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“Angel just ruined everything for me,” said Leo as he48Please respect copyright.PENANA8tn3DpAnjM
came to stand next to Eric by the bar counter.48Please respect copyright.PENANAG07AaWX4ld
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“What do you mean she’s ruined everything?” Eric asked.48Please respect copyright.PENANAFAbddX4lw8
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“Carly and I were supposed to run away together, but it’s like she caught on to48Please respect copyright.PENANAhJ3FczITmR
us.” Leo shook his head. “That’s why she stayed behind with Carly. She says she48Please respect copyright.PENANAXIVPkDExdz
doesn’t want Marco to suspect anything.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAhZHPsxfgqU
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Eric shrugged his shoulders. “Angel does have a point,” he said. “We don’t need48Please respect copyright.PENANAkP0FE8Ioak
Marco knowing that the two of you are dating. He might tell his father, who, in48Please respect copyright.PENANAbCgiEhnoK3
turn, will tell your dad. Well, you know how this vicious cycle goes.”48Please respect copyright.PENANA7Dp6cLcc93
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Leo sighed. “You do have a point.” He turned to his cousin. “Go on. I know you48Please respect copyright.PENANAxyUKDFH6xA
want to say it.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAu4bZDsr4GY
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“Say what?” Eric asked without looking at Leo.48Please respect copyright.PENANA4BFqmhIkzQ
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Leo sighed again, deeply this time. “That she has my best interest at heart.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAyvRk1kzVeb
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Eric looked at Leo, this time with a beaming smile on his face. “Of course,48Please respect copyright.PENANAd0XuTv0dgE
because that’s just how she is.”48Please respect copyright.PENANA4foc6zJo4B
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“Can you stop smiling like that?” Leo looked irritated. Eric’s smile shone48Please respect copyright.PENANAykmGviCHpS
brightly like the sun. Leo felt blinded as he turned to look away. “You’ve had48Please respect copyright.PENANAVLZcfeWSlT
your fun.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAIKe2vcr77i
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“I just want to rub it in. Before we went into the garden, I was about to tell48Please respect copyright.PENANAoBYeT4VQv7
you the same thing, but it slipped my mind. It’s good that Angel thought way48Please respect copyright.PENANAmRAWsckTKh
ahead and talked to Carly about it.”48Please respect copyright.PENANA6lPLF7pyrg
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Leo felt dumb. None of that came to mind, and he felt like slapping himself for48Please respect copyright.PENANANWBrVhkPwR
being so stupid and careless. He hoped Marco wasn’t paying enough attention at48Please respect copyright.PENANAx61dsw9E2j
first for him to realize there was anything between him and Carly. It seems he48Please respect copyright.PENANArXuuDjYzvZ
has Angel to thank, but Leo was too embarrassed to think of doing so.48Please respect copyright.PENANAsYtiRuLB1i
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“Do they serve milkshakes here?” Leo asked, trying to rid himself of his48Please respect copyright.PENANAA4LN9uMCkw
thoughts.48Please respect copyright.PENANAHS8r9imk6Z
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“Yeah, I already asked,” answered Eric. “They serve non-alcoholic drinks as48Please respect copyright.PENANAWF3oAGyDSf
well, in case there’s anyone who needs one.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAAJmVCCHhZj
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“I’ll go over to the table and ask what drinks they want. Do they have snacks48Please respect copyright.PENANAC99ETxSQiY
too?”48Please respect copyright.PENANAtAWRDpJJLZ
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“Yep.”48Please respect copyright.PENANApKnINjDHKr
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Leo left the counter and found Carly where he had left her. She was slowly48Please respect copyright.PENANACXzrUU4piZ
looking around, taking in the view of the place. There were bright bulbs48Please respect copyright.PENANAJ27uQtsL0c
hanging over the area, and she apparently stood out with her beautiful dress.48Please respect copyright.PENANAcRmYQaqhRH
If they weren’t around so many people, he wasn’t going to hesitate to kiss and48Please respect copyright.PENANAX9YzRm5qvl
caress her. He smiled at her instead and gestured with his head to her, saying48Please respect copyright.PENANA96ueAynEoW
that they should join Angel and the others.48Please respect copyright.PENANAYuFytQwXVD
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Trina and Kim stood by the fountain as they watched Leo approach the table48Please respect copyright.PENANAIi2xuS1YpY
where Angel, Oliver, and the Asian man sat. Carly joined him soon afterwards.48Please respect copyright.PENANAbshpyho7Rv
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“How long do you think we’ll stay here until he decides to see his lover?”48Please respect copyright.PENANADx2PdU1mi9
Trina asked as she sat at the edge of the pool basin of the fountain.48Please respect copyright.PENANABLVTMX9FUs
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“I don’t know,” said Kim, who remained standing. “Don’t tell me you’re already48Please respect copyright.PENANA6isJHkxiBL
tired.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAtafOzUaCNT
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“Oh, no, it’s not that. They are there enjoying themselves when I’m in need of48Please respect copyright.PENANAD1d4GHJzRX
a drink right now.”48Please respect copyright.PENANARd2P8aWpM4
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Kim rolled her eyes. “We can go there and take a seat, but we should sit out of48Please respect copyright.PENANAsTUoGeR9tg
their sight.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAePeyq7ETMT
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“Good idea. Let’s wait for Eric at the counter. Leo looks like he’s checking to48Please respect copyright.PENANAr6lvbfXYLD
see what everyone needs because he hasn’t sat down. They will easily see us if48Please respect copyright.PENANA9Pmo4HioCB
they aren’t at their table.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAVaoOAZhVSk
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Kim agreed with Trina. They continued to watch Leo as he made his way back to48Please respect copyright.PENANApYufZfi67S
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Meanwhile, Miranda, who had been watching over the balcony, followed Leo’s48Please respect copyright.PENANAXB86lgJZxJ
movements. She kept telling herself that she needed to get down there. If she48Please respect copyright.PENANAHLKHPgVnEv
so much as stepped out of the room, no doubt Red Lion would have her head, and48Please respect copyright.PENANAcSBMf7zjj3
whatever the meeting was all about, she wasn’t going to be a part of it.48Please respect copyright.PENANA5q4NOCvoYC
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She huffed. If that was the consequence, she was going to have to deal with it.48Please respect copyright.PENANAx43jTcV7ZU
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Without giving much of a second thought, Miranda turned around and went back48Please respect copyright.PENANA3jbCcDQyLK
inside the room. The football game they were watching was on a half-time break,48Please respect copyright.PENANA1cqMfWlUm2
and the three men were there, talking aloud about the game. She approached48Please respect copyright.PENANAcq2BInesU0
them, and to get their attention, she loudly cleared her throat.48Please respect copyright.PENANAyEwdBO1ORj
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The three men all stopped talking and turned to look at Miranda. For a moment,48Please respect copyright.PENANAOeRu9z4Y1l
she gulped as her eyes landed on the terrifying face of Red Lion, who didn’t48Please respect copyright.PENANALRPIbp9B9H
like the fact that she had disturbed them. She had to be quick with what she48Please respect copyright.PENANAiY5ZBrHvZC
wanted to say, as she was running on Red Lion’s patience.48Please respect copyright.PENANADXlesri69K
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“I’ll be stepping out for a bit,” Miranda announced.48Please respect copyright.PENANAig6KeUObXc
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There was a brief silence in the room as the three men continued to look at48Please respect copyright.PENANAp61XooS7hx
Miranda, expressionless. Red Lion moved in his seat, and Miranda feared that he48Please respect copyright.PENANA2k9fHSCdN6
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“I don’t think going out is the best thing to do right now,” he said. “We’re48Please respect copyright.PENANAirlpkXNnSP
waiting on someone, aren’t we?”48Please respect copyright.PENANAvZ56A1mRvV
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“Yeah, we are, but this person isn’t showing up anyway. You’ll let me know when48Please respect copyright.PENANAzl4HexBbhh
he gets here. I really need to step out.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAOxgEyTRrNw
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Red Lion continued to look at her. Walters now had a scared look on his face.48Please respect copyright.PENANAUUPW8BFdxs
He wished he could intervene, but things haven’t escalated between the two, so48Please respect copyright.PENANAyQtagaXVou
it was hopeless to do so.48Please respect copyright.PENANAQZrmqFIQFd
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“Whatever,” said Red Lion as he leaned back on the couch. “You get back here in48Please respect copyright.PENANA6SXuyoDYSo
thirty minutes. If our host gets here before you, you better hurry back when48Please respect copyright.PENANAdyvb7SE6u8
Walters calls.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAb7A2YjXm0M
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Miranda felt relieved. She thought she wasn’t going to be let go so easily.48Please respect copyright.PENANAx2LGzMRfON
Moreover, the time Red Lion gave her was too little. However, she had to make48Please respect copyright.PENANA2L8CllNFFl
use of this as much as possible, even if it meant seeing Leo down there for a48Please respect copyright.PENANApZx1Cyl0cR
minute.48Please respect copyright.PENANAVHQREnZwYJ
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“I will,” said Miranda. She didn’t waste any time as she made her way for the48Please respect copyright.PENANABUwHxBCzGD
door.48Please respect copyright.PENANAhMobB19Ylv
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As soon as she walked out of the room, Hugo turned to Red Lion and asked, “Are48Please respect copyright.PENANAAEpUztBxQU
you sure letting her go out like that is a good idea? Our host can walk in at48Please respect copyright.PENANAMEHCDkFytd
