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“Angel just ruined everything for me,” said Leo as he328Please respect copyright.PENANAQdBPklf3qE
came to stand next to Eric by the bar counter.328Please respect copyright.PENANAR9LzjkAp4u
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“What do you mean she’s ruined everything?” Eric asked.328Please respect copyright.PENANAK5qAIFyEjA
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“Carly and I were supposed to run away together, but it’s like she caught on to328Please respect copyright.PENANAEx8fvXBfdv
us.” Leo shook his head. “That’s why she stayed behind with Carly. She says she328Please respect copyright.PENANAjEx80r54Op
doesn’t want Marco to suspect anything.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAdXW4uPLtWZ
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Eric shrugged his shoulders. “Angel does have a point,” he said. “We don’t need328Please respect copyright.PENANAyFIXgVfALl
Marco knowing that the two of you are dating. He might tell his father, who, in328Please respect copyright.PENANAxamUAQ3geb
turn, will tell your dad. Well, you know how this vicious cycle goes.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAdn5BSLVVBL
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Leo sighed. “You do have a point.” He turned to his cousin. “Go on. I know you328Please respect copyright.PENANA69BXaizpul
want to say it.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAdGsGisYprJ
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“Say what?” Eric asked without looking at Leo.328Please respect copyright.PENANAWuvw86UCqu
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Leo sighed again, deeply this time. “That she has my best interest at heart.”328Please respect copyright.PENANArTyKgTPyQG
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Eric looked at Leo, this time with a beaming smile on his face. “Of course,328Please respect copyright.PENANANpjMHgdUO3
because that’s just how she is.”328Please respect copyright.PENANACe30a9lod9
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“Can you stop smiling like that?” Leo looked irritated. Eric’s smile shone328Please respect copyright.PENANANKzpPby1YT
brightly like the sun. Leo felt blinded as he turned to look away. “You’ve had328Please respect copyright.PENANA3uaL2EMDcg
your fun.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAJaZyg9EY1V
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“I just want to rub it in. Before we went into the garden, I was about to tell328Please respect copyright.PENANAszZACSJBHZ
you the same thing, but it slipped my mind. It’s good that Angel thought way328Please respect copyright.PENANAoai5cCc87M
ahead and talked to Carly about it.”328Please respect copyright.PENANA3mVqdWauz4
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Leo felt dumb. None of that came to mind, and he felt like slapping himself for328Please respect copyright.PENANAY6llWZjaQv
being so stupid and careless. He hoped Marco wasn’t paying enough attention at328Please respect copyright.PENANA72OBzjGbbd
first for him to realize there was anything between him and Carly. It seems he328Please respect copyright.PENANAIlaZIcRMy9
has Angel to thank, but Leo was too embarrassed to think of doing so.328Please respect copyright.PENANAQqbJAOkslJ
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“Do they serve milkshakes here?” Leo asked, trying to rid himself of his328Please respect copyright.PENANAkqkiTM9nGl
thoughts.328Please respect copyright.PENANAWoyOgtRGTp
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“Yeah, I already asked,” answered Eric. “They serve non-alcoholic drinks as328Please respect copyright.PENANAwXvBj0mjIf
well, in case there’s anyone who needs one.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAAi8QeIbKLK
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“I’ll go over to the table and ask what drinks they want. Do they have snacks328Please respect copyright.PENANAuvAYihBpIA
too?”328Please respect copyright.PENANAMiLS7Z7VAM
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“Yep.”328Please respect copyright.PENANArQYtT4qqv7
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Leo left the counter and found Carly where he had left her. She was slowly328Please respect copyright.PENANAObBOoEcWzu
looking around, taking in the view of the place. There were bright bulbs328Please respect copyright.PENANAx9xfCjMjOr
hanging over the area, and she apparently stood out with her beautiful dress.328Please respect copyright.PENANAJVaiI78XU4
If they weren’t around so many people, he wasn’t going to hesitate to kiss and328Please respect copyright.PENANAIxmkqWmr7M
caress her. He smiled at her instead and gestured with his head to her, saying328Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2kNXH29Vv
that they should join Angel and the others.328Please respect copyright.PENANADxla85Iqmn
