Angel was in the living 809Please respect copyright.PENANALbLkvV9POe
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 809Please respect copyright.PENANAT3M63Fmtg0
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.809Please respect copyright.PENANAipPBI1l921
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.809Please respect copyright.PENANAOZoHJDlcTh
"How was what?" Angel asked.809Please respect copyright.PENANAdaf3YihkiI
"Getting to know Leo?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAlBhQxzGWla
Angel could have sworn 809Please respect copyright.PENANAUTLoG0rI69
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 809Please respect copyright.PENANA2ufsLKDvft
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.809Please respect copyright.PENANAjZgskEDejC
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.809Please respect copyright.PENANA4MISRZUSBU
"Really?" Amanda looked a809Please respect copyright.PENANAKor7m2htNF
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 809Please respect copyright.PENANAszNl54thWA
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 809Please respect copyright.PENANAJxOoSEC6hr
have offended you?" 809Please respect copyright.PENANAECAc4yHcd3
"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."809Please respect copyright.PENANA6jkKbU9xhZ
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAnX6sKY9Czj
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."809Please respect copyright.PENANAEeIHZZ429c
"Awww, you're so 809Please respect copyright.PENANAsMUO2IXmro
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can809Please respect copyright.PENANA51M0N9NEho
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 809Please respect copyright.PENANAQlLt1RaDVl
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 809Please respect copyright.PENANAM0hosMSsDg
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."809Please respect copyright.PENANAuk3lih76xe
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."809Please respect copyright.PENANAWAWHY7mn77
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAKxbMtHPJgB
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."809Please respect copyright.PENANA2O88OckGJo
Amanda gave Angel the 809Please respect copyright.PENANAD3xuEa85jk
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 809Please respect copyright.PENANAHG2PvP0Brn
to deal with writing. It suits you."809Please respect copyright.PENANAowloCgAaVk
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.809Please respect copyright.PENANAAMOdWnKvBy
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."809Please respect copyright.PENANAjQjKfXsi7n
"What is it?" Angel asked.809Please respect copyright.PENANAZr3pcjz2Q5
"You seem to be one 809Please respect copyright.PENANAq3o4JkkTBD
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,809Please respect copyright.PENANAy1HImwvF4e
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."809Please respect copyright.PENANAKTTIg2kYSu
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.809Please respect copyright.PENANA9Utm5yF24b
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.809Please respect copyright.PENANAcC5zKdMuh7
"What?"809Please respect copyright.PENANA4zzcrQsux7
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.809Please respect copyright.PENANAvHYLxwI5oI
Leo who had just come in809Please respect copyright.PENANAg0cCSFciDn
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 809Please respect copyright.PENANAzCNDQ0NMDS
just at the entrance of the living room.809Please respect copyright.PENANA1rSV2Fi8qh
"What did you just say 809Please respect copyright.PENANA2zEAvGfTJb
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached809Please respect copyright.PENANAwMn6BK4c1S
the two women on the wheelchairs.809Please respect copyright.PENANAw1UaGH41Wo
Amanda turned her 809Please respect copyright.PENANAgrhVPu8lF6
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 809Please respect copyright.PENANAnBDEEz61vA
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 809Please respect copyright.PENANA0RJjWKevho
themselves."809Please respect copyright.PENANAgYYAft34vv
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAv7u4jJJOTb
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAO5jfVNxivl
Leo couldn't believe 809Please respect copyright.PENANAHyfMsC8jh0
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 809Please respect copyright.PENANAdjvXbjRKsn
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.809Please respect copyright.PENANAP3JoTTRlg3
"Haven't you thought 809Please respect copyright.PENANA3uS4oRE1ij
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 809Please respect copyright.PENANAy9kAWLeUwY
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a809Please respect copyright.PENANAU81ZzsMjKx
job of her own?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAskeBzXDvxe
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."809Please respect copyright.PENANAWTOxZkVmkP
"You deserve better, my 809Please respect copyright.PENANAAXQlUyXTWm
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 809Please respect copyright.PENANAIER1uF2rxc
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."809Please respect copyright.PENANA4zqudpsEGc
