please respect copyright.PENANAjBM9g6SkDj
your promise after you see this lover of his.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAmayirV5LLP
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Kim didn’t answer, and Trina rolled her eyes. “Fine,” Trina said. “After425Please respect copyright.PENANA53QAG327zb
tonight, I shouldn’t hear about Leo ever again.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAv4BKEFGuK5
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“But what if we don’t see her?” Kim asked.425Please respect copyright.PENANAk55TNwt8mI
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“You forget him anyway,” said Trina, pulling her hand away. “I’m going to get425Please respect copyright.PENANANSBcgjg5wu
us some drinks.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAQMwAUuF4CP
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Trina quickly stood up and left the table. Kim looked on at her best friend and425Please respect copyright.PENANAOoHJaujMIh
knew she had pissed her off. She wished she could assure Trina that she was425Please respect copyright.PENANAgdyTITvKc6
going to forget Leo after this, but even she knew that was far from impossible.425Please respect copyright.PENANAFvONsV3rko
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Miranda rushed out of the elevator and ran into the garden like a mad woman.425Please respect copyright.PENANAJI2ifBcaV8
Along the way, she pushed people aside. To some, she apologized, but to others,425Please respect copyright.PENANArZWw5QN3sR
she didn’t even give them a second thought.425Please respect copyright.PENANAyu5VaDAHNk
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There was only one way to the garden, and that was through the western wing425Please respect copyright.PENANAFCVCj7RicT
since the doors to the east wing weren’t open, said a woman she had met in the425Please respect copyright.PENANAVfFatBkBzj
elevator who was going downstairs and who had lived in the hotel for a long425Please respect copyright.PENANAAxVTog2jfW
time. Thankful for the information, Miranda had to rush. She only had a few425Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4d0iyoqGg
minutes left, but all she needed was to see Leo.425Please respect copyright.PENANA55Is6u6EFb
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She had just bypassed the fountain, heading towards the open bar, but then she425Please respect copyright.PENANAq01fuWwtBS
stopped herself short. She had to see where Leo was sitting first; he might as425Please respect copyright.PENANAeHV8qkAGFa
well have Carly seated right beside him, and Carly would no doubt see her if425Please respect copyright.PENANA5ndSlO6yjn
she wasn’t too careful.425Please respect copyright.PENANA3dtidMjbmC
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She didn’t have to look any further, as she saw Leo at the table with Carly425Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9w1fTghzA
beside him along with other people. Leo was holding the floor for the time425Please respect copyright.PENANAOev4KU6jZp
being, and Miranda noticed how everyone laughed at what he said. Carly, who sat425Please respect copyright.PENANASfIYtsU04S
next to him, looked admirably at him. Miranda huffed. If only she could figure425Please respect copyright.PENANAI8iCrzrcZD
out a way to get the two apart, but now wasn’t the time to think about such425Please respect copyright.PENANAtmoDDajNrx
things.425Please respect copyright.PENANAFTvuFlyBPX
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She started to approach the entrance of the bar; looking over at Leo’s table425Please respect copyright.PENANA451iZ93ydD
and hopeful that Carly wouldn’t turn her head to see her.425Please respect copyright.PENANAtC36v9mtBH
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Miranda walked over to the counter and sat on the stool. Immediately, the425Please respect copyright.PENANAD5Tr7qS8jI
bartender attended to her, and she ordered a martini. The bartender went on425Please respect copyright.PENANAsuulVpN0aD
ahead to make her drink as Miranda slightly turned around on her chair to look425Please respect copyright.PENANAGzcy56jXkb
at the table behind her. She had a clear view of Leo, and a smile came across425Please respect copyright.PENANALEbjVM31PD
her face.425Please respect copyright.PENANAwcbdDtLXoe
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“Seriously, ever since Albert puked on me at the work party, I told myself425Please respect copyright.PENANAVSl9KhUCmm
never to drink with him again,” said Leo, concluding his funny story.425Please respect copyright.PENANApIxQyUkxLO
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"That's why I never hang around drunk people," said Marco. "You425Please respect copyright.PENANAopyd8ND9vS
might find they embarrass you."425Please respect copyright.PENANARmu76Zw8yl
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"But haven't we ever done anything embarrassing when we are drunk?"425Please respect copyright.PENANAlWzwGlVGuX
Eric asked.425Please respect copyright.PENANA2JfoWqiUVc
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"Not me," Oliver answered. "I'm too young to drink."425Please respect copyright.PENANAoBgnJ1phOh
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Eric sucked his teeth. "Of course, I wasn't directing the question to you,425Please respect copyright.PENANA9kxpKKruMe
silly," he said.425Please respect copyright.PENANApqFFtJt4D8
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"I remember there was one time back at my old college when I got so drunk425Please respect copyright.PENANAw85qgf0ELP
that Angel had to come by taxi to take me home," Carly shared. "We425Please respect copyright.PENANABvqj64erk7
were having a closing year party as a class at a friend's place. I got so425Please respect copyright.PENANAxYnJUpPmxe
carried away that I even fell in the pool."425Please respect copyright.PENANA2r5b69toUr
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"A friend of hers called, and I had to arrange some dry clothes for425Please respect copyright.PENANA3kev36p1k8
her," said Angel as she laughed. "Seriously, Carly, you threw Mum in425Please respect copyright.PENANAuBcvxEO1mF
a fit when I tried to sneak you back into the house. But you ended up singing425Please respect copyright.PENANAFkq0JBdGV1
so loudly that she came rushing from her bedroom to see you in a mess."425Please respect copyright.PENANAi0RJhkLtar
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"Were you grounded, Carly?" Oliver asked as he ate some nachos.425Please respect copyright.PENANAH4oRlR75AV
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"No, but if us young adults could still be, I definitely would have been425Please respect copyright.PENANAwTO0PABjY1
grounded," said Carly. "I was punished in a way, though. Mum didn't425Please respect copyright.PENANAExPzID5DUm
talk to me for a week."425Please respect copyright.PENANATklKxGdZPS
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"I remember when we were having my uncle's birthday party," said425Please respect copyright.PENANAHPqSaXWOvu
Marco, "and we meant to have a nice, quiet family party. Instead, my uncle425Please respect copyright.PENANA4gB9XbGxGj
brought in many of his unruly friends. The party turned out to be such a blast.425Please respect copyright.PENANADhRTN1tHCR
He and I had a competition to see who could drink more tequila. He passed out425Please respect copyright.PENANAWdGgZF2vkq