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Trina and Kim stood by the fountain as they watched Leo approach the table328Please respect copyright.PENANA60LD0WnMzO
where Angel, Oliver, and the Asian man sat. Carly joined him soon afterwards.328Please respect copyright.PENANAKCfqXoEYzF
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“How long do you think we’ll stay here until he decides to see his lover?”328Please respect copyright.PENANAlHMIbmMJhS
Trina asked as she sat at the edge of the pool basin of the fountain.328Please respect copyright.PENANASxRgQheb1g
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“I don’t know,” said Kim, who remained standing. “Don’t tell me you’re already328Please respect copyright.PENANA2H55HLfmNZ
tired.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAAm7cuS0HwS
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“Oh, no, it’s not that. They are there enjoying themselves when I’m in need of328Please respect copyright.PENANAPi6oQrJkaZ
a drink right now.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAiTOcfoIO8K
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Kim rolled her eyes. “We can go there and take a seat, but we should sit out of328Please respect copyright.PENANAzWp71fAOWV
their sight.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAXJevGY5Ayu
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“Good idea. Let’s wait for Eric at the counter. Leo looks like he’s checking to328Please respect copyright.PENANAq8JIH0RHGE
see what everyone needs because he hasn’t sat down. They will easily see us if328Please respect copyright.PENANAqEOkvTsjKT
they aren’t at their table.”328Please respect copyright.PENANA9ro6M7qV3N
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Kim agreed with Trina. They continued to watch Leo as he made his way back to328Please respect copyright.PENANAhS0YMNr6uv
the counter.328Please respect copyright.PENANA2hFXI1XNAh
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Meanwhile, Miranda, who had been watching over the balcony, followed Leo’s328Please respect copyright.PENANAr9IcRu55tP
movements. She kept telling herself that she needed to get down there. If she328Please respect copyright.PENANAZrAhl9sUqC
so much as stepped out of the room, no doubt Red Lion would have her head, and328Please respect copyright.PENANAWQxF1tHXGB
whatever the meeting was all about, she wasn’t going to be a part of it.328Please respect copyright.PENANArdBsBlMDQD
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She huffed. If that was the consequence, she was going to have to deal with it.328Please respect copyright.PENANA5OlcaftEGa
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Without giving much of a second thought, Miranda turned around and went back328Please respect copyright.PENANA10sGKe7SAQ
inside the room. The football game they were watching was on a half-time break,328Please respect copyright.PENANAc139JWqeIZ
and the three men were there, talking aloud about the game. She approached328Please respect copyright.PENANAXfd1HKrBqD
them, and to get their attention, she loudly cleared her throat.328Please respect copyright.PENANAYVzVkISewG
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The three men all stopped talking and turned to look at Miranda. For a moment,328Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5s8DF466o
she gulped as her eyes landed on the terrifying face of Red Lion, who didn’t328Please respect copyright.PENANAvXzt2egAB8
like the fact that she had disturbed them. She had to be quick with what she328Please respect copyright.PENANAsGDL17j16s
wanted to say, as she was running on Red Lion’s patience.328Please respect copyright.PENANAo56AzbfJWa
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“I’ll be stepping out for a bit,” Miranda announced.328Please respect copyright.PENANAaELzDod2M8
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There was a brief silence in the room as the three men continued to look at328Please respect copyright.PENANAX6IrR5r1Ux
Miranda, expressionless. Red Lion moved in his seat, and Miranda feared that he328Please respect copyright.PENANAeRBeHFIMUJ
would speak first.328Please respect copyright.PENANAcUnf2aRTX3
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“I don’t think going out is the best thing to do right now,” he said. “We’re328Please respect copyright.PENANAWRvSlRik1V
waiting on someone, aren’t we?”328Please respect copyright.PENANAIE4Iya7fbz
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“Yeah, we are, but this person isn’t showing up anyway. You’ll let me know when328Please respect copyright.PENANAYsPadUURzc
he gets here. I really need to step out.”328Please respect copyright.PENANASkBlMBnGBE
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Red Lion continued to look at her. Walters now had a scared look on his face.328Please respect copyright.PENANA6veHi08Y75
He wished he could intervene, but things haven’t escalated between the two, so328Please respect copyright.PENANApXCfXgbIlD
