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“Angel just ruined everything for me,” said Leo as he27Please respect copyright.PENANArIshBpRvml
came to stand next to Eric by the bar counter.27Please respect copyright.PENANATKbb1Guupq
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“What do you mean she’s ruined everything?” Eric asked.27Please respect copyright.PENANAQXHxDaCVkp
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“Carly and I were supposed to run away together, but it’s like she caught on to27Please respect copyright.PENANArttsKVCNUq
us.” Leo shook his head. “That’s why she stayed behind with Carly. She says she27Please respect copyright.PENANAWzPSAVSzim
doesn’t want Marco to suspect anything.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAaJEhuK2l9v
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Eric shrugged his shoulders. “Angel does have a point,” he said. “We don’t need27Please respect copyright.PENANAD5EogPPpNp
Marco knowing that the two of you are dating. He might tell his father, who, in27Please respect copyright.PENANATk6Vt7NUr0
turn, will tell your dad. Well, you know how this vicious cycle goes.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAtHxNcKCTSo
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Leo sighed. “You do have a point.” He turned to his cousin. “Go on. I know you27Please respect copyright.PENANA26q2S420pU
want to say it.”27Please respect copyright.PENANA46GZvUqSpT
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“Say what?” Eric asked without looking at Leo.27Please respect copyright.PENANAQsmcJrJOOt
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Leo sighed again, deeply this time. “That she has my best interest at heart.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAKjxBVj7yXS
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Eric looked at Leo, this time with a beaming smile on his face. “Of course,27Please respect copyright.PENANA3sBlQYMz77
because that’s just how she is.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAyYtGlj7u1k
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“Can you stop smiling like that?” Leo looked irritated. Eric’s smile shone27Please respect copyright.PENANAxKoBKj9TGF
brightly like the sun. Leo felt blinded as he turned to look away. “You’ve had27Please respect copyright.PENANAT1GOm0C56F
your fun.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAMByeOLoCMb
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“I just want to rub it in. Before we went into the garden, I was about to tell27Please respect copyright.PENANAIeiSJeFDHr
you the same thing, but it slipped my mind. It’s good that Angel thought way27Please respect copyright.PENANAwyiTwQi2WO
ahead and talked to Carly about it.”27Please respect copyright.PENANA4BrWIviRLa
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Leo felt dumb. None of that came to mind, and he felt like slapping himself for27Please respect copyright.PENANASXeNpnaJnY
being so stupid and careless. He hoped Marco wasn’t paying enough attention at27Please respect copyright.PENANAIp2gCNp8JO
first for him to realize there was anything between him and Carly. It seems he27Please respect copyright.PENANA2OObCBC2FB
has Angel to thank, but Leo was too embarrassed to think of doing so.27Please respect copyright.PENANAkMhJgVK0iS
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“Do they serve milkshakes here?” Leo asked, trying to rid himself of his27Please respect copyright.PENANA2ji3qQx0tx
thoughts.27Please respect copyright.PENANAZr9Q7PbmDX
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“Yeah, I already asked,” answered Eric. “They serve non-alcoholic drinks as27Please respect copyright.PENANAZTWcvkGGmW
well, in case there’s anyone who needs one.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAm2l6u2OXK3
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“I’ll go over to the table and ask what drinks they want. Do they have snacks27Please respect copyright.PENANAgMi2ICPSy2
too?”27Please respect copyright.PENANAn7otLZoj3q
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Leo left the counter and found Carly where he had left her. She was slowly27Please respect copyright.PENANAxeBzeOxwwX
looking around, taking in the view of the place. There were bright bulbs27Please respect copyright.PENANAboRWcpe1re
hanging over the area, and she apparently stood out with her beautiful dress.27Please respect copyright.PENANAVqpzbz3S4U
If they weren’t around so many people, he wasn’t going to hesitate to kiss and27Please respect copyright.PENANAsJXpPFaRrs
caress her. He smiled at her instead and gestured with his head to her, saying27Please respect copyright.PENANAejYkPQqoaM
that they should join Angel and the others.27Please respect copyright.PENANAY1fdqmgyBJ
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Trina and Kim stood by the fountain as they watched Leo approach the table27Please respect copyright.PENANAnkV3eftIqj
where Angel, Oliver, and the Asian man sat. Carly joined him soon afterwards.27Please respect copyright.PENANAzW9BCibppj
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“How long do you think we’ll stay here until he decides to see his lover?”27Please respect copyright.PENANAJFHkN6epuG
Trina asked as she sat at the edge of the pool basin of the fountain.27Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3mAzOKArP
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“I don’t know,” said Kim, who remained standing. “Don’t tell me you’re already27Please respect copyright.PENANA4umhfkKjy4
tired.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAPHRvaCf7pq
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“Oh, no, it’s not that. They are there enjoying themselves when I’m in need of27Please respect copyright.PENANAjdkljfsirs
a drink right now.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAQIhEhzZLjZ
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Kim rolled her eyes. “We can go there and take a seat, but we should sit out of27Please respect copyright.PENANApvU8taQT59
their sight.”27Please respect copyright.PENANApwaE8EhK9A
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“Good idea. Let’s wait for Eric at the counter. Leo looks like he’s checking to27Please respect copyright.PENANAxRNBGWa5UF
see what everyone needs because he hasn’t sat down. They will easily see us if27Please respect copyright.PENANAPLU8zNQbNw
they aren’t at their table.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAcjohoq1b5J
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Kim agreed with Trina. They continued to watch Leo as he made his way back to27Please respect copyright.PENANAlbzEWxwvq2
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Meanwhile, Miranda, who had been watching over the balcony, followed Leo’s27Please respect copyright.PENANAeMBI0qOuIk
movements. She kept telling herself that she needed to get down there. If she27Please respect copyright.PENANANckeO1ruLM
so much as stepped out of the room, no doubt Red Lion would have her head, and27Please respect copyright.PENANASBIVVdLbY9
whatever the meeting was all about, she wasn’t going to be a part of it.27Please respect copyright.PENANAai8NjYR53I
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She huffed. If that was the consequence, she was going to have to deal with it.27Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3FZchqN2Q
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Without giving much of a second thought, Miranda turned around and went back27Please respect copyright.PENANACPC6X9KXLm
inside the room. The football game they were watching was on a half-time break,27Please respect copyright.PENANAbafQ38bPhe
and the three men were there, talking aloud about the game. She approached27Please respect copyright.PENANAHRxBaS492T
them, and to get their attention, she loudly cleared her throat.27Please respect copyright.PENANAXRF8Fdp3Fp
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The three men all stopped talking and turned to look at Miranda. For a moment,27Please respect copyright.PENANADv1bsJV4Hw
she gulped as her eyes landed on the terrifying face of Red Lion, who didn’t27Please respect copyright.PENANAgWE9Gu6GKM
like the fact that she had disturbed them. She had to be quick with what she27Please respect copyright.PENANANb4yFKPCrX
wanted to say, as she was running on Red Lion’s patience.27Please respect copyright.PENANAXACZE9FwG0
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“I’ll be stepping out for a bit,” Miranda announced.27Please respect copyright.PENANAn5jycqVMSy
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There was a brief silence in the room as the three men continued to look at27Please respect copyright.PENANAdvNWOZsA0w
Miranda, expressionless. Red Lion moved in his seat, and Miranda feared that he27Please respect copyright.PENANAeDwqMpErbv
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“I don’t think going out is the best thing to do right now,” he said. “We’re27Please respect copyright.PENANAo9uW9PKvSd
waiting on someone, aren’t we?”27Please respect copyright.PENANAkF8stdyDQu
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“Yeah, we are, but this person isn’t showing up anyway. You’ll let me know when27Please respect copyright.PENANAWbmNhs4xpm
he gets here. I really need to step out.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAjXRNSqfIvU
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Red Lion continued to look at her. Walters now had a scared look on his face.27Please respect copyright.PENANAAH4Z3Mt8qk
He wished he could intervene, but things haven’t escalated between the two, so27Please respect copyright.PENANAM2IF99vFIU
it was hopeless to do so.27Please respect copyright.PENANAZazmvs9Ym5
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“Whatever,” said Red Lion as he leaned back on the couch. “You get back here in27Please respect copyright.PENANAwxSDnlhXzW
thirty minutes. If our host gets here before you, you better hurry back when27Please respect copyright.PENANAgp1U6EFSdN
Walters calls.”27Please respect copyright.PENANA3QcZ9ggqMO
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Miranda felt relieved. She thought she wasn’t going to be let go so easily.27Please respect copyright.PENANArUx6fgZA9T
Moreover, the time Red Lion gave her was too little. However, she had to make27Please respect copyright.PENANAomOD4cvU4s
use of this as much as possible, even if it meant seeing Leo down there for a27Please respect copyright.PENANATys5gWSG9s
minute.27Please respect copyright.PENANA3z00OvDaSR
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“I will,” said Miranda. She didn’t waste any time as she made her way for the27Please respect copyright.PENANAjCYRQuJSIe
door.27Please respect copyright.PENANAHnyfApqCW2
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As soon as she walked out of the room, Hugo turned to Red Lion and asked, “Are27Please respect copyright.PENANAlXGvs8zYNI