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."809Please respect copyright.PENANAAenuPAv3LK
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."809Please respect copyright.PENANAGmC6VR0UD2
"What makes you so sure?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAQHjfLLQ2Pr
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."809Please respect copyright.PENANAexii893dqo
"Mum won't though."809Please respect copyright.PENANACevxBpbyXY
"Does she run the 809Please respect copyright.PENANAitEXwFKAKb
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 809Please respect copyright.PENANA3tR1IqoiD7
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 809Please respect copyright.PENANAc2JWXZY9BV
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."809Please respect copyright.PENANAOD5odCdpUn
Leo knew his grandmother809Please respect copyright.PENANA49QkHeXCT1
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 809Please respect copyright.PENANAXsaUvPsQJ5
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 809Please respect copyright.PENANAbyfoIaPtf6
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 809Please respect copyright.PENANAjz6bcE20pn
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.809Please respect copyright.PENANAbUGWULt1cU
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.809Please respect copyright.PENANA9GV5SkWS87
"Don't say any of this 809Please respect copyright.PENANAyIjfO85Rd5
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 809Please respect copyright.PENANA2NMZzj8VCg
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 809Please respect copyright.PENANALNg7dUgiQ0
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 809Please respect copyright.PENANASDSHduYpkX
have to convince her a little more than I have to."809Please respect copyright.PENANAgVD9p2aqLW
Angel gulped. It felt 809Please respect copyright.PENANAP2RR6YwYp2
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only809Please respect copyright.PENANAp8MEbwx9iz
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.809Please respect copyright.PENANAl0edIMZhvb
Leo made his way out of 809Please respect copyright.PENANAyP7nZLmJq1
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 809Please respect copyright.PENANAzjIhJI1FRP
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 809Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4Arz8LezJ
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 809Please respect copyright.PENANA43Ow7rr7Sj
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.809Please respect copyright.PENANAQFbBlpucd4
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAgdsn0bQKTK
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."809Please respect copyright.PENANAUNE1AXWOsb
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."809Please respect copyright.PENANAn3L1lTmAg1
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.809Please respect copyright.PENANAnLXhyQrh3h
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.809Please respect copyright.PENANAWxEbRUlx9G
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.809Please respect copyright.PENANA5uCg1AbHWU
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."809Please respect copyright.PENANA8T8Fx2VpEh
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."809Please respect copyright.PENANAwD2wElFIUp
"I'm talking about Kim."809Please respect copyright.PENANAJlsLG8n6ga
Angel didn't know if it 809Please respect copyright.PENANASZK7iMyExx
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 809Please respect copyright.PENANAUrAsiTNo2F
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It809Please respect copyright.PENANA8qHofzoW2R
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 809Please respect copyright.PENANAbs1K7DL3CJ
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 809Please respect copyright.PENANA5rmn13DDSZ
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 809Please respect copyright.PENANAB5GmeBhvIb
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 809Please respect copyright.PENANAFZf6KprbM2
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 809Please respect copyright.PENANA46i2NdTFb5
certain things?809Please respect copyright.PENANAGZgd0kcB73
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.809Please respect copyright.PENANAENNiOGEMrZ
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.809Please respect copyright.PENANAM5CoZqJccK
Angel felt like covering809Please respect copyright.PENANAe4nFd14EOJ
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 809Please respect copyright.PENANAdVtFlqAnfO
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 809Please respect copyright.PENANApiNql0vnGK
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 809Please respect copyright.PENANAGymA1bSJWA
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.809Please respect copyright.PENANABTbdewHrr3
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.809Please respect copyright.PENANAst54aiHiI6
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.809Please respect copyright.PENANA0mwMLz6ZoP
Angel felt her heart 809Please respect copyright.PENANAASjecOslyF
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if809Please respect copyright.PENANA1n8ZEF0Tog
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 809Please respect copyright.PENANAaTvFu15Zus