before he could take the last glass. I won, but at a cost. I puked in the car,425Please respect copyright.PENANARjrQzX4IPo
and my dad was furious. From then on, I told myself I wasn't going for tequila425Please respect copyright.PENANAFFwjipbBb1
shots ever again."425Please respect copyright.PENANAihjHO0fNJV
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“Trust me, the first time I had my first tequila shot in college was awful,”425Please respect copyright.PENANAvwSkoJWtV7
said Eric. “My head was spinning so much that I slept in the bar, and it took425Please respect copyright.PENANASumAzhNF7Z
my friends I had back then to carry me back to my room. Leo was also there, and425Please respect copyright.PENANAN7MroqfYPm
he said I was blabbering nonsense before I blacked out.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAeEZm4nIZlj
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“He was complaining about some girl who couldn’t stop following him in425Please respect copyright.PENANA4GJkak6vJC
college,” said Leo. “If she happened to be there to hear what you had said, she425Please respect copyright.PENANAPueV9cu0Ol
would definitely have stayed away from you for sure.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAjo2JGx6Yhi
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Eric shook his head after taking a sip of his drink. “I highly doubt it. I did425Please respect copyright.PENANAxSijPGXRK6
some crazy things in college, but the girls still loved me anyway.”425Please respect copyright.PENANA74hxUIRbbO
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Marco turned to look at Angel. “What of you, Angel? Have you ever had any425Please respect copyright.PENANAikGelpZZ8B
embarrassing moments when you were drunk?” he asked.425Please respect copyright.PENANAWFAApviqtp
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“Before she says anything,” said Carly. “You should ask her first if she drinks425Please respect copyright.PENANAkuAquRJU5Z
alcohol.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAEkovYarCY1
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Marco, Leo, and Eric now turned their eyes on Angel with curious looks. Her425Please respect copyright.PENANANuBFzvG6zl
cheeks flushed in embarrassment as she looked down at the table. She pressed425Please respect copyright.PENANAAnm0lzJVk5
her lips together before looking at everyone, including Oliver.425Please respect copyright.PENANAjYDzgvTPod
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"So, Angel, do you take any alcohol?” Marco asked.425Please respect copyright.PENANAGArKCtq51r
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“Of course, I do,” said Angel. “Except that I like to drink wine or champagne425Please respect copyright.PENANAjX0iISWzQI
on special occasions.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAIdXYo4oZvb
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“I never thought someone like you would actually take alcohol,” said Eric. “But425Please respect copyright.PENANA7qpeXTSlu6
your preference suits you.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAK9CDaNLpyz
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“Yeah, very classy,” said Oliver.425Please respect copyright.PENANAJZ3HdghYKT
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The adults turned to look at Oliver, surprised. Oliver also looked back at them425Please respect copyright.PENANAymFhd6uikS
as though he were judging them for giving him such a look.425Please respect copyright.PENANA31TWTCTcxY
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“What?” he asked with a shrug of his shoulders. “I hear people who drink such425Please respect copyright.PENANA0fOQ3hhSki
are considered classy.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAD7SjgdXrHG
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“Wow, someone should tell him that he shouldn’t judge people according to what425Please respect copyright.PENANAtNvHUG429B
they drink,” said Eric.425Please respect copyright.PENANAhwC9Tx0HCt
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“Well, Angel is classy, isn’t she?” Oliver asked.425Please respect copyright.PENANAp66myIqZOz
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Angel and Carly burst into laughter. Marco and Leo chuckled, while Eric looked425Please respect copyright.PENANAUZLf01tKHP
like he didn’t know what to do with his brother anymore.425Please respect copyright.PENANA69iSjLHSKl
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“I agree with Oliver,” said Marco. “Angel is in a class of her own.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAxYSsKghmjO
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“That’s being too sweet, don’t you think?” Leo asked, raising an eyebrow at425Please respect copyright.PENANAy9SooUInke
Marco.425Please respect copyright.PENANAQXjmzDm2OI
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“Well, no, I’m being really genuine here. Angel carries a certain level of425Please respect copyright.PENANAjuObJtMYMr
elegance that I can describe as classy. I don’t know, but there’s much more to425Please respect copyright.PENANArwyucD6Dno
her than just her beauty. You’re a man, and I have no doubt you see it too.”425Please respect copyright.PENANACJtPATnDe1
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Everyone was silent except for Oliver, who loudly sucked at his smoothie425Please respect copyright.PENANA8CTs4EbPiy
through the straw. Angel found herself looking at Marco with her cheeks feeling425Please respect copyright.PENANAIwBNoSmLKj
like hot coals slapped across her face. Marco turned from Leo to Angel, and the425Please respect copyright.PENANAgn1rH0zctF
corner of his lips rose to a smile. This time, his smile was gentle and425Please respect copyright.PENANA4dvZHVBo9C
sincere.425Please respect copyright.PENANAlIttBxFdpD
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Leo swallowed, as he didn’t know how to respond to Marco’s statement. He saw425Please respect copyright.PENANAygGobMuPdd
Marco shift his attention to Angel. As much as Marco was somewhat right from425Please respect copyright.PENANAN6B2zkl5JK
Leo’s perspective, he did his best to try and not take it to heart. For some425Please respect copyright.PENANAbRYPZ54OCs
reason, he couldn’t stand the way Marco looked at her, and it bothered him a425Please respect copyright.PENANANUd0nruRF6
little. He started to wonder if Marco really liked Angel.425Please respect copyright.PENANAsbVF76NApk
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Eric felt like taking Angel by the hand and dragging her away from Marco. He425Please respect copyright.PENANAGntFKjN5Qm
shifted uncomfortably in his chair, and he thought of bringing something up to425Please respect copyright.PENANA80klnNhHNw
ease the tension that he felt, but nothing came to mind.425Please respect copyright.PENANALMtOkojXo8
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Carly couldn’t help but stare at Angel. What Marco said resonated with her, and425Please respect copyright.PENANA5IKawvnlmX
as she stared at her sister, she could see it clearly. She always felt there425Please respect copyright.PENANAhvsxB9vX2i
was something about Angel that she couldn’t put her finger on, and it seems425Please respect copyright.PENANAjOl2Ardnny
Marco hit the nail right on the head. Carly has not always looked up at her425Please respect copyright.PENANAe0qin9PTBY
