Angel was in the living 845Please respect copyright.PENANAXvrwZEgfZr
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 845Please respect copyright.PENANAdumZqcXrfy
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.845Please respect copyright.PENANAMjpGNjS6Bg
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.845Please respect copyright.PENANAR34BKPXNek
"How was what?" Angel asked.845Please respect copyright.PENANARXMOQMSOCN
"Getting to know Leo?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAQHllSHZD4P
Angel could have sworn 845Please respect copyright.PENANAVrysVX8Cj2
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 845Please respect copyright.PENANAUVm0jZxhuD
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.845Please respect copyright.PENANAEjHd59pXaE
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.845Please respect copyright.PENANACgbmZolEh6
"Really?" Amanda looked a845Please respect copyright.PENANAQqfvb9WB3n
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 845Please respect copyright.PENANA3j97mFLAyR
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 845Please respect copyright.PENANAD540Jse8Nc
have offended you?" 845Please respect copyright.PENANA8lsyHzbrSX
"Oh, no, no," Angel replied quickly. "I just felt a little discomfort in my body and felt like it was time I saw the doctor."845Please respect copyright.PENANAmzvi1IndJZ
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"845Please respect copyright.PENANANawb4Q2bEw
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."845Please respect copyright.PENANAGWvbkDy6HF
"Awww, you're so 845Please respect copyright.PENANAa4pgYdbTAU
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can845Please respect copyright.PENANAXtemzJcMRb
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 845Please respect copyright.PENANAISG3vGzZZg
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 845Please respect copyright.PENANAYhA6u3atlr
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."845Please respect copyright.PENANA27Iop458Py
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."845Please respect copyright.PENANA5F0xvPZYsk
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAHwYfuzUi3F
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."845Please respect copyright.PENANAUliypdYFRx
Amanda gave Angel the 845Please respect copyright.PENANAtLPxCWeEkN
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 845Please respect copyright.PENANArK9n9Afq9I
to deal with writing. It suits you."845Please respect copyright.PENANAtztWqGdosy
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.845Please respect copyright.PENANApWHutyQKI1
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."845Please respect copyright.PENANAu3MU6fiYX5
"What is it?" Angel asked.845Please respect copyright.PENANAjSp2c0qJZa
"You seem to be one 845Please respect copyright.PENANANIcx2xyPMr
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,845Please respect copyright.PENANAblrIgft5I3
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."845Please respect copyright.PENANAGvXp61Ujao
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.845Please respect copyright.PENANAKiIWC83SSv
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.845Please respect copyright.PENANA4I1Ix9HS9t
"What?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAYizxdQaqKG
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.845Please respect copyright.PENANAcfdE9HkdZ0
Leo who had just come in845Please respect copyright.PENANAuH17vh4JmN
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 845Please respect copyright.PENANAAXYmt6eXwX
just at the entrance of the living room.845Please respect copyright.PENANAplJqtywgCM
"What did you just say 845Please respect copyright.PENANAYD3k2Kkfxs
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached845Please respect copyright.PENANAUcc0QUVggk
the two women on the wheelchairs.845Please respect copyright.PENANAn19xBK0kSR
Amanda turned her 845Please respect copyright.PENANAkNmiHcQONN
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 845Please respect copyright.PENANA98HgXFGraq
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 845Please respect copyright.PENANA2nuREohhCu
themselves."845Please respect copyright.PENANAKfQiek3cvz
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAT3xnCEfcxF
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAREL7J4u2cg
Leo couldn't believe 845Please respect copyright.PENANAgvjW74vNQP
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 845Please respect copyright.PENANAHBsfgjHwUX
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.845Please respect copyright.PENANAUEcooZVzRI
"Haven't you thought 845Please respect copyright.PENANA8J02loapav
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 845Please respect copyright.PENANA3kWLt146mn
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a845Please respect copyright.PENANAlTxdXJzpFl
job of her own?"845Please respect copyright.PENANA4p8iE3u4Rh
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."845Please respect copyright.PENANApW4qUAUaYf
"You deserve better, my 845Please respect copyright.PENANAM4N5LHEKbK
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 845Please respect copyright.PENANABcaw1Rfl31
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."845Please respect copyright.PENANA3B4hwKZsfe