any moment.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAYPNVRYdHyr
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“True, but it’s better than her staying out on the balcony while we wait,” Red48Please respect copyright.PENANAcreLrlM2JA
Lion answered. “If you ask me, I would step out too if it wasn’t for the football48Please respect copyright.PENANA9wmiZSr1HH
game. But I was serious about my threat, so she better be here before he does.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAXoA8h6j4D1
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Walters didn’t say anything as he briefly looked at Red Lion before looking up48Please respect copyright.PENANA44waiTgboN
at the TV. Red Lion wasn’t kidding when he said he was in a good mood, Walters48Please respect copyright.PENANAx2kkpqI4Qj
thought to himself. Knowing Red Lion, he wasn’t going to let Miranda walk out48Please respect copyright.PENANAaQDRDgsTho
of here. Something must have really put Red Lion into a good mood today, or48Please respect copyright.PENANAEJHhcxL3eA
else he wouldn’t have done what he did.48Please respect copyright.PENANAexM7L0YCmb
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Leo and Eric came to join the others at the table with their drinks, and Eric,48Please respect copyright.PENANAeEKYtTQci3
on the other hand, carried a plate full of nachos and cheese. Oliver was so48Please respect copyright.PENANATMtTe6hHOh
delighted to see the plate of snacks that he couldn’t wait to eat them. Angel48Please respect copyright.PENANAhcD3CnZCwC
had to warn him not to eat too much, or else he might have a bad tummy ache the48Please respect copyright.PENANA1DvnsMQWQT
next day.48Please respect copyright.PENANAr3WJ1wC1mH
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“I wouldn’t waste my breath warning the guy,” said Eric as he sat down on the48Please respect copyright.PENANAVGmnNTlnkj
empty chair next to Angel after serving her a soda. “It’s a Friday, and he48Please respect copyright.PENANAyTaCJTJkNp
likes to act like he can do whatever he wants.”48Please respect copyright.PENANANQnyKy48yC
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Oliver, who sat on Angel’s other side, didn’t answer him as he took his mango48Please respect copyright.PENANAwrdywYMPOY
milkshake and put the straw in his mouth. Angel, on the other hand, looked at48Please respect copyright.PENANAnjFPO23c7B
Eric and shook her head.48Please respect copyright.PENANAlgB49bAIlt
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Leo placed his glass of beer and Carly’s cocktail before taking his seat in48Please respect copyright.PENANAEtHLpurFCx
between them. He also served Marco a bottle of the cider that he wanted. Marco48Please respect copyright.PENANAacxQPzb5Rc
thanked him as Leo sat down.48Please respect copyright.PENANAf32ewE97AD
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“Hey, Marco,” said Angel as she turned to look at him, looking over Oliver, who48Please respect copyright.PENANAIT7wIlKBZV
sat in between them. “Have you ever been here before? In America, I mean.”48Please respect copyright.PENANADaamo49ekG
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“Oh, yes, I’ve come here several times,” answered Marco. “I usually come here48Please respect copyright.PENANAZgFnKaxD1a
with dad on business trips. Inheriting the family business can be tiring,48Please respect copyright.PENANAwrC1SW1Tnd
especially when they’re showing you the ropes. You just have to be there, even48Please respect copyright.PENANAFEukehYDY6
when you don’t want to. I bet Leo can testify to that.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAzHGggfBmx3
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“He’s right,” said Leo, finding it hard to argue with him.48Please respect copyright.PENANA33Dso9XYfe
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“Wait, does that mean I might inherit mum’s business of running the massage48Please respect copyright.PENANADukLFcsgKT
parlors when I’m older?” Oliver asked as he took a nacho and dipped it in48Please respect copyright.PENANAL7FPmotwUV
cheese.48Please respect copyright.PENANADHszUHjdN2
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Everyone at the table grew quiet as they looked at Oliver. At the same time,48Please respect copyright.PENANAwyu6xDGkNy
they all burst into laughter.48Please respect copyright.PENANAjg3aYbgiIi
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“Maybe,” said Eric. He tried his best to stop laughing, but it was of no use.48Please respect copyright.PENANA6m26DejfaH
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“No fair,” said Oliver after chewing on his nacho. “You were the one who was48Please respect copyright.PENANAScGdWjnSZw
supposed to inherit it, not me.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAF3dtcq1R2p
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“Sorry, but I’m more into other businesses, lil’ bro.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAGKh3DL5Wix
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“Don’t take it like that, Oliver,” said Marco. “Beauty parlors aren’t that bad.48Please respect copyright.PENANAa4KTkGANbK
Moreover, many rich people love going to such places. So you’ll probably make a48Please respect copyright.PENANAKdHOIcMS7V
lot more money in the future.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAdUu7ftqzNy
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“Besides, if you’re interested in other things, I’m sure your mum will48Please respect copyright.PENANAn4mOM0RkWP
understand,” said Angel.48Please respect copyright.PENANAfQm9W7ziNX
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“If you like, you and I can run them together,” said Carly. “That’s if you plan48Please respect copyright.PENANA07GHeIYu71
on running them.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAtBzlSZPx4D
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“And I can be more of an investor,” said Marco.48Please respect copyright.PENANA17uv7DVWUl
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“I still have a whole life ahead of me,” said Oliver as he shrugged his48Please respect copyright.PENANATjM7iugCLU
shoulders. “I’ll see if I can handle it.”48Please respect copyright.PENANACClu5Hh8eP
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All the grown-ups at the table looked at the young boy, somewhat surprised at48Please respect copyright.PENANAuIAJ0zedmw
his answer. They all stayed that way for a brief moment before Leo stretched48Please respect copyright.PENANALpAxLOweY3
out his hand to get a nacho.48Please respect copyright.PENANASbTxiETGph
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“Good enough response for me,” he said. He put the nacho in his mouth48Please respect copyright.PENANAVLGGLxBDva
afterwards.48Please respect copyright.PENANA7BHQ0YeZGN
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“I swear, sometimes I feel he’s older for his age,” said Eric as he shook his48Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2Bvd4dO2B
head.48Please respect copyright.PENANAV40Fku4mzX
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“Aren’t all kids nowadays?” Angel asked with a smile.48Please respect copyright.PENANAC7A6OP5l5m
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“Just like Leo said, a very wise response,” said Marco as he looked at Oliver48Please respect copyright.PENANAD3jINRnfru
admirably. “Hopefully, you do inherit, and we will become business partners in48Please respect copyright.PENANAviEXnnd8Th
the future.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAte546G7YQD
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“Yeah, let’s not push him for now,” said Carly. “He’ll sort all of that out48Please respect copyright.PENANAwqEkUIjDPB
later, when he’s older.”48Please respect copyright.PENANACtjMmkKwcS
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“Well, sometimes you don’t really have much of a choice. Isn’t that right,48Please respect copyright.PENANAYDeWUXPX56
Leo?” Marco asked, his eyes fixed on Leo.48Please respect copyright.PENANAJr2aBOy730
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Leo slowly stopped chewing as he looked at Marco. He didn’t know if answering48Please respect copyright.PENANAXI9a16YxNd
Marco would be a good idea, but he only gestured with his head to acknowledge48Please respect copyright.PENANA0OxZq0d5fb
the statement.48Please respect copyright.PENANAw7t9JF8B2h
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Angel was sipping on her drink when her eyes wandered away from the area in the48Please respect copyright.PENANAvZoL5zbckf
bar and to the fountain. She had a feeling Trina and Kim had been standing48Please respect copyright.PENANAMyXMBEhI18
there for a while. When she found there were only a couple looking at the48Please respect copyright.PENANAtTqwxW0Bo6
fountain, she started to worry. Could they have given up and left? Kim didn’t48Please respect copyright.PENANAulJzHty7TW
seem like the kind of person who would give up on anything, Angel thought.48Please respect copyright.PENANATCMFkk8jhi
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She was lucky enough to see Kim and Trina approach the open bar, and she had a48Please respect copyright.PENANA54ozuUEGvb
clear view of them. Leo sat with his back facing them, but she feared Eric and48Please respect copyright.PENANA2PZMqJoNrg
Oliver would see them. Angel had to think of something to turn their eyes48Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3dmw4ZyZD
elsewhere. What should she do?48Please respect copyright.PENANA1gaEVTT5ZW
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She turned to Oliver, and he seemed distracted as he was eating the nachos48Please respect copyright.PENANAaS9mnMDhMZ
hungrily. Turning to Eric, she found him somewhat staring at her.48Please respect copyright.PENANAakDzsufobv
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“What is it?” she asked him.48Please respect copyright.PENANAcxEj2t1Fe4
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“Oh, nothing,” he said, somewhat looking a little embarrassed that he was48Please respect copyright.PENANArAP1XdGr6f
caught looking at her. “You’re looking really pretty tonight, that’s all.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAnN1u77RaOD
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Angel noticed Kim and Trina enter the bar area through the corner of her eye.48Please respect copyright.PENANABEi9Tm3S6h
She couldn’t turn to look at them. That would only get Eric to look, and he48Please respect copyright.PENANAmB0pPpBWxC
would spot them eventually. She had to keep eye contact with him for as long as48Please respect copyright.PENANAUzLmaqw0CA
necessary.48Please respect copyright.PENANA5nHsMi1qIi
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“Thank you,” said Angel, smiling at him. “Picking this outfit wasn’t easy, you48Please respect copyright.PENANAJwoKgY37fk
know.”48Please respect copyright.PENANArcuiion0QD
