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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbdYM2cPUl
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRQF65v5Ii
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkKeEdqHqO
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQyeOCNYTR
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"Yes, Grace, how may I help you?" Leo asked as he rubbed his eyes.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6Oj4J1sBH
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"Were you asleep, sir?" Grace asked as she slowly approached his desk.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RvUhfaxJG
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqHR5eXS3V
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JVkmqDWcy
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"Is she still at her desk?"677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbpPwj2p1J
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"I saw her heading out for lunch." Grace looked carefully at Leo. "You do know what time it is, right?"677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXyPEr4yr0
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXBGvDlpuP
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKveRPUXUo
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"You look tired. Are you okay?"677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSYhwGpKOZ
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"I'm fine. Just had a few things on my mind, that's all."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGopiCUa3QD
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"You should go out for fresh air. It looks like you need it."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkuPrCrRLF
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgwDlbBqqz
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX44f90Ajy4
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPhz0an24E
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbydYlMhR1
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"Huh?" Leo raised his eyebrow. "My father isn't back yet?"677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HQivpvrJw
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2UX7D96gB
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEWY7hqpS1
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"Thank you, sir," said Grace as she quickly walked out of the office, closing the door behind her.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvu89eHAVi
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5U21Qu7xcY
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdNf2XVZR1
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"You should be knocking when you're coming here, Eric," said Leo as he looked up at his cousin.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iVElxSV8b
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"Sorry," said Eric apologetically. "I always knock on your door, it's just today is kind of-"677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAz9Zr0cfS
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"-different?" Leo finished his sentence.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXjjYo17EV
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"Yep. So are you coming with me for lunch?" Eric asked.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JxV7V9ZTe
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"Nah, I think I'll skip lunch today."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Y1C5iYQLg
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwN2jXII47b
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"Why do you say that?"677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eVi7nC8fA
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"Because you look famished. I just passed Grace in the hall and she said you looked sick or something."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhHhC4wQEU
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Leo rubbed his forehead with his free hand. "I've been thinking a lot, that's why."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFj5J1LJsjA
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Eric's eyes lit up. "Wait..., is it because of Angel? You're still worried about her working here?"677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNP21mRc07u
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Leo shrugged his shoulders. "Well, what do you expect when you came here talking about her in the first place?"677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9BAlC8dPp
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TwCDcWVvz
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"What are you saying? Of course she has."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorhWb0k9lO
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPO4DLiufgH
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡah9Xgw5AzH
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tYdpuCdO9
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"You don't even have proof of that," said Eric as he started to chuckle. "You're just being paranoid."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdeA0pV9nH
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYR1N8tChjN
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RC9WsZOjv
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"Since you really need to eat something," said Eric, "you can suggest where we can go for lunch."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9f6dmBDVuZ
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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?"677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefZ4gVWV7L
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"Maybe he is still helping Carly out with her college transfer. You know how these things take time sometimes."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMyLCfKork
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"Ya, but it's lunch time and he should have called me first if he was going to arrive late."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqZfDS192K
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"He probably just forgot. You can give him a call as we head out of here. I'm starving."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqOSIQo8zv
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdquzMBW3pG
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Mr. McDonell answered the call upon the first ring and Leo was relieved.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGryAJ2OVbj
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"Leo, hey," came his father's voice. "Is anything wrong at the office?"677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMA3Fx9BnI3
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AZMBWFWbd
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"Oh, I'm fine, son. There is no need to worry."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oIBxWEEPj
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFALvoL1XN7
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfp42wiPju
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnVqtbQ4ia
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKoQj2Gmoui
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"Okay, see you later, then." Leo cut the call.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfS2OkHRy7T
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The elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open. Eric turned to look at Leo.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQv4gVYq2XI
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"So, where is he?" Eric asked Leo as they both walked out of the elevator.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrC23I6rfRD
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"He's taking a walk in Central park," Leo asked as they passed a few people down in the lobby.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCv2nYMWn5
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"Ah, you see. There was nothing to worry about."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHH90ilZLF
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"Ya, there wasn't."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mLEFnBGOQ
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The two cousins stepped out through the large glass doors of the building, passing the doorman that stood guard.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡji4fwntb50
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"That reminds me," said Eric as they turned down the street on the sidewalk, "which restaurant are we going to?"677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BBZRofTPt
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5c5f6pNENm
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydeIRXURpr
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"Did you just say you want to eat junk food?" Eric asked. "Minutes ago, you said you weren't hungry."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aVDPAPS9R
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"I've changed my mind. Am I on a diet so as not to eat junk?" Leo asked.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XmzPAcbbL
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKrALgCCoj
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"What's wrong with eating junk food, then?"677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAsZHbzFqM
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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:677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3A1SUNqH3v
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaFU0by4Td
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnX4PfRpfJJ
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"Okay, if you say so. But if you gain a pound after this, don't blame me."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfjtuV5f9o
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FJL0vUcwY
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8mtpdGDYC
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"Great, let's go."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAyyWPLEu7
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"Comfortable?" Mark asked after Angel sat on the chair he had just pulled out for her.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtjJxC6n5V
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"Yes, thank you," Angel replied as she smiled up at him.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2p6nAvtE8
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"Good." Mark gave her a smile and he went to sit on the other side of the table.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkh7mTtErU
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwsdhiiV7E
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"I see you like the place," Mark said, bringing her attention back to him.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPG1ERfBy8V
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"Yes, it's really lovely," said Angel.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLrMi9jRxg
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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?"677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Oic3RzDBT
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtvAY6aVrk
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"What is it?" Mark asked as he looked up from his menu and noticed Angel smiling.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoVGYe1pvg
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"Nothing," Angel replied, still smiling. "I realised I haven't had a ratatouille in like.., forever."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPkY8ExAH3
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"Looks like you know your french cuisines." Mark smiled charmingly at her.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPMLQubdJL
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FSkcLo58V
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"You dated?" Mark looked surprised.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlWBcZAzzG
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnEEWZfRNM
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIKeXQ46Wa
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"What is it?" Angel asked.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2nAws3SAF
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"Nothing," he said as he dropped his menu. "I wonder what the guy thought of letting you go."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBoV9S1TQQ
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYsmcoq9N9
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"Well, I think he's a fool letting you go."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaW4lrPQ5p
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGBa0Wlvfc
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Mark drew out his hand and placed it above Angel's that was on the table. Angel looked at him.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6IlmUfLvI
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"He was too blind to notice how beautiful you are," he said. "You look heavenly, like an angel."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Sl9Oy4L44
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukQL3yEKQT
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2KjphM7S3
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Angel shook her head. "No, you aren't."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS40aY91IBq
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWP5UM7HjVG
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"Ready to take your order, sir?" the man asked politely with a gentle smile on his face.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAnaSozf14
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbZW67WJte
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"Coming right up, and would you like a drink while you wait?"677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjZz13SNKo
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"Yes, a bottle of your finest wine."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonsQHeyHl4
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"Of course," said the waiter as he smiled at both Mark and Angel before leaving them.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvsSv3nHq2
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"We're having wine?" Angel asked with a questioning look on her face.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8I3aF28Hwa
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"What is it?" Mark asked, this time his face grew a little worried. "Don't you take alcohol?"677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMiMJJxk8u
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3tD6HeFm2
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNv5PLiaXGI
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"I like wine. I don't drink beer or whiskey.., those type of drinks."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuZNQsLmeI
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"Even scotch?"
"Even scotch." Angel said as she smiled.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0cIMtYD1V
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"Women like you love wine."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtOJgm9urU
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GL1agSNaW
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"Because you caught me off guard with that question."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSL0mwTLAS
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Angel let out a laugh but one that didn't attract people's attention in the restaurant.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRM4cRSFN1
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"Ya, I'm sorry about that," said Angel after she gathered her composure. "I just wanted to see your reaction."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZOG7dCS4i
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3gndhyetW
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunlGYuaoLz
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"Shall we have a toast?" Mark suggested as he held his glass.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuFlqrQ538
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"A toast to what?" Angel asked, her fingers around the stem of her glass.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjtvo1jAMR
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"A toast for your health, that's one. And also, for you just being you."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEJQya9spC
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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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9x0k3XtoC
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Their glasses clinked when they touched and they both drank.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaPiBnp37g
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"This is really good," said Angel after she withdrew the brim of the glass from her lips.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsscw86oGP
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"That's why I ordered the best of the best," said Mark as he put his glass on the table.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNfZfuR58n
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"I might end up drinking the whole bottle. But that won't be so ladylike of me."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMChBSNqNV
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"I should be worried." Mark raised his eyebrow at her. "Do you easily get drunk, Angel Barclay?"677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnDZfQowBC
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Angel took another sip of her wine. "If I have too much, then yes. I can get a little tipsy."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFI80llbzl
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sfQc7DXz5
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxSWw7NcMq
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp086AgSbzG
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJffxv3qC1E
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRStBlzBheb
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9UHNqkEJ8
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"God, how I've missed you," he muttered to the wind.