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."845Please respect copyright.PENANA7nlNRf9mYk
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."845Please respect copyright.PENANABE5dNMkwWW
"What makes you so sure?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAeRu80rB15p
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."845Please respect copyright.PENANAzMljNuglhN
"Mum won't though."845Please respect copyright.PENANAKRHp5oA6rD
"Does she run the 845Please respect copyright.PENANAmAysDrtpMd
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 845Please respect copyright.PENANAzmgGfcBcu7
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 845Please respect copyright.PENANAHlh01koJyw
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."845Please respect copyright.PENANAp7xiPCauVe
Leo knew his grandmother845Please respect copyright.PENANAWkJMWGYvwi
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 845Please respect copyright.PENANA76jYC22SVi
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 845Please respect copyright.PENANASKHSjF5v4c
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 845Please respect copyright.PENANAix6TXA3IfB
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.845Please respect copyright.PENANANSkjLrDSAt
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.845Please respect copyright.PENANAReStYw8mef
"Don't say any of this 845Please respect copyright.PENANAsBNKgqWPjL
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 845Please respect copyright.PENANA4eN3sd6Lt4
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 845Please respect copyright.PENANAYjR3x8ejmb
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 845Please respect copyright.PENANAbAXJniGNhB
have to convince her a little more than I have to."845Please respect copyright.PENANAL8W3iCBAGK
Angel gulped. It felt 845Please respect copyright.PENANAY4zHGJfqOr
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only845Please respect copyright.PENANAymUIkhRyCi
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.845Please respect copyright.PENANAolBstUKNn2
Leo made his way out of 845Please respect copyright.PENANArUOe2tATyz
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 845Please respect copyright.PENANAf5gqyN1aCK
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 845Please respect copyright.PENANALM1MH6Snla
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 845Please respect copyright.PENANAxWiJrRF2dQ
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.845Please respect copyright.PENANAqvnF9FvNJe
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"845Please respect copyright.PENANApsSlStM5zH
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."845Please respect copyright.PENANA3lW1gCJjsA
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."845Please respect copyright.PENANAnPyYCrxcv7
But Leo went up the stairs without giving her a chance to finish. Mrs McDonell looked on at his son as he went to his room.845Please respect copyright.PENANAugMXzyQuC2
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.845Please respect copyright.PENANAK6pnvRrZRu
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.845Please respect copyright.PENANAXL7G1ze5Uc
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."845Please respect copyright.PENANArjpHxP5ixJ
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."845Please respect copyright.PENANAD6YANkoeQ4
"I'm talking about Kim."845Please respect copyright.PENANAJNAuNam5zh
Angel didn't know if it 845Please respect copyright.PENANAed3NJmieKj
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 845Please respect copyright.PENANAiVLKwVLHWs
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It845Please respect copyright.PENANAmfr5EPMT3d
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 845Please respect copyright.PENANA7G51dqRN09
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 845Please respect copyright.PENANAgQNwnhCAmg
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 845Please respect copyright.PENANAiBdIiBb8Xm
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 845Please respect copyright.PENANA7YNjrMxoCp
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 845Please respect copyright.PENANA8vv3MZUxrZ
certain things?845Please respect copyright.PENANActcZCR1Utv
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.845Please respect copyright.PENANAGxMojfGoII
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.845Please respect copyright.PENANAptZooAQaeV
Angel felt like covering845Please respect copyright.PENANATaNTMjffd2
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 845Please respect copyright.PENANAc5Cpi3a3Rb
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 845Please respect copyright.PENANADsZJ5Ol4u6
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 845Please respect copyright.PENANAdoQLYaht1O
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.845Please respect copyright.PENANAc3rwzVnuuZ
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.845Please respect copyright.PENANADPfRMrujdd
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.845Please respect copyright.PENANAJ51fm68k7b
Angel felt her heart 845Please respect copyright.PENANAmLxtjACskg
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if845Please respect copyright.PENANAMoEIniPZqk