you sure letting her go out like that is a good idea? Our host can walk in at27Please respect copyright.PENANAG4YkpJx6ge
any moment.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAqKXuEJxRXN
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“True, but it’s better than her staying out on the balcony while we wait,” Red27Please respect copyright.PENANAcUKQZarqd1
Lion answered. “If you ask me, I would step out too if it wasn’t for the football27Please respect copyright.PENANAroBZ9FU4HG
game. But I was serious about my threat, so she better be here before he does.”27Please respect copyright.PENANATjKPSf8xSb
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Walters didn’t say anything as he briefly looked at Red Lion before looking up27Please respect copyright.PENANAkza4A7Fnlw
at the TV. Red Lion wasn’t kidding when he said he was in a good mood, Walters27Please respect copyright.PENANASERAS2neIH
thought to himself. Knowing Red Lion, he wasn’t going to let Miranda walk out27Please respect copyright.PENANAR58pKeVWUG
of here. Something must have really put Red Lion into a good mood today, or27Please respect copyright.PENANAveX9h765r9
else he wouldn’t have done what he did.27Please respect copyright.PENANAyhcgbvOag4
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Leo and Eric came to join the others at the table with their drinks, and Eric,27Please respect copyright.PENANAKMmihDRDIc
on the other hand, carried a plate full of nachos and cheese. Oliver was so27Please respect copyright.PENANAA6wBGILu2K
delighted to see the plate of snacks that he couldn’t wait to eat them. Angel27Please respect copyright.PENANAGjQoWclix7
had to warn him not to eat too much, or else he might have a bad tummy ache the27Please respect copyright.PENANAAwfgdAIFsB
next day.27Please respect copyright.PENANAqYuSMdW5z7
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“I wouldn’t waste my breath warning the guy,” said Eric as he sat down on the27Please respect copyright.PENANAqpGX5LITiY
empty chair next to Angel after serving her a soda. “It’s a Friday, and he27Please respect copyright.PENANAU9zVXKy7Oe
likes to act like he can do whatever he wants.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAL22xDBp4B3
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Oliver, who sat on Angel’s other side, didn’t answer him as he took his mango27Please respect copyright.PENANAEaMXDMZXNL
milkshake and put the straw in his mouth. Angel, on the other hand, looked at27Please respect copyright.PENANAmgnppIzHjN
Eric and shook her head.27Please respect copyright.PENANAM14HjIHipt
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Leo placed his glass of beer and Carly’s cocktail before taking his seat in27Please respect copyright.PENANAUqDkdXPmQR
between them. He also served Marco a bottle of the cider that he wanted. Marco27Please respect copyright.PENANAPb9F2KmhcY
thanked him as Leo sat down.27Please respect copyright.PENANAVM5qPIl7fL
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“Hey, Marco,” said Angel as she turned to look at him, looking over Oliver, who27Please respect copyright.PENANAqctoJ6glTA
sat in between them. “Have you ever been here before? In America, I mean.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAGq4RrJmFYl
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“Oh, yes, I’ve come here several times,” answered Marco. “I usually come here27Please respect copyright.PENANAmHJpiW89rC
with dad on business trips. Inheriting the family business can be tiring,27Please respect copyright.PENANAXCJxSINHAM
especially when they’re showing you the ropes. You just have to be there, even27Please respect copyright.PENANA4JJA8dF6AJ
when you don’t want to. I bet Leo can testify to that.”27Please respect copyright.PENANApYCgXFJqlY
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“He’s right,” said Leo, finding it hard to argue with him.27Please respect copyright.PENANAbM0eJi0kk1
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“Wait, does that mean I might inherit mum’s business of running the massage27Please respect copyright.PENANAgIyf79D21Z
parlors when I’m older?” Oliver asked as he took a nacho and dipped it in27Please respect copyright.PENANAnlEuaNN25m
cheese.27Please respect copyright.PENANAvENKtgSL4g
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Everyone at the table grew quiet as they looked at Oliver. At the same time,27Please respect copyright.PENANA2WYrBkhUtS
they all burst into laughter.27Please respect copyright.PENANAfvQnIinpGg
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“Maybe,” said Eric. He tried his best to stop laughing, but it was of no use.27Please respect copyright.PENANA78Ldmqr10l
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“No fair,” said Oliver after chewing on his nacho. “You were the one who was27Please respect copyright.PENANAJLSWWVzXat
supposed to inherit it, not me.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAid8wS0EdvF
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“Sorry, but I’m more into other businesses, lil’ bro.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAiPMJe3puxL
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“Don’t take it like that, Oliver,” said Marco. “Beauty parlors aren’t that bad.27Please respect copyright.PENANAUoSAfk5LKg
Moreover, many rich people love going to such places. So you’ll probably make a27Please respect copyright.PENANATLXLgilTh3
lot more money in the future.”27Please respect copyright.PENANA9jhPR9orfX
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“Besides, if you’re interested in other things, I’m sure your mum will27Please respect copyright.PENANAo47g1yAkud
understand,” said Angel.27Please respect copyright.PENANAEHxAvYphB4
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“If you like, you and I can run them together,” said Carly. “That’s if you plan27Please respect copyright.PENANAfg76pnEgxQ
on running them.”27Please respect copyright.PENANA1L6gfGMWyq
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“And I can be more of an investor,” said Marco.27Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9aVnClIht
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“I still have a whole life ahead of me,” said Oliver as he shrugged his27Please respect copyright.PENANAJGOjS69yBf
shoulders. “I’ll see if I can handle it.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAkBnW6hz9My
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All the grown-ups at the table looked at the young boy, somewhat surprised at27Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZvMJsDuyM
his answer. They all stayed that way for a brief moment before Leo stretched27Please respect copyright.PENANAHqbg6yozDh
out his hand to get a nacho.27Please respect copyright.PENANAcKN0p9jgrZ
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“Good enough response for me,” he said. He put the nacho in his mouth27Please respect copyright.PENANAlQrhrD8ojt
afterwards.27Please respect copyright.PENANAamyGw7OL7S
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“I swear, sometimes I feel he’s older for his age,” said Eric as he shook his27Please respect copyright.PENANAj00c9Dr9ls
head.27Please respect copyright.PENANAwmZgvFziuB
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“Aren’t all kids nowadays?” Angel asked with a smile.27Please respect copyright.PENANAPlPhdNQE1S
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“Just like Leo said, a very wise response,” said Marco as he looked at Oliver27Please respect copyright.PENANA6n9ffcOVdC
admirably. “Hopefully, you do inherit, and we will become business partners in27Please respect copyright.PENANA6PX5Zqhism
the future.”27Please respect copyright.PENANA5TMEwbG4ge
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“Yeah, let’s not push him for now,” said Carly. “He’ll sort all of that out27Please respect copyright.PENANAkwJxfwUu03
later, when he’s older.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAFTS2kagSxi
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“Well, sometimes you don’t really have much of a choice. Isn’t that right,27Please respect copyright.PENANASsyveNLFWT
Leo?” Marco asked, his eyes fixed on Leo.27Please respect copyright.PENANAtSOhpbgF6S
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Leo slowly stopped chewing as he looked at Marco. He didn’t know if answering27Please respect copyright.PENANAs1kWNKgiiC
Marco would be a good idea, but he only gestured with his head to acknowledge27Please respect copyright.PENANAAvvvhdfHIB
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Angel was sipping on her drink when her eyes wandered away from the area in the27Please respect copyright.PENANAed6KTB0Cb0
bar and to the fountain. She had a feeling Trina and Kim had been standing27Please respect copyright.PENANALz95MsA9Ay
there for a while. When she found there were only a couple looking at the27Please respect copyright.PENANATZMsgTnqdd
fountain, she started to worry. Could they have given up and left? Kim didn’t27Please respect copyright.PENANAjHFf7szpoy
seem like the kind of person who would give up on anything, Angel thought.27Please respect copyright.PENANAxZegzpgYwT
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She was lucky enough to see Kim and Trina approach the open bar, and she had a27Please respect copyright.PENANAKD174EO2Vv
clear view of them. Leo sat with his back facing them, but she feared Eric and27Please respect copyright.PENANAGAYiA9JJA0
Oliver would see them. Angel had to think of something to turn their eyes27Please respect copyright.PENANA4Xd6rJ5Zhf
elsewhere. What should she do?27Please respect copyright.PENANAXhI7r1R7My
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She turned to Oliver, and he seemed distracted as he was eating the nachos27Please respect copyright.PENANAbbvhYivi23
hungrily. Turning to Eric, she found him somewhat staring at her.27Please respect copyright.PENANAJQFOrI4bwV
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“What is it?” she asked him.27Please respect copyright.PENANA6iak9Zy5Ws
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“Oh, nothing,” he said, somewhat looking a little embarrassed that he was27Please respect copyright.PENANAmCbHO9quCT
caught looking at her. “You’re looking really pretty tonight, that’s all.”27Please respect copyright.PENANA4RkazzMIDB
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Angel noticed Kim and Trina enter the bar area through the corner of her eye.27Please respect copyright.PENANAE91f5Ruq2h
She couldn’t turn to look at them. That would only get Eric to look, and he27Please respect copyright.PENANA4ucVKZ9rTI
would spot them eventually. She had to keep eye contact with him for as long as27Please respect copyright.PENANAWWFV1VYkyK
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“Thank you,” said Angel, smiling at him. “Picking this outfit wasn’t easy, you27Please respect copyright.PENANAWT5PgrNTbF
know.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAb1cufRGQ4n
