The tapping of his fingers onto the desk must have gone on for quiet a while. It was close to lunch time and Leo didn't seem to notice the time.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrU7QYNd8I
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A knock came at the door, and Leo didn't seem to hear it at first, til it became louder. He jerked in his seat and sat up like he had just woken up from a dream.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GDtTN7tTR
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"Hello, Mr. McDonell?" came a female voice behind the door. "Are you in there?"
"Damn it," Leo muttered quietly to himself. "You can come in, Grace."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EwQ9NkMKI
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The door flew open and a young short lady with blonde hair, tied in a bun and glasses over her blue eyes, came into the room. She wore a white blouse with a black skirt and matching black high heeled shoes that made her look a bit taller. She had a blue file in her hand.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV27PJLcSVA
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"Yes, Grace, how may I help you?" Leo asked as he rubbed his eyes.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWH4wlCjtLh
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"Were you asleep, sir?" Grace asked as she slowly approached his desk.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOeRrIWKQ0
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"No, not really." Leo looked around his desk as though he was looking for something, then he went on to look at Grace.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wyybK6Dt9
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"I was just asking because you weren't answering the door and your secretary assured me that you were still in your office."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bLEyP8f4p
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"Is she still at her desk?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3F9T7fen91
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"I saw her heading out for lunch." Grace looked carefully at Leo. "You do know what time it is, right?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3xTNpE44v
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Leo tried not to look surprised as he stared at the silver round clock seated on his desk beside his computer. He completely lost track of time that he felt like muttering to himself of how much of an idiot he was.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeY7VPGm9zY
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"I simply lost track of time," he humbly admitted as he looked back at Grace, trying to keep his cool. He sometimes lost his temper in front of his colleagues. But today, he felt like it wasn't necessary.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cBPK6AbwZ
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"You look tired. Are you okay?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxXD83oJhH
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"I'm fine. Just had a few things on my mind, that's all."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRc9mIY692A
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"You should go out for fresh air. It looks like you need it."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5yr97Zyj5
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Leo wanted to smile at the kind suggestion, but the thought of Angel working with him made his mind go dark and gloomy again.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClZ12o1GHp
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He soon stood up from his seat and Grace took a step back, thinking that she might have struck a nerve.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyZFQLbjfl
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"I'll try," Leo said as he picked up his phone on the table. "Though going out for fresh air really isn't my cup of tea."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8tINLzNA0
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Grace smiled at him as she relaxed. "You will enjoy it, sir. Before you go, your father isn't back yet and I needed him to sign this document."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroZKWxWAx5
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"Huh?" Leo raised his eyebrow. "My father isn't back yet?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWWCttyBIt
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"No." Grace shook her head. "So, I called him and he told me to give it to you to sign it."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CMli0h3E6
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Leo stretched out his hand and Grace, likewise, gave him the file. He quickly opened the file and skimmed through the document. After familiarising himself with it, he put the file on the table, took the pen and signed it. He straightened up and gave the file back to Grace.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7PbuIiBGe
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"Thank you, sir," said Grace as she quickly walked out of the office, closing the door behind her.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqe6gRHldOi
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Leo couldn't help but wonder how he's father had not yet returned to the office. It was so unlike him.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcShORnISA
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With the phone in his other hand, Leo decided to call him. But before he could do so, the door flew open and Eric came into his office.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94zb7oyoku
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"You should be knocking when you're coming here, Eric," said Leo as he looked up at his cousin.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKhJcNmX1Z
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"Sorry," said Eric apologetically. "I always knock on your door, it's just today is kind of-"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnMqS7sr15
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"-different?" Leo finished his sentence.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqUXLZ2t6h
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"Yep. So are you coming with me for lunch?" Eric asked.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmus2mpRp0
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"Nah, I think I'll skip lunch today."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtD8Q0ZG73
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Eric raised an eyebrow at his cousin. "Are you sure?" he asked. "You seem to need it more than I do."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeJ5CRhsCW
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"Why do you say that?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQneSXQ50Z7
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"Because you look famished. I just passed Grace in the hall and she said you looked sick or something."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZn5ffAdVq
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Leo rubbed his forehead with his free hand. "I've been thinking a lot, that's why."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9IO3Lo3p5
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Eric's eyes lit up. "Wait..., is it because of Angel? You're still worried about her working here?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvsvKQm8CQ
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Leo shrugged his shoulders. "Well, what do you expect when you came here talking about her in the first place?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28h3VlOLCb
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Eric shook his head as he pinched his eyes with his index finger and thumb. "This is why I said you should go to a therapist. You can't hate someone who hasn't offended you."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8DcL8DWOC
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"What are you saying? Of course she has."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDn4k9OtXJT
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Eric folded his arms. "Okay, apart from the time when she attacked you at the club because you were making love to her sister, mention any other time when she did you wrong."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCQNFt025G