sister because she was older, but she always carried with her a certain essence425Please respect copyright.PENANAAL6Wgxk5M7
that Carly’s been following blindly for years. She knew she could never be like425Please respect copyright.PENANAwZ0CrNx7rh
Angel, but that essence always showed brightly, and Carly always admired Angel425Please respect copyright.PENANAiOBzK3DVzm
for it.425Please respect copyright.PENANAzLlbhqIWOQ
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“We’re out of nachos,” Oliver announced, bringing everyone out of their425Please respect copyright.PENANARXwO1tVurY
thoughts.425Please respect copyright.PENANAF7Oj77W7Ky
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“I’ll go get some,” said Leo, grateful for Oliver finishing the nachos. He425Please respect copyright.PENANAjqgfLqTAYO
really needed to take a breather.425Please respect copyright.PENANAVgm20eMuEI
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Leo picked up the empty bowl and started to make his way to the bar counter.425Please respect copyright.PENANAMa9hoEv3Ha
Oliver started to say something to keep everyone busy. When Leo was just a few425Please respect copyright.PENANANbQyy7cNHe
feet away from the bar, it was then that Angel jerked upright in her seat as425Please respect copyright.PENANALn07aYLfJJ
though she had woken up from a bad dream.425Please respect copyright.PENANAkgFgSq5uQ0
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“Hey, are you okay?” Eric asked.425Please respect copyright.PENANAK5awW6PK5P
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“I’m good, thanks,” Angel replied, assuring Eric with a smile. She turned to425Please respect copyright.PENANAninLfFpF2f
Leo, who was heading to the counter. Kim was obviously on the other side, so425Please respect copyright.PENANASzT1V7KN0x
Leo wouldn’t see them. She was worrying over nothing.425Please respect copyright.PENANAXOk8EOsi5Q
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Miranda quickly turned back in her seat to face the beer and wine bottles on425Please respect copyright.PENANALv4JqJAQfk
the shelf behind the bar counter as she saw Leo approach. She swallowed as she425Please respect copyright.PENANAZoCMmLMatz
felt her hands start to shake. A debate arose in her head. Should she say425Please respect copyright.PENANALMspYBgzpM
something to him when he comes over? Why should she? It’s not like he can425Please respect copyright.PENANAbUubAE5Hh9
remember that they met at the candy store. I am just being silly, she said to425Please respect copyright.PENANAKTcl81hOXY
herself.425Please respect copyright.PENANAWRTaAWyiKm
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Leo finally reached the counter, and he happened to stand next to Miranda. When425Please respect copyright.PENANAYvC3DsMdoZ
Miranda saw him through the corner of her eye, she felt frightened like a mouse425Please respect copyright.PENANAHeBCuUlN57
that scurries away when it sees the enemy. However, she tried to sit still in425Please respect copyright.PENANAaYRJYBzZw8
her seat so as not to draw any attention to herself. She looked down at the425Please respect copyright.PENANA90anHKDrIT
glass in front of her and slowly took it. She tried to control the trembling in425Please respect copyright.PENANA4hykKI9GL7
her hand and hoped that she wouldn’t spill the drink over or that Leo wouldn’t425Please respect copyright.PENANAsKtXQD0TEc
notice her.425Please respect copyright.PENANA9WtH3VR2n8
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Leo ordered another plate of nachos, and his eyes diverted to the side. His425Please respect copyright.PENANAJCSgzJPT0q
eyes fell on the woman beside him. He had a funny feeling that she looked425Please respect copyright.PENANAVydRSAa7ZC
familiar, but he didn’t know if he should ask. Still, it was better to mind his425Please respect copyright.PENANA3GjqTgV9nW
own business.425Please respect copyright.PENANAM3DMjMUnc8
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Miranda felt his eyes on her, and automatically, her head turned to the side to425Please respect copyright.PENANAABosM00bs7
look at Leo. After realizing what she had done, her eyes went wide with425Please respect copyright.PENANAcBSSJttqyz
surprise.425Please respect copyright.PENANALuUq67O2qv
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“I remember you from somewhere,” said Leo.425Please respect copyright.PENANATz6GLvzqLx
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“Ah, yes,” said Miranda. Her surprised look seemed to have worked in her favor.425Please respect copyright.PENANAlml0l3jxdy
“At the candy store.”425Please respect copyright.PENANA8mSSwUtdKk
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“Oh, yeah, right,” said Leo as he gave a nod of his head. “I remember. You425Please respect copyright.PENANAHwovel0oWJ
bumped into that moving shelf.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAw8UlbFB2vE
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“That was embarrassing,” said Miranda as she laughed. “I was in a rush.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAfRmxswqMyu
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Leo gave her a friendly smile and nodded his head, showing that he understood.425Please respect copyright.PENANAU4GnOp3bGm
His gesture made Miranda almost want to shoot out of her stool like a rocket.425Please respect copyright.PENANAH379awZofe
Her heart fluttered, and she wanted to hold on to that beautiful feeling425Please respect copyright.PENANAwB2hItPnSP
forever.425Please respect copyright.PENANAobCMoq2qIY
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The bartender came back with the plate refilled with nachos and cheese. Leo425Please respect copyright.PENANAPQsikN8R8h
took it and thanked the bartender. He turned to Miranda, and she knew that425Please respect copyright.PENANAUTpjXBPdTc
their conversation ended here.425Please respect copyright.PENANAJeSJs0Zhx5
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“It was nice seeing you again,” said Leo. “Enjoy your drink.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAO8rc8zsLBH
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“Thanks,” said Miranda. She didn’t know what to say next as Leo took his leave.425Please respect copyright.PENANAfx9baltsEo
The thought of being just a stranger to him didn’t sit well with Miranda. She425Please respect copyright.PENANAm0aCKySAZX
wanted to be close to him. How will she be able to do that?425Please respect copyright.PENANAT92D5okS4r
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Her eyes fell to the table Leo was heading to, and she saw Carly talking with425Please respect copyright.PENANAjhxxeX0mSS
so much glee. She didn’t seem to have a care in the world, and it hurt Miranda425Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZpqSBmRgF
that she should be the one close to Leo and not her.425Please respect copyright.PENANAzIiojgn2vq
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Carly turned her eyes to Leo, who was approaching the table, and she couldn’t425Please respect copyright.PENANAeJaMW0h7F0
help but smile at him. Miranda was smart enough to turn her head so that Carly425Please respect copyright.PENANA3BGBAFALxU
wouldn’t see her. Miranda knew her time was up, and she was guessing that she425Please respect copyright.PENANAyBAj0TN9rS
might have overstayed at the bar. It was time to go back upstairs. She thought425Please respect copyright.PENANANnJYkN4CUX
of looking back at Leo, but it wasn’t worth the risk. It was best for her to425Please respect copyright.PENANAF7BTkP7pf8