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“Nah, I think it was,” said Eric. “I’m betting that you didn’t have to try on48Please respect copyright.PENANAvMxPLpe16J
any other dress. This one was just perfect.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAzzC2OBlhGY
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Carly, who looked at the two, smiled. “He’s not wrong there,” she said.48Please respect copyright.PENANAy8BQpab1z8
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Leo felt like throwing up in his drink as he had a clear sight of Eric flirting48Please respect copyright.PENANAFLLcBFRiQ8
with Angel. He wished he could tell them to get a room, but he knew better than48Please respect copyright.PENANAUEzOig0LNw
to say it when he was flirting with Carly some time ago.48Please respect copyright.PENANAlPOC145pF8
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Angel saw through the corner of her eye that Kim and Trina had entered the bar48Please respect copyright.PENANALuX0Or9963
area and were now looking around for a table on the other side. It was best for48Please respect copyright.PENANAdKqsG7G0BA
them to get a table where they couldn’t be seen. As soon as they were out of48Please respect copyright.PENANAVQLXaA3n2k
sight, Angel couldn’t help but feel relieved. She went on ahead to pick a48Please respect copyright.PENANAU3sUa0qVBK
nacho, dip it in cheese, and eat it.48Please respect copyright.PENANAjGIPvpaI5a
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“That was close,” said Trina. “For a moment, I thought Eric was going to see48Please respect copyright.PENANAIH5agDRKOI
us.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAwvQxY4uJYP
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“We better count ourselves lucky,” said Kim.48Please respect copyright.PENANAnU9xCmkZ2h
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“If we weren’t on opposite sides, I would thank Angel for distracting him. I48Please respect copyright.PENANAxW1KpfGzAX
have a feeling she saw us and wasn’t into the idea of Eric seeing us too.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAVg3FMhXtAf
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Kim didn’t argue there. She somewhat agreed with Trina. She looked toward the48Please respect copyright.PENANAt1ECw7tmoO
bar. Luckily enough, it was circular in shape with a bar shelve in the48Please respect copyright.PENANAAb1FNvFrCm
circumference, blocking the view of the other side. Therefore, she could see48Please respect copyright.PENANAE1hz5QHQyT
neither them nor them doing the same. Moreover, she could easily go over to the48Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3XPctgAax
counter for a drink.48Please respect copyright.PENANAEPvSQqQ9eg
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“We should really think things through, Kim,” said Trina as she looked over at48Please respect copyright.PENANABXwdFgBZgO
the bar, realizing that the others were out of sight. “Is staying here really48Please respect copyright.PENANA8SayHQMsJn
worth it? I doubt if he is going to meet his lover with the company that he48Please respect copyright.PENANAlTasqtCltU
has.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAdd7bHTk47h
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“You’ve been in doubt all this time,” said Kim. “Why don’t you just give up and48Please respect copyright.PENANAnGLN96toWm
leave? I’m not going to stop you.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAEgAyqkaPDy
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“The reason I am here is that I’m afraid that you might mess this up. Your48Please respect copyright.PENANAVjzwGjhg3R
obsession over Leo leaving you for someone else is really starting to get over48Please respect copyright.PENANAH8deLiUwnm
your head. If you aren’t careful, you might hurt yourself more than you are48Please respect copyright.PENANADVZRrIDAYv
already doing right now.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAbUK16pk3R1
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Kim looked at her best friend, feeling infuriated by what she said. She didn’t48Please respect copyright.PENANAav60aTPVBi
want to lash out and tried to find a better way to respond.48Please respect copyright.PENANAontDHrvDY2
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“Like I said before, if you want to, you can leave,” said Kim.48Please respect copyright.PENANATTSwEduSD2
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“I’m not leaving without you,” said Trina. “And besides, when we came in here,48Please respect copyright.PENANADul62FXtYF
I saw Eric flirting with Angel. I wonder if he really does like her.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAqDutH7IlK8
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A sudden laugh came out of Kim’s mouth. Tears almost filled her eyes. “You’re48Please respect copyright.PENANAwUGUKL6Jk2
just as jealous as I am,” she said.48Please respect copyright.PENANAtOIBbhJL6T
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“Well, I’m not like you,” said Trina as she folded her arms. “You’re making48Please respect copyright.PENANAvT6viKhGfQ
things worse for yourself, and it will end up being a obsession.”48Please respect copyright.PENANArEUKyMZgvP
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Kim shook her head. “I know, but I won’t let this go far. Once I get to see48Please respect copyright.PENANAcQcavdmwvW
Leo’s lover, I’ll let this go.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAD7samRKhql
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Trina raised an eyebrow. “Will you? I know you, Kim. Leo has been the only man48Please respect copyright.PENANAXlPo5lxKXf
you’ve been in love with since we were kids, and him breaking up with you and48Please respect copyright.PENANAhyvUnEtKxL
calling off the wedding was a heavy toll. I don’t think you’ll be able to let48Please respect copyright.PENANATCtyZMTaYO
go of him that easily.”48Please respect copyright.PENANA2oQeGXUWTg
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“Are you trying to say I am psycho?” Kim didn’t like where their conversation48Please respect copyright.PENANAjLrV5UyuGH
was going.48Please respect copyright.PENANAbmNgxtezYJ
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Trina swallowed, thinking over her words before she spoke them out. “All I’m48Please respect copyright.PENANAAhOSz4r0IR
saying is that it’s time to let Leo go. Thinking about him and his new lover48Please respect copyright.PENANAuIeuPUYVde
isn’t going to do you any good.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAEuDCZ4e9ZJ
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Kim sighed. She stretched out her hand over the table and beckoned to Trina to48Please respect copyright.PENANAyIGf24ih7F
give her hers. Trina did likewise, and Kim held her friend’s hand tightly.48Please respect copyright.PENANAW9Rp8YnQWo
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“Okay, after tonight, I’ll try and let go of Leo,” said Kim.48Please respect copyright.PENANA1Myb9pbvbu
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“Why not now?” Trina asked. “Don’t tell me you’re going to follow through with48Please respect copyright.PENANAdoAXUgavkD
your promise after you see this lover of his.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAlBx8k58A1z
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Kim didn’t answer, and Trina rolled her eyes. “Fine,” Trina said. “After48Please respect copyright.PENANAbghCLqqQ9n
tonight, I shouldn’t hear about Leo ever again.”48Please respect copyright.PENANA4qsDDIwpgb
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“But what if we don’t see her?” Kim asked.48Please respect copyright.PENANAjL9EzPXj5d
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“You forget him anyway,” said Trina, pulling her hand away. “I’m going to get48Please respect copyright.PENANArWGaQ0GhO4
us some drinks.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAoPoqzlcQGN
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Trina quickly stood up and left the table. Kim looked on at her best friend and48Please respect copyright.PENANAdrdssQlpqH
knew she had pissed her off. She wished she could assure Trina that she was48Please respect copyright.PENANAPy60BdLIGZ
going to forget Leo after this, but even she knew that was far from impossible.48Please respect copyright.PENANAURuM3XrC7t
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Miranda rushed out of the elevator and ran into the garden like a mad woman.48Please respect copyright.PENANAn59aeykhT8
Along the way, she pushed people aside. To some, she apologized, but to others,48Please respect copyright.PENANAYP3f39TOh0
she didn’t even give them a second thought.48Please respect copyright.PENANAoxq4uGUPup
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There was only one way to the garden, and that was through the western wing48Please respect copyright.PENANA6fx2Ffscgo
since the doors to the east wing weren’t open, said a woman she had met in the48Please respect copyright.PENANASNdaKobT5y
elevator who was going downstairs and who had lived in the hotel for a long48Please respect copyright.PENANAB1GN6qsH24
time. Thankful for the information, Miranda had to rush. She only had a few48Please respect copyright.PENANAZD8GZHMS5T
minutes left, but all she needed was to see Leo.48Please respect copyright.PENANAaHNvkyXKvA
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She had just bypassed the fountain, heading towards the open bar, but then she48Please respect copyright.PENANAeI4tY4JXan
stopped herself short. She had to see where Leo was sitting first; he might as48Please respect copyright.PENANA8tOr0q2e2M
well have Carly seated right beside him, and Carly would no doubt see her if48Please respect copyright.PENANABv7uH4Bhdw
she wasn’t too careful.48Please respect copyright.PENANABjRfJS7ZId
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She didn’t have to look any further, as she saw Leo at the table with Carly48Please respect copyright.PENANA4mzncWbdxy
beside him along with other people. Leo was holding the floor for the time48Please respect copyright.PENANA1vFyBV3ghJ
being, and Miranda noticed how everyone laughed at what he said. Carly, who sat48Please respect copyright.PENANAaLkfzDJEJN
next to him, looked admirably at him. Miranda huffed. If only she could figure48Please respect copyright.PENANAwMpCtvY2zI
out a way to get the two apart, but now wasn’t the time to think about such48Please respect copyright.PENANA3lnEGZb3Cp
things.48Please respect copyright.PENANAWXFkFR8RHM
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She started to approach the entrance of the bar; looking over at Leo’s table48Please respect copyright.PENANAEffgxpPftM
and hopeful that Carly wouldn’t turn her head to see her.48Please respect copyright.PENANAoGvMm7X0Ly
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Miranda walked over to the counter and sat on the stool. Immediately, the48Please respect copyright.PENANAemPc8poqWx
bartender attended to her, and she ordered a martini. The bartender went on48Please respect copyright.PENANANhNSSpoXTB