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 845Please respect copyright.PENANAwqrrAkDWVk
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 845Please respect copyright.PENANACcbk8AQfo9
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 845Please respect copyright.PENANA7O1Rckp5B8
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 845Please respect copyright.PENANAhv2iyk4ixu
and invited her to the wedding.845Please respect copyright.PENANAN7vuq5wSaw
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.845Please respect copyright.PENANA8KKDczh8tl
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.845Please respect copyright.PENANAzwiDupdRhg
Angel looked at Amanda 845Please respect copyright.PENANAfQrYNILh7P
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 845Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1NTjxO5mn
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.845Please respect copyright.PENANAOlDUzFI0Yy
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 845Please respect copyright.PENANAmXVWH0SKYS
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they845Please respect copyright.PENANAW8zUrJQfPF
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they845Please respect copyright.PENANAXQ9yaoOC6T
saw Leo.845Please respect copyright.PENANAYyOIikLABb
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"845Please respect copyright.PENANABeY5B1qFqj
"Nothing, dear," said 845Please respect copyright.PENANA9m5PWxE9d9
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother845Please respect copyright.PENANAFfRgclOhtp
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."845Please respect copyright.PENANA3IM7iv9Xqi
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."845Please respect copyright.PENANAc4XEEAv4nF
"Have a nice day."845Please respect copyright.PENANArAdkQeeIRN
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.845Please respect copyright.PENANAv43yVKjz9e
Leo nodded his head in 845Please respect copyright.PENANAnk4a3VBRYd
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 845Please respect copyright.PENANAvUM6npgn1k
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 845Please respect copyright.PENANAVG9XSGUf7K
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 845Please respect copyright.PENANAaO91iYLtGq
through the front door.845Please respect copyright.PENANApgZD9UQZm7
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.845Please respect copyright.PENANA97cU8vjzFr
"You're unbelievable," 845Please respect copyright.PENANAb2UNzcdMUr
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 845Please respect copyright.PENANAAWRjsdSOnx
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."845Please respect copyright.PENANAuZ1q4iokHf
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.845Please respect copyright.PENANAyTeLwqGCVH
"I'm sorry for that, 845Please respect copyright.PENANAoHzx4yFNKM
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 845Please respect copyright.PENANAll5oce72wN
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."845Please respect copyright.PENANA5aO36eK7B9
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.845Please respect copyright.PENANARZB1T6cFge
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."845Please respect copyright.PENANAzql2b7liFf
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."845Please respect copyright.PENANAzKeHgpBEyN
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."845Please respect copyright.PENANAIvsNxsTPeU
Angel slowly followed 845Please respect copyright.PENANAYqvgopuXPo
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 845Please respect copyright.PENANA4Q0FqQufq7
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her845Please respect copyright.PENANAhnKWPmOL8G
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 845Please respect copyright.PENANA2WgxxKF9hY
must have felt awful.845Please respect copyright.PENANAqTHaKbnHMW
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.845Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5T5xM2Qep
***845Please respect copyright.PENANA8YggQfuXBA
Eric845Please respect copyright.PENANAhlJVZesSIv
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 845Please respect copyright.PENANAef350GCQwf
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.845Please respect copyright.PENANAkr0K6X41zq
He845Please respect copyright.PENANAhXbQiTubjh
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 845Please respect copyright.PENANASbwmChoRpq
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 845Please respect copyright.PENANA3rXip5HonI
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.845Please respect copyright.PENANA0A0hcf5PzW
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.845Please respect copyright.PENANApwMELmIvJT
Since845Please respect copyright.PENANAtqBVlTd81m
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 845Please respect copyright.PENANAfzNkGmm9ea
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 845Please respect copyright.PENANA49EXN4wj7f
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 845Please respect copyright.PENANAIccdjQj1zX
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?845Please respect copyright.PENANAqCRUsfWcoH
Who845Please respect copyright.PENANAJs39jVLMXb
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 845Please respect copyright.PENANAGSWbgNFdXs