it was hopeless to do so.328Please respect copyright.PENANAvO540BR111
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“Whatever,” said Red Lion as he leaned back on the couch. “You get back here in328Please respect copyright.PENANALfujcQbvo4
thirty minutes. If our host gets here before you, you better hurry back when328Please respect copyright.PENANAaLbvNR0nDx
Walters calls.”328Please respect copyright.PENANABWVD7kVuxP
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Miranda felt relieved. She thought she wasn’t going to be let go so easily.328Please respect copyright.PENANAOh4QBZ8498
Moreover, the time Red Lion gave her was too little. However, she had to make328Please respect copyright.PENANAU7M7P1CzHG
use of this as much as possible, even if it meant seeing Leo down there for a328Please respect copyright.PENANAp9aIduAVjD
minute.328Please respect copyright.PENANAIsTiJ6wZJD
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“I will,” said Miranda. She didn’t waste any time as she made her way for the328Please respect copyright.PENANA7VDl27Wnkz
door.328Please respect copyright.PENANAmM7kNNZHry
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As soon as she walked out of the room, Hugo turned to Red Lion and asked, “Are328Please respect copyright.PENANAJpKVeUV1q5
you sure letting her go out like that is a good idea? Our host can walk in at328Please respect copyright.PENANAmV1njCkPM6
any moment.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAh4FjN02wof
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“True, but it’s better than her staying out on the balcony while we wait,” Red328Please respect copyright.PENANAoojMKA3pbY
Lion answered. “If you ask me, I would step out too if it wasn’t for the football328Please respect copyright.PENANAOD4LYiIZko
game. But I was serious about my threat, so she better be here before he does.”328Please respect copyright.PENANA7yWUYrHexN
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Walters didn’t say anything as he briefly looked at Red Lion before looking up328Please respect copyright.PENANAGGqerxG5zv
at the TV. Red Lion wasn’t kidding when he said he was in a good mood, Walters328Please respect copyright.PENANAVD9YbqyHdc
thought to himself. Knowing Red Lion, he wasn’t going to let Miranda walk out328Please respect copyright.PENANAFJND6U55oc
of here. Something must have really put Red Lion into a good mood today, or328Please respect copyright.PENANAIiWKzphZNU
else he wouldn’t have done what he did.328Please respect copyright.PENANAG7uy48cfRu
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Leo and Eric came to join the others at the table with their drinks, and Eric,328Please respect copyright.PENANALX8tkPg5lw
on the other hand, carried a plate full of nachos and cheese. Oliver was so328Please respect copyright.PENANAr4rI0o2qDf
delighted to see the plate of snacks that he couldn’t wait to eat them. Angel328Please respect copyright.PENANAaCIvgivFQg
had to warn him not to eat too much, or else he might have a bad tummy ache the328Please respect copyright.PENANAHaRBICgV60
next day.328Please respect copyright.PENANAXXBzUCGfYJ
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“I wouldn’t waste my breath warning the guy,” said Eric as he sat down on the328Please respect copyright.PENANAbsqDg1Rg0H
empty chair next to Angel after serving her a soda. “It’s a Friday, and he328Please respect copyright.PENANAI4wPvMluOI
likes to act like he can do whatever he wants.”328Please respect copyright.PENANA6jJzvCEVCO
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Oliver, who sat on Angel’s other side, didn’t answer him as he took his mango328Please respect copyright.PENANA7VH4a1SmrN
milkshake and put the straw in his mouth. Angel, on the other hand, looked at328Please respect copyright.PENANAbEJX2CJXCI
Eric and shook her head.328Please respect copyright.PENANA8mBavI11Dx
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Leo placed his glass of beer and Carly’s cocktail before taking his seat in328Please respect copyright.PENANAI5LmYCL4kI
between them. He also served Marco a bottle of the cider that he wanted. Marco328Please respect copyright.PENANAx3pfe0Arew
thanked him as Leo sat down.328Please respect copyright.PENANA91KPiZDiXC
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“Hey, Marco,” said Angel as she turned to look at him, looking over Oliver, who328Please respect copyright.PENANAEWKAyFhmmU
sat in between them. “Have you ever been here before? In America, I mean.”328Please respect copyright.PENANA16RQ8Zw20c
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“Oh, yes, I’ve come here several times,” answered Marco. “I usually come here328Please respect copyright.PENANAHh4n4rDzNY
with dad on business trips. Inheriting the family business can be tiring,328Please respect copyright.PENANAz19TNP3Wv6
especially when they’re showing you the ropes. You just have to be there, even328Please respect copyright.PENANAKHKHqSztMt