leave, but after she finished her martini.425Please respect copyright.PENANAFPsoB2s0vR
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A few seconds before that, Trina came back to the table with two bottles of425Please respect copyright.PENANAKnqRRumQfy
cider. She sat herself down and placed one bottle in front of Kim.425Please respect copyright.PENANACDsYKnKbEe
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“Thanks,” said Kim.425Please respect copyright.PENANAlC0rChLm7g
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“Have you thought of what to do?” Trina asked. “We can’t see Leo from here.425Please respect copyright.PENANAGe9jdvwcrc
That’s if you really plan on catching Leo with his lover.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAp5Bm7SjNJQ
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“I thought of sitting by the counter and peeping on him,” Kim suggested.425Please respect copyright.PENANAKSF8Flnepy
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“Sounds like a good idea,” said Trina. “Even if we were to see him walking out,425Please respect copyright.PENANAHgfZOjnJJv
it would be impossible for us to see where he would go.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAXStWjk2ura
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As the two women stood at the table, Trina stopped Kim by placing her hand on425Please respect copyright.PENANAgfkhwonOYO
Kim’s shoulder.425Please respect copyright.PENANA2oZRTJtVtN
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“I know you’re tired of me saying this,” said Trina, “but doing this is a bad425Please respect copyright.PENANAHLtkY1tvgO
idea. We should get out while we can.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAfhKjx5M0dy
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Kim scoffed. “I gave you my word earlier, didn’t I? There is no need to repeat425Please respect copyright.PENANAPjxAFmBe9b
the conversation. Let’s go.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAMt4nDQTlbg
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Trina’s hand fell away from Kim’s shoulder as Kim started to make her way to425Please respect copyright.PENANAcfEH5PFin3
the other side of the bar. Trina followed her, and coming back the way they425Please respect copyright.PENANAmSTQb7joGw
came, they stopped at the counter. From the angle at which they stood, they425Please respect copyright.PENANAtdJtESkcup
were able to see Leo’s table.425Please respect copyright.PENANAjS2qW6AMtQ
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The two of them sat on the stools, facing each other. Trina had her back facing425Please respect copyright.PENANAPv9VrExtFp
Leo’s table, shielding Kim from plain sight if the worst happened.425Please respect copyright.PENANAvfGlT7lPeB
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“I can’t see so much, so you’ll be telling me what’s going on,” said Trina.425Please respect copyright.PENANABxn7D9WP2r
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“You’re overthinking things,” said Kim. “You can take a peek and still won’t be425Please respect copyright.PENANAKV5U2eQT1z
seen. Oh, look, Leo is coming over.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAo89RL0pjWL
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Trina turned her head slightly to see Leo approach the other side of the425Please respect copyright.PENANANoEIwqsCQk
counter. He wasn’t looking in their direction, so they were at ease as they425Please respect copyright.PENANAQdJt8GYAKX
looked on. They saw him ask the bar tender for another refill of nachos. He425Please respect copyright.PENANAyrhOcYBKbR
soon looked at the woman beside him, and Kim held Trina’s hand on the bar425Please respect copyright.PENANAXvpnSzFVeM
counter in anticipation.425Please respect copyright.PENANAk8HhM7EqX0
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“Could it be her?” Kim asked, almost squeezing Trina’s hand.425Please respect copyright.PENANAJwNeum0agj
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Trina looked at the woman beside Leo as she turned to look at him. She shook425Please respect copyright.PENANAJoUirH8MlS
her head. “I don’t think so,” said Trina.425Please respect copyright.PENANAg1haLnVHcb
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They watched as Leo talked with the woman briefly, and as soon as he took the bowl425Please respect copyright.PENANAlQAYAziiCu
of nachos, he addressed the woman and went back to his table. Trina shook her425Please respect copyright.PENANAee6UANl5Zf
head.425Please respect copyright.PENANANBKm7Nn3qA
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“She’s not the one,” said Trina. “They looked like they knew each other, but425Please respect copyright.PENANASk8Aj1V10K
not at that intimate level.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAaJ4wkGu72V
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“Are you sure?” Kim asked. “Because he was smiling at her.”425Please respect copyright.PENANApfXIE6Qoli
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Trina rolled her eyes before turning them at her friend. “Does every smile he425Please respect copyright.PENANA9DL0kYw7JV
gives everyone mean that he is flirting with them?” she asked. “He looks like425Please respect copyright.PENANAB4zCvKV4H7
he was being friendly to me.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAwjwjXSSzH8
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“What if she’s the one and they were communicating in some way through code?”425Please respect copyright.PENANAHvIL3CdvEh
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Trina raised an eyebrow at her. Kim knew she was taking things a little far and425Please respect copyright.PENANA8jT59crlmA
looked the other way, taking a sip from her bottle and feeling embarrassed.425Please respect copyright.PENANAUL12vwoiSm
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Angel stared at her empty glass of soda, concluding that she needed to refill.425Please respect copyright.PENANA4JfSl3NnIu
She excused herself from the table and started to make her way to the bar425Please respect copyright.PENANAOsmHLB0mX7
counter.425Please respect copyright.PENANA4oIbcI6CWm
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Miranda finished her martini in one huge gulp. She placed the glass on the425Please respect copyright.PENANACT2tPBnUqr
counter, leaving the bill under the glass. After she stepped down from her425Please respect copyright.PENANAlW3SelAe7o
stool, she turned around and came shoulder to shoulder with someone.425Please respect copyright.PENANADjST3fbbJm
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“Oh, sorry about that,” said a beautiful woman in a stunning red velvet dress.425Please respect copyright.PENANA2z0TNZN3Pc
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Miranda almost panicked, for she thought the person she had bumped into was425Please respect copyright.PENANAP5ulW2b3JR
someone familiar. However, looking closely, she realized that it was Angel,425Please respect copyright.PENANApTBBXekUC1
Carly’s older sister. Miranda knew Angel didn’t know about her, but Miranda425Please respect copyright.PENANA9hz9F8WO7n
knew who she was. In the past, when she and Carly used to work together, Carly425Please respect copyright.PENANAWc6pcVBR7S
had shown Angel’s pictures to her a few times. Miranda acknowledged that the425Please respect copyright.PENANApKX0iYDHrb