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft845Please respect copyright.PENANACCwxmL55Y4
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.845Please respect copyright.PENANAr7xUB1trmA
He845Please respect copyright.PENANAYMLYh3zGQk
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 845Please respect copyright.PENANAkqXqLUXENa
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 845Please respect copyright.PENANAcpq2jHYJqQ
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.845Please respect copyright.PENANASLqRCs845d
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.845Please respect copyright.PENANAp3Tx1i3zrg
"You've someone here to see you."845Please respect copyright.PENANAn6LWTyFjKG
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.845Please respect copyright.PENANAm8AXgfmzhu
"It's Trina."845Please respect copyright.PENANAwbSXIwwnqu
Eric845Please respect copyright.PENANAjLwKsrvAEu
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 845Please respect copyright.PENANAl4FfNtFiUA
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 845Please respect copyright.PENANA8SnqEYzpoy
called off.845Please respect copyright.PENANANUKO5Q5Eay
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.845Please respect copyright.PENANAv7MOKxMTjM
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.845Please respect copyright.PENANAo6t4IMYJMb
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.845Please respect copyright.PENANAw4Bxiczvyo
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.845Please respect copyright.PENANADYT3NtdcC6
Trina845Please respect copyright.PENANAi2yOBk4zTu
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to845Please respect copyright.PENANAO8IljSMGxE
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 845Please respect copyright.PENANAjXkLF1irrm
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 845Please respect copyright.PENANAIknEPaGc8w
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 845Please respect copyright.PENANAb48KKBtS8K
fall out sometimes but still get back together.845Please respect copyright.PENANAmhvD5c2kMA
Now845Please respect copyright.PENANAyJcXODQl9K
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 845Please respect copyright.PENANAdHBPiWkw3f
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 845Please respect copyright.PENANAAtmAa5itYt
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 845Please respect copyright.PENANA2d7IpZwQaj
weren't friends.845Please respect copyright.PENANAVcRR5Jvhu1
While845Please respect copyright.PENANAqaqoqhfWLF
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 845Please respect copyright.PENANAG4fNT0TvRQ
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 845Please respect copyright.PENANAU2o3LE7TR5
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 845Please respect copyright.PENANAPeEtwvkwmp
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 845Please respect copyright.PENANAUrPgla0Xpz
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.845Please respect copyright.PENANA95jgQ1YmEH
One845Please respect copyright.PENANAqFwVsUMBam
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 845Please respect copyright.PENANAYej6qvzXWk
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 845Please respect copyright.PENANAd5kUsOhh4w
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 845Please respect copyright.PENANAzadSvsOwx1
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 845Please respect copyright.PENANAgiwoJEhgyI
one.845Please respect copyright.PENANAZzSjR0ZxN0
Not until he met Angel.845Please respect copyright.PENANAsC7KaLns2X
Trina845Please respect copyright.PENANA7JZELptVlW
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 845Please respect copyright.PENANAg47jBLzqG2
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.845Please respect copyright.PENANAgiWv4NBK2A
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAQs16jruHyh
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."845Please respect copyright.PENANAHPx60z0Uok
Trina845Please respect copyright.PENANAsx6Eh8r522
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 845Please respect copyright.PENANASg2YV2rVyS
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 845Please respect copyright.PENANA5JyAiBHjvt
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 845Please respect copyright.PENANAbPaW17zZQY
beautiful.845Please respect copyright.PENANAuFRxzRpudR
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.845Please respect copyright.PENANAgOO1MvO2Dd
"Then845Please respect copyright.PENANA1t7lFaJimF
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 845Please respect copyright.PENANA2z1E3qMarl
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 845Please respect copyright.PENANAFXt3tkLNy6
side to try and work things out."845Please respect copyright.PENANAuD2M0N7114
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."845Please respect copyright.PENANAP5TK3eyVyi
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."845Please respect copyright.PENANAMr3tlQrkew
"Ya, me too."845Please respect copyright.PENANAvFeaNDvvmG
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."845Please respect copyright.PENANACBBfIXrg8q
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.845Please respect copyright.PENANAZHwzw8edAa