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“Nah, I think it was,” said Eric. “I’m betting that you didn’t have to try on27Please respect copyright.PENANANYRn2aSigE
any other dress. This one was just perfect.”27Please respect copyright.PENANA8F69sK3g1X
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Carly, who looked at the two, smiled. “He’s not wrong there,” she said.27Please respect copyright.PENANAMSbCWE9NSc
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Leo felt like throwing up in his drink as he had a clear sight of Eric flirting27Please respect copyright.PENANAGCtMK5R4Fz
with Angel. He wished he could tell them to get a room, but he knew better than27Please respect copyright.PENANA1qBPILVD4b
to say it when he was flirting with Carly some time ago.27Please respect copyright.PENANAhXeSyUAwGy
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Angel saw through the corner of her eye that Kim and Trina had entered the bar27Please respect copyright.PENANAXyyc2ucWKQ
area and were now looking around for a table on the other side. It was best for27Please respect copyright.PENANApdG9dAAFvf
them to get a table where they couldn’t be seen. As soon as they were out of27Please respect copyright.PENANAe30jBy62EO
sight, Angel couldn’t help but feel relieved. She went on ahead to pick a27Please respect copyright.PENANA9ssPeAMwZL
nacho, dip it in cheese, and eat it.27Please respect copyright.PENANAwnbdWYUSld
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“That was close,” said Trina. “For a moment, I thought Eric was going to see27Please respect copyright.PENANAGLG5tFnBbl
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“We better count ourselves lucky,” said Kim.27Please respect copyright.PENANApmrrJpYTKV
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“If we weren’t on opposite sides, I would thank Angel for distracting him. I27Please respect copyright.PENANARv3e1v7n8w
have a feeling she saw us and wasn’t into the idea of Eric seeing us too.”27Please respect copyright.PENANARGj1TEF7dN
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Kim didn’t argue there. She somewhat agreed with Trina. She looked toward the27Please respect copyright.PENANA2Zp1cOplrw
bar. Luckily enough, it was circular in shape with a bar shelve in the27Please respect copyright.PENANAwfA8eDv5qu
circumference, blocking the view of the other side. Therefore, she could see27Please respect copyright.PENANAJajwRGsXmv
neither them nor them doing the same. Moreover, she could easily go over to the27Please respect copyright.PENANAHpYmdJvJTY
counter for a drink.27Please respect copyright.PENANAoXh8tWmmBU
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“We should really think things through, Kim,” said Trina as she looked over at27Please respect copyright.PENANA8XIzXJlpVp
the bar, realizing that the others were out of sight. “Is staying here really27Please respect copyright.PENANAWBHqJYzJGx
worth it? I doubt if he is going to meet his lover with the company that he27Please respect copyright.PENANANsDOsx1Hqd
has.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAwo8CEpYqfw
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“You’ve been in doubt all this time,” said Kim. “Why don’t you just give up and27Please respect copyright.PENANAzkNLqPxcnf
leave? I’m not going to stop you.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAdA86rpVjLV
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“The reason I am here is that I’m afraid that you might mess this up. Your27Please respect copyright.PENANAWu8Z6Kxrcu
obsession over Leo leaving you for someone else is really starting to get over27Please respect copyright.PENANA3QcHaKhCFv
your head. If you aren’t careful, you might hurt yourself more than you are27Please respect copyright.PENANA2TYKbJMVLX
already doing right now.”27Please respect copyright.PENANARyAcgUy2sv
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Kim looked at her best friend, feeling infuriated by what she said. She didn’t27Please respect copyright.PENANAV8lvb7VREq
want to lash out and tried to find a better way to respond.27Please respect copyright.PENANAg1CjBk9xGR
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“Like I said before, if you want to, you can leave,” said Kim.27Please respect copyright.PENANA7NbdrrGiY9
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“I’m not leaving without you,” said Trina. “And besides, when we came in here,27Please respect copyright.PENANAuv9IlObGA4
I saw Eric flirting with Angel. I wonder if he really does like her.”27Please respect copyright.PENANA0WikiOejY4
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A sudden laugh came out of Kim’s mouth. Tears almost filled her eyes. “You’re27Please respect copyright.PENANAPZQE1Ek2Yi
just as jealous as I am,” she said.27Please respect copyright.PENANA5vNP4NA2Kc
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“Well, I’m not like you,” said Trina as she folded her arms. “You’re making27Please respect copyright.PENANAo4ntNuCXbR
things worse for yourself, and it will end up being a obsession.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAL3GC4P2UZ5
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Kim shook her head. “I know, but I won’t let this go far. Once I get to see27Please respect copyright.PENANAEXvJBftQA6
Leo’s lover, I’ll let this go.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAO6r5YkgwRc
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Trina raised an eyebrow. “Will you? I know you, Kim. Leo has been the only man27Please respect copyright.PENANAS7fF80ddbH
you’ve been in love with since we were kids, and him breaking up with you and27Please respect copyright.PENANAB8YFmd3Eal
calling off the wedding was a heavy toll. I don’t think you’ll be able to let27Please respect copyright.PENANASPafCdoXRg
go of him that easily.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAvWdVJKLDtk
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“Are you trying to say I am psycho?” Kim didn’t like where their conversation27Please respect copyright.PENANAyArUpzqXoQ
was going.27Please respect copyright.PENANAYMebCKEbpq
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Trina swallowed, thinking over her words before she spoke them out. “All I’m27Please respect copyright.PENANA1D2aN137vK
saying is that it’s time to let Leo go. Thinking about him and his new lover27Please respect copyright.PENANA2fEHMryP8u
isn’t going to do you any good.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAEQbvydKjbn
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Kim sighed. She stretched out her hand over the table and beckoned to Trina to27Please respect copyright.PENANAHS1O9vFB2h
give her hers. Trina did likewise, and Kim held her friend’s hand tightly.27Please respect copyright.PENANAYgH6Mbxb0L
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“Okay, after tonight, I’ll try and let go of Leo,” said Kim.27Please respect copyright.PENANAzl9jEojvup
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“Why not now?” Trina asked. “Don’t tell me you’re going to follow through with27Please respect copyright.PENANADnd63BgqTS
your promise after you see this lover of his.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAGinCRa3fUv
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Kim didn’t answer, and Trina rolled her eyes. “Fine,” Trina said. “After27Please respect copyright.PENANAZZJ95P6tlK
tonight, I shouldn’t hear about Leo ever again.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAb57CZdYI08
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“But what if we don’t see her?” Kim asked.27Please respect copyright.PENANArE3IIXgDui
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“You forget him anyway,” said Trina, pulling her hand away. “I’m going to get27Please respect copyright.PENANALVsTRiTCks
us some drinks.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAhJcfPSSbti
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Trina quickly stood up and left the table. Kim looked on at her best friend and27Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2MbVZ3uPo
knew she had pissed her off. She wished she could assure Trina that she was27Please respect copyright.PENANAfhE8FlAF21
going to forget Leo after this, but even she knew that was far from impossible.27Please respect copyright.PENANADDLzE6SDOM
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Miranda rushed out of the elevator and ran into the garden like a mad woman.27Please respect copyright.PENANAcvJTXM4CFG
Along the way, she pushed people aside. To some, she apologized, but to others,27Please respect copyright.PENANAByQFTIHNn7
she didn’t even give them a second thought.27Please respect copyright.PENANAAKkySkzty4
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There was only one way to the garden, and that was through the western wing27Please respect copyright.PENANAyXrUvUGt8F
since the doors to the east wing weren’t open, said a woman she had met in the27Please respect copyright.PENANAz7OzjffMgk
elevator who was going downstairs and who had lived in the hotel for a long27Please respect copyright.PENANAkN6Ar6hYbR
time. Thankful for the information, Miranda had to rush. She only had a few27Please respect copyright.PENANAEqSu0dJzOu
minutes left, but all she needed was to see Leo.27Please respect copyright.PENANAOzVLPd0uDx
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She had just bypassed the fountain, heading towards the open bar, but then she27Please respect copyright.PENANA0aRZ7OKLH6
stopped herself short. She had to see where Leo was sitting first; he might as27Please respect copyright.PENANA7KgMlIts7O
well have Carly seated right beside him, and Carly would no doubt see her if27Please respect copyright.PENANAa5AJ0eglIc
she wasn’t too careful.27Please respect copyright.PENANA1H4UmGzTpQ
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She didn’t have to look any further, as she saw Leo at the table with Carly27Please respect copyright.PENANAqkt6wBK2j0
beside him along with other people. Leo was holding the floor for the time27Please respect copyright.PENANAeAgzfN71ob
being, and Miranda noticed how everyone laughed at what he said. Carly, who sat27Please respect copyright.PENANAAABiMb1elB
next to him, looked admirably at him. Miranda huffed. If only she could figure27Please respect copyright.PENANATBeYjFv8J2
out a way to get the two apart, but now wasn’t the time to think about such27Please respect copyright.PENANABrpoHw1ei1
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She started to approach the entrance of the bar; looking over at Leo’s table27Please respect copyright.PENANAe2TqBE4WWK
and hopeful that Carly wouldn’t turn her head to see her.27Please respect copyright.PENANAIVCh37OuL3
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Miranda walked over to the counter and sat on the stool. Immediately, the27Please respect copyright.PENANAdHy6W5rm8D
bartender attended to her, and she ordered a martini. The bartender went on27Please respect copyright.PENANA7qd8nQVcRV