sisters had looks that could kill, but there was something about Angel’s beauty425Please respect copyright.PENANAl8EtJ14hbT
that was different from Carly’s.425Please respect copyright.PENANAZuyXso5LCj
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“Oh, it’s nothing,” said Miranda.425Please respect copyright.PENANAQzOzodYXhN
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Angel smiled at her before turning her attention to the bartender. Miranda425Please respect copyright.PENANAbACLeEvfOQ
turned around to head out of the bar when she froze in her tracks. She felt425Please respect copyright.PENANAZn2Tnj1Arc
caught in a trap as she looked ahead. This is bad.425Please respect copyright.PENANAijWmonsH4B
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Carly’s eyes fell on Miranda as she looked over to the bar to check on her425Please respect copyright.PENANApr4ZoNNJXf
sister. Miranda happened to be right in her line of vision. Carly’s eyes425Please respect copyright.PENANA3gSNCR5YOs
widened with fear as thoughts started to run through her head. What was Miranda425Please respect copyright.PENANAKpryEGKrJ6
doing here?425Please respect copyright.PENANAzajncLsDOw
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Angel thanked the bartender after refilling her glass, and when she turned425Please respect copyright.PENANA2jWpyJiSze
around, the woman whom she bumped into stood still like a statue. Angel read425Please respect copyright.PENANAbODdjjqopV
her body language, and she realized that the person seemed to be in some kind425Please respect copyright.PENANA3a4inuI83y
of shock. She noticed the woman looking towards the table where her sister and425Please respect copyright.PENANAsGNMME38yH
the others were. Moreover, she saw Carly look at the woman with the same425Please respect copyright.PENANAp1eDwQNF8G
surprised look.425Please respect copyright.PENANA3xMEGAhS2Y
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Angel raised an eyebrow. She was just about to touch the woman’s shoulder to425Please respect copyright.PENANAarArw3Npf7
get her attention, but she thought better of it.425Please respect copyright.PENANAPj5nZOf0rl
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“Hey, are you okay?” Angel asked.425Please respect copyright.PENANAhVDTcUMyEZ
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Miranda jolted back to reality and turned to look at Angel. She nervously425Please respect copyright.PENANAPV4sfBwlJV
chuckled. “Uh, yes, I’m fine, thanks,” said Miranda. “I thought I saw someone I425Please respect copyright.PENANAlLRHor0s2O
knew, but I was mistaken. I should go now.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAHrcULeUq2g
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Before Angel could say anything, Miranda quickly made her way out of the bar.425Please respect copyright.PENANAwsPIO9DPs6
Those who were wondering what took Angel so long turned to the bar counter and425Please respect copyright.PENANAUmdAOltPqi
saw the woman quickly walk away from Angel. Angel looked at the young woman,425Please respect copyright.PENANAC5aGh2buRM
and she turned her attention back to the table, specifically on Carly. Carly425Please respect copyright.PENANAy7fGLHia4l
didn’t turn her head right away as she looked at her sister. She didn’t want to425Please respect copyright.PENANAfUQkvkjjaU
look like she knew Miranda, and it was best to act natural. Angel went back to425Please respect copyright.PENANAKUMhK8omie
the table.425Please respect copyright.PENANATtwNgJyuCg
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“What was that about?” Eric asked.425Please respect copyright.PENANAnEdT2L9I02
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“Oh, she thought she recognized someone, but she was mistaken,” said Angel as425Please respect copyright.PENANAaORDGA9ua6
she sat back down on her seat, placing her glass on the table.425Please respect copyright.PENANA5KfuPVbDgN
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“She must have meant me,” said Leo. Carly looked at him, surprised at his425Please respect copyright.PENANAOR4mg6vbzn
statement. “Remember the time we went to that candy store a few days ago?” He425Please respect copyright.PENANAqPPIBMBnRe
looked at Eric. “She was the one who bumped into that moving shelf.”425Please respect copyright.PENANALp6LvtLMD9
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“Oh, I see,” said Angel. “But she said she didn’t recognize anyone.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAIc9D9SIxKi
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“Obviously she was nervous because of Leo again,” said Eric. “I bet the reason425Please respect copyright.PENANAFuweDU8Btm
she bumped into that shelf was because of your scary looks.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAQ46epaJoOB
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Angel shook her head. “Not this again,” she said.425Please respect copyright.PENANAtWHXmQmCDM
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“Mind you,” Leo started to say, “when I went over to the bar, I actually talked425Please respect copyright.PENANABft1MwCfo7
to her. She didn’t seem nervous to me.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAtDyaDvZ0cb
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“She obviously fell for your good looks, not the scary one as Eric had put it,”425Please respect copyright.PENANATLyo5Ejcoj
said Marco.425Please respect copyright.PENANA75edJpQeNx
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“You really are a bully, Eric,” said Oliver. “It’s not Leo’s fault that he is425Please respect copyright.PENANAdZeFSCY6jM
more handsome than you.”425Please respect copyright.PENANABC7K1SmRmd
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Marcos and Angel laughed at Eric. Eric, on the other hand, felt like hitting425Please respect copyright.PENANAlqTqhW9HGt
his brother on the head. Carly had been silent the whole time as thoughts ran425Please respect copyright.PENANA596h4U2sqh
through her head. Miranda actually had a talk with Leo, and that scared her.425Please respect copyright.PENANAtqWdtJD15m
Could she have told Leo that she was also there at his bachelor party?425Please respect copyright.PENANA2uASTR9u0k
Moreover, they met days ago at the candy store, and she finds herself here at425Please respect copyright.PENANAucTrhKISyb
the hotel. Why did Carly feel like she was suddenly in jeopardy?425Please respect copyright.PENANA5kpJt5wXFs
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Angel wiped away the tears from her eyes, and she soon looked at Carly, who425Please respect copyright.PENANAs7zmIX3l53
looked lost in thought. She couldn’t help but wonder what her sister was425Please respect copyright.PENANAYTP7weyl2G
thinking about.425Please respect copyright.PENANAZCb4IM4TaW
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“You, Oliver, have really cracked me up today,” said Marco as he continued to425Please respect copyright.PENANAoMmHlGWWAa
laugh. “I can’t wait for us to hang out like this again.”425Please respect copyright.PENANA8ezpEOJ6KB
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Oliver beamed at Marco happily, while Eric felt like slapping that look off his425Please respect copyright.PENANAXCVNXaNzSt
brother’s face.425Please respect copyright.PENANAu3KJX9wW41
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“Yeah, Oliver has really cracked me up too,” said Angel as she turned to smile425Please respect copyright.PENANAtPfy0pirdi
at Oliver.425Please respect copyright.PENANAiwx9ZpwTvW
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“I hate to wrap things up here,” said Marco, “but I’m done for the night.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAWK9Yk0UDOs
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“Oh, that’s a shame,” said Eric. “We were really having fun.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAwTF4rSbCiJ
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“Don’t you think it’s also getting late?” Angel asked the others. “We better be425Please respect copyright.PENANAshlArpxGNM
heading out too.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAFFfwOelCZ6
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Leo gave Angel a look. He still didn’t get the chance to be alone with Carly.425Please respect copyright.PENANAu31XngPJEA
When Marco said he was leaving, he thought he had the opportunity. He turned to425Please respect copyright.PENANAeqE8IdZsib
look at Carly beside him, and she seemed to look lost in her own world.425Please respect copyright.PENANATenSTUZ0PM
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“We should,” said Oliver. “I want us to pass somewhere and get ice cream on our425Please respect copyright.PENANAJdQYJpAGxy
way home.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAVu0D2zPjTs
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“Uh, wait a minute,” said Leo. “Some of us would like to spend a little time425Please respect copyright.PENANAjx82sq5nV0
here.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAz3i1bFGxDR
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Angel threw Leo a look, knowing what he was playing at. She wanted to leave425Please respect copyright.PENANAoQ0vU4UYML
because the possibility of Leo seeing Kim and Trina was high, and she didn’t425Please respect copyright.PENANA8zZ2AQ6wbT
want to risk it. Moreover, if Kim does see Leo spending his time alone with425Please respect copyright.PENANAlXsYQl6zBk
Carly, she will realize without a doubt that Carly is Leo’s lover. If only she425Please respect copyright.PENANARyxkTpvg0n
could tell Leo without making him so upset, she thought to herself.425Please respect copyright.PENANAhadAFyAw6x
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“Leo’s right,” said Eric, looking over at Leo. “I would like to stay here for a425Please respect copyright.PENANAI7JkWMsXEC
little longer.”425Please respect copyright.PENANALMMsC0mdLe
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Angel sighed, but not the kind that anyone would notice. It looks like she lost425Please respect copyright.PENANAThbq74N6j2
this one. She just has to find a way to work around it.425Please respect copyright.PENANAAkeBeSy2yn
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“Well, then I’ll leave you to enjoy yourselves,” said Marco as he stood up from425Please respect copyright.PENANAGnnZEeNT54
his seat. “Before I forget,” he said as he turned to Angel. “I would love to425Please respect copyright.PENANA6uLM9dsnlD
get your number, Angel.”425Please respect copyright.PENANA0KbN9Jvhxq
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Angel almost forgot about that, and she blushed immediately when Marco asked her.425Please respect copyright.PENANAYW9Nx0hjZf
She watched him pull out his phone. He turned his eyes on her, giving her his425Please respect copyright.PENANA2CM4tgWKiQ
full attention. Angel hesitated for a bit before giving out her number, and he425Please respect copyright.PENANAc8oTSsWNtE
typed it down on his phone. Eric and Leo looked on, wondering why Marco looked425Please respect copyright.PENANA396AbfAdwY
so eager to get her number. Carly wasn’t paying much attention, so she couldn’t425Please respect copyright.PENANAfSu7tSUtWe
care less.425Please respect copyright.PENANAfQKNKyZ6Z4
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“I really enjoyed my time with you,” said Marco, pocketing his phone away. “We425Please respect copyright.PENANAe4UEd6GHRb
should do this sometime soon.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAdgjtBQmlpM
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“Sure,” said Eric, putting up a smile for Marco, which proved to be very425Please respect copyright.PENANAcbk8tdmcqf
difficult.425Please respect copyright.PENANA1vSZu6skX5
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Marco wished everyone a good night, and everyone responded back. Even Carly,425Please respect copyright.PENANADCBHeJJnVL
who looked absent-minded, said goodnight. Before leaving, Marco gave Angel a425Please respect copyright.PENANAHyAusKn6ok
wink, telling her to expect a message from him anytime soon. Angel only smiled,425Please respect copyright.PENANAht02oiIZC8
feeling embarrassed that he said that in front of everyone.425Please respect copyright.PENANAUFrmoKUZ6d
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“Marco really likes you, Angel,” said Oliver after Marco had left the bar.425Please respect copyright.PENANADNEg9AtoP0
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“Why do you say that?” Angel asked, looking at the boy with wide eyes.425Please respect copyright.PENANAoeo2YnCARA
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“Don’t listen to him,” said Eric. “Kids don’t know what they say nowadays.”425Please respect copyright.PENANABH2Ip6EjvH
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Leo turned to Carly, and it was then that he noticed that she hadn’t talked425Please respect copyright.PENANAXFAGPwEkIY
much at all for a while.425Please respect copyright.PENANAwIaLuS1wq8
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“Hey, Carly, are you okay?” Leo asked.425Please respect copyright.PENANA2ckDk4uGrf
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Everyone turned to look at Carly. She tried to hide it with a smile, telling425Please respect copyright.PENANAStXEVWllhr
Leo that she was alright. Angel couldn’t point out why her sister looked low,425Please respect copyright.PENANAqgiexQukB5
but she knew she could use this to her advantage.425Please respect copyright.PENANAT9BJgIbGNT
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“You look tired, Carly,” said Angel. “Maybe we should call it a night and head425Please respect copyright.PENANAqRsUBeQuHs
home.”425Please respect copyright.PENANALty0HWGaSs
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Carly looked at Angel, and a small smile appeared on her face. She definitely425Please respect copyright.PENANAo3GDN9qkkK
needed to leave. The fact that Miranda was here messed with her head a lot, and425Please respect copyright.PENANAxm3aICuNEI
she felt like being as far away from the hotel as possible. Considering that,425Please respect copyright.PENANAcAiQ9vptfN
Miranda might still be around.425Please respect copyright.PENANAZyg8imjVOo
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“Angel is right,” said Carly. “I’m feeling rather overwhelmed. We’ve had a long425Please respect copyright.PENANATTwaAjVy1L
day, and I didn’t get enough rest.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAvuSL0dbeOE
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Leo looked a little disappointed, but now that he saw Carly more clearly, she425Please respect copyright.PENANA44LlhT4uO7
didn’t look too well at all. It looks like his plans for tonight might as well425Please respect copyright.PENANAdCN3mwTtP6
go down the drain. If Carly was feeling too tired, it was understandable that425Please respect copyright.PENANAehoYSj473K