"Do you know something, Eric?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAhAbAhe5hou
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAiXoRjGDxYr
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"845Please respect copyright.PENANApp3ohlbdg1
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."845Please respect copyright.PENANAW33rU5GMJT
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.845Please respect copyright.PENANAz9zhT5EdCM
Eric845Please respect copyright.PENANALGHhzVbbwt
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that845Please respect copyright.PENANAVDZftdj5Uq
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 845Please respect copyright.PENANAQCcqYv3SfL
eyes with a corky smile on his face.845Please respect copyright.PENANA9PUlF9aJqN
"Please,845Please respect copyright.PENANAPCGrgZL4Je
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 845Please respect copyright.PENANAMxThIoz2Vn
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 845Please respect copyright.PENANA7ly4kHbu9l
ask him?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAECY4ZjTxxT
Trina845Please respect copyright.PENANAk98MvlYxfG
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 845Please respect copyright.PENANAaVACzuV9I7
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 845Please respect copyright.PENANAZqZFpXMD7M
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."845Please respect copyright.PENANAsMmvbEUXW8
Eric845Please respect copyright.PENANAG4DnGagQQp
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 845Please respect copyright.PENANASWnqhAyWOI
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."845Please respect copyright.PENANA19vX0D05y3
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAXq6AtDwON7
Eric845Please respect copyright.PENANAmRAvorJXua
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 845Please respect copyright.PENANAMsS4VPuOe0
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 845Please respect copyright.PENANAC5clGIx3D5
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 845Please respect copyright.PENANATo65bMz0AY
to say next.845Please respect copyright.PENANAycQZZ9pM82
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"845Please respect copyright.PENANA7eFjLPAUHr
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.845Please respect copyright.PENANAwc0gerXAxh
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAarCVBkEuq3
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."845Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5wGUcyVDg
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAOKkvb2JoOu
"She's845Please respect copyright.PENANAfQvXwIuvNj
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 845Please respect copyright.PENANAAo7TShGYaH
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.845Please respect copyright.PENANARfrUr3wsEU
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 845Please respect copyright.PENANAYPtBfNFOCG
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 845Please respect copyright.PENANA2vXxSHhMjU
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 845Please respect copyright.PENANAeJg1Cr7mjY
anymore.845Please respect copyright.PENANAmeoALuxOPY
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.845Please respect copyright.PENANAltuQPrHz1U
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAnb6MhvPQ0I
Trina845Please respect copyright.PENANAWvs08YgUos
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 845Please respect copyright.PENANAccGD6pMPu4
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 845Please respect copyright.PENANA9butEiA6mc
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 845Please respect copyright.PENANA5cmCSh51Co
massage him.845Please respect copyright.PENANAR1nSKw9Zjq
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAlkTRn3N2Gs
Eric845Please respect copyright.PENANAKFdZvH9aYs
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 845Please respect copyright.PENANA79eXHD351X
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 845Please respect copyright.PENANAHmRqPFaQm5
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 845Please respect copyright.PENANAkxMykaR5RU
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty845Please respect copyright.PENANANaeelB8gww
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 845Please respect copyright.PENANAy9NONTpiNI
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.845Please respect copyright.PENANAAF0q9kQjnb
He845Please respect copyright.PENANAQs0Y3s0Mza
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 845Please respect copyright.PENANA2ezCKI98Is
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think845Please respect copyright.PENANArutarguqDF
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 845Please respect copyright.PENANA9dnRQthPFz
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 845Please respect copyright.PENANAS1yVtaynVw
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.845Please respect copyright.PENANAnh6fveXqkK
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAkMk3QTgT9l
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."845Please respect copyright.PENANAghvAH1X6Op
"I am here now, so why don't you relax a little bit." Trina bended over and whispered in his ear, "I really missed you though."845Please respect copyright.PENANAb2njF059fD