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 809Please respect copyright.PENANABUULpLrgp7
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 809Please respect copyright.PENANAXkrfBLw1wh
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 809Please respect copyright.PENANAzz3h3382YX
and invited her to the wedding.809Please respect copyright.PENANADvWSO6QKyA
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.809Please respect copyright.PENANAxwNogWLaJT
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.809Please respect copyright.PENANAo9B5lOxpxC
Angel looked at Amanda 809Please respect copyright.PENANAnRsvP7pJsp
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 809Please respect copyright.PENANAWDYveCDrwi
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.809Please respect copyright.PENANA9Alf8XYoaY
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 809Please respect copyright.PENANAaMGKC3XF8b
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they809Please respect copyright.PENANAsHoosj7nxm
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they809Please respect copyright.PENANAK0K72JgfNB
saw Leo.809Please respect copyright.PENANAB9qQdMksz2
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"809Please respect copyright.PENANA5530Ot2M5d
"Nothing, dear," said 809Please respect copyright.PENANAhng1V7JNRD
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother809Please respect copyright.PENANAhQgNNic37u
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."809Please respect copyright.PENANAgja28crgxT
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."809Please respect copyright.PENANAEd66HMSmmE
"Have a nice day."809Please respect copyright.PENANAPv2uYX2ET7
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.809Please respect copyright.PENANA0RryvMUXLw
Leo nodded his head in 809Please respect copyright.PENANAeHJpr2iepK
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 809Please respect copyright.PENANAXmAnJkjonj
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 809Please respect copyright.PENANAZEotJ7yaw3
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 809Please respect copyright.PENANAc5BQdPbgCR
through the front door.809Please respect copyright.PENANAV7oMRgsDoq
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.809Please respect copyright.PENANAYlzKOgbn9m
"You're unbelievable," 809Please respect copyright.PENANA0HHruDSvbP
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 809Please respect copyright.PENANA9IyqBTdR2q
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."809Please respect copyright.PENANAe6fvWg9Zid
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.809Please respect copyright.PENANA08BdrD155k
"I'm sorry for that, 809Please respect copyright.PENANA2ho2FlNcBm
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 809Please respect copyright.PENANAl94wgfLgAi
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."809Please respect copyright.PENANA2eTrzcjSdc
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.809Please respect copyright.PENANAYPqDBHGX6Y
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."809Please respect copyright.PENANA8NvcFJtdFU
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."809Please respect copyright.PENANAojCGGHytrO
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."809Please respect copyright.PENANAShZoTVZ6yI
Angel slowly followed 809Please respect copyright.PENANAC0dqkBhPIs
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 809Please respect copyright.PENANAylKmeiba6P
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her809Please respect copyright.PENANA6nDc5uYkj3
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 809Please respect copyright.PENANAvPaKgVerMR
must have felt awful.809Please respect copyright.PENANA9dO5xXoxw3
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.809Please respect copyright.PENANAErwD7asvVG
***809Please respect copyright.PENANAY7SvfieiYO
Eric809Please respect copyright.PENANA5OI2gRlIag
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 809Please respect copyright.PENANAPbRJbnN6Md
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.809Please respect copyright.PENANA08HM1aow39
He809Please respect copyright.PENANAlHgM9UPqvy
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 809Please respect copyright.PENANAJpmjHEBoBw
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 809Please respect copyright.PENANAJaLnsViIXw
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.809Please respect copyright.PENANARWXcjl0rFG
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.809Please respect copyright.PENANAU5X3DCEjsz
Since809Please respect copyright.PENANAYjFDObiKkf
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 809Please respect copyright.PENANAQS8zdA9NgP
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 809Please respect copyright.PENANAcRn0CYNvhz
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 809Please respect copyright.PENANA85QYt8Nw2Y
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?809Please respect copyright.PENANAdj6f3JZxeC
Who809Please respect copyright.PENANAVFDAGu3NSj
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 809Please respect copyright.PENANAh9oj3bSge4
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft809Please respect copyright.PENANAKN39g1TvPY
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.809Please respect copyright.PENANAu9IjhDmB6b
He809Please respect copyright.PENANAjTkpV14hfv
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 809Please respect copyright.PENANAtdLb9PZB8e
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 809Please respect copyright.PENANA4nrA8Yb8Qt
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.809Please respect copyright.PENANAZUBMaAumeH
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.809Please respect copyright.PENANAmwaCjSWbRu
"You've someone here to see you."809Please respect copyright.PENANAT7in7CG0U1
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.809Please respect copyright.PENANAMs0UaTo0ex
"It's Trina."809Please respect copyright.PENANAdi6bzMAgXG
Eric809Please respect copyright.PENANA2qFFB2jol6
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 809Please respect copyright.PENANA8PnhndO1Nr
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 809Please respect copyright.PENANANqeK7dlPqk
called off.809Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4eceQ1ddJ
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.809Please respect copyright.PENANAS2B9iokUQW
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.809Please respect copyright.PENANADFij9SlRPi
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.809Please respect copyright.PENANAuIXXaN2uHn
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.809Please respect copyright.PENANAH172b5fUL8
Trina809Please respect copyright.PENANAtpUsLkeQtm
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to809Please respect copyright.PENANA6W8gduN5Pl
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 809Please respect copyright.PENANApiOs4w9feP
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 809Please respect copyright.PENANAwllHmREm88
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 809Please respect copyright.PENANAZoKfMrrU1n
fall out sometimes but still get back together.809Please respect copyright.PENANAiulQI1pgUN
Now809Please respect copyright.PENANAAHJHhlNMfC
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 809Please respect copyright.PENANA6AioF1AQwl
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 809Please respect copyright.PENANA4yx457qixw
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 809Please respect copyright.PENANANkl0TsQf48
weren't friends.809Please respect copyright.PENANAMI2O7FjzpN
While809Please respect copyright.PENANAD4SDwpTK7t
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 809Please respect copyright.PENANAV0ZEwlSA7i
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 809Please respect copyright.PENANAbWZu1rcQpx
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 809Please respect copyright.PENANAH7LjYW49KK
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 809Please respect copyright.PENANA1UF25ZywCT
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.809Please respect copyright.PENANAzDv8puiF0k
One809Please respect copyright.PENANAPZ21dQNoAV
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 809Please respect copyright.PENANApkGPid3nLr
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 809Please respect copyright.PENANAWH6p49TDlk
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 809Please respect copyright.PENANArHcAUiBWqz
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 809Please respect copyright.PENANAuWchgpsEXX
one.809Please respect copyright.PENANA5SHiJvqTsC
Not until he met Angel.809Please respect copyright.PENANA016ZCuyRfm
Trina809Please respect copyright.PENANAA3X1ufYs9R
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 809Please respect copyright.PENANA2thX9kTrSb
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.809Please respect copyright.PENANAFMhWP6Lndy
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAoxCDFDBvr2
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."809Please respect copyright.PENANAF5KvmW2EFK
Trina809Please respect copyright.PENANAFGZUxCinPF
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 809Please respect copyright.PENANAHbTyeWNXeq
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 809Please respect copyright.PENANAhfBNWbbXJE
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 809Please respect copyright.PENANA63Ybhr8XTV
beautiful.809Please respect copyright.PENANA8DU0F4hPzH
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.809Please respect copyright.PENANACLp46Q00qn
"Then809Please respect copyright.PENANAxO4PsldPN9
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 809Please respect copyright.PENANA3wEoH2TL3h
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 809Please respect copyright.PENANAwv7kVlVkXH
side to try and work things out."809Please respect copyright.PENANAQZ5RgOCmES
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."809Please respect copyright.PENANAdnbR7trnLh
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."809Please respect copyright.PENANAEobQ8cBos0
"Ya, me too."809Please respect copyright.PENANArdDl9o2DP6
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."809Please respect copyright.PENANAcdL5jSqnr7
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.809Please respect copyright.PENANAqi4bThHsme
"Do you know something, Eric?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAkZx6IkivWc
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAHMnJq6a3P4
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"809Please respect copyright.PENANA93fQItV0kz
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."809Please respect copyright.PENANA1s6pFgxP27
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.809Please respect copyright.PENANAIXSQymmE6c
Eric809Please respect copyright.PENANAiOjwr57Rvs
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that809Please respect copyright.PENANAhJgDdY9HYR
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 809Please respect copyright.PENANAZg4UyeKSZL
eyes with a corky smile on his face.809Please respect copyright.PENANA0GwUxAJ3p1
"Please,809Please respect copyright.PENANAArsUKUtstd
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 809Please respect copyright.PENANAXq4RoOZIeU
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 809Please respect copyright.PENANAiPncV6sxEc
ask him?"809Please respect copyright.PENANA4iIjI43Jks
Trina809Please respect copyright.PENANAcoK7iVxJ8S
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 809Please respect copyright.PENANAu0PTGA4RZl
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 809Please respect copyright.PENANAngzeUl4p5b
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."809Please respect copyright.PENANAQO1EqaaEaR
Eric809Please respect copyright.PENANARkEttNObE4
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 809Please respect copyright.PENANATyMWkMhuim
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."809Please respect copyright.PENANAJUphygGhis
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAU0ZSaiW3lB
Eric809Please respect copyright.PENANAxwKoocI9gV
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 809Please respect copyright.PENANASFUKDhn7Mh
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 809Please respect copyright.PENANADaouRvET4g
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 809Please respect copyright.PENANAC0xz6uboJ3
to say next.809Please respect copyright.PENANAiHM7GLHcOZ
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"809Please respect copyright.PENANATFAUpwjGCw
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.809Please respect copyright.PENANAX8AXAiF4xs
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"809Please respect copyright.PENANA7bkjIKSTms
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."809Please respect copyright.PENANAFsGDbDSANw
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"809Please respect copyright.PENANArQdivof7bi
"She's809Please respect copyright.PENANATPyAmN9VC1
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 809Please respect copyright.PENANAkPD49x7HNW
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.809Please respect copyright.PENANAW2YwVllsXe
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 809Please respect copyright.PENANAnJZy8ELbCa
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 809Please respect copyright.PENANAq3hKRq4EJS
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 809Please respect copyright.PENANA03u78z6v1P
anymore.809Please respect copyright.PENANAYO1NjDQSUw
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.809Please respect copyright.PENANA7WGr9ln0UD
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAOOWbMWtHud
Trina809Please respect copyright.PENANArK69Dbm9pB
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 809Please respect copyright.PENANAu0V0tdcEhD
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 809Please respect copyright.PENANAABd4d9OvPz
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 809Please respect copyright.PENANAGqipplcwTu
massage him.809Please respect copyright.PENANAByZqABGHbH
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAohNBlk6D9m
Eric809Please respect copyright.PENANAiQe99hNHj0
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 809Please respect copyright.PENANAD4oX8Rcqjc
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 809Please respect copyright.PENANA1MludZCujx
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 809Please respect copyright.PENANAKrO7M6ds8a
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty809Please respect copyright.PENANAUC7bTWEj2g
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 809Please respect copyright.PENANA9y3Vkkf1GD
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.809Please respect copyright.PENANA83wtzITGuL
He809Please respect copyright.PENANArqbOCNRixU
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 809Please respect copyright.PENANAEP7tHqSr8e
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think809Please respect copyright.PENANAOE9s5R44Dk
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 809Please respect copyright.PENANAQw2yssxIgR
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 809Please respect copyright.PENANA2nJ9Kjf8H1
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.809Please respect copyright.PENANAPeKBqQtEcY
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAczNmP8IzjG
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."809Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZpWIc0emR