ahead to make her drink as Miranda slightly turned around on her chair to look27Please respect copyright.PENANA9bxYQcoP64
at the table behind her. She had a clear view of Leo, and a smile came across27Please respect copyright.PENANARYa0k5fhHl
her face.27Please respect copyright.PENANAUmXPkZoSck
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“Seriously, ever since Albert puked on me at the work party, I told myself27Please respect copyright.PENANAeYwUt6Ba9r
never to drink with him again,” said Leo, concluding his funny story.27Please respect copyright.PENANApWYJ1BWASl
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"That's why I never hang around drunk people," said Marco. "You27Please respect copyright.PENANA6YMNvfQm7F
might find they embarrass you."27Please respect copyright.PENANAAFxP67pw6m
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"But haven't we ever done anything embarrassing when we are drunk?"27Please respect copyright.PENANATHSN2IGMsX
Eric asked.27Please respect copyright.PENANAZSsQEd11CM
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"Not me," Oliver answered. "I'm too young to drink."27Please respect copyright.PENANAvAabkC7W4v
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Eric sucked his teeth. "Of course, I wasn't directing the question to you,27Please respect copyright.PENANA6XSbcFmV2C
silly," he said.27Please respect copyright.PENANAQLCjxvO91Z
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"I remember there was one time back at my old college when I got so drunk27Please respect copyright.PENANALIGw3Vrzw5
that Angel had to come by taxi to take me home," Carly shared. "We27Please respect copyright.PENANA95mqIKLjmy
were having a closing year party as a class at a friend's place. I got so27Please respect copyright.PENANAYoaeOSZI5K
carried away that I even fell in the pool."27Please respect copyright.PENANAM04XEzyuXE
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"A friend of hers called, and I had to arrange some dry clothes for27Please respect copyright.PENANAIsnleeeXTH
her," said Angel as she laughed. "Seriously, Carly, you threw Mum in27Please respect copyright.PENANAIOucpDz8NK
a fit when I tried to sneak you back into the house. But you ended up singing27Please respect copyright.PENANAwCnZ1TYiGX
so loudly that she came rushing from her bedroom to see you in a mess."27Please respect copyright.PENANAKX4DMmJPaU
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"Were you grounded, Carly?" Oliver asked as he ate some nachos.27Please respect copyright.PENANAnGPyYpHdOb
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"No, but if us young adults could still be, I definitely would have been27Please respect copyright.PENANAZkqc3gNONB
grounded," said Carly. "I was punished in a way, though. Mum didn't27Please respect copyright.PENANA0QqbKJ2aGm
talk to me for a week."27Please respect copyright.PENANA8pBUqxpYzt
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"I remember when we were having my uncle's birthday party," said27Please respect copyright.PENANANYvXyZjBVL
Marco, "and we meant to have a nice, quiet family party. Instead, my uncle27Please respect copyright.PENANA193Hkqkw0F
brought in many of his unruly friends. The party turned out to be such a blast.27Please respect copyright.PENANAG9PUpCZZnM
He and I had a competition to see who could drink more tequila. He passed out27Please respect copyright.PENANApBlJmvCLqW
before he could take the last glass. I won, but at a cost. I puked in the car,27Please respect copyright.PENANASkCSTAEKKS
and my dad was furious. From then on, I told myself I wasn't going for tequila27Please respect copyright.PENANAYH4xVG78gL
shots ever again."27Please respect copyright.PENANAxbbEMxOgEr
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“Trust me, the first time I had my first tequila shot in college was awful,”27Please respect copyright.PENANALbJYQdDjc3
said Eric. “My head was spinning so much that I slept in the bar, and it took27Please respect copyright.PENANA8dYAdmcM3t
my friends I had back then to carry me back to my room. Leo was also there, and27Please respect copyright.PENANAuRxg1jxsWE
he said I was blabbering nonsense before I blacked out.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAfCFMmKxoxO
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“He was complaining about some girl who couldn’t stop following him in27Please respect copyright.PENANAfijxbxpwsG
college,” said Leo. “If she happened to be there to hear what you had said, she27Please respect copyright.PENANAHbfwxNskyf
would definitely have stayed away from you for sure.”27Please respect copyright.PENANA2LqTwmYZtx
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Eric shook his head after taking a sip of his drink. “I highly doubt it. I did27Please respect copyright.PENANAYvLsB01Mx0
some crazy things in college, but the girls still loved me anyway.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAdnb5V41OkD
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Marco turned to look at Angel. “What of you, Angel? Have you ever had any27Please respect copyright.PENANAqfpL7HeiA9
embarrassing moments when you were drunk?” he asked.27Please respect copyright.PENANAehpd3vbgoH
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“Before she says anything,” said Carly. “You should ask her first if she drinks27Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6NkkRkbpW
alcohol.”27Please respect copyright.PENANA42XFmqnybc
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Marco, Leo, and Eric now turned their eyes on Angel with curious looks. Her27Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8jBdVs2u8
cheeks flushed in embarrassment as she looked down at the table. She pressed27Please respect copyright.PENANAe6ZxMGokLo
her lips together before looking at everyone, including Oliver.27Please respect copyright.PENANACezo5rcgFb
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"So, Angel, do you take any alcohol?” Marco asked.27Please respect copyright.PENANAy7yuIaJob2
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“Of course, I do,” said Angel. “Except that I like to drink wine or champagne27Please respect copyright.PENANA2G2IfXH3Co
on special occasions.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAPCNxKeTwAU
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“I never thought someone like you would actually take alcohol,” said Eric. “But27Please respect copyright.PENANAfM5zr2yWlt
your preference suits you.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAHsNDW12ihe
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“Yeah, very classy,” said Oliver.27Please respect copyright.PENANA574Cp6fWYE
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The adults turned to look at Oliver, surprised. Oliver also looked back at them27Please respect copyright.PENANAkjV457TKTS
as though he were judging them for giving him such a look.27Please respect copyright.PENANAaDiF39GYNa
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“What?” he asked with a shrug of his shoulders. “I hear people who drink such27Please respect copyright.PENANAr2PIyx9fcp
are considered classy.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAG6wHOlGTMu
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“Wow, someone should tell him that he shouldn’t judge people according to what27Please respect copyright.PENANAErAoLVGu3i
they drink,” said Eric.27Please respect copyright.PENANAwWgAnOvhV4
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“Well, Angel is classy, isn’t she?” Oliver asked.27Please respect copyright.PENANAbYPKXIFKC4
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Angel and Carly burst into laughter. Marco and Leo chuckled, while Eric looked27Please respect copyright.PENANAq3Z1nwGsbC
like he didn’t know what to do with his brother anymore.27Please respect copyright.PENANAOTtFu9vCIm
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“I agree with Oliver,” said Marco. “Angel is in a class of her own.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAXUEQW26Jma
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“That’s being too sweet, don’t you think?” Leo asked, raising an eyebrow at27Please respect copyright.PENANAhU387SWdUv
Marco.27Please respect copyright.PENANAMIuNrZNBBy
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“Well, no, I’m being really genuine here. Angel carries a certain level of27Please respect copyright.PENANASTi1eY1WZm
elegance that I can describe as classy. I don’t know, but there’s much more to27Please respect copyright.PENANANIj3BdxGgM
her than just her beauty. You’re a man, and I have no doubt you see it too.”27Please respect copyright.PENANALGIjR4Plxh
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Everyone was silent except for Oliver, who loudly sucked at his smoothie27Please respect copyright.PENANAON7gQAYcU9
through the straw. Angel found herself looking at Marco with her cheeks feeling27Please respect copyright.PENANAs2HiY6WMzL
like hot coals slapped across her face. Marco turned from Leo to Angel, and the27Please respect copyright.PENANAWs0UBEhIex
corner of his lips rose to a smile. This time, his smile was gentle and27Please respect copyright.PENANAg1ISVUH27F
sincere.27Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0ktDk5NLS
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Leo swallowed, as he didn’t know how to respond to Marco’s statement. He saw27Please respect copyright.PENANAos5LYQdCQa
Marco shift his attention to Angel. As much as Marco was somewhat right from27Please respect copyright.PENANAc4yBDyxsUc
Leo’s perspective, he did his best to try and not take it to heart. For some27Please respect copyright.PENANAJwhQhc2lkH
reason, he couldn’t stand the way Marco looked at her, and it bothered him a27Please respect copyright.PENANA3LTSw9iH2o
little. He started to wonder if Marco really liked Angel.27Please respect copyright.PENANAIW1N4qKGrN
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Eric felt like taking Angel by the hand and dragging her away from Marco. He27Please respect copyright.PENANANBcVMwtLsu
shifted uncomfortably in his chair, and he thought of bringing something up to27Please respect copyright.PENANAccif4csXgE
ease the tension that he felt, but nothing came to mind.27Please respect copyright.PENANAZCGgTYkBmk
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Carly couldn’t help but stare at Angel. What Marco said resonated with her, and27Please respect copyright.PENANARjqX2jShCG
as she stared at her sister, she could see it clearly. She always felt there27Please respect copyright.PENANAWgxkCaJpyl
was something about Angel that she couldn’t put her finger on, and it seems27Please respect copyright.PENANAJtS1eakYTt
Marco hit the nail right on the head. Carly has not always looked up at her27Please respect copyright.PENANANS4En8SeUc
sister because she was older, but she always carried with her a certain essence27Please respect copyright.PENANA06q7wD69Sk
that Carly’s been following blindly for years. She knew she could never be like27Please respect copyright.PENANAd7swg5X1Mb
Angel, but that essence always showed brightly, and Carly always admired Angel27Please respect copyright.PENANAjTuWS5zSug
for it.27Please respect copyright.PENANAEkLjOy7UHS
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“We’re out of nachos,” Oliver announced, bringing everyone out of their27Please respect copyright.PENANAYbC1z15F88
thoughts.27Please respect copyright.PENANAB7E0QUp4Tn
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“I’ll go get some,” said Leo, grateful for Oliver finishing the nachos. He27Please respect copyright.PENANAOJsV8JmnfZ
really needed to take a breather.27Please respect copyright.PENANAkyha66r6Hc
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Leo picked up the empty bowl and started to make his way to the bar counter.27Please respect copyright.PENANA4ijpZNgpmG
Oliver started to say something to keep everyone busy. When Leo was just a few27Please respect copyright.PENANAwT3gbn6vZ5
feet away from the bar, it was then that Angel jerked upright in her seat as27Please respect copyright.PENANAmTEMq48VwG
though she had woken up from a bad dream.27Please respect copyright.PENANAKbn1hJe6cQ
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“Hey, are you okay?” Eric asked.27Please respect copyright.PENANAX973pLOEOx
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“I’m good, thanks,” Angel replied, assuring Eric with a smile. She turned to27Please respect copyright.PENANAisnjVJLJFZ
Leo, who was heading to the counter. Kim was obviously on the other side, so27Please respect copyright.PENANAPg3DZH6VNP
Leo wouldn’t see them. She was worrying over nothing.27Please respect copyright.PENANAdi0pIj9z56
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Miranda quickly turned back in her seat to face the beer and wine bottles on27Please respect copyright.PENANAnBJjqwPhWW
the shelf behind the bar counter as she saw Leo approach. She swallowed as she27Please respect copyright.PENANALHETSlup7P
felt her hands start to shake. A debate arose in her head. Should she say27Please respect copyright.PENANAdEPjt9jUb6
something to him when he comes over? Why should she? It’s not like he can27Please respect copyright.PENANASMKMl2t81N
remember that they met at the candy store. I am just being silly, she said to27Please respect copyright.PENANAYxHRAcGNuE
herself.27Please respect copyright.PENANA8fCV0WOt5F
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Leo finally reached the counter, and he happened to stand next to Miranda. When27Please respect copyright.PENANAW1Y6OthVnR
Miranda saw him through the corner of her eye, she felt frightened like a mouse27Please respect copyright.PENANALatjcHthcr
that scurries away when it sees the enemy. However, she tried to sit still in27Please respect copyright.PENANABo3dRIH80o
her seat so as not to draw any attention to herself. She looked down at the27Please respect copyright.PENANAniOuUijtGn
glass in front of her and slowly took it. She tried to control the trembling in27Please respect copyright.PENANANs8abmKiPM
her hand and hoped that she wouldn’t spill the drink over or that Leo wouldn’t27Please respect copyright.PENANAY5mRlZbjmF
notice her.27Please respect copyright.PENANA24t6zpM6sb
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Leo ordered another plate of nachos, and his eyes diverted to the side. His27Please respect copyright.PENANA8nnCE1NZEy
eyes fell on the woman beside him. He had a funny feeling that she looked27Please respect copyright.PENANAvO7SEqaR0k
familiar, but he didn’t know if he should ask. Still, it was better to mind his27Please respect copyright.PENANAFRQFC1HD3A
own business.27Please respect copyright.PENANA52Tbg9nvqy
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Miranda felt his eyes on her, and automatically, her head turned to the side to27Please respect copyright.PENANAmgMMeTPlza
look at Leo. After realizing what she had done, her eyes went wide with27Please respect copyright.PENANAg6DKtva5m0
surprise.27Please respect copyright.PENANAOzWrxkaWx7
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“I remember you from somewhere,” said Leo.27Please respect copyright.PENANAMjqN2noPWc
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“Ah, yes,” said Miranda. Her surprised look seemed to have worked in her favor.27Please respect copyright.PENANAgWiBpuTmcG
“At the candy store.”27Please respect copyright.PENANA7m9dAQv1Zp
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“Oh, yeah, right,” said Leo as he gave a nod of his head. “I remember. You27Please respect copyright.PENANAy5Ur3wBxLv
bumped into that moving shelf.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAqppJ6M7pyc
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“That was embarrassing,” said Miranda as she laughed. “I was in a rush.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAM9q3Fgnicd
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Leo gave her a friendly smile and nodded his head, showing that he understood.27Please respect copyright.PENANAKR4CY7pjyC
His gesture made Miranda almost want to shoot out of her stool like a rocket.27Please respect copyright.PENANAIAmv9fgg4t
Her heart fluttered, and she wanted to hold on to that beautiful feeling27Please respect copyright.PENANAEpPOWrJs1D
forever.27Please respect copyright.PENANAhRWFcxzkG5
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The bartender came back with the plate refilled with nachos and cheese. Leo27Please respect copyright.PENANAoS3p9Xjciy
took it and thanked the bartender. He turned to Miranda, and she knew that27Please respect copyright.PENANATjcGnLdTXb
their conversation ended here.27Please respect copyright.PENANAppVa8Qx9Sf
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“It was nice seeing you again,” said Leo. “Enjoy your drink.”27Please respect copyright.PENANA1uxfpNVPRo
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“Thanks,” said Miranda. She didn’t know what to say next as Leo took his leave.27Please respect copyright.PENANAcrf4FLXXYw
The thought of being just a stranger to him didn’t sit well with Miranda. She27Please respect copyright.PENANAeyNcjAjNpR
wanted to be close to him. How will she be able to do that?27Please respect copyright.PENANA6wAR4ba3dA
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Her eyes fell to the table Leo was heading to, and she saw Carly talking with27Please respect copyright.PENANA3FpdKCLdJH
so much glee. She didn’t seem to have a care in the world, and it hurt Miranda27Please respect copyright.PENANAMSIV2udh6u
that she should be the one close to Leo and not her.27Please respect copyright.PENANAwqWE9jSwpx
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Carly turned her eyes to Leo, who was approaching the table, and she couldn’t27Please respect copyright.PENANAHtRFTWa8if
help but smile at him. Miranda was smart enough to turn her head so that Carly27Please respect copyright.PENANAxLF1IxyiCN
wouldn’t see her. Miranda knew her time was up, and she was guessing that she27Please respect copyright.PENANAExeKa2ZtMV
might have overstayed at the bar. It was time to go back upstairs. She thought27Please respect copyright.PENANAyvHt1oMEpr
of looking back at Leo, but it wasn’t worth the risk. It was best for her to27Please respect copyright.PENANAa0GFVMKCJb
leave, but after she finished her martini.27Please respect copyright.PENANAZiYsTt9n6v
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A few seconds before that, Trina came back to the table with two bottles of27Please respect copyright.PENANAKnabKajaWr
cider. She sat herself down and placed one bottle in front of Kim.27Please respect copyright.PENANAoY1GHesPWI
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“Thanks,” said Kim.27Please respect copyright.PENANAUJVtBCCzl1
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“Have you thought of what to do?” Trina asked. “We can’t see Leo from here.27Please respect copyright.PENANAHp2WRY1PGi
That’s if you really plan on catching Leo with his lover.”27Please respect copyright.PENANARSWSjd3IIb
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“I thought of sitting by the counter and peeping on him,” Kim suggested.27Please respect copyright.PENANAGWqfUvMKhQ
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“Sounds like a good idea,” said Trina. “Even if we were to see him walking out,27Please respect copyright.PENANAWA8rl5kUHK
it would be impossible for us to see where he would go.”27Please respect copyright.PENANA6rLTgtFodD
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As the two women stood at the table, Trina stopped Kim by placing her hand on27Please respect copyright.PENANALjIaoqez7V
Kim’s shoulder.27Please respect copyright.PENANADXbtXJiahh
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“I know you’re tired of me saying this,” said Trina, “but doing this is a bad27Please respect copyright.PENANAM0k5gsEUsV
idea. We should get out while we can.”27Please respect copyright.PENANA9LhoDoFBvO
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Kim scoffed. “I gave you my word earlier, didn’t I? There is no need to repeat27Please respect copyright.PENANAYvKJNXWOmm
the conversation. Let’s go.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAd1N4NW4iSl
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Trina’s hand fell away from Kim’s shoulder as Kim started to make her way to27Please respect copyright.PENANA0pExOI8H4L
the other side of the bar. Trina followed her, and coming back the way they27Please respect copyright.PENANAjEQ2LH7ng2
came, they stopped at the counter. From the angle at which they stood, they27Please respect copyright.PENANAegHwdWdfQ8
were able to see Leo’s table.27Please respect copyright.PENANAhx97FkGKWL
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The two of them sat on the stools, facing each other. Trina had her back facing27Please respect copyright.PENANA6jlgxbLwAd
Leo’s table, shielding Kim from plain sight if the worst happened.27Please respect copyright.PENANA3xvHgOn3Ui
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“I can’t see so much, so you’ll be telling me what’s going on,” said Trina.27Please respect copyright.PENANAcl2YFQa76w
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“You’re overthinking things,” said Kim. “You can take a peek and still won’t be27Please respect copyright.PENANANUh1A1w32K
seen. Oh, look, Leo is coming over.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAqqs9f6Ul2p
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Trina turned her head slightly to see Leo approach the other side of the27Please respect copyright.PENANAdgsLMI6Hmm
counter. He wasn’t looking in their direction, so they were at ease as they27Please respect copyright.PENANAxa5e13pc8n
looked on. They saw him ask the bar tender for another refill of nachos. He27Please respect copyright.PENANAXpFG0CnmUQ
soon looked at the woman beside him, and Kim held Trina’s hand on the bar27Please respect copyright.PENANAGmS5s8BC1e
counter in anticipation.27Please respect copyright.PENANAlyzTi7BcEe
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“Could it be her?” Kim asked, almost squeezing Trina’s hand.27Please respect copyright.PENANA71Ayn71u2O
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Trina looked at the woman beside Leo as she turned to look at him. She shook27Please respect copyright.PENANAdGiJVR8EbC
her head. “I don’t think so,” said Trina.27Please respect copyright.PENANAvZGcA6PTnH
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They watched as Leo talked with the woman briefly, and as soon as he took the bowl27Please respect copyright.PENANArssrzfA6MT
of nachos, he addressed the woman and went back to his table. Trina shook her27Please respect copyright.PENANAz0K8Tja033
head.27Please respect copyright.PENANAsGtiolVZ3d
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“She’s not the one,” said Trina. “They looked like they knew each other, but27Please respect copyright.PENANAFdef76XlvK
not at that intimate level.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAQvr6Pi9oUl
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“Are you sure?” Kim asked. “Because he was smiling at her.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAPMD2wTW7wK
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Trina rolled her eyes before turning them at her friend. “Does every smile he27Please respect copyright.PENANAjp1bCXxo9f
gives everyone mean that he is flirting with them?” she asked. “He looks like27Please respect copyright.PENANAzsCLHbQEQi
he was being friendly to me.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAuP6gRm7K6B
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“What if she’s the one and they were communicating in some way through code?”27Please respect copyright.PENANAIqJYPVZlui
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Trina raised an eyebrow at her. Kim knew she was taking things a little far and27Please respect copyright.PENANADqqjZ7XUty
looked the other way, taking a sip from her bottle and feeling embarrassed.27Please respect copyright.PENANA77Dn1Ikd0r
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Angel stared at her empty glass of soda, concluding that she needed to refill.27Please respect copyright.PENANACq41SvcTuI
She excused herself from the table and started to make her way to the bar27Please respect copyright.PENANAIx6qV8A0bX
counter.27Please respect copyright.PENANA7wdpRKWtAy
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Miranda finished her martini in one huge gulp. She placed the glass on the27Please respect copyright.PENANAZJ5gy1YSaP
counter, leaving the bill under the glass. After she stepped down from her27Please respect copyright.PENANAjBWI87ox5D
stool, she turned around and came shoulder to shoulder with someone.27Please respect copyright.PENANAJlLTJVJJYh
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“Oh, sorry about that,” said a beautiful woman in a stunning red velvet dress.27Please respect copyright.PENANAG7niGaftCx
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Miranda almost panicked, for she thought the person she had bumped into was27Please respect copyright.PENANAdLGaux6s2G
someone familiar. However, looking closely, she realized that it was Angel,27Please respect copyright.PENANAJP4wZC6FmD
Carly’s older sister. Miranda knew Angel didn’t know about her, but Miranda27Please respect copyright.PENANAzFb2RgUSAu
knew who she was. In the past, when she and Carly used to work together, Carly27Please respect copyright.PENANAtPBzZW8odP
had shown Angel’s pictures to her a few times. Miranda acknowledged that the27Please respect copyright.PENANASGTuensxVU
sisters had looks that could kill, but there was something about Angel’s beauty27Please respect copyright.PENANAOkgTYqp3E3
that was different from Carly’s.27Please respect copyright.PENANAmnTC4q9uhq
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“Oh, it’s nothing,” said Miranda.27Please respect copyright.PENANAEwciQsm81f
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Angel smiled at her before turning her attention to the bartender. Miranda27Please respect copyright.PENANAqIbMOrPejo
turned around to head out of the bar when she froze in her tracks. She felt27Please respect copyright.PENANAKc83G0VWWT
caught in a trap as she looked ahead. This is bad.27Please respect copyright.PENANA3k2wp3JzM8
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Carly’s eyes fell on Miranda as she looked over to the bar to check on her27Please respect copyright.PENANAAKJSbgCpnR
sister. Miranda happened to be right in her line of vision. Carly’s eyes27Please respect copyright.PENANAjAcIYtSOca
widened with fear as thoughts started to run through her head. What was Miranda27Please respect copyright.PENANAXVQMaVRY4H
doing here?27Please respect copyright.PENANAmv8VQM0xcj
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Angel thanked the bartender after refilling her glass, and when she turned27Please respect copyright.PENANA540twOvix1
around, the woman whom she bumped into stood still like a statue. Angel read27Please respect copyright.PENANAhrid4J9avF
her body language, and she realized that the person seemed to be in some kind27Please respect copyright.PENANAsHtLYdHFxP
of shock. She noticed the woman looking towards the table where her sister and27Please respect copyright.PENANA4gzp5adgUJ
the others were. Moreover, she saw Carly look at the woman with the same27Please respect copyright.PENANA0dT8bMGcLv
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Angel raised an eyebrow. She was just about to touch the woman’s shoulder to27Please respect copyright.PENANA64f8XjRTl3
get her attention, but she thought better of it.27Please respect copyright.PENANAVDGEKTy5a0
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“Hey, are you okay?” Angel asked.27Please respect copyright.PENANAkdJFyJ97kj
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Miranda jolted back to reality and turned to look at Angel. She nervously27Please respect copyright.PENANAArcRB2Z2Zt
chuckled. “Uh, yes, I’m fine, thanks,” said Miranda. “I thought I saw someone I27Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7lZk2pdaN
knew, but I was mistaken. I should go now.”27Please respect copyright.PENANArfTe7fyD9Z
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Before Angel could say anything, Miranda quickly made her way out of the bar.27Please respect copyright.PENANAsH8AuIdKrM
Those who were wondering what took Angel so long turned to the bar counter and27Please respect copyright.PENANA5Lb5fpdLMv
saw the woman quickly walk away from Angel. Angel looked at the young woman,27Please respect copyright.PENANAzYKN8DeQLF
and she turned her attention back to the table, specifically on Carly. Carly27Please respect copyright.PENANAv17wjaZkCj
didn’t turn her head right away as she looked at her sister. She didn’t want to27Please respect copyright.PENANA0sIUqASLu3
look like she knew Miranda, and it was best to act natural. Angel went back to27Please respect copyright.PENANAciQV8sKgjq
the table.27Please respect copyright.PENANADG3dle992B
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“What was that about?” Eric asked.27Please respect copyright.PENANAvJxmAqFqxG
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“Oh, she thought she recognized someone, but she was mistaken,” said Angel as27Please respect copyright.PENANAxWPdazi046
she sat back down on her seat, placing her glass on the table.27Please respect copyright.PENANAVFCn8GSAD8
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“She must have meant me,” said Leo. Carly looked at him, surprised at his27Please respect copyright.PENANAtJ7JCYRbB1
statement. “Remember the time we went to that candy store a few days ago?” He27Please respect copyright.PENANAg5Yv0uVjGS
looked at Eric. “She was the one who bumped into that moving shelf.”27Please respect copyright.PENANA6BsKq5v32e
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“Oh, I see,” said Angel. “But she said she didn’t recognize anyone.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAtI5DZWn0Zq
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“Obviously she was nervous because of Leo again,” said Eric. “I bet the reason27Please respect copyright.PENANArqgBJgnSWx
she bumped into that shelf was because of your scary looks.”27Please respect copyright.PENANA6xlgBIScvk
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Angel shook her head. “Not this again,” she said.27Please respect copyright.PENANA7WlzkkHRkZ
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“Mind you,” Leo started to say, “when I went over to the bar, I actually talked27Please respect copyright.PENANAZaLnX5YrSc
to her. She didn’t seem nervous to me.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAkKIvlQI7Cp
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“She obviously fell for your good looks, not the scary one as Eric had put it,”27Please respect copyright.PENANAYfSGe3vYS1
said Marco.27Please respect copyright.PENANAiGjHbQEcVn
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“You really are a bully, Eric,” said Oliver. “It’s not Leo’s fault that he is27Please respect copyright.PENANAoPjwt3FsPS
more handsome than you.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAHNkpnXVwpu
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Marcos and Angel laughed at Eric. Eric, on the other hand, felt like hitting27Please respect copyright.PENANAPV6xUBgOg9
his brother on the head. Carly had been silent the whole time as thoughts ran27Please respect copyright.PENANAW9rtyRvONl
through her head. Miranda actually had a talk with Leo, and that scared her.27Please respect copyright.PENANAI6VyQEMCAb
Could she have told Leo that she was also there at his bachelor party?27Please respect copyright.PENANAkgDBiMaZDV
Moreover, they met days ago at the candy store, and she finds herself here at27Please respect copyright.PENANAz6VVvDwaaD
the hotel. Why did Carly feel like she was suddenly in jeopardy?27Please respect copyright.PENANAhR8yEBwRZR
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Angel wiped away the tears from her eyes, and she soon looked at Carly, who27Please respect copyright.PENANAyUx7DvYNIW
looked lost in thought. She couldn’t help but wonder what her sister was27Please respect copyright.PENANA68xgSl8AJ1
thinking about.27Please respect copyright.PENANAVCEdKBnZBJ
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“You, Oliver, have really cracked me up today,” said Marco as he continued to27Please respect copyright.PENANAi5ZeGQBkGs
laugh. “I can’t wait for us to hang out like this again.”27Please respect copyright.PENANANnry53aBIV
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Oliver beamed at Marco happily, while Eric felt like slapping that look off his27Please respect copyright.PENANAqyNDdMySAM
brother’s face.27Please respect copyright.PENANAHjODhhyNQr
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“Yeah, Oliver has really cracked me up too,” said Angel as she turned to smile27Please respect copyright.PENANA1qZDJhHGDK