Eric845Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8vxK0F08l
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his845Please respect copyright.PENANAlXy6c90pvS
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.845Please respect copyright.PENANASWWxZEqYqx
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAAk7mClhZpr
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."845Please respect copyright.PENANAUvCz4pq4u0
"Oh,845Please respect copyright.PENANAdvUHzJRLrW
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair845Please respect copyright.PENANAQacuKs90kZ
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 845Please respect copyright.PENANARkyZk984fE
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.845Please respect copyright.PENANAA6LoB365KI
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.845Please respect copyright.PENANAsJuNIPYCs3
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.845Please respect copyright.PENANArQF5kydxxD
Trina845Please respect copyright.PENANA533zofXdIz
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him845Please respect copyright.PENANAtv3zRtjEr7
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.845Please respect copyright.PENANA3h1t711uqz
Leo845Please respect copyright.PENANAnAkLUdEFdU
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 845Please respect copyright.PENANAkUXIGHTRZ9
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.845Please respect copyright.PENANA9r45wqeqMz
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.845Please respect copyright.PENANAkubIHiAire
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.845Please respect copyright.PENANA1EIJirvnGW
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAn3rMc4lPHD
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."845Please respect copyright.PENANAz9WBztd0jv
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.845Please respect copyright.PENANAAQOu2yAA8k
"I was just leaving," said Trina.845Please respect copyright.PENANATOr4FT3xHp
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."845Please respect copyright.PENANABMYYAHarYY
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.845Please respect copyright.PENANAAb4QlLl4fJ
With845Please respect copyright.PENANAkrKLz1pJwm
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood845Please respect copyright.PENANALcFvfLBfDv
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.845Please respect copyright.PENANAhMjZZAAmFF
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.845Please respect copyright.PENANALoXtFWSOVM
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.845Please respect copyright.PENANAsnHmDUCx70
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.845Please respect copyright.PENANAasYnUyUQ8P
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."845Please respect copyright.PENANA0afo6xHd6u
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."845Please respect copyright.PENANAPrjR9LX1yJ
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."845Please respect copyright.PENANANNnSKM4a9f
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."845Please respect copyright.PENANAccoTltFH5x
"Well, you would someday."845Please respect copyright.PENANA5eOEvmKBJC
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAweb8cPXclt
"I mean, you won't be able to hide your love for Carly forever. What if after a year, you two decide to get married?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAnkmUijTpQs
"That would be fine by me."845Please respect copyright.PENANAHXsZfFC6vb
"Oh,845Please respect copyright.PENANAYrs8nM9nER
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 845Please respect copyright.PENANAy9XmBvsFRi
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 845Please respect copyright.PENANADp2JRoouBj
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 845Please respect copyright.PENANAuX85LTWRu8
you broke things off with her."845Please respect copyright.PENANAk8h7HXjQBq
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."845Please respect copyright.PENANAjSzuyzMM7t
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."845Please respect copyright.PENANAsiCGwkBwTl
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."845Please respect copyright.PENANAfYMtYOSGdD
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."845Please respect copyright.PENANAtfxsy5J1gy
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.845Please respect copyright.PENANAjbsKDkegDc
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."845Please respect copyright.PENANAffnE7sjir8
Leo845Please respect copyright.PENANAoEb9IqQ1Td
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 845Please respect copyright.PENANAlQ5CjJDYEZ
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 845Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8WhZn5bAn
her.845Please respect copyright.PENANA6buLzF3xd8
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.845Please respect copyright.PENANAghC3bVtKll
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.845Please respect copyright.PENANADzwIx1rCkm
Eric845Please respect copyright.PENANA7KTcGKPk3K
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 845Please respect copyright.PENANAwPWcXMiqzX
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 845Please respect copyright.PENANAUNuviSbhCz