when you don’t want to. I bet Leo can testify to that.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAZfUd7465cd
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“He’s right,” said Leo, finding it hard to argue with him.328Please respect copyright.PENANAC8KzE7dcHc
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“Wait, does that mean I might inherit mum’s business of running the massage328Please respect copyright.PENANAycxHpqQpfl
parlors when I’m older?” Oliver asked as he took a nacho and dipped it in328Please respect copyright.PENANAElIkmW3yRY
cheese.328Please respect copyright.PENANAYFFtoIOmZW
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Everyone at the table grew quiet as they looked at Oliver. At the same time,328Please respect copyright.PENANA9MP675UlU6
they all burst into laughter.328Please respect copyright.PENANAMX9plFRUc4
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“Maybe,” said Eric. He tried his best to stop laughing, but it was of no use.328Please respect copyright.PENANAwLkUaWA78Z
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“No fair,” said Oliver after chewing on his nacho. “You were the one who was328Please respect copyright.PENANARnykCYlbo6
supposed to inherit it, not me.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAy69t7hZosP
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“Sorry, but I’m more into other businesses, lil’ bro.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAAE1rsASqai
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“Don’t take it like that, Oliver,” said Marco. “Beauty parlors aren’t that bad.328Please respect copyright.PENANA0sFZz4rpUm
Moreover, many rich people love going to such places. So you’ll probably make a328Please respect copyright.PENANA75XNtkeVJN
lot more money in the future.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAm6rGlShXrh
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“Besides, if you’re interested in other things, I’m sure your mum will328Please respect copyright.PENANAGUYtfER7EV
understand,” said Angel.328Please respect copyright.PENANACj3VZU8OR9
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“If you like, you and I can run them together,” said Carly. “That’s if you plan328Please respect copyright.PENANAp1f4nMA5x2
on running them.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAoGiVaLZyc5
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“And I can be more of an investor,” said Marco.328Please respect copyright.PENANAOmPD5uw8yJ
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“I still have a whole life ahead of me,” said Oliver as he shrugged his328Please respect copyright.PENANAnZxW1lkRxs
shoulders. “I’ll see if I can handle it.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAXl0aeXyeAo
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All the grown-ups at the table looked at the young boy, somewhat surprised at328Please respect copyright.PENANAyB4X8oH4mB
his answer. They all stayed that way for a brief moment before Leo stretched328Please respect copyright.PENANAgENdZbIqCC
out his hand to get a nacho.328Please respect copyright.PENANAGZY1KpT9SJ
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“Good enough response for me,” he said. He put the nacho in his mouth328Please respect copyright.PENANAXlSKkPGXU4
afterwards.328Please respect copyright.PENANAMqu7Ja6ItZ
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“I swear, sometimes I feel he’s older for his age,” said Eric as he shook his328Please respect copyright.PENANAqwY4tUSLcP
head.328Please respect copyright.PENANA5dvl7AwUFO
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“Aren’t all kids nowadays?” Angel asked with a smile.328Please respect copyright.PENANAYK8eqLDKlC
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“Just like Leo said, a very wise response,” said Marco as he looked at Oliver328Please respect copyright.PENANAgTJR4GAZjk
admirably. “Hopefully, you do inherit, and we will become business partners in328Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZY21DCHQ4
the future.”328Please respect copyright.PENANA6DFs7LRqj4
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“Yeah, let’s not push him for now,” said Carly. “He’ll sort all of that out328Please respect copyright.PENANAuVfth5zmyj
later, when he’s older.”328Please respect copyright.PENANA73KEP2X4mW
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“Well, sometimes you don’t really have much of a choice. Isn’t that right,328Please respect copyright.PENANAG7LQ3bj9Bj
Leo?” Marco asked, his eyes fixed on Leo.328Please respect copyright.PENANAheC5PRHg8q
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Leo slowly stopped chewing as he looked at Marco. He didn’t know if answering328Please respect copyright.PENANAB1dzpCFi4G
Marco would be a good idea, but he only gestured with his head to acknowledge328Please respect copyright.PENANAE1a07Tuu27