ahead to make her drink as Miranda slightly turned around on her chair to look48Please respect copyright.PENANAg5yL3tNSPa
at the table behind her. She had a clear view of Leo, and a smile came across48Please respect copyright.PENANA5lTk63fDHQ
her face.48Please respect copyright.PENANAcSjoF5lQYk
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“Seriously, ever since Albert puked on me at the work party, I told myself48Please respect copyright.PENANA2pYfEUI5Wd
never to drink with him again,” said Leo, concluding his funny story.48Please respect copyright.PENANAuAUDLtiXWn
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"That's why I never hang around drunk people," said Marco. "You48Please respect copyright.PENANA3BFed8ZQr2
might find they embarrass you."48Please respect copyright.PENANAsgOfKYrEhF
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"But haven't we ever done anything embarrassing when we are drunk?"48Please respect copyright.PENANAn2lZtldNG8
Eric asked.48Please respect copyright.PENANAO3DLJUsC8S
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"Not me," Oliver answered. "I'm too young to drink."48Please respect copyright.PENANAIH41vKwFrB
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Eric sucked his teeth. "Of course, I wasn't directing the question to you,48Please respect copyright.PENANAbrT0DYb2D5
silly," he said.48Please respect copyright.PENANAAvpW1OU5x0
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"I remember there was one time back at my old college when I got so drunk48Please respect copyright.PENANAMvdFiUcoQ8
that Angel had to come by taxi to take me home," Carly shared. "We48Please respect copyright.PENANAfSXrW6wIdW
were having a closing year party as a class at a friend's place. I got so48Please respect copyright.PENANABU83CTJA5B
carried away that I even fell in the pool."48Please respect copyright.PENANAnj2LWL0RRf
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"A friend of hers called, and I had to arrange some dry clothes for48Please respect copyright.PENANAVOElQDPkJ9
her," said Angel as she laughed. "Seriously, Carly, you threw Mum in48Please respect copyright.PENANAunZjpdWu1W
a fit when I tried to sneak you back into the house. But you ended up singing48Please respect copyright.PENANAIOY8gvrDTt
so loudly that she came rushing from her bedroom to see you in a mess."48Please respect copyright.PENANA2A9fHP65Vk
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"Were you grounded, Carly?" Oliver asked as he ate some nachos.48Please respect copyright.PENANARa9QDY1eS4
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"No, but if us young adults could still be, I definitely would have been48Please respect copyright.PENANAEpuYJNmnCU
grounded," said Carly. "I was punished in a way, though. Mum didn't48Please respect copyright.PENANAN7R05gowk7
talk to me for a week."48Please respect copyright.PENANA30vgDU3Zpj
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"I remember when we were having my uncle's birthday party," said48Please respect copyright.PENANAleiwNjBOow
Marco, "and we meant to have a nice, quiet family party. Instead, my uncle48Please respect copyright.PENANAMxdwtQTMvA
brought in many of his unruly friends. The party turned out to be such a blast.48Please respect copyright.PENANAoHaxHRfA9U
He and I had a competition to see who could drink more tequila. He passed out48Please respect copyright.PENANAlBuqINeKCS
before he could take the last glass. I won, but at a cost. I puked in the car,48Please respect copyright.PENANAcg5ZX73CAH
and my dad was furious. From then on, I told myself I wasn't going for tequila48Please respect copyright.PENANAAQjw0mJdJ3
shots ever again."48Please respect copyright.PENANABlxjdadrUK
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“Trust me, the first time I had my first tequila shot in college was awful,”48Please respect copyright.PENANAlSgS5rdgWz
said Eric. “My head was spinning so much that I slept in the bar, and it took48Please respect copyright.PENANAEu7AIDoLKb
my friends I had back then to carry me back to my room. Leo was also there, and48Please respect copyright.PENANAJUe8PwILFl
he said I was blabbering nonsense before I blacked out.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAcrXSvtcwIJ
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“He was complaining about some girl who couldn’t stop following him in48Please respect copyright.PENANAkDUNZcqqm1
college,” said Leo. “If she happened to be there to hear what you had said, she48Please respect copyright.PENANAg0CQrczevK
would definitely have stayed away from you for sure.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAR1siR6jAhL
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Eric shook his head after taking a sip of his drink. “I highly doubt it. I did48Please respect copyright.PENANAc3E2JhyBbK
some crazy things in college, but the girls still loved me anyway.”48Please respect copyright.PENANA9LEXrh3ob3
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Marco turned to look at Angel. “What of you, Angel? Have you ever had any48Please respect copyright.PENANA95khm8ROYQ
embarrassing moments when you were drunk?” he asked.48Please respect copyright.PENANAmISMUM4dKg
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“Before she says anything,” said Carly. “You should ask her first if she drinks48Please respect copyright.PENANAYC6tcbfbnS
alcohol.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAYl7zf15IG4
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Marco, Leo, and Eric now turned their eyes on Angel with curious looks. Her48Please respect copyright.PENANAFQVg1ysYtD
cheeks flushed in embarrassment as she looked down at the table. She pressed48Please respect copyright.PENANA5INPBemLy0
her lips together before looking at everyone, including Oliver.48Please respect copyright.PENANAeHjUc4TjbJ
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"So, Angel, do you take any alcohol?” Marco asked.48Please respect copyright.PENANA4hii7OjxW5
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“Of course, I do,” said Angel. “Except that I like to drink wine or champagne48Please respect copyright.PENANAncxrECI1Pe
on special occasions.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAEdQnvPQwRT
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“I never thought someone like you would actually take alcohol,” said Eric. “But48Please respect copyright.PENANARPMuSmSYl0
your preference suits you.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAvNy6PUdiAo
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“Yeah, very classy,” said Oliver.48Please respect copyright.PENANAa2bJ1xRAMc
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The adults turned to look at Oliver, surprised. Oliver also looked back at them48Please respect copyright.PENANA30IBBQBMNx
as though he were judging them for giving him such a look.48Please respect copyright.PENANADP2xNoTzQt
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“What?” he asked with a shrug of his shoulders. “I hear people who drink such48Please respect copyright.PENANAOziJ3MLy6Y
are considered classy.”48Please respect copyright.PENANA6arjsdFXwt
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“Wow, someone should tell him that he shouldn’t judge people according to what48Please respect copyright.PENANApFFS6biDwB
they drink,” said Eric.48Please respect copyright.PENANA8SOUYrE7Pf
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“Well, Angel is classy, isn’t she?” Oliver asked.48Please respect copyright.PENANAlu7koQW6Q8
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Angel and Carly burst into laughter. Marco and Leo chuckled, while Eric looked48Please respect copyright.PENANAL0PiOzXV62
like he didn’t know what to do with his brother anymore.48Please respect copyright.PENANAXSHjCh554z
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“I agree with Oliver,” said Marco. “Angel is in a class of her own.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAfkBosTm1nF
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“That’s being too sweet, don’t you think?” Leo asked, raising an eyebrow at48Please respect copyright.PENANAkugAq3GTfQ
Marco.48Please respect copyright.PENANAfAhzs5Ae4Q
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“Well, no, I’m being really genuine here. Angel carries a certain level of48Please respect copyright.PENANAyIC4ABArtX
elegance that I can describe as classy. I don’t know, but there’s much more to48Please respect copyright.PENANAbqfxTO6Yxc
her than just her beauty. You’re a man, and I have no doubt you see it too.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAjK65YCtuTd
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Everyone was silent except for Oliver, who loudly sucked at his smoothie48Please respect copyright.PENANAc0mNkwGNiU
through the straw. Angel found herself looking at Marco with her cheeks feeling48Please respect copyright.PENANAAAYCd0rit9
like hot coals slapped across her face. Marco turned from Leo to Angel, and the48Please respect copyright.PENANA4qYMY9i9Wd
corner of his lips rose to a smile. This time, his smile was gentle and48Please respect copyright.PENANAVUb3zAjV1n
sincere.48Please respect copyright.PENANAmR2tnBM3X9
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Leo swallowed, as he didn’t know how to respond to Marco’s statement. He saw48Please respect copyright.PENANAgFfemBDncs
Marco shift his attention to Angel. As much as Marco was somewhat right from48Please respect copyright.PENANAtNPjDBoKkW
Leo’s perspective, he did his best to try and not take it to heart. For some48Please respect copyright.PENANA8ErYeuvQ2y
reason, he couldn’t stand the way Marco looked at her, and it bothered him a48Please respect copyright.PENANA0CrOlgOwfA
little. He started to wonder if Marco really liked Angel.48Please respect copyright.PENANAiMLaEDY1cC
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Eric felt like taking Angel by the hand and dragging her away from Marco. He48Please respect copyright.PENANAgjGjD1hEGC
shifted uncomfortably in his chair, and he thought of bringing something up to48Please respect copyright.PENANAVmC0ClNV7g
ease the tension that he felt, but nothing came to mind.48Please respect copyright.PENANAldBWfT9026
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Carly couldn’t help but stare at Angel. What Marco said resonated with her, and48Please respect copyright.PENANAKlphv2WCHf
as she stared at her sister, she could see it clearly. She always felt there48Please respect copyright.PENANAihqN0t6JaI
was something about Angel that she couldn’t put her finger on, and it seems48Please respect copyright.PENANA6IUqe4svEG
Marco hit the nail right on the head. Carly has not always looked up at her48Please respect copyright.PENANAEQD2gsrFZB
sister because she was older, but she always carried with her a certain essence48Please respect copyright.PENANAE4mp82Jadf
that Carly’s been following blindly for years. She knew she could never be like48Please respect copyright.PENANA8f0WCCvW24
Angel, but that essence always showed brightly, and Carly always admired Angel48Please respect copyright.PENANAF7TPOcI6Y0
for it.48Please respect copyright.PENANAJTvwiOHnf8
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“We’re out of nachos,” Oliver announced, bringing everyone out of their48Please respect copyright.PENANAZAr40sBHVj
thoughts.48Please respect copyright.PENANALAy3wQb9To
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“I’ll go get some,” said Leo, grateful for Oliver finishing the nachos. He48Please respect copyright.PENANAhFcmjTkb4Y
really needed to take a breather.48Please respect copyright.PENANA7rrv5a4d9c
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Leo picked up the empty bowl and started to make his way to the bar counter.48Please respect copyright.PENANAaBMPZKM81j
Oliver started to say something to keep everyone busy. When Leo was just a few48Please respect copyright.PENANA78n1LtEQHs
feet away from the bar, it was then that Angel jerked upright in her seat as48Please respect copyright.PENANA2BryO6YMME
though she had woken up from a bad dream.48Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8IxODn6Nb
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“Hey, are you okay?” Eric asked.48Please respect copyright.PENANA1m53VZMgnS
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“I’m good, thanks,” Angel replied, assuring Eric with a smile. She turned to48Please respect copyright.PENANAbgsH3vNm26
Leo, who was heading to the counter. Kim was obviously on the other side, so48Please respect copyright.PENANA8BZnRfr5ac
Leo wouldn’t see them. She was worrying over nothing.48Please respect copyright.PENANADwIgZ7AJrw
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Miranda quickly turned back in her seat to face the beer and wine bottles on48Please respect copyright.PENANAhB0wFT677O
the shelf behind the bar counter as she saw Leo approach. She swallowed as she48Please respect copyright.PENANAZitPIlApJg
felt her hands start to shake. A debate arose in her head. Should she say48Please respect copyright.PENANAF7d5u4xRNT
something to him when he comes over? Why should she? It’s not like he can48Please respect copyright.PENANAHrBfTxclHQ
remember that they met at the candy store. I am just being silly, she said to48Please respect copyright.PENANAWAFBWzCV1A
herself.48Please respect copyright.PENANAvDvJiIkCwd
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Leo finally reached the counter, and he happened to stand next to Miranda. When48Please respect copyright.PENANAPEToFwEqZC
Miranda saw him through the corner of her eye, she felt frightened like a mouse48Please respect copyright.PENANAn6UpWEuyXI
that scurries away when it sees the enemy. However, she tried to sit still in48Please respect copyright.PENANANQxQ8UTtEk
her seat so as not to draw any attention to herself. She looked down at the48Please respect copyright.PENANAIc9IwQwxX9
glass in front of her and slowly took it. She tried to control the trembling in48Please respect copyright.PENANAR7CxZekc9H
her hand and hoped that she wouldn’t spill the drink over or that Leo wouldn’t48Please respect copyright.PENANAQhH3Tq1pII
notice her.48Please respect copyright.PENANABwdpDcWMHe
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Leo ordered another plate of nachos, and his eyes diverted to the side. His48Please respect copyright.PENANAreAVakyHI7
eyes fell on the woman beside him. He had a funny feeling that she looked48Please respect copyright.PENANAwRcDz6hPcL
familiar, but he didn’t know if he should ask. Still, it was better to mind his48Please respect copyright.PENANAlNd05uSY5R
own business.48Please respect copyright.PENANAZfGId5d8J0
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Miranda felt his eyes on her, and automatically, her head turned to the side to48Please respect copyright.PENANAD60SxoXXGJ
look at Leo. After realizing what she had done, her eyes went wide with48Please respect copyright.PENANACRgRbyTZuO
surprise.48Please respect copyright.PENANABdqCiesBJg
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“I remember you from somewhere,” said Leo.48Please respect copyright.PENANAOulQoGKBsZ
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“Ah, yes,” said Miranda. Her surprised look seemed to have worked in her favor.48Please respect copyright.PENANAYLP2YhtbKr
“At the candy store.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAYuBhfYBYTe
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“Oh, yeah, right,” said Leo as he gave a nod of his head. “I remember. You48Please respect copyright.PENANAgioaeXvTNE
bumped into that moving shelf.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAoOV8BS7MHq
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“That was embarrassing,” said Miranda as she laughed. “I was in a rush.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAQZxMfWlOGr
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Leo gave her a friendly smile and nodded his head, showing that he understood.48Please respect copyright.PENANAUW19JlLFPF
His gesture made Miranda almost want to shoot out of her stool like a rocket.48Please respect copyright.PENANAJ46cuKO2Zl
Her heart fluttered, and she wanted to hold on to that beautiful feeling48Please respect copyright.PENANAkLJ6anQWVb
forever.48Please respect copyright.PENANAycwEvqNffK
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The bartender came back with the plate refilled with nachos and cheese. Leo48Please respect copyright.PENANAXNojAA3RQU
took it and thanked the bartender. He turned to Miranda, and she knew that48Please respect copyright.PENANAjJSWQhSEBd
their conversation ended here.48Please respect copyright.PENANA6AF19nM6JY
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“It was nice seeing you again,” said Leo. “Enjoy your drink.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAWk06WsC2Lz
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“Thanks,” said Miranda. She didn’t know what to say next as Leo took his leave.48Please respect copyright.PENANAG9VUjLtUNC
The thought of being just a stranger to him didn’t sit well with Miranda. She48Please respect copyright.PENANAfJjP1tqmcR
wanted to be close to him. How will she be able to do that?48Please respect copyright.PENANAIeyLqeyLup
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Her eyes fell to the table Leo was heading to, and she saw Carly talking with48Please respect copyright.PENANAKvJugAmooS
so much glee. She didn’t seem to have a care in the world, and it hurt Miranda48Please respect copyright.PENANAoXnhu9BwnO
that she should be the one close to Leo and not her.48Please respect copyright.PENANAe5IfbuO1xd
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Carly turned her eyes to Leo, who was approaching the table, and she couldn’t48Please respect copyright.PENANAbBykpotFLY
help but smile at him. Miranda was smart enough to turn her head so that Carly48Please respect copyright.PENANAmkdsahOMdr
wouldn’t see her. Miranda knew her time was up, and she was guessing that she48Please respect copyright.PENANAKwVJbPwnWQ
might have overstayed at the bar. It was time to go back upstairs. She thought48Please respect copyright.PENANAZKiXXNbwKN
of looking back at Leo, but it wasn’t worth the risk. It was best for her to48Please respect copyright.PENANAm6DkQOdn58
leave, but after she finished her martini.48Please respect copyright.PENANA3P10KTVOfE
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A few seconds before that, Trina came back to the table with two bottles of48Please respect copyright.PENANA9NBsG4SALJ
cider. She sat herself down and placed one bottle in front of Kim.48Please respect copyright.PENANAGXvormYZWO
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“Thanks,” said Kim.48Please respect copyright.PENANAhEhLa35D47
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“Have you thought of what to do?” Trina asked. “We can’t see Leo from here.48Please respect copyright.PENANAMOSCQvIzXn
That’s if you really plan on catching Leo with his lover.”48Please respect copyright.PENANANAnEntBo6Z
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“I thought of sitting by the counter and peeping on him,” Kim suggested.48Please respect copyright.PENANAD1pufbFjrf
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“Sounds like a good idea,” said Trina. “Even if we were to see him walking out,48Please respect copyright.PENANAVCrZo3etHH
it would be impossible for us to see where he would go.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAXdC8yn3e8g
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As the two women stood at the table, Trina stopped Kim by placing her hand on48Please respect copyright.PENANA2OnDZ6sQxG
Kim’s shoulder.48Please respect copyright.PENANAH8bt6ZyfO2
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“I know you’re tired of me saying this,” said Trina, “but doing this is a bad48Please respect copyright.PENANAYyhAu5McDl
idea. We should get out while we can.”48Please respect copyright.PENANApmYKOteG1J
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Kim scoffed. “I gave you my word earlier, didn’t I? There is no need to repeat48Please respect copyright.PENANAaDc8UScTLd
the conversation. Let’s go.”48Please respect copyright.PENANA2SX6H6oJJp
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Trina’s hand fell away from Kim’s shoulder as Kim started to make her way to48Please respect copyright.PENANAqX7NWpOaVZ
the other side of the bar. Trina followed her, and coming back the way they48Please respect copyright.PENANAEqfo6NrPN4
came, they stopped at the counter. From the angle at which they stood, they48Please respect copyright.PENANA37shamJKvu
were able to see Leo’s table.48Please respect copyright.PENANA3KogkWlymV
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The two of them sat on the stools, facing each other. Trina had her back facing48Please respect copyright.PENANALnjC9cEWyh
Leo’s table, shielding Kim from plain sight if the worst happened.48Please respect copyright.PENANAPFjWf1Ue6x
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“I can’t see so much, so you’ll be telling me what’s going on,” said Trina.48Please respect copyright.PENANATMfU08uJrB
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“You’re overthinking things,” said Kim. “You can take a peek and still won’t be48Please respect copyright.PENANAzhu9YwqvQR
seen. Oh, look, Leo is coming over.”48Please respect copyright.PENANArgbA2rt1ai
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Trina turned her head slightly to see Leo approach the other side of the48Please respect copyright.PENANAjopCrACjk8
counter. He wasn’t looking in their direction, so they were at ease as they48Please respect copyright.PENANALjI42ba3H7
looked on. They saw him ask the bar tender for another refill of nachos. He48Please respect copyright.PENANAjzUwCykJOD
soon looked at the woman beside him, and Kim held Trina’s hand on the bar48Please respect copyright.PENANAmex5Pq7DFB
counter in anticipation.48Please respect copyright.PENANA2KRAeeIjo1
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“Could it be her?” Kim asked, almost squeezing Trina’s hand.48Please respect copyright.PENANAGNP8OPSGqW