"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."809Please respect copyright.PENANA7LG8yIxBVm
Eric809Please respect copyright.PENANAUDi7oHjAYa
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his809Please respect copyright.PENANAJPnUKFUNbw
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.809Please respect copyright.PENANAcsIKjWeVQL
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAxgx0PrmvSL
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."809Please respect copyright.PENANA0OAo7lrbmu
"Oh,809Please respect copyright.PENANARsqKH9LcJO
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair809Please respect copyright.PENANAq7qx1giC7t
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 809Please respect copyright.PENANAFIgOL5NH6L
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.809Please respect copyright.PENANAnHI63vlHKG
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.809Please respect copyright.PENANApGRSWqWFmt
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.809Please respect copyright.PENANAEYkL7uA8e1
Trina809Please respect copyright.PENANASmAKuIiZoW
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him809Please respect copyright.PENANAJLBzcAbql4
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.809Please respect copyright.PENANATlPx00CdH0
Leo809Please respect copyright.PENANALTpAwTgC0F
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 809Please respect copyright.PENANA7tzDJMlbZz
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.809Please respect copyright.PENANAhTDRGuIJJq
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.809Please respect copyright.PENANA2dfZDPBikA
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.809Please respect copyright.PENANAS1MiPvN5u7
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAr5hnJJYOGW
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."809Please respect copyright.PENANASjH1RdF3C5
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.809Please respect copyright.PENANAa6XxXL2mCu
"I was just leaving," said Trina.809Please respect copyright.PENANAtsW2aexlqM
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."809Please respect copyright.PENANA4rofsbvIp4
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.809Please respect copyright.PENANAtSxwF1737W
With809Please respect copyright.PENANAKpmo2EgDCy
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood809Please respect copyright.PENANALnAYok20lq
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.809Please respect copyright.PENANAetfxusekY5
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.809Please respect copyright.PENANAlVoXTZbfiy
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.809Please respect copyright.PENANAhuomBPANTK
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.809Please respect copyright.PENANA0tCP33k4db
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."809Please respect copyright.PENANA2nOokEzzLj
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."809Please respect copyright.PENANArf9kfRYqEN
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."809Please respect copyright.PENANAcQED0AamOW
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."809Please respect copyright.PENANAscjPyOy5uo
"Well, you would someday."809Please respect copyright.PENANAlRLTYoMbWc
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAFOkLHHmNKB
"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?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAolIEN9gE7G
"That would be fine by me."809Please respect copyright.PENANA3kNa9ybBeU
"Oh,809Please respect copyright.PENANAzQz2jrYngY
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 809Please respect copyright.PENANAYem26kFx3L
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 809Please respect copyright.PENANAYohXUfOJ30
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 809Please respect copyright.PENANANEsg0ATZrY
you broke things off with her."809Please respect copyright.PENANAEjC7PZxpNl
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."809Please respect copyright.PENANAFnE2fHyBbx
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."809Please respect copyright.PENANAkviNrfGmDQ
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."809Please respect copyright.PENANAcITo0tm4Ra
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."809Please respect copyright.PENANAtSEXLVu7J7
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.809Please respect copyright.PENANAuXls4EVK0m
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."809Please respect copyright.PENANA6vMSVBOngr
Leo809Please respect copyright.PENANAWFNrc7qRti
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 809Please respect copyright.PENANAwp6VDpqHKE
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 809Please respect copyright.PENANA6DZgj5ak8V
her.809Please respect copyright.PENANATX6snH8jDb
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.809Please respect copyright.PENANAkqvhSmk3kS
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.809Please respect copyright.PENANAkoWMuy8Xhw
Eric809Please respect copyright.PENANABi1a37G355
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 809Please respect copyright.PENANAq2vs0alFDx
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 809Please respect copyright.PENANApulIRUmeq6
thinking about Angel just now."809Please respect copyright.PENANAKOjCNf2NuT
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."809Please respect copyright.PENANASh0BE4ynfs
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"809Please respect copyright.PENANAWrmrsknqMg
Leo809Please respect copyright.PENANAdtgeYPQcL9
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 809Please respect copyright.PENANAi8Drh46oKK
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 809Please respect copyright.PENANAIaN0q8cXVo
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.809Please respect copyright.PENANAKI7EMn7Z0e
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"809Please respect copyright.PENANASGuO9FB8GE
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.809Please respect copyright.PENANAiVfQTXhNST
"Because,809Please respect copyright.PENANAb0fyMS5UnM
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 809Please respect copyright.PENANA5640bC5nzO
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 809Please respect copyright.PENANAxEO2vlABej
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're809Please respect copyright.PENANABdFQ6XC8pM
in a sense of emergency to release it."809Please respect copyright.PENANAwCRfQiPjuY
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."809Please respect copyright.PENANAKz3I1JfzqD
"Of809Please respect copyright.PENANATN2DBVs3CU
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 809Please respect copyright.PENANAvfVYQvM9r7
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 809Please respect copyright.PENANAjBY5JOiTAF
darling, Angel."809Please respect copyright.PENANAQUiU9YVd8f
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."809Please respect copyright.PENANAtV0Xax7XZh
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.809Please respect copyright.PENANApSqcf5UC6b
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.809Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7qTMBkNkZ
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.809Please respect copyright.PENANARM6SuK2v6Z
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."809Please respect copyright.PENANAil7XVGeKvc
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."809Please respect copyright.PENANAfjNpzup5HU
"Grandma809Please respect copyright.PENANAylVuRG5fsu
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 809Please respect copyright.PENANAwzaje8ksF8
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."809Please respect copyright.PENANAFpA312ENsH
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"809Please respect copyright.PENANApng2PNaVuq
Leo809Please respect copyright.PENANAExYuZwu3AR
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 809Please respect copyright.PENANAUa7rd3CsQL
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a809Please respect copyright.PENANAKcJtVHAVXf
word to anyone.809Please respect copyright.PENANAHBW0MNo4mg
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."809Please respect copyright.PENANASIyrN0ZtX7
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."809Please respect copyright.PENANABEq6QN9tMC
"Yep,809Please respect copyright.PENANAUjFtlF2VS8
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I809Please respect copyright.PENANAf2zN8VjrSD
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.809Please respect copyright.PENANALH3io2izlg
"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.809Please respect copyright.PENANAcCXnxC1gSX
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."809Please respect copyright.PENANAd1ULw9osLf
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."809Please respect copyright.PENANA5Dcyc440Al
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."809Please respect copyright.PENANA51iDq3o8Fx
Eric809Please respect copyright.PENANAjUsnVGgY7l
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 809Please respect copyright.PENANA1LIMf918Og
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 809Please respect copyright.PENANASPODsRIHbe
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."809Please respect copyright.PENANAOkYUz1wkH3
Leo809Please respect copyright.PENANAaLlq5U6gp3
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 809Please respect copyright.PENANASO906crDlG
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 809Please respect copyright.PENANAmfiabQ4T5a
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.809Please respect copyright.PENANAasMSdsICdV
He809Please respect copyright.PENANAao2Upu0cHL
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 809Please respect copyright.PENANARF62Z3PoBh
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 809Please respect copyright.PENANAqj9SsOroY5
desk that he had to look at today.809Please respect copyright.PENANAyiT8e44UMh
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?809Please respect copyright.PENANA2etuXsrxlB
Leo809Please respect copyright.PENANAZgOXURRxoZ
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 809Please respect copyright.PENANAalnm8kAIys
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.809Please respect copyright.PENANAfF2svicSLh
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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