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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOxLmZU6Oz
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqu7vpMDJdE
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWH6eNBv2pf
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaw9aiCRk4
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"Yes, Grace, how may I help you?" Leo asked as he rubbed his eyes.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgHaiPfTVm
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"Were you asleep, sir?" Grace asked as she slowly approached his desk.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCXmYG4nGB
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkjhCxPuK9
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYcx564MA4
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"Is she still at her desk?"566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71lhUkBHIB
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"I saw her heading out for lunch." Grace looked carefully at Leo. "You do know what time it is, right?"566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzhMJx1Rr0
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfg1wrTGLjY
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuAdrkNQUI
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"You look tired. Are you okay?"566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgagQOwnSJO
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"I'm fine. Just had a few things on my mind, that's all."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkz58mVm2vx
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"You should go out for fresh air. It looks like you need it."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RbMzvAu7Y
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwn1APp3Ug
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDF01SThUt
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡet0B4RYumt
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyetcT1kNA
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"Huh?" Leo raised his eyebrow. "My father isn't back yet?"566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHU1wVki8w
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MZCvw5sXA
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7l150T5Yl
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"Thank you, sir," said Grace as she quickly walked out of the office, closing the door behind her.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKreRG277Q
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdDA45dAm8
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLW0LlaSr4
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"You should be knocking when you're coming here, Eric," said Leo as he looked up at his cousin.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9G8OAwVvG5
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"Sorry," said Eric apologetically. "I always knock on your door, it's just today is kind of-"566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OUMl2NnUq
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"-different?" Leo finished his sentence.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkRTMuXmTh
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"Yep. So are you coming with me for lunch?" Eric asked.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEn9MDwy8o
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"Nah, I think I'll skip lunch today."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaTuus9G4a
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtq4qVbe2iZ
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"Why do you say that?"566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UUCw29GH1
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"Because you look famished. I just passed Grace in the hall and she said you looked sick or something."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6aSfs88EoD
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Leo rubbed his forehead with his free hand. "I've been thinking a lot, that's why."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0Jcf6aMD4
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Eric's eyes lit up. "Wait..., is it because of Angel? You're still worried about her working here?"566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWASL6k4TV1
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Leo shrugged his shoulders. "Well, what do you expect when you came here talking about her in the first place?"566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62MFoCtKu5
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpC7LPtZQCT
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"What are you saying? Of course she has."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXKRH1fxzR
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2O8doFxqR
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6t9YFe9inW
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOuo1yxRjJ
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"You don't even have proof of that," said Eric as he started to chuckle. "You're just being paranoid."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kI2NjxWvI
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRRUgotLU3
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUC8g1fbNg
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"Since you really need to eat something," said Eric, "you can suggest where we can go for lunch."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlK4cNirzau
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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?"566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1vJmXrniE
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"Maybe he is still helping Carly out with her college transfer. You know how these things take time sometimes."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmN902vupv
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"Ya, but it's lunch time and he should have called me first if he was going to arrive late."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyuw7JOFPy
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"He probably just forgot. You can give him a call as we head out of here. I'm starving."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOR7NpEyyuj
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQf0z4azCTi
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Mr. McDonell answered the call upon the first ring and Leo was relieved.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcePxK85PO0
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"Leo, hey," came his father's voice. "Is anything wrong at the office?"566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbRnwz3vkz
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTuKWZMpTf
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"Oh, I'm fine, son. There is no need to worry."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnNoZvRZvI
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtkrfq5RYV
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJPcmjMYcN
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEROyS3poek
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDdfkjpLNK
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"Okay, see you later, then." Leo cut the call.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyaZ2tSBtg3
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The elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open. Eric turned to look at Leo.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2B0I5LniN
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"So, where is he?" Eric asked Leo as they both walked out of the elevator.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOEUXHas0p
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"He's taking a walk in Central park," Leo asked as they passed a few people down in the lobby.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23qiPMiaHe
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"Ah, you see. There was nothing to worry about."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBghgr72Mj
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"Ya, there wasn't."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8Kza9RXHN
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The two cousins stepped out through the large glass doors of the building, passing the doorman that stood guard.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhZK0xThjH
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"That reminds me," said Eric as they turned down the street on the sidewalk, "which restaurant are we going to?"566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioiYZwUzQ2
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpLQvjo8cP
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6X339RORE
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"Did you just say you want to eat junk food?" Eric asked. "Minutes ago, you said you weren't hungry."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGwxn0TeJO
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"I've changed my mind. Am I on a diet so as not to eat junk?" Leo asked.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvceEEDFMrS
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfxdglrQXy
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"What's wrong with eating junk food, then?"566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4op037BZH
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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:566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXYNKjtfaC
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQW3jQr1KET
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeTF32MfG5
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"Okay, if you say so. But if you gain a pound after this, don't blame me."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjNchSwB0h
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEP2X3JlbHd
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPHseLWNCa
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"Great, let's go."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJ9rJhBwLl
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"Comfortable?" Mark asked after Angel sat on the chair he had just pulled out for her.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQe4pN5rQN
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"Yes, thank you," Angel replied as she smiled up at him.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkmR9SkX0b
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"Good." Mark gave her a smile and he went to sit on the other side of the table.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAw8qvwPrY
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvbbXWO6qo
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"I see you like the place," Mark said, bringing her attention back to him.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2TUE1j3uo
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"Yes, it's really lovely," said Angel.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEdQtMalJ2
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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?"566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuhiEEX5JJ
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6CNiEJJlm
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"What is it?" Mark asked as he looked up from his menu and noticed Angel smiling.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXwxhqN5YC
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"Nothing," Angel replied, still smiling. "I realised I haven't had a ratatouille in like.., forever."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqi9joSQ2oS
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"Looks like you know your french cuisines." Mark smiled charmingly at her.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMwGq2FgN2
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMrgoSJLNo
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"You dated?" Mark looked surprised.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3Ho8EHzFN
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByD7EpexJ4
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXtmb8ncVn
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"What is it?" Angel asked.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBbdQ73nJh
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"Nothing," he said as he dropped his menu. "I wonder what the guy thought of letting you go."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCkQIGkHey
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eH53oADKj
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"Well, I think he's a fool letting you go."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwLOWmm3no
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wRD7Czmmw
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Mark drew out his hand and placed it above Angel's that was on the table. Angel looked at him.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9NbrC9UOH
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"He was too blind to notice how beautiful you are," he said. "You look heavenly, like an angel."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NnMnHVqui
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxf6EXde5G
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSq1935Uto9
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Angel shook her head. "No, you aren't."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfXccOd245
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuUdJYGfqI
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"Ready to take your order, sir?" the man asked politely with a gentle smile on his face.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xcSzYZZCp
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0B45tz8AcN
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"Coming right up, and would you like a drink while you wait?"566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvAqv2zU3C
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"Yes, a bottle of your finest wine."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNrZ6BkUjy
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"Of course," said the waiter as he smiled at both Mark and Angel before leaving them.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2u0tPv4Fw
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"We're having wine?" Angel asked with a questioning look on her face.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlWRU42ixD
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"What is it?" Mark asked, this time his face grew a little worried. "Don't you take alcohol?"566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0zkz7qPa5
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5uP2xhNDt
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iq10iFml0
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"I like wine. I don't drink beer or whiskey.., those type of drinks."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPnRwNRRfA
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"Even scotch?"
"Even scotch." Angel said as she smiled.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCrk8xXRMo
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"Women like you love wine."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurf6WdkwOo
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"Well, there are other women who love beers, scotch and whiskey...., champagne, maybe a little," Angel shrugged her shoulders.
"True. I'm glad I guessed that you're a wine drinker."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Zu9W3uvIV
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"Ha. Just now you thought I didn't even take wine."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQxHHHSBFP
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"Because you caught me off guard with that question."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbfQ5ZlNxo
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Angel let out a laugh but one that didn't attract people's attention in the restaurant.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoczLahPcgC
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"Ya, I'm sorry about that," said Angel after she gathered her composure. "I just wanted to see your reaction."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4llAvuKSN6
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LLa47HiXf
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDv5CKEwhfo
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"Shall we have a toast?" Mark suggested as he held his glass.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYQ4DvyIo2
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"A toast to what?" Angel asked, her fingers around the stem of her glass.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7v8vXV9Ek
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"A toast for your health, that's one. And also, for you just being you."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uvleOV6B5
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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."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXsoEk4yaD
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Their glasses clinked when they touched and they both drank.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiP5OOIg92
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"This is really good," said Angel after she withdrew the brim of the glass from her lips.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexkVW38VyU
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"That's why I ordered the best of the best," said Mark as he put his glass on the table.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkAyYbA8Xp
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"I might end up drinking the whole bottle. But that won't be so ladylike of me."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUObTJnTHW
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"I should be worried." Mark raised his eyebrow at her. "Do you easily get drunk, Angel Barclay?"566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8n8kM8zla
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Angel took another sip of her wine. "If I have too much, then yes. I can get a little tipsy."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmrjfB6v3g
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"Then we can take it a little slow, shall we?"
"Slow is good."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08BBb45npw
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEEdHySqqF
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoHt1bpqQ3
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaVFLUSXp8
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2CEMacf8S
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtErTAK9EZ
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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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcbJkfNHq2
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"God, how I've missed you," he muttered to the wind.