the statement.328Please respect copyright.PENANAylPBLJTJj8
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Angel was sipping on her drink when her eyes wandered away from the area in the328Please respect copyright.PENANADnZBE5DCcM
bar and to the fountain. She had a feeling Trina and Kim had been standing328Please respect copyright.PENANAcujr4RFezI
there for a while. When she found there were only a couple looking at the328Please respect copyright.PENANA6jBrYkTDCJ
fountain, she started to worry. Could they have given up and left? Kim didn’t328Please respect copyright.PENANA8hbeb7QuXB
seem like the kind of person who would give up on anything, Angel thought.328Please respect copyright.PENANAJ36hkrhAsU
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She was lucky enough to see Kim and Trina approach the open bar, and she had a328Please respect copyright.PENANAW47RLCkq0A
clear view of them. Leo sat with his back facing them, but she feared Eric and328Please respect copyright.PENANATbAlIVRfRV
Oliver would see them. Angel had to think of something to turn their eyes328Please respect copyright.PENANAcwfvOjNsND
elsewhere. What should she do?328Please respect copyright.PENANABzZ0KHEeau
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She turned to Oliver, and he seemed distracted as he was eating the nachos328Please respect copyright.PENANAgj4QEgkji9
hungrily. Turning to Eric, she found him somewhat staring at her.328Please respect copyright.PENANAg4wbNMYoT0
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“What is it?” she asked him.328Please respect copyright.PENANAfLSdW6fgvf
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“Oh, nothing,” he said, somewhat looking a little embarrassed that he was328Please respect copyright.PENANAz8G2q7ICMW
caught looking at her. “You’re looking really pretty tonight, that’s all.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAG9jbpO425J
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Angel noticed Kim and Trina enter the bar area through the corner of her eye.328Please respect copyright.PENANAGU13PhA6Wx
She couldn’t turn to look at them. That would only get Eric to look, and he328Please respect copyright.PENANAxCXkrdRCX6
would spot them eventually. She had to keep eye contact with him for as long as328Please respect copyright.PENANAbfU0M9sxQn
necessary.328Please respect copyright.PENANAdmxjJpbnvo
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“Thank you,” said Angel, smiling at him. “Picking this outfit wasn’t easy, you328Please respect copyright.PENANAuiPEOlwHdd
know.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAwkBTb2tf0K
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“Nah, I think it was,” said Eric. “I’m betting that you didn’t have to try on328Please respect copyright.PENANAYjb789i2uN
any other dress. This one was just perfect.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAu8Z2V8BlIw
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Carly, who looked at the two, smiled. “He’s not wrong there,” she said.328Please respect copyright.PENANA6P324XYFyn
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Leo felt like throwing up in his drink as he had a clear sight of Eric flirting328Please respect copyright.PENANAwzISpGIAGm
with Angel. He wished he could tell them to get a room, but he knew better than328Please respect copyright.PENANAUtfjvzR0gD
to say it when he was flirting with Carly some time ago.328Please respect copyright.PENANAgK2Uc2cfnK
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Angel saw through the corner of her eye that Kim and Trina had entered the bar328Please respect copyright.PENANA7SRNxyViFD
area and were now looking around for a table on the other side. It was best for328Please respect copyright.PENANAILPbQQ4s31
them to get a table where they couldn’t be seen. As soon as they were out of328Please respect copyright.PENANAXMUHu1njnA
sight, Angel couldn’t help but feel relieved. She went on ahead to pick a328Please respect copyright.PENANAKgXk7R62XY
nacho, dip it in cheese, and eat it.328Please respect copyright.PENANAceimSwpu3H
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“That was close,” said Trina. “For a moment, I thought Eric was going to see328Please respect copyright.PENANA1xTAzabRfK
us.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAXw204uhBHw
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“We better count ourselves lucky,” said Kim.328Please respect copyright.PENANAUwnE3TVtTZ
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“If we weren’t on opposite sides, I would thank Angel for distracting him. I328Please respect copyright.PENANAPsWZmEorDM
have a feeling she saw us and wasn’t into the idea of Eric seeing us too.”328Please respect copyright.PENANASKcMAorWOK
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Kim didn’t argue there. She somewhat agreed with Trina. She looked toward the328Please respect copyright.PENANