Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BhAgaXBon
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYo2dkPh6f
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QtPEDhEBl
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTvY8leCL1
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACmNBY7UnR
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFo8pSvuTp
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNQgEQebrp
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGNrmBvIWw
boss a call.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yUC95bvXw
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrlq5BpkLl
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTTSeatsme
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXL6jDkPuVn
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncPymutCmA
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeF9MZSdQb5
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Wy4RopERq
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkr3x0xogd1
looked really tired and restless.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0G2BFUZgPj
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKRupOnt8m
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6OE5eWvct
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPeHpI6cvj
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yj9xakgU0
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbBi5NoWlY
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Nc2IUFrtl
huge loss.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7TTD35mP9
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWBDHQoluP
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIXNyPJier
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEWXUIri2n
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLObr42jXBy
"What are you planning to do?"785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDF012akowx
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdYifoie16
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhAOuAwPqY
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aBkW69l39
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANlxr64szl
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDwNvPiOBj
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQXKjewtj3
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtO4UZCzsM
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUV3hWf9kX
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMC0Slbcv9y
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVmHI1iERg
vacant space weren't as good as her.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUjxLKT0gS
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7ueEApGeo
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pyi1jJQeD
lucky charm.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0y4W5i0noI
And he needed her back real bad.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwtj7GbwAx
He picked up his phone that was on the table and made a phone call. At the fourth ring, the person at the other end picked up.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAcZtrLb9X
"I have a job for you."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzYbrlbyRL
***785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebiEjdjaWO
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIdy4CagIR
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBffhxvCJL
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKkX3N2fLw
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMkOVUEiRi
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIVMyrxoav
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45Di9M2CYJ
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDkzl5QzW5
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvCicdzOvo
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ021vrsdgIO
serious.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCc6sJ5WfmN
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjNVku9qFr
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBvOXtxUZR
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSAfG0x8oD
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCCylaD9F9
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttb609CRiV
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4Xq0hewGw
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJW5nh4S5c
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqK0yhpBlh
between the two of you considering what happened."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cibFiWhBI
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEw2xGLPIP
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEI35oGHVz
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83OnUWnlKq
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZWKTZkqSR
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgfCroprsK
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwI0LgUHcm
"And you never apologised for it," said 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3IwlTbRqw
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPqZppXpwW
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUfyev5oiD
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafRgRXaghk
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRiIXNhRIV
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoprM8Tr2en
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwhLHYz7E8
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ634vz6wGwQ
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmAITbO4wx
for what happened to her.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jJOr7tFZc
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNcA55lvAm
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcMo4khzZS
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtr0wDt6oWp
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLxyhGXVW9
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpYBlgdELO
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs83EAsiKvL
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iBZY3fLgy
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNF4x5sPFb
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvct0sAx2qa
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tCTFEqQcZ
back at the club.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVr3ygKm2kJ
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3d55WyZ8Kx
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2ObcVpjST
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzW32gNL0RY
sisters completely.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYxE1DkrU1
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmLV5SzBaS
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWP7TrMKYT
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNu61WBuAIq
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvyJT9I2kC
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5vCneKJHM
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO262DAyPO5
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKSuWIST1p
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4cydLzul2
club, not him.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJDkZib7VC
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhskBammw61
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsvrSPdOyv
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0DXnCked0
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9GISsfYqg
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuCRE8khCR
at each other yet, have you?"785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18SCOxaPdB
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfOaIR8XB5
"No," they answered at the same time.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mKYFuWsQf
"Great. That's good to know."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ711y7ciGkU
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtpNRidKE4
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQFR3eSSRr
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7QpeEcPYk
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKQb6Pp9eM
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3cMtn2afL
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hCFWox5mJ
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDlCZeOeUW
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9OiMV1Mv1
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKeST0KMM6B
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVKAwnqQ1x
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuCupywjAM
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Vy9pYyodT
long."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5090B1TnIv
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWzecZrDlK
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqYDHZhkWY
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHp2buCPNRI
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoylGYDOSva
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vKZMvKPaq
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbp9GqsrXC
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOWcerVHeI
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizcQFF0n71
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLw70Wwf9nr
Not like this. Something was wrong.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpt5zgv7G34
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEW8ZouVoF
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecCFDGGo1j
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUrKedK0ZC
embarrassed?"785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VwQUqaYIZ
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUuYRS5u8A
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeow75rdRk
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPlSoCJKzE
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEvWunI6dm
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQAWLVY9v7
today?"785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFZbn7qmgF
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoisq46Vp6
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3finTAafm
you want."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMr0I4diU64
"It worked for you, didn't it?"785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sLdTBLzn1
"What do you mean?"785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAVGi7PwB1
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07OBCHhvqV
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkj1FipkRO
sister."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASLbpig8uO
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzEUur3yDK
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIVEioTbz3
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYJYEbWAVW
"I'm just speaking the truth."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPN1RKXK7i
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUl0lYF42J
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvy9IxoFSe
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc94c5KvIaS
"I was protecting my sister."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCYH8QvErE
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqoTIw0RmX
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDEfdy1qlD
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkCRWqkhkm
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpN614cs3g
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBIf3GFc8f
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySm0kygyLC
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnW96ALzSa
betray you like Carly betrayed me."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWsCdsHnzb
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZQ8dQGzae
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2YydgQEFH
crystal glass.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOwnpvGG89
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19ZgRTElKv
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1uJpy0iDg
in this situation right now."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRQ6qliYm3
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAMXdLfoJE
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucDh1zlSBL
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNmJc3mkcL
actions.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYykgRagt0m
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFoSkQIOSh
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZG23vIxW5
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOB2cpxaSR
near Carly."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmqHyzrW5M
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYk7yhRLvON
"That's what you think. Isn't that what all men think when they go to the club and think they are in love with some......"785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgUvK6gLPZ
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zECoXHI5P
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZ1v4GyJEl
Carly, she would be insulting herself.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHjsHJWuc5
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3vrL2EOPY
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3Xz72CXsZ
"That would never happen."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqaDdqGrLFZ
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Xk6gZePai
"A fool in love, yes."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaahDuZPZv
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cNiIiLNRO
"Why? Because you don't like me?"785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZoYCNq3u0
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO15RNu0jzE
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyxUDPWsDM
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IXZai2eX3
and my accident that she would ever change."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1y0CejJQAv
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPyLGfOrFI
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGkXj1EAb8
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jtIa6tlUT
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZNUlIHehn
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QbzUiGWwV
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqxiF1tvGJ
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8I8Ro9BjTs
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxNV2InBzN
puzzled.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FXojV2rXw
***785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3njvTK0IlT
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgheVa7fx1
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUz8AmKGjb
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xY3H13v6r
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHAuA1xBO6
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcFTcCXpy6
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWiJddWH6T
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAV0O3fI1W
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlDHAZTiwO
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4YN8Ro5ts
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcV7hXS5L7x
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLunPXqmudI
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZaYv8us2a
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXoTm4F8y2
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QZnkDvCzg
McDonell should be.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayXBNQJEnw
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5epEY9HQg3
"Our family has been successfully with the 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEosER5Kr8E
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXZNSDExGA
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TiO5Ofsx7
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNff4UNRXeB
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FYoNfCgey
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMBMm2YC5e
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwyrRyaHVz
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaqsBwFYIQ
especially from my brother. He is so kind."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OY9zioMns
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6Ni1J9uCe
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1rBic0eYw
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyq7dHeey8Q
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2YLDzme8G
model.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1hvBno1iO
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6Kqr6NNOw
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJZdrp7JzX
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvSzDThTZe
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfdZPX7Z7L
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FspZVLqUR
the financial state her family was in.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGUNqyBZK0
But now that she was with the McDonell 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNgiEoezfp
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡus9i5Dgkgg
she has always wanted.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlI1MQnFq7T
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJ94je9CC0
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoOzpqTNm3
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFYCjbdyRD
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyh9DmpPoO
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrgZNjFlnM
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj20e8Ollsq
"That would be awesome."785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPt8AIT9Ejh
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ609Txcb2Mf
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhUAhDghy3
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMEhxvqAZI
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8jB2H7Z9H
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHt8Kp65HJZ
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxtaqUfskF
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kc21ZG9Jy
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtItwyr51i2
Miranda.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Sh4OoADOE
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTfRjDfL2F
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSD2U15V7Fy
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKLAbuPh9V
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33Pu5VW2er
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSKjjnaoIq
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThbSzGNfTK
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblVwMZ62DX
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fUJ9PC3T3
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECHmX5jM2b
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQLHL9FMLk
she never ever discussed her life with them.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1rVlSDVMC
Could it be Miranda?785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GXeWc6Vum
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwYcHOOh1X
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0skCdmgcz
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQkTCDaGHq
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpETQIoJxZP
And now she was calling Carly after all this785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyj5cALUp4N
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWyd7jsESV
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEed0TMkMS
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgr8ijs8V8O
betrayal.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2LZefDf91
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JJVArCDbw
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfDLokZzZG
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.785Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Egpb1fc50
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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