at Oliver.27Please respect copyright.PENANAFXuMmPgDuW
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“I hate to wrap things up here,” said Marco, “but I’m done for the night.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAbllyg7w3Km
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“Oh, that’s a shame,” said Eric. “We were really having fun.”27Please respect copyright.PENANA6NycYLHsIV
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“Don’t you think it’s also getting late?” Angel asked the others. “We better be27Please respect copyright.PENANAdVoUt83G8k
heading out too.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAHGkgWCfsrb
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Leo gave Angel a look. He still didn’t get the chance to be alone with Carly.27Please respect copyright.PENANAyqEz1VP0zh
When Marco said he was leaving, he thought he had the opportunity. He turned to27Please respect copyright.PENANAVVPEppWGlb
look at Carly beside him, and she seemed to look lost in her own world.27Please respect copyright.PENANA4MdwnAseve
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“We should,” said Oliver. “I want us to pass somewhere and get ice cream on our27Please respect copyright.PENANAsglU08EuMj
way home.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAINJ4AkfxU1
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“Uh, wait a minute,” said Leo. “Some of us would like to spend a little time27Please respect copyright.PENANAvmtXKEZa98
here.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAzfzpxpS2qF
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Angel threw Leo a look, knowing what he was playing at. She wanted to leave27Please respect copyright.PENANAaCeyhgjnbP
because the possibility of Leo seeing Kim and Trina was high, and she didn’t27Please respect copyright.PENANAFd5xLHfPrO
want to risk it. Moreover, if Kim does see Leo spending his time alone with27Please respect copyright.PENANAIgfgSS4Pe7
Carly, she will realize without a doubt that Carly is Leo’s lover. If only she27Please respect copyright.PENANAnBDUHYUNVg
could tell Leo without making him so upset, she thought to herself.27Please respect copyright.PENANAa4neKRRbUm
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“Leo’s right,” said Eric, looking over at Leo. “I would like to stay here for a27Please respect copyright.PENANARYLHxpzcta
little longer.”27Please respect copyright.PENANA1rWrITznS8
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Angel sighed, but not the kind that anyone would notice. It looks like she lost27Please respect copyright.PENANA1dNYJWG5P3
this one. She just has to find a way to work around it.27Please respect copyright.PENANA3Fkao7JyBr
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“Well, then I’ll leave you to enjoy yourselves,” said Marco as he stood up from27Please respect copyright.PENANAQWTzUuQ65V
his seat. “Before I forget,” he said as he turned to Angel. “I would love to27Please respect copyright.PENANAfUcYEFebrL
get your number, Angel.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAGggoOoN5we
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Angel almost forgot about that, and she blushed immediately when Marco asked her.27Please respect copyright.PENANAcPmondOJ4n
She watched him pull out his phone. He turned his eyes on her, giving her his27Please respect copyright.PENANAvVZN5B04Kl
full attention. Angel hesitated for a bit before giving out her number, and he27Please respect copyright.PENANAH7yNMVrFnz
typed it down on his phone. Eric and Leo looked on, wondering why Marco looked27Please respect copyright.PENANArz4CnaRVsG
so eager to get her number. Carly wasn’t paying much attention, so she couldn’t27Please respect copyright.PENANAT2Vp0Yr5mZ
care less.27Please respect copyright.PENANA3rlZASKe9V
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“I really enjoyed my time with you,” said Marco, pocketing his phone away. “We27Please respect copyright.PENANATxhy7096oS
should do this sometime soon.”27Please respect copyright.PENANApseeQ00lZe
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“Sure,” said Eric, putting up a smile for Marco, which proved to be very27Please respect copyright.PENANAPU7xkllk68
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Marco wished everyone a good night, and everyone responded back. Even Carly,27Please respect copyright.PENANAlc6CTj6dZ2
who looked absent-minded, said goodnight. Before leaving, Marco gave Angel a27Please respect copyright.PENANAN1SIiV1tHO
wink, telling her to expect a message from him anytime soon. Angel only smiled,27Please respect copyright.PENANAP8MCwGSGkI
feeling embarrassed that he said that in front of everyone.27Please respect copyright.PENANAmAFJzcuy5C
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“Marco really likes you, Angel,” said Oliver after Marco had left the bar.27Please respect copyright.PENANAsZS9JEVp3S
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“Why do you say that?” Angel asked, looking at the boy with wide eyes.27Please respect copyright.PENANAC46tyXe8Ar
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“Don’t listen to him,” said Eric. “Kids don’t know what they say nowadays.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAv9xIaaCJim
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Leo turned to Carly, and it was then that he noticed that she hadn’t talked27Please respect copyright.PENANAtnQKwsXxdM
much at all for a while.27Please respect copyright.PENANARQixpHICZ9
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“Hey, Carly, are you okay?” Leo asked.27Please respect copyright.PENANAUfkonAe6WF
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Everyone turned to look at Carly. She tried to hide it with a smile, telling27Please respect copyright.PENANAr6UOVWCAq2
Leo that she was alright. Angel couldn’t point out why her sister looked low,27Please respect copyright.PENANAgNuN1uy8lO
but she knew she could use this to her advantage.27Please respect copyright.PENANA5nbPJfHSza
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“You look tired, Carly,” said Angel. “Maybe we should call it a night and head27Please respect copyright.PENANA6Da43lfeV1
home.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAl6xccSgRxM
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Carly looked at Angel, and a small smile appeared on her face. She definitely27Please respect copyright.PENANAmjY6PIaCr9
needed to leave. The fact that Miranda was here messed with her head a lot, and27Please respect copyright.PENANAJQrcZszFGi
she felt like being as far away from the hotel as possible. Considering that,27Please respect copyright.PENANAb5Z0cwtkW5
Miranda might still be around.27Please respect copyright.PENANA0KcuI65DBW
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“Angel is right,” said Carly. “I’m feeling rather overwhelmed. We’ve had a long27Please respect copyright.PENANAC4uMemdIGv
day, and I didn’t get enough rest.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAJk1vJzZCLV
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Leo looked a little disappointed, but now that he saw Carly more clearly, she27Please respect copyright.PENANAcQ9SEjvH3F
didn’t look too well at all. It looks like his plans for tonight might as well27Please respect copyright.PENANAtQzPpYULVY
go down the drain. If Carly was feeling too tired, it was understandable that27Please respect copyright.PENANAHfkJ24BM5r
she wasn’t going to enjoy his company alone with him either.27Please respect copyright.PENANAqrZt0lyl3b
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“Alright,” said Leo. “We better get going if we’re going to get Oliver’s ice27Please respect copyright.PENANAX7OasM3w7J
cream.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAZpgbtZi3VW
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“We better check out of that room and get our stuff then,” said Eric.27Please respect copyright.PENANAqQ1hheKGJo
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“Oh, I forgot about that. Why don’t you go to the room while I go bring the car27Please respect copyright.PENANAywFjr7319X
around?”27Please respect copyright.PENANA4OjDH2rT6f
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“Sure.” Eric quickly stood up from his seat and started to make his way out of27Please respect copyright.PENANAJeHPBGDFMr
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Trina and Kim, who still sat observing Leo, noticed Eric stand up from his27Please respect copyright.PENANAWwGBhrcln1
seat. The others were still at the table, and it was only a moment later that27Please respect copyright.PENANAebJDcYfxZN
they started to stand up.27Please respect copyright.PENANAFu3cEEaFla
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“Look, they’re leaving,” said Trina.27Please respect copyright.PENANApuxbfRcsIo
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“Do you think Leo will get this opportunity to see his lover?” Kim asked.27Please respect copyright.PENANAsrUcQBQGZS
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“He can’t do that with the others tagging along,” said Trina. “Let’s watch and27Please respect copyright.PENANAVzvS7VZeiO
see.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAPIk2dRdNah
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Angel and Oliver started to make their way to the entrance of the bar when27Please respect copyright.PENANASbPyFkl3B6
Angel, through the corner of her eye, saw Kim and Trina. This was bad. From27Please respect copyright.PENANA2A1C1VxWwF
where she stood, she feared Leo might also notice them. She slowed her pace27Please respect copyright.PENANAzeuGDxEeTI
with Oliver and waited for Carly and Leo to catch up. If she was lucky, Leo27Please respect copyright.PENANAlJ02yRQnwB
might pass by without noticing Kim and Trina, but one can never be too sure.27Please respect copyright.PENANAWiyYDN27fu
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Carly made her way to Angel and Oliver, with Leo following slowly behind her.27Please respect copyright.PENANAACk4wbln6b
Without much thought, his eyes found their way to the bar counter, and he27Please respect copyright.PENANAk9EfGSq1h1
noticed someone familiar at the other end. Only when the person turned in his27Please respect copyright.PENANAUpvLb8wf8x
direction and their eyes fell on him did he realize who it was.27Please respect copyright.PENANAzjAoW0IhFi
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“Oh, my gosh,” said Kim as she held Trina’s shoulder in a tight grip. “He’s27Please respect copyright.PENANACGChyXu7bv
seen us.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAvoCIzLiXqx
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Trina choked on her own words that she couldn’t speak as he saw Leo staring27Please respect copyright.PENANAon5O91C6KE
back. His eyes slowly started to flame with anger. Or was it fury?27Please respect copyright.PENANANqhJOkNlU6