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Trina looked at the woman beside Leo as she turned to look at him. She shook48Please respect copyright.PENANA4pIHGj4dUP
her head. “I don’t think so,” said Trina.48Please respect copyright.PENANAh4GlV8XVw6
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They watched as Leo talked with the woman briefly, and as soon as he took the bowl48Please respect copyright.PENANArpd8evbrzQ
of nachos, he addressed the woman and went back to his table. Trina shook her48Please respect copyright.PENANAo53sIp5c7R
head.48Please respect copyright.PENANAtGowVvXCyJ
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“She’s not the one,” said Trina. “They looked like they knew each other, but48Please respect copyright.PENANAx5BA7U2RcZ
not at that intimate level.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAxV0BjAz2r9
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“Are you sure?” Kim asked. “Because he was smiling at her.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAkhEun0Y1OS
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Trina rolled her eyes before turning them at her friend. “Does every smile he48Please respect copyright.PENANArlhBp7cfnI
gives everyone mean that he is flirting with them?” she asked. “He looks like48Please respect copyright.PENANA9tfzpi8rEE
he was being friendly to me.”48Please respect copyright.PENANA0OSuxZCnD0
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“What if she’s the one and they were communicating in some way through code?”48Please respect copyright.PENANAIG3NFu5H68
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Trina raised an eyebrow at her. Kim knew she was taking things a little far and48Please respect copyright.PENANAmmioqMWluS
looked the other way, taking a sip from her bottle and feeling embarrassed.48Please respect copyright.PENANABDq0FexnWz
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Angel stared at her empty glass of soda, concluding that she needed to refill.48Please respect copyright.PENANAx2DQfSFm2n
She excused herself from the table and started to make her way to the bar48Please respect copyright.PENANAVAJUk0yYok
counter.48Please respect copyright.PENANAG3zagYlfsG
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Miranda finished her martini in one huge gulp. She placed the glass on the48Please respect copyright.PENANA9tSELzuyn1
counter, leaving the bill under the glass. After she stepped down from her48Please respect copyright.PENANA5nuMvaehW8
stool, she turned around and came shoulder to shoulder with someone.48Please respect copyright.PENANATASQQP9Jad
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“Oh, sorry about that,” said a beautiful woman in a stunning red velvet dress.48Please respect copyright.PENANAK1hQN73rYX
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Miranda almost panicked, for she thought the person she had bumped into was48Please respect copyright.PENANAXdPb18rfEc
someone familiar. However, looking closely, she realized that it was Angel,48Please respect copyright.PENANAe8lAssNUGi
Carly’s older sister. Miranda knew Angel didn’t know about her, but Miranda48Please respect copyright.PENANAS6nLIj43YS
knew who she was. In the past, when she and Carly used to work together, Carly48Please respect copyright.PENANAiggXMdaqCl
had shown Angel’s pictures to her a few times. Miranda acknowledged that the48Please respect copyright.PENANAFhxC3g3OvZ
sisters had looks that could kill, but there was something about Angel’s beauty48Please respect copyright.PENANAIY17U3LuXk
that was different from Carly’s.48Please respect copyright.PENANAhyZmgOtWYk
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“Oh, it’s nothing,” said Miranda.48Please respect copyright.PENANA3J0vKVFGae
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Angel smiled at her before turning her attention to the bartender. Miranda48Please respect copyright.PENANALE7peBQsL0
turned around to head out of the bar when she froze in her tracks. She felt48Please respect copyright.PENANAXojq0Puan4
caught in a trap as she looked ahead. This is bad.48Please respect copyright.PENANAPQ4BcvVdmd
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Carly’s eyes fell on Miranda as she looked over to the bar to check on her48Please respect copyright.PENANAbKfkDgKnUi
sister. Miranda happened to be right in her line of vision. Carly’s eyes48Please respect copyright.PENANA17lk3HJPyN
widened with fear as thoughts started to run through her head. What was Miranda48Please respect copyright.PENANA3xwY79W326
doing here?48Please respect copyright.PENANAq6lWab03sU
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Angel thanked the bartender after refilling her glass, and when she turned48Please respect copyright.PENANA2DD478Zbx6
around, the woman whom she bumped into stood still like a statue. Angel read48Please respect copyright.PENANAMDcZTdWsYO
her body language, and she realized that the person seemed to be in some kind48Please respect copyright.PENANAZVoFnULx9m
of shock. She noticed the woman looking towards the table where her sister and48Please respect copyright.PENANAwmMwh5fsBs
the others were. Moreover, she saw Carly look at the woman with the same48Please respect copyright.PENANA2rGsH99tCU
surprised look.48Please respect copyright.PENANAahboXMlrSq
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Angel raised an eyebrow. She was just about to touch the woman’s shoulder to48Please respect copyright.PENANA3EsN1zt2NG
get her attention, but she thought better of it.48Please respect copyright.PENANANXrUlhCagf
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“Hey, are you okay?” Angel asked.48Please respect copyright.PENANA79S8NmkBkt
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Miranda jolted back to reality and turned to look at Angel. She nervously48Please respect copyright.PENANAzaI18oWqjH
chuckled. “Uh, yes, I’m fine, thanks,” said Miranda. “I thought I saw someone I48Please respect copyright.PENANA13QuA8rUYM
knew, but I was mistaken. I should go now.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAL3ZPm02v13
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Before Angel could say anything, Miranda quickly made her way out of the bar.48Please respect copyright.PENANAzTnzLaoyQw
Those who were wondering what took Angel so long turned to the bar counter and48Please respect copyright.PENANAekdGlM3vjm
saw the woman quickly walk away from Angel. Angel looked at the young woman,48Please respect copyright.PENANADb1u7HVULH
and she turned her attention back to the table, specifically on Carly. Carly48Please respect copyright.PENANAzXy0su1Y96
didn’t turn her head right away as she looked at her sister. She didn’t want to48Please respect copyright.PENANAIXn0HZDVYJ
look like she knew Miranda, and it was best to act natural. Angel went back to48Please respect copyright.PENANAKcFVcjVrVn
the table.48Please respect copyright.PENANA2SsemXR1xx
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“What was that about?” Eric asked.48Please respect copyright.PENANAhOfmXjAaOF
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“Oh, she thought she recognized someone, but she was mistaken,” said Angel as48Please respect copyright.PENANA3azrPPGMw9
she sat back down on her seat, placing her glass on the table.48Please respect copyright.PENANAVtWiMFB0eW
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“She must have meant me,” said Leo. Carly looked at him, surprised at his48Please respect copyright.PENANAgN1oYbbBvM
statement. “Remember the time we went to that candy store a few days ago?” He48Please respect copyright.PENANAuOURv56KtQ
looked at Eric. “She was the one who bumped into that moving shelf.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAo3lUJ4WbtJ
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“Oh, I see,” said Angel. “But she said she didn’t recognize anyone.”48Please respect copyright.PENANA4Xyk3kYr8s
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“Obviously she was nervous because of Leo again,” said Eric. “I bet the reason48Please respect copyright.PENANAyfYtLgokpD
she bumped into that shelf was because of your scary looks.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAqMw909zUH0
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Angel shook her head. “Not this again,” she said.48Please respect copyright.PENANALcKSZ1XL3n
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“Mind you,” Leo started to say, “when I went over to the bar, I actually talked48Please respect copyright.PENANAdOUCXDEijJ
to her. She didn’t seem nervous to me.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAAV7nBu94pg
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“She obviously fell for your good looks, not the scary one as Eric had put it,”48Please respect copyright.PENANArUBVLZ5naK
said Marco.48Please respect copyright.PENANAN8AOBAN3OJ
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“You really are a bully, Eric,” said Oliver. “It’s not Leo’s fault that he is48Please respect copyright.PENANAQdpfJ9UNpl
more handsome than you.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAVBnNxDUVSA
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Marcos and Angel laughed at Eric. Eric, on the other hand, felt like hitting48Please respect copyright.PENANAyNyuAYugSr
his brother on the head. Carly had been silent the whole time as thoughts ran48Please respect copyright.PENANA0WiqKZs6pV
through her head. Miranda actually had a talk with Leo, and that scared her.48Please respect copyright.PENANAkSe1g3O6nr
Could she have told Leo that she was also there at his bachelor party?48Please respect copyright.PENANAjffTOyisFe
Moreover, they met days ago at the candy store, and she finds herself here at48Please respect copyright.PENANAKzcVgJKOaG
the hotel. Why did Carly feel like she was suddenly in jeopardy?48Please respect copyright.PENANA0qgBKTONsa
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Angel wiped away the tears from her eyes, and she soon looked at Carly, who48Please respect copyright.PENANAh0aXvKbuyA
looked lost in thought. She couldn’t help but wonder what her sister was48Please respect copyright.PENANAoifHka3TXX
thinking about.48Please respect copyright.PENANApWJOcPnjkb
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“You, Oliver, have really cracked me up today,” said Marco as he continued to48Please respect copyright.PENANAU1F7swUXKL
laugh. “I can’t wait for us to hang out like this again.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAGnzAiRUhdM
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Oliver beamed at Marco happily, while Eric felt like slapping that look off his48Please respect copyright.PENANAd1bGW6UjJi
brother’s face.48Please respect copyright.PENANA6Y6wbK2Ufa
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“Yeah, Oliver has really cracked me up too,” said Angel as she turned to smile48Please respect copyright.PENANASUvchzhjJk
at Oliver.48Please respect copyright.PENANAiLS4cR5R08