thinking about Angel just now."845Please respect copyright.PENANAwEIEgDEYia
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."845Please respect copyright.PENANAX4RPqwWB64
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAa53D6cNVxU
Leo845Please respect copyright.PENANAiQb8pyAXdB
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 845Please respect copyright.PENANAVlMMztGeq5
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 845Please respect copyright.PENANA3GhYCEzpqA
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.845Please respect copyright.PENANAai2aKHQekS
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAvjDLDKvgVV
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.845Please respect copyright.PENANAo6RuttQ0JF
"Because,845Please respect copyright.PENANA7aXF0A6WNP
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 845Please respect copyright.PENANATQjJMDCAUw
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 845Please respect copyright.PENANABSV5pTAvCB
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're845Please respect copyright.PENANAzwHMphDcF2
in a sense of emergency to release it."845Please respect copyright.PENANA83pRImW2ab
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."845Please respect copyright.PENANA9Dbr1TL4Ph
"Of845Please respect copyright.PENANA23huI5v8iB
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 845Please respect copyright.PENANAlm8p0VBDwQ
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 845Please respect copyright.PENANAOzuoCKUHeu
darling, Angel."845Please respect copyright.PENANAdt4swZpefd
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."845Please respect copyright.PENANAoswXhJfuql
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.845Please respect copyright.PENANASV987QjB24
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.845Please respect copyright.PENANA6DlMdQispu
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.845Please respect copyright.PENANANZ008WFq3h
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."845Please respect copyright.PENANAaOKrHerKKT
Eric laughed. "Looks like she really put you in your place for sure. She didn't even have to raise a finger to do it."845Please respect copyright.PENANAq3orbKqB8w
"Grandma845Please respect copyright.PENANAdqDMYSbpcm
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 845Please respect copyright.PENANA6TP04N2eHj
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."845Please respect copyright.PENANAjTIFRW5PbF
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"845Please respect copyright.PENANAUjwbZ1RMHh
Leo845Please respect copyright.PENANAX8J30kx6OV
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 845Please respect copyright.PENANA9FaRvJKfCh
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a845Please respect copyright.PENANAHfeEFKhFHO
word to anyone.845Please respect copyright.PENANAOgMSQkyU6C
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."845Please respect copyright.PENANApfUV0wNUA3
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."845Please respect copyright.PENANAxM7oBYfTKT
"Yep,845Please respect copyright.PENANAOgsh2LUJUP
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I845Please respect copyright.PENANALIbZpBfVag
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.845Please respect copyright.PENANAeR5FVO888h
"Ya, you do that. I've a lot of daydreaming to do." Eric leaned back on his chair and with his hands behind his head.845Please respect copyright.PENANAQs9YiiqZc1
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."845Please respect copyright.PENANAbLMShmHium
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."845Please respect copyright.PENANA6itUbKZ51N
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."845Please respect copyright.PENANAlx2F0cctP5
Eric845Please respect copyright.PENANAbvriTvsJKN
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 845Please respect copyright.PENANAcIgfw7CEuf
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 845Please respect copyright.PENANArNlUZbYYiS
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."845Please respect copyright.PENANAreYMPEF8GL
Leo845Please respect copyright.PENANAyxWYjq9E3K
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 845Please respect copyright.PENANAtMSk5O6P9t
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 845Please respect copyright.PENANAtpr27EemaK
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.845Please respect copyright.PENANAJHeVW3PB8x
He845Please respect copyright.PENANAAwadIbhLjn
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 845Please respect copyright.PENANAJGgNySswIF
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 845Please respect copyright.PENANArFH82SuOjP
desk that he had to look at today.845Please respect copyright.PENANAocsmMo5TH1
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?845Please respect copyright.PENANAbmNRnc4Ccg
Leo845Please respect copyright.PENANARom7qD1H1e
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 845Please respect copyright.PENANA2Eb7jjYIgq
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.845Please respect copyright.PENANAf5syU6AfzQ
And it would take a lot more time for him to finally realise that he might have finally met his match.
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