she wasn’t going to enjoy his company alone with him either.425Please respect copyright.PENANAVICTn2a3ab
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“Alright,” said Leo. “We better get going if we’re going to get Oliver’s ice425Please respect copyright.PENANApTgT9weCnh
cream.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAU8M40vYheu
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“We better check out of that room and get our stuff then,” said Eric.425Please respect copyright.PENANATKyBt4PhOs
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“Oh, I forgot about that. Why don’t you go to the room while I go bring the car425Please respect copyright.PENANApk6NVDTpPE
around?”425Please respect copyright.PENANA1nsSUOA6zU
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“Sure.” Eric quickly stood up from his seat and started to make his way out of425Please respect copyright.PENANAuVtJ5ESl1S
the bar area.425Please respect copyright.PENANAR7ghL3MSR2
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Trina and Kim, who still sat observing Leo, noticed Eric stand up from his425Please respect copyright.PENANA29MNDobYyz
seat. The others were still at the table, and it was only a moment later that425Please respect copyright.PENANAeGsVu26we4
they started to stand up.425Please respect copyright.PENANAQoTR6i7KpM
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“Look, they’re leaving,” said Trina.425Please respect copyright.PENANACHKEUQrEGP
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“Do you think Leo will get this opportunity to see his lover?” Kim asked.425Please respect copyright.PENANAtvpyIC2eo1
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“He can’t do that with the others tagging along,” said Trina. “Let’s watch and425Please respect copyright.PENANANmCNeWLwVZ
see.”425Please respect copyright.PENANA7FIMab09Zf
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Angel and Oliver started to make their way to the entrance of the bar when425Please respect copyright.PENANAVJepV8LFou
Angel, through the corner of her eye, saw Kim and Trina. This was bad. From425Please respect copyright.PENANANuNYXQesQJ
where she stood, she feared Leo might also notice them. She slowed her pace425Please respect copyright.PENANA3Vat7f1AFV
with Oliver and waited for Carly and Leo to catch up. If she was lucky, Leo425Please respect copyright.PENANATZBjgmDUlA
might pass by without noticing Kim and Trina, but one can never be too sure.425Please respect copyright.PENANA8bhI4SDur4
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Carly made her way to Angel and Oliver, with Leo following slowly behind her.425Please respect copyright.PENANA687MYYFmbH
Without much thought, his eyes found their way to the bar counter, and he425Please respect copyright.PENANAUIvJjk90Zn
noticed someone familiar at the other end. Only when the person turned in his425Please respect copyright.PENANAyHLnhQouLe
direction and their eyes fell on him did he realize who it was.425Please respect copyright.PENANA0reQwcNflH
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“Oh, my gosh,” said Kim as she held Trina’s shoulder in a tight grip. “He’s425Please respect copyright.PENANAxzFod1Pn57
seen us.”425Please respect copyright.PENANACQpMB4t1Vj
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Trina choked on her own words that she couldn’t speak as he saw Leo staring425Please respect copyright.PENANAutjZq0KAhO
back. His eyes slowly started to flame with anger. Or was it fury?425Please respect copyright.PENANAE1fZ3Rxp1s
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“Trina, we better go,” said Kim.425Please respect copyright.PENANAVwA7fVf3oR
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Leo couldn’t believe Trina and Kim were there by the counter, staring back at425Please respect copyright.PENANAtIKWHO93Tl
him. Did they happen to be here by coincidence, or did were they here because425Please respect copyright.PENANAfIopfWwg0I
of him? He noticed how scared they looked at him, as if they had been caught425Please respect copyright.PENANAVyUA5Mqk7B
doing something wrong. That confirmed that they were following him. He decided425Please respect copyright.PENANADexmVZzf5i
he was going to give them a piece of his mind.425Please respect copyright.PENANADZZ8ymqKxN
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Just as he was about to make his way over to them, a gentle touch fell on his425Please respect copyright.PENANAbumMm2uVni
shoulder, stopping him from proceeding further. He looked to the side, and he425Please respect copyright.PENANAnhpxzeI5gq
found Angel standing right beside him, her hand on his shoulder. She looked at425Please respect copyright.PENANAHtFB60EtAO
him with her soft brown eyes; they were stern yet so peaceful. There was425Please respect copyright.PENANApKiM9K86Au
something about her look and her presence beside him that made him slowly start425Please respect copyright.PENANALHAQ47SfI6
to feel the anger in him dissipate like smoke.425Please respect copyright.PENANAd638QCus1l
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She shook her head. “Not here,” she said to him in her normal tone of voice.425Please respect copyright.PENANAkvrLGrnV1n
“Now is not the time to make a scene.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAXchoV70UBF
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Leo sighed, and he felt his muscles slowly start to relax. Angel was right; now425Please respect copyright.PENANAdij7sew2Oh
wasn’t the time to throw a tantrum. He looked back at Kim, who continued to425Please respect copyright.PENANAhQvVxmOy9Y
look at him, still with a scared look on her face.425Please respect copyright.PENANAQg38Aziufb
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"Fine," he said to Angel as he looked at her.425Please respect copyright.PENANAaiFzWwhpOH
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Angel gave a smile of relief. She turned to look at Trina and Kim, giving them425Please respect copyright.PENANACZtRQhrhO7
a nod of her head. The two best friends looked relieved, but they knew that425Please respect copyright.PENANAbOWGLP3TaF
this wasn’t over.425Please respect copyright.PENANAt9IpdpLVQq
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Leo turned around to head out of the bar. Fortunately, Oliver and Carly were425Please respect copyright.PENANAh56TFtPW83
way ahead of him, so they didn't see his silent altercation with Kim and Trina.425Please respect copyright.PENANAOIACzUA9fH
He walked out of the bar with Angel following closely behind him.425Please respect copyright.PENANApO6okGcS1r
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"Thanks for that back there," Leo said to her.425Please respect copyright.PENANAw6pwJIUAH8
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"Well, getting yourself angry wasn't going to do you or me any425Please respect copyright.PENANAazc7ffwllU
favors," said Angel.425Please respect copyright.PENANAFhce23ktqB
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Leo turned to look at her through the corner of his eye. "How long have425Please respect copyright.PENANAI49DHk1Rm9
they been there?"425Please respect copyright.PENANAOlK3cBPWRy
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Angel found no point in lying to him. "I noticed them during our dinner. I425Please respect copyright.PENANAPLh7QO3ibt
didn't want to tell you in front of our guests."425Please respect copyright.PENANAPalQtHmBDm