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“I hate to wrap things up here,” said Marco, “but I’m done for the night.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAhQ46ZY1WfO
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“Oh, that’s a shame,” said Eric. “We were really having fun.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAWi6QVVMqxC
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“Don’t you think it’s also getting late?” Angel asked the others. “We better be48Please respect copyright.PENANAaQf81NQje9
heading out too.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAb1fucRXxTf
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Leo gave Angel a look. He still didn’t get the chance to be alone with Carly.48Please respect copyright.PENANAnyeLh22Fcj
When Marco said he was leaving, he thought he had the opportunity. He turned to48Please respect copyright.PENANA1BbJNbOspo
look at Carly beside him, and she seemed to look lost in her own world.48Please respect copyright.PENANAeqHLEhurgT
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“We should,” said Oliver. “I want us to pass somewhere and get ice cream on our48Please respect copyright.PENANAepXUOLwEUA
way home.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAeqVfeJ874h
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“Uh, wait a minute,” said Leo. “Some of us would like to spend a little time48Please respect copyright.PENANAKJtNpwtFse
here.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAOGaJ8Wz42t
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Angel threw Leo a look, knowing what he was playing at. She wanted to leave48Please respect copyright.PENANAngt2DtyLYj
because the possibility of Leo seeing Kim and Trina was high, and she didn’t48Please respect copyright.PENANAfRXLWoNcSE
want to risk it. Moreover, if Kim does see Leo spending his time alone with48Please respect copyright.PENANACFgfftCmIC
Carly, she will realize without a doubt that Carly is Leo’s lover. If only she48Please respect copyright.PENANARGw7ArW7da
could tell Leo without making him so upset, she thought to herself.48Please respect copyright.PENANAeGDQJwkAlM
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“Leo’s right,” said Eric, looking over at Leo. “I would like to stay here for a48Please respect copyright.PENANAdGj7APaUMh
little longer.”48Please respect copyright.PENANARFyWUPSL7K
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Angel sighed, but not the kind that anyone would notice. It looks like she lost48Please respect copyright.PENANAjmcVT5SjeW
this one. She just has to find a way to work around it.48Please respect copyright.PENANAusdw8VmrpU
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“Well, then I’ll leave you to enjoy yourselves,” said Marco as he stood up from48Please respect copyright.PENANA48b5FDz31q
his seat. “Before I forget,” he said as he turned to Angel. “I would love to48Please respect copyright.PENANAxS67sHperz
get your number, Angel.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAEE9xp82jma
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Angel almost forgot about that, and she blushed immediately when Marco asked her.48Please respect copyright.PENANA5iNHvmoXKD
She watched him pull out his phone. He turned his eyes on her, giving her his48Please respect copyright.PENANARAlgMmNSqh
full attention. Angel hesitated for a bit before giving out her number, and he48Please respect copyright.PENANAZqD5UfOle1
typed it down on his phone. Eric and Leo looked on, wondering why Marco looked48Please respect copyright.PENANAR4YuDizTab
so eager to get her number. Carly wasn’t paying much attention, so she couldn’t48Please respect copyright.PENANA9XiDoO1tUU
care less.48Please respect copyright.PENANAOJp2StQPrN
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“I really enjoyed my time with you,” said Marco, pocketing his phone away. “We48Please respect copyright.PENANAjZ5LpX68qv
should do this sometime soon.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAbBkfYZhDS4
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“Sure,” said Eric, putting up a smile for Marco, which proved to be very48Please respect copyright.PENANAJvVB5aTIhQ
difficult.48Please respect copyright.PENANAz9KXESgXgP
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Marco wished everyone a good night, and everyone responded back. Even Carly,48Please respect copyright.PENANAsGlrXPJLIr
who looked absent-minded, said goodnight. Before leaving, Marco gave Angel a48Please respect copyright.PENANAvZUNvSrvQL
wink, telling her to expect a message from him anytime soon. Angel only smiled,48Please respect copyright.PENANA3mShHcwiB9
feeling embarrassed that he said that in front of everyone.48Please respect copyright.PENANAwnxCOcVENT
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“Marco really likes you, Angel,” said Oliver after Marco had left the bar.48Please respect copyright.PENANAt3AwvyPqB5
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“Why do you say that?” Angel asked, looking at the boy with wide eyes.48Please respect copyright.PENANA6CmL5MvyA3
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“Don’t listen to him,” said Eric. “Kids don’t know what they say nowadays.”48Please respect copyright.PENANABNk0kd91hP
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Leo turned to Carly, and it was then that he noticed that she hadn’t talked48Please respect copyright.PENANAok8irqnk52
much at all for a while.48Please respect copyright.PENANAmnb5pk0Dvl
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“Hey, Carly, are you okay?” Leo asked.48Please respect copyright.PENANA0F2cbtgQtS
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Everyone turned to look at Carly. She tried to hide it with a smile, telling48Please respect copyright.PENANAGksW1kGpOW
Leo that she was alright. Angel couldn’t point out why her sister looked low,48Please respect copyright.PENANAsaEZprrinV
but she knew she could use this to her advantage.48Please respect copyright.PENANANkxCFXhlah
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“You look tired, Carly,” said Angel. “Maybe we should call it a night and head48Please respect copyright.PENANAAgBoZlvfE5
home.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAjs8Bj2Gn80
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Carly looked at Angel, and a small smile appeared on her face. She definitely48Please respect copyright.PENANAxev9ByMY94
needed to leave. The fact that Miranda was here messed with her head a lot, and48Please respect copyright.PENANA6NiTHmrX1F
she felt like being as far away from the hotel as possible. Considering that,48Please respect copyright.PENANA7mua3xQJhW
Miranda might still be around.48Please respect copyright.PENANAqOvWuJeRjb
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“Angel is right,” said Carly. “I’m feeling rather overwhelmed. We’ve had a long48Please respect copyright.PENANAUnKiHUkirG
day, and I didn’t get enough rest.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAkrEt97UxEW
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Leo looked a little disappointed, but now that he saw Carly more clearly, she48Please respect copyright.PENANAOi3V6jVd59
didn’t look too well at all. It looks like his plans for tonight might as well48Please respect copyright.PENANAWSVT35pHp4
go down the drain. If Carly was feeling too tired, it was understandable that48Please respect copyright.PENANA3aEPTH9xXK
she wasn’t going to enjoy his company alone with him either.48Please respect copyright.PENANAqIeqnGJ6T2
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“Alright,” said Leo. “We better get going if we’re going to get Oliver’s ice48Please respect copyright.PENANApSlGIKlZUm
cream.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAeLWgRWsKxp
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“We better check out of that room and get our stuff then,” said Eric.48Please respect copyright.PENANAMWtnIyfEr5
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“Oh, I forgot about that. Why don’t you go to the room while I go bring the car48Please respect copyright.PENANAV8HghRB2RD
around?”48Please respect copyright.PENANAxxzDYcCCIv
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“Sure.” Eric quickly stood up from his seat and started to make his way out of48Please respect copyright.PENANA9pnghC3924
the bar area.48Please respect copyright.PENANATelMiqN7VE
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Trina and Kim, who still sat observing Leo, noticed Eric stand up from his48Please respect copyright.PENANAC1HGcA4vdd
seat. The others were still at the table, and it was only a moment later that48Please respect copyright.PENANAEErjXX8604
they started to stand up.48Please respect copyright.PENANAiSS8pfmDr6
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“Look, they’re leaving,” said Trina.48Please respect copyright.PENANAwpU2Lz5ndw
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“Do you think Leo will get this opportunity to see his lover?” Kim asked.48Please respect copyright.PENANA6QinD2ZrsF
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“He can’t do that with the others tagging along,” said Trina. “Let’s watch and48Please respect copyright.PENANA6It6aZLt9M
see.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAE8ETeHQknQ
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Angel and Oliver started to make their way to the entrance of the bar when48Please respect copyright.PENANACJs7ZHe7IT
Angel, through the corner of her eye, saw Kim and Trina. This was bad. From48Please respect copyright.PENANAw7V5RMbKyJ
where she stood, she feared Leo might also notice them. She slowed her pace48Please respect copyright.PENANAbAg145tkV0
with Oliver and waited for Carly and Leo to catch up. If she was lucky, Leo48Please respect copyright.PENANAvuOjeFLOdE
might pass by without noticing Kim and Trina, but one can never be too sure.48Please respect copyright.PENANAI6Vd3SRKy9
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Carly made her way to Angel and Oliver, with Leo following slowly behind her.48Please respect copyright.PENANAxXwi2wmNZ3
Without much thought, his eyes found their way to the bar counter, and he48Please respect copyright.PENANAdhnPFhZCr6
noticed someone familiar at the other end. Only when the person turned in his48Please respect copyright.PENANAzLCogZJOpu
direction and their eyes fell on him did he realize who it was.48Please respect copyright.PENANAyIjGpaXCmd
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“Oh, my gosh,” said Kim as she held Trina’s shoulder in a tight grip. “He’s48Please respect copyright.PENANALLwgS3BjAy
seen us.”48Please respect copyright.PENANA2ev0Lkm1ms
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Trina choked on her own words that she couldn’t speak as he saw Leo staring48Please respect copyright.PENANAqDWx8cHwQB
back. His eyes slowly started to flame with anger. Or was it fury?48Please respect copyright.PENANABb6EERM2VB
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“Trina, we better go,” said Kim.48Please respect copyright.PENANAkSmavcrY5F