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“Trina, we better go,” said Kim.27Please respect copyright.PENANA0Lz7OsxVnA
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Leo couldn’t believe Trina and Kim were there by the counter, staring back at27Please respect copyright.PENANAwoDrRRqN2d
him. Did they happen to be here by coincidence, or did were they here because27Please respect copyright.PENANAY6HtNjMzel
of him? He noticed how scared they looked at him, as if they had been caught27Please respect copyright.PENANALD14BY9ddh
doing something wrong. That confirmed that they were following him. He decided27Please respect copyright.PENANAcDWRhyEkh5
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Just as he was about to make his way over to them, a gentle touch fell on his27Please respect copyright.PENANANiUgFserIu
shoulder, stopping him from proceeding further. He looked to the side, and he27Please respect copyright.PENANATlDNss6nkQ
found Angel standing right beside him, her hand on his shoulder. She looked at27Please respect copyright.PENANAo2iBXkExxe
him with her soft brown eyes; they were stern yet so peaceful. There was27Please respect copyright.PENANAjpbXm0xNbO
something about her look and her presence beside him that made him slowly start27Please respect copyright.PENANAXfw9j1pV7U
to feel the anger in him dissipate like smoke.27Please respect copyright.PENANAPCsnYnvICz
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She shook her head. “Not here,” she said to him in her normal tone of voice.27Please respect copyright.PENANAQmfDp4qNcy
“Now is not the time to make a scene.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAVI5PxZR65G
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Leo sighed, and he felt his muscles slowly start to relax. Angel was right; now27Please respect copyright.PENANAASREw1hpbU
wasn’t the time to throw a tantrum. He looked back at Kim, who continued to27Please respect copyright.PENANAeppCz5dVto
look at him, still with a scared look on her face.27Please respect copyright.PENANArhJIvz7t0Y
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"Fine," he said to Angel as he looked at her.27Please respect copyright.PENANADq4nYYvwUk
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Angel gave a smile of relief. She turned to look at Trina and Kim, giving them27Please respect copyright.PENANAhS8V6q8kgD
a nod of her head. The two best friends looked relieved, but they knew that27Please respect copyright.PENANAOdM9xdMR2N
this wasn’t over.27Please respect copyright.PENANAYV5JIBmWvS
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Leo turned around to head out of the bar. Fortunately, Oliver and Carly were27Please respect copyright.PENANAtdXwRDXLNG
way ahead of him, so they didn't see his silent altercation with Kim and Trina.27Please respect copyright.PENANAnZwaXzMuHK
He walked out of the bar with Angel following closely behind him.27Please respect copyright.PENANA8jLboee8hp
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"Thanks for that back there," Leo said to her.27Please respect copyright.PENANASO0Omudlhj
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"Well, getting yourself angry wasn't going to do you or me any27Please respect copyright.PENANAvBPeqeaMUs
favors," said Angel.27Please respect copyright.PENANA9DZwXzylF6
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Leo turned to look at her through the corner of his eye. "How long have27Please respect copyright.PENANAe9z5E9MTYY
they been there?"27Please respect copyright.PENANA57ms599InK
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Angel found no point in lying to him. "I noticed them during our dinner. I27Please respect copyright.PENANA8kK7BkpcCl
didn't want to tell you in front of our guests."27Please respect copyright.PENANACYGiwPFlos
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Leo scoffed. "It's obvious that they were following me. I guess that’s the27Please respect copyright.PENANAltRN9nH3UK
reason why you didn’t want me to be alone with Carly."27Please respect copyright.PENANAlotPuIGDPa
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"I don't want them to find out about your relationship with her just yet,27Please respect copyright.PENANANJXSdCQpk8
so you've got to be careful from now on."27Please respect copyright.PENANAx6r9uLOatw
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A smile appeared across Leo's face. The two might have their differences, but27Please respect copyright.PENANAjntVPFoFPS
it was clear to see that Angel did care about his relationship with her sister.27Please respect copyright.PENANAX5HVVOXDSB
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As they continued to walk down the stone path towards the fountain where Oliver27Please respect copyright.PENANABtnRfcDDof
and Carly were, Leo tried to fight off the feeling of gratitude towards Angel.27Please respect copyright.PENANAGOfddOnHRo
In the end, he decided to let the feeling settle in for one night, and one27Please respect copyright.PENANAqrWgrOcMZF
night only.27Please respect copyright.PENANAsxSogjJELm
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“That was a close one,” said Trina as she held her chest, breathing deeply.27Please respect copyright.PENANAScPFYNHR1N
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Kim sighed in relief. “I hate to say this, but we really do have Angel to27Please respect copyright.PENANAaKoWgw0L6k
thank,” she said. “Though I feel Leo will confront us about it.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAyXRCFC17cB
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“Yeah, but Angel talked to him, and he calmed down in an instant.” Trina leaned27Please respect copyright.PENANAW9OFa0gORL
against the bar counter, looking for the bartender. “Leo barely listens to27Please respect copyright.PENANA0GNpcrL27y
anyone, but he somehow listened to her. It’s best to receive his wrath27Please respect copyright.PENANAtxiXa1cDBq
privately rather than in an open place where he can embarrass us. I’m going to27Please respect copyright.PENANAPCUkm4OEsn
order a cocktail and drink to thank Angel for saving our sorry lives. Do you27Please respect copyright.PENANAj7QXgcQu5Y
want one?”27Please respect copyright.PENANAgNm7hTIPiW
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Kim gave a nod to Trina, and while her friend tried to get the attention of the27Please respect copyright.PENANA756MTM20Sw
bartender, she couldn’t help but look at Leo with Angel walking beside him as27Please respect copyright.PENANAruJdfHPTV5
they went further away from the bar. Memories of her and Leo started to27Please respect copyright.PENANAK2Px3wfXWZ
surface, and she couldn’t recall once when he ever listened to her when he was27Please respect copyright.PENANATlGUAV6tt5
upset. Trina was right. Leo barely listens to anyone, except this time around,27Please respect copyright.PENANACCophksaQZ
when Angel spoke to him. Her eyes fell upon Angel, who, even in that red velvet27Please respect copyright.PENANA5bhzcM0u74
dress, walked effortlessly with elegance beside Leo. Was there something about27Please respect copyright.PENANAoSbrohheg7
Angel that Kim wasn’t aware of?27Please respect copyright.PENANAzWIhbapnGx
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Miranda quickly stepped out of the elevator and ran down the hall back to the27Please respect copyright.PENANAWCXBYaq6k1
room where Red Lion and Mr. Walters were. She knew her thirty minutes were up,27Please respect copyright.PENANAMFlQwXCf4O
and she had been so distracted that she didn’t notice her phone vibrate in the27Please respect copyright.PENANATJS5u6CJJp
pocket of her jeans. When she checked in the elevator, she found three missed27Please respect copyright.PENANAzy9UXiEdQy
calls from Mr. Walters, and she knew she was in for it.27Please respect copyright.PENANAfNQJIJ6Ypd
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As soon as she reached the suite, the door flew open before she could even27Please respect copyright.PENANAG0EulY8xQE
knock. She thought the first person she would see was Red Lion, but to her27Please respect copyright.PENANAdnGvkQUnJc
relief, it was Walters.27Please respect copyright.PENANAvGR50LmjHA
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“What took you so long?” he asked. “And why didn’t you answer my calls?”27Please respect copyright.PENANA9xVqTO9N5D
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“I’m sorry,” said Miranda. “I got a little distracted. Is he here?”27Please respect copyright.PENANAiDuWAMQkNi
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“Yeah, but count yourself lucky,” said Walters as he stood aside to let Miranda27Please respect copyright.PENANAT1kvx3qPpJ
through the door. “Red Lion was going to kill you if he wanted to.”27Please respect copyright.PENANAllHLKG1MoZ
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Miranda slowly stepped into the room, looking towards the living room area. Red27Please respect copyright.PENANAwxA8fDGg0D
Lion's comrade sat on the couch. His eyes fixed on the TV screen that showed27Please respect copyright.PENANAHITyljhmSP
the football game. Two more people sat on the other couch. They wore black27Please respect copyright.PENANA97usRXrvyF
suits, and they were of Asian descent. The two looked like bodyguards. Were27Please respect copyright.PENANA0mDFo3SXNg
they here with the host who called for this meeting? Moreover, where was Red27Please respect copyright.PENANAAZHYNbcdT3
Lion?27Please respect copyright.PENANA8pbh1GHDoo
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When she entered the living room area, she heard voices coming from the27Please respect copyright.PENANADJR3g7Ssl8
balcony. She saw Red Lion standing by the open doors of the balcony. Someone27Please respect copyright.PENANAWvL0pqOa0X
stood in front of him, talking to him. Miranda couldn’t see who it was as the27Please respect copyright.PENANAVlQUvjXJ8g
person stood on the balcony, and the doors hid him from view.27Please respect copyright.PENANAjAXFo3Gi2j
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Red Lion noticed Miranda's presence and turned to look at her. He surprisingly27Please respect copyright.PENANAeQwfwZZVTf
smiled. She almost sighed in relief, for she really thought he was going to27Please respect copyright.PENANAnGbdoC27vz
squeeze her throat for being late. He turned to the person who stood on the27Please respect copyright.PENANAIaze662p6K
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“The young lady we were waiting on is finally here,” said Red Lion. “We can27Please respect copyright.PENANAau1AvYiheh
begin the meeting.”27Please respect copyright.PENANArxi89dcKKo
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The person on the balcony stepped into the room, and the first thing that27Please respect copyright.PENANAmWcahGH4Wf
caught Miranda’s eye was that the person wore a smart black suit, and there was27Please respect copyright.PENANA7cv11ZRu1r
a charming smile on his face.