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Leo scoffed. "It's obvious that they were following me. I guess that’s the425Please respect copyright.PENANAiW01XXLJjK
reason why you didn’t want me to be alone with Carly."425Please respect copyright.PENANAvlQEJSsDgK
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"I don't want them to find out about your relationship with her just yet,425Please respect copyright.PENANA6t9Y05rxl5
so you've got to be careful from now on."425Please respect copyright.PENANAta2nNez2ef
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A smile appeared across Leo's face. The two might have their differences, but425Please respect copyright.PENANAS4yX709hRP
it was clear to see that Angel did care about his relationship with her sister.425Please respect copyright.PENANADAPw4KMaDL
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As they continued to walk down the stone path towards the fountain where Oliver425Please respect copyright.PENANACxYRwFa9hi
and Carly were, Leo tried to fight off the feeling of gratitude towards Angel.425Please respect copyright.PENANA8x9vn2lMHM
In the end, he decided to let the feeling settle in for one night, and one425Please respect copyright.PENANAP9eC3tGgDU
night only.425Please respect copyright.PENANArnTWELeF3n
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“That was a close one,” said Trina as she held her chest, breathing deeply.425Please respect copyright.PENANAS22jBYqW88
“For sure, I thought Leo was going to come charging at us.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAlWCKOFXFjU
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Kim sighed in relief. “I hate to say this, but we really do have Angel to425Please respect copyright.PENANAHQqqvCvPd1
thank,” she said. “Though I feel Leo will confront us about it.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAsnQVfqToJj
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“Yeah, but Angel talked to him, and he calmed down in an instant.” Trina leaned425Please respect copyright.PENANAZZtwAG0nMo
against the bar counter, looking for the bartender. “Leo barely listens to425Please respect copyright.PENANAWRqItC2Hpy
anyone, but he somehow listened to her. It’s best to receive his wrath425Please respect copyright.PENANAqlIfzQsFbf
privately rather than in an open place where he can embarrass us. I’m going to425Please respect copyright.PENANAWNaMrzRZ8h
order a cocktail and drink to thank Angel for saving our sorry lives. Do you425Please respect copyright.PENANAOyOtjwFi0Q
want one?”425Please respect copyright.PENANA5o44jkmRLt
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Kim gave a nod to Trina, and while her friend tried to get the attention of the425Please respect copyright.PENANAVztGVfNITl
bartender, she couldn’t help but look at Leo with Angel walking beside him as425Please respect copyright.PENANAEzcYnfBWWm
they went further away from the bar. Memories of her and Leo started to425Please respect copyright.PENANA2hcinKJKpm
surface, and she couldn’t recall once when he ever listened to her when he was425Please respect copyright.PENANANXQJNiENfy
upset. Trina was right. Leo barely listens to anyone, except this time around,425Please respect copyright.PENANAgAKkzADwIS
when Angel spoke to him. Her eyes fell upon Angel, who, even in that red velvet425Please respect copyright.PENANA4wzUo25IPN
dress, walked effortlessly with elegance beside Leo. Was there something about425Please respect copyright.PENANAyswdcDCng9
Angel that Kim wasn’t aware of?425Please respect copyright.PENANAuISf7x2B8H
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Miranda quickly stepped out of the elevator and ran down the hall back to the425Please respect copyright.PENANAYq59pwOoi2
room where Red Lion and Mr. Walters were. She knew her thirty minutes were up,425Please respect copyright.PENANAL8rWFk5xGk
and she had been so distracted that she didn’t notice her phone vibrate in the425Please respect copyright.PENANAgFyFCWKUXq
pocket of her jeans. When she checked in the elevator, she found three missed425Please respect copyright.PENANAcXCSXWkYsh
calls from Mr. Walters, and she knew she was in for it.425Please respect copyright.PENANA7C141VpBuG
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As soon as she reached the suite, the door flew open before she could even425Please respect copyright.PENANA3knbKu9rwT
knock. She thought the first person she would see was Red Lion, but to her425Please respect copyright.PENANAlxTdh3mTtX
relief, it was Walters.425Please respect copyright.PENANAqqhIWltZ6i
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“What took you so long?” he asked. “And why didn’t you answer my calls?”425Please respect copyright.PENANAIebtF9k5hI
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“I’m sorry,” said Miranda. “I got a little distracted. Is he here?”425Please respect copyright.PENANA5utJm6Gloi
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“Yeah, but count yourself lucky,” said Walters as he stood aside to let Miranda425Please respect copyright.PENANA8S0dE6BCfa
through the door. “Red Lion was going to kill you if he wanted to.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAsAg0noENAp
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Miranda slowly stepped into the room, looking towards the living room area. Red425Please respect copyright.PENANAbRB4JKmLYW
Lion's comrade sat on the couch. His eyes fixed on the TV screen that showed425Please respect copyright.PENANAzcyqR9ZfXE
the football game. Two more people sat on the other couch. They wore black425Please respect copyright.PENANAGW3GuohkTA
suits, and they were of Asian descent. The two looked like bodyguards. Were425Please respect copyright.PENANAKPFFDkqIjF
they here with the host who called for this meeting? Moreover, where was Red425Please respect copyright.PENANAzi6Youdx9p
Lion?425Please respect copyright.PENANAQAOTNlf2RE
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When she entered the living room area, she heard voices coming from the425Please respect copyright.PENANAt7NbCZZhJt
balcony. She saw Red Lion standing by the open doors of the balcony. Someone425Please respect copyright.PENANAdXgwsEMqRK
stood in front of him, talking to him. Miranda couldn’t see who it was as the425Please respect copyright.PENANAbqCQdIpz0E
person stood on the balcony, and the doors hid him from view.425Please respect copyright.PENANA8sxrYyITcf
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Red Lion noticed Miranda's presence and turned to look at her. He surprisingly425Please respect copyright.PENANAZpkSefsMV9
smiled. She almost sighed in relief, for she really thought he was going to425Please respect copyright.PENANAAknDoa6JKR
squeeze her throat for being late. He turned to the person who stood on the425Please respect copyright.PENANAqxUGyWCQ1z
balcony.425Please respect copyright.PENANAqd0uKzmyVU
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“The young lady we were waiting on is finally here,” said Red Lion. “We can425Please respect copyright.PENANAS3GAiHCN7y
begin the meeting.”425Please respect copyright.PENANA73BFXcAafW
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The person on the balcony stepped into the room, and the first thing that425Please respect copyright.PENANApKPc18A9l9
caught Miranda’s eye was that the person wore a smart black suit, and there was425Please respect copyright.PENANAQP5haM59EC
a charming smile on his face.