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Leo couldn’t believe Trina and Kim were there by the counter, staring back at48Please respect copyright.PENANAkUTej50cj4
him. Did they happen to be here by coincidence, or did were they here because48Please respect copyright.PENANAM9mqW4ddjw
of him? He noticed how scared they looked at him, as if they had been caught48Please respect copyright.PENANA7Rl2pRtbBO
doing something wrong. That confirmed that they were following him. He decided48Please respect copyright.PENANARCM2Jgvv2j
he was going to give them a piece of his mind.48Please respect copyright.PENANAN8Z2r07kIc
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Just as he was about to make his way over to them, a gentle touch fell on his48Please respect copyright.PENANAtncuJcA8UJ
shoulder, stopping him from proceeding further. He looked to the side, and he48Please respect copyright.PENANAWL3D7paozd
found Angel standing right beside him, her hand on his shoulder. She looked at48Please respect copyright.PENANARDxSTq5zr5
him with her soft brown eyes; they were stern yet so peaceful. There was48Please respect copyright.PENANAPgoGvjSZv7
something about her look and her presence beside him that made him slowly start48Please respect copyright.PENANAyiuVQiXtar
to feel the anger in him dissipate like smoke.48Please respect copyright.PENANAFyXpHOcE29
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She shook her head. “Not here,” she said to him in her normal tone of voice.48Please respect copyright.PENANA2Vmt4RYZsU
“Now is not the time to make a scene.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAPNzAwIMBnW
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Leo sighed, and he felt his muscles slowly start to relax. Angel was right; now48Please respect copyright.PENANAaqbhhnaSxA
wasn’t the time to throw a tantrum. He looked back at Kim, who continued to48Please respect copyright.PENANAYUXWnwuzHk
look at him, still with a scared look on her face.48Please respect copyright.PENANAC6P1pUI6Kg
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"Fine," he said to Angel as he looked at her.48Please respect copyright.PENANA2xuazpB5VX
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Angel gave a smile of relief. She turned to look at Trina and Kim, giving them48Please respect copyright.PENANAqxkSlgFvfy
a nod of her head. The two best friends looked relieved, but they knew that48Please respect copyright.PENANAeYA5SDFiiP
this wasn’t over.48Please respect copyright.PENANAZHJwJqGWHt
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Leo turned around to head out of the bar. Fortunately, Oliver and Carly were48Please respect copyright.PENANAkK7a5BvEol
way ahead of him, so they didn't see his silent altercation with Kim and Trina.48Please respect copyright.PENANAu0BydlD3vO
He walked out of the bar with Angel following closely behind him.48Please respect copyright.PENANAvISNhcEg9f
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"Thanks for that back there," Leo said to her.48Please respect copyright.PENANAzmd1es0D1j
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"Well, getting yourself angry wasn't going to do you or me any48Please respect copyright.PENANA1xjUQtCcpT
favors," said Angel.48Please respect copyright.PENANA2zJAxpncCN
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Leo turned to look at her through the corner of his eye. "How long have48Please respect copyright.PENANAP2TDIpakD9
they been there?"48Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZO0pAlJwl
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Angel found no point in lying to him. "I noticed them during our dinner. I48Please respect copyright.PENANAwyJRZI5zez
didn't want to tell you in front of our guests."48Please respect copyright.PENANAQH8w9BPJSM
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Leo scoffed. "It's obvious that they were following me. I guess that’s the48Please respect copyright.PENANAhYnDahNJKA
reason why you didn’t want me to be alone with Carly."48Please respect copyright.PENANAQm8RWTaxWO
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"I don't want them to find out about your relationship with her just yet,48Please respect copyright.PENANACj767vY347
so you've got to be careful from now on."48Please respect copyright.PENANAZoszQJ4QEa
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A smile appeared across Leo's face. The two might have their differences, but48Please respect copyright.PENANAOVoVh3WP12
it was clear to see that Angel did care about his relationship with her sister.48Please respect copyright.PENANAagBSZpNmEr
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As they continued to walk down the stone path towards the fountain where Oliver48Please respect copyright.PENANAnctv7KICvb
and Carly were, Leo tried to fight off the feeling of gratitude towards Angel.48Please respect copyright.PENANAGerJpoNtdd
In the end, he decided to let the feeling settle in for one night, and one48Please respect copyright.PENANAJqZR9J4fpq
night only.48Please respect copyright.PENANAZAkU0Gqxmp
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“That was a close one,” said Trina as she held her chest, breathing deeply.48Please respect copyright.PENANApj8T4FPVWu
“For sure, I thought Leo was going to come charging at us.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAujNjrTQy4D
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Kim sighed in relief. “I hate to say this, but we really do have Angel to48Please respect copyright.PENANAsTOxNGchUv
thank,” she said. “Though I feel Leo will confront us about it.”48Please respect copyright.PENANA3ni3fho3IY
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“Yeah, but Angel talked to him, and he calmed down in an instant.” Trina leaned48Please respect copyright.PENANATkt9EFRW32
against the bar counter, looking for the bartender. “Leo barely listens to48Please respect copyright.PENANAJZorhJWOdY
anyone, but he somehow listened to her. It’s best to receive his wrath48Please respect copyright.PENANAsFGqWVTI0F
privately rather than in an open place where he can embarrass us. I’m going to48Please respect copyright.PENANAAEmBbRxlTV
order a cocktail and drink to thank Angel for saving our sorry lives. Do you48Please respect copyright.PENANAGwFpo0ux1G
want one?”48Please respect copyright.PENANAOmd1niQDtt
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Kim gave a nod to Trina, and while her friend tried to get the attention of the48Please respect copyright.PENANAD6wdKx73cI
bartender, she couldn’t help but look at Leo with Angel walking beside him as48Please respect copyright.PENANAH0Km0MMM2i
they went further away from the bar. Memories of her and Leo started to48Please respect copyright.PENANAyGsEUmlJY3
surface, and she couldn’t recall once when he ever listened to her when he was48Please respect copyright.PENANAVYQff7cpRV
upset. Trina was right. Leo barely listens to anyone, except this time around,48Please respect copyright.PENANAdvHKnu1elc
when Angel spoke to him. Her eyes fell upon Angel, who, even in that red velvet48Please respect copyright.PENANAhUelp4tWNQ
dress, walked effortlessly with elegance beside Leo. Was there something about48Please respect copyright.PENANAJocYkXPfYS
Angel that Kim wasn’t aware of?48Please respect copyright.PENANAGXRhffXXFF
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Miranda quickly stepped out of the elevator and ran down the hall back to the48Please respect copyright.PENANAC8027gPo8Z
room where Red Lion and Mr. Walters were. She knew her thirty minutes were up,48Please respect copyright.PENANAHqQwnOG9Wq
and she had been so distracted that she didn’t notice her phone vibrate in the48Please respect copyright.PENANALDpS9EHqxu
pocket of her jeans. When she checked in the elevator, she found three missed48Please respect copyright.PENANAq8MhBYU32R
calls from Mr. Walters, and she knew she was in for it.48Please respect copyright.PENANAsHSAHVo7s8
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As soon as she reached the suite, the door flew open before she could even48Please respect copyright.PENANA2iaQaKd79t
knock. She thought the first person she would see was Red Lion, but to her48Please respect copyright.PENANA3BZwjF1JVU
relief, it was Walters.48Please respect copyright.PENANAOetAeKPL5i
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“What took you so long?” he asked. “And why didn’t you answer my calls?”48Please respect copyright.PENANA3x6bwSezzZ
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“I’m sorry,” said Miranda. “I got a little distracted. Is he here?”48Please respect copyright.PENANAfWiTh7hUGo
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“Yeah, but count yourself lucky,” said Walters as he stood aside to let Miranda48Please respect copyright.PENANABIfCeM2GQj
through the door. “Red Lion was going to kill you if he wanted to.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAylE4jjSWjm
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Miranda slowly stepped into the room, looking towards the living room area. Red48Please respect copyright.PENANA66nSQQlVU4
Lion's comrade sat on the couch. His eyes fixed on the TV screen that showed48Please respect copyright.PENANAOMCJ0QhxPH
the football game. Two more people sat on the other couch. They wore black48Please respect copyright.PENANAJGLObILBNs
suits, and they were of Asian descent. The two looked like bodyguards. Were48Please respect copyright.PENANAhKAeeLAXuO
they here with the host who called for this meeting? Moreover, where was Red48Please respect copyright.PENANAWeNpfUXLCo
Lion?48Please respect copyright.PENANAtf8YvhEFf6
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When she entered the living room area, she heard voices coming from the48Please respect copyright.PENANA9RhoffPXmy
balcony. She saw Red Lion standing by the open doors of the balcony. Someone48Please respect copyright.PENANAFZhnyXGEFG
stood in front of him, talking to him. Miranda couldn’t see who it was as the48Please respect copyright.PENANAgawwUxq0sE
person stood on the balcony, and the doors hid him from view.48Please respect copyright.PENANACLXVkDdO9Q
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Red Lion noticed Miranda's presence and turned to look at her. He surprisingly48Please respect copyright.PENANAIT8KJU2DPP
smiled. She almost sighed in relief, for she really thought he was going to48Please respect copyright.PENANAweESFt5JaI
squeeze her throat for being late. He turned to the person who stood on the48Please respect copyright.PENANAcGqo209KNb
balcony.48Please respect copyright.PENANAcUcYQs3rQf
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“The young lady we were waiting on is finally here,” said Red Lion. “We can48Please respect copyright.PENANAbmJNkuw2Ld
begin the meeting.”48Please respect copyright.PENANAG0ge0L0KYj
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The person on the balcony stepped into the room, and the first thing that48Please respect copyright.PENANAGIicScESel
caught Miranda’s eye was that the person wore a smart black suit, and there was48Please respect copyright.PENANASC8F8DWnPP
a charming smile on his face.