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Leo looked at Eric with a murderous look. He didn't have to think of anything because he knew he had none. Eric always had a way of getting to him when he wanted to.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeM5ZVFklA7
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Leo ended up shaking his head admitting defeat and said, "fine. You win this time. But that doesn't mean she plots behind my back."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFsjxHQvEs
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"You don't even have proof of that," said Eric as he started to chuckle. "You're just being paranoid."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqvvnP7zhP
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Leo shook his head as he walked round his table. "I'm so done with you. Let's go. Arguing with you makes me hungry."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04VqnHWp0O
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Leo started to walk out of his office with Eric right behind him. When the two stepped out, Leo locked the door.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJoLxZS3q8
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"Since you really need to eat something," said Eric, "you can suggest where we can go for lunch."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbN1NfvEZB
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"First let me make a call to my dad. Can you imagine that he hasn't shown up to the office?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uGwgr38Po
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"Maybe he is still helping Carly out with her college transfer. You know how these things take time sometimes."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipI8KZtRCq
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"Ya, but it's lunch time and he should have called me first if he was going to arrive late."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51dsbORqMo
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"He probably just forgot. You can give him a call as we head out of here. I'm starving."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOn57orARu
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Leo would've said something over Eric's appetite, but he was too worried about his father to even care. The two made their way towards the elevator while Leo dialed his father's number on his phone and called. He put the phone to his ear as Eric reached the elevator first and pressed the button to summon it.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mZhaYGIwW
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Mr. McDonell answered the call upon the first ring and Leo was relieved.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3ZcnvQVkV
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"Leo, hey," came his father's voice. "Is anything wrong at the office?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOm5O790O8
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"No, nothing's wrong," Leo replied. The elevator doors in front of him flew open and Eric stepped in first with Leo following slowly behind him. "Grace told me that you weren't around and I thought of checking up on you."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4g830m95i
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"Oh, I'm fine, son. There is no need to worry."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhYulS1c9d
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"Where are you anyway?" Eric pressed the button to the ground floor and the doors closed. They soon felt the elevator start to move.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvy3uhlPcoX
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"Oh..., me?" Mr. McDonell seemed surprised by the question. "I decided to go for a walk in Central park, that's all."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkSTnPogyf
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"I was worried when Grace told me you hadn't shown up to the office." Leo looked over at Eric who was staring at his own two feet.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1HDdHoWi5
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"You don't need to worry, son, I'm fine. Walking is good for me and I really need it today. I'll be back in the office as soon as lunch hour is over."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8ETQNHDpJ
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"Okay, see you later, then." Leo cut the call.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKX7JzgKhzN
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The elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open. Eric turned to look at Leo.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡST7uaRdt3X
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"So, where is he?" Eric asked Leo as they both walked out of the elevator.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7vgZ3ai9l
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"He's taking a walk in Central park," Leo asked as they passed a few people down in the lobby.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNq2cL2pPjB
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"Ah, you see. There was nothing to worry about."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsioHAzuUe
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"Ya, there wasn't."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRm4jez4Jw
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The two cousins stepped out through the large glass doors of the building, passing the doorman that stood guard.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NbOQgJYZf
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"That reminds me," said Eric as they turned down the street on the sidewalk, "which restaurant are we going to?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbrueaxy6m
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"Can't we have junk food for a change?" Leo asked as he put his phone in the pocket and left his hand in it.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOZWAV1RBP
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Eric looked at his cousin as they walked, careful enough not to bump into anyone coming in from the opposite direction and those in front of him who walked too slow. He looked surprised.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Eq0GcgzYc
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"Did you just say you want to eat junk food?" Eric asked. "Minutes ago, you said you weren't hungry."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhi5r6fsk3y
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"I've changed my mind. Am I on a diet so as not to eat junk?" Leo asked.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWA40xrJ3H
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"Not that I know of." They were soon near the traffic lights with many other civilians at the zebra crossing, waiting for the walk traffic light to turn on.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTUE62jSwB
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"What's wrong with eating junk food, then?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4WZFiWwiF
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Eric thought about it for a second but he had to cross the road with Leo and the other pedestrians as soon as the traffic lights turned red for the cars to stop and the green walk sign turned on for the pedestrians. As soon as they reached the other side of the crossing and the cars that stopped were finally on the move behind them, Eric gave his reply:699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42SYTPFIiF
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"There's nothing wrong with it. I'm just worried that you might grow fat. Besides, the only reason why I'm concerned is because you like going to fancy restaurants and eating salads all the time."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf57M8tcSHT
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"I know," said Leo as they passed by a coffee shop and the strong smell of coffee flew onto the street when a lady, opened the door to enter the cafe. "I don't know how to explain it, but I'm really in a mood for it right now."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡronyrV0Xyp
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"Okay, if you say so. But if you gain a pound after this, don't blame me."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfNgrjJiu4
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Leo turned to look at Eric, walking beside him. "Admit it, you want to eat junk food way more than I do."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SGyGngxPi
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"Mind you, I love junk. I'm just surprised you want to join in on the fun. And I know exactly where to go. There's this amazing place where they sell the best burgers."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfC7lPs7bMS
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"Great, let's go."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyIgC2T4cv
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"Comfortable?" Mark asked after Angel sat on the chair he had just pulled out for her.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7by8M9wnch
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"Yes, thank you," Angel replied as she smiled up at him.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOqvt7s6Nc
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"Good." Mark gave her a smile and he went to sit on the other side of the table.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BUjVT4IkX
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Angel went on ahead to look at her surrounding a little more. They were at an outdoor restaurant. As much as it was outdoors, the place was luxurious with the open roof above them filled with green creepers and tiny bulbs above them to make the scene around them look beautiful and a little intimate. The wooden tables were covered with white table cloths and above them were little bulbs in shape of candles with little green creepers and white flowers. Angel liked the way the restaurant made her feel. She felt like she was in a fairytale.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmLWKsuyi6
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"I see you like the place," Mark said, bringing her attention back to him.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmQ0pQYnEm
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"Yes, it's really lovely," said Angel.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9hkxHNsuv
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"We should order." Mark lifted the navy blue menu in front of him and opened it. "What would you like to have?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpu0VGkqzXU
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Angel also took hold of the menu and looked at it. It had been a long time since she had visited a fancy restaurant that she forgot about some delicate cuisines that most exquisite restaurants liked to serve. She smiled to herself when she noticed one of the meals she enjoyed on the menu.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5MeJPuzTq
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"What is it?" Mark asked as he looked up from his menu and noticed Angel smiling.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArvVtg9zp2
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"Nothing," Angel replied, still smiling. "I realised I haven't had a ratatouille in like.., forever."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOSlGdaoSv
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"Looks like you know your french cuisines." Mark smiled charmingly at her.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8IWceIIwk
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"There was a time when I was on a date and my boyfriend made me try it out. Goodness, it was magnificent."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycIrj5Ajyg
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"You dated?" Mark looked surprised.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndnKAlnqyH
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"Ya, but he wasn't the best of boyfriends," said Angel as she went back to looking at the menu. "The ratatouille can be a good starter. Just saying."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcqZMYOoGD
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Mark continued to look at Angel and she didn't seem to notice. It was only moments later when she looked at him and caught him staring.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAJreVpGwi
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"What is it?" Angel asked.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Idf1jn3d6
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"Nothing," he said as he dropped his menu. "I wonder what the guy thought of letting you go."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoSFdhvtda
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Angel raised an eyebrow at him as she put the menu back down on the table. "That was three years ago. I caught him cheating on me and so..., just like everything that stays in the past..., it's history."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPwsiN6RbW
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"Well, I think he's a fool letting you go."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBUnnEdF9M
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Angel looked up at the green creepers over her and the tiny bright lights. "He made a choice," she said. "Can't blame him. The girl he cheated on me with was very beautiful. I guess that's why."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZ84AuKYp7
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Mark drew out his hand and placed it above Angel's that was on the table. Angel looked at him.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfNrFgoimY
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"He was too blind to notice how beautiful you are," he said. "You look heavenly, like an angel."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEEiC5VAZa
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Angel smiled. "Stop it," she said, her cheeks starting to heat up. "I know you're only saying that to try and make me feel better."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXHQUEXxuO
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"Maybe. But I'm speaking the truth and you know it. I bet am not the first man to ever tell you that."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJy47LszjQz
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Angel shook her head. "No, you aren't."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5EWfEtAEC
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Mark withdrew his hand. "Let's not talk about him." He lifted his hand to catch the attention of a waiter nearby. A lean blonde young man came to the table all dressed in a black shirt, a black pair of trousers, with matching black shoes and a black half apron round his waist.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEFs2CzHF2
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"Ready to take your order, sir?" the man asked politely with a gentle smile on his face.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GblEFKnro
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"Yes, please," said Mark as he looked up at the waiter and then he went on to look at Angel. "For a starter, we would like the ratatouille, please."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHaFMGPHd9
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"Coming right up, and would you like a drink while you wait?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5npNXJY3c9
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"Yes, a bottle of your finest wine."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbwDVZWDUS
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"Of course," said the waiter as he smiled at both Mark and Angel before leaving them.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ061A4mkiAZ
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"We're having wine?" Angel asked with a questioning look on her face.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBh3r1CvvE4
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"What is it?" Mark asked, this time his face grew a little worried. "Don't you take alcohol?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6Ug9E7Oqx
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"Well...," Angel playfully rolled her eyes up. "I can't say I take alcohol when I drink wine on special occasions." Her eyes flew back to Mark's face.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tzzfx137T
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"Oh," Mark let out a little laugh as he leaned back on his chair. "For a minute there, I thought you didn't take alcohol at all."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPzeVjwGiM
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"I like wine. I don't drink beer or whiskey.., those type of drinks."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVPClgJmTW
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"Even scotch?"
"Even scotch." Angel said as she smiled.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPha1EyGjSa
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"Women like you love wine."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fwHv3Oz3W
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"Well, there are other women who love beers, scotch and whiskey...., champagne, maybe a little," Angel shrugged her shoulders.
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"Ha. Just now you thought I didn't even take wine."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5frFw56euk
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"Because you caught me off guard with that question."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrrPruS187
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Angel let out a laugh but one that didn't attract people's attention in the restaurant.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohcQdQxGoy
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"Ya, I'm sorry about that," said Angel after she gathered her composure. "I just wanted to see your reaction."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMyxEITj5E
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Mark had an amused look on his face and he didn't notice how charmingly he smiled at Angel until the waiter came back pushing a serving tray. On it was a black champagne bucket with a bottle of wine in it with ice all around. Alongside the bucket were two wine glasses.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKezKfrifdb
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The waiter placed the two glasses in front of Mark and Angel, opened the bottle of wine and poured into the glasses. Afterwards, he placed the bottle back in the bucket, kindly excused himself and walked away.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6TCeVdz7v
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"Shall we have a toast?" Mark suggested as he held his glass.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnre77M306L
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"A toast to what?" Angel asked, her fingers around the stem of her glass.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36sc1nEBnw
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"A toast for your health, that's one. And also, for you just being you."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtK21vKErM
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Angel smiled. "I will toast to the first one most of all, and the other reason is quite reasonable...., so cheers."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tZCNOy1My
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Their glasses clinked when they touched and they both drank.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXL2DtCKZ3
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"This is really good," said Angel after she withdrew the brim of the glass from her lips.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32ru10iA5n
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"That's why I ordered the best of the best," said Mark as he put his glass on the table.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRIyHdBxUE
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"I might end up drinking the whole bottle. But that won't be so ladylike of me."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LQwja6M5X
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"I should be worried." Mark raised his eyebrow at her. "Do you easily get drunk, Angel Barclay?"699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSGhqPDPjb
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Angel took another sip of her wine. "If I have too much, then yes. I can get a little tipsy."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNsV1vP9vh
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"Then we can take it a little slow, shall we?"
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It didn't take long for their to starter arrive. And as they had their meal, they continued to chat unaware of how much they enjoyed each other's company. But they had more matters to discuss, and they both knew it.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48SCuBr3c6
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The white tulips in his hands smelled fresh and divine as he walked, his eyes focused ahead. The place around him was quiet except for a few words he heard aloud at a distance. As he walked, he turned to the voice and saw a group of people, almost all of them dressed in black, gathered together surrounding a white casket. The person speaking before them was a priest, all dressed in white and purple robes with the Holy Bible in his hands. Those closer to the casket, crying silently and holding tissues to their noses were obviously the family to the deceased.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwn7A4ja1ti
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Death was a sad thing, especially if it happens to take a loved one away from you. But such was life. Death itself was inevitable and it was up to those alive and in the present to move on. Though it's hard for many others to do so.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdd1I6xHig
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As he continued to walk away from the funeral procession and through the neatly arranged tombstones in the graveyard, he approached her grave. There stood a white marble tombstone that he had set up just a day after her burial. He was glad that his wife hadn't visited the graveyard with him. She would have been pissed to see such a magnificent tombstone and would have blamed him for wasting so much money on a dead person.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9A50LuzOo2
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As he got closer, he stood there for a minute as he read her name in big black capital letters. He bended over to put the white tulips on the ground, next to the tombstone. After straightening up, he took a few steps back.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukv27ij6ue
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He sighed as he smiled at the white tulips. If she were here, she would have smiled back at him, taken a sniff out of them and said thank you.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeU0y7wqhC8
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"God, how I've missed you," he muttered to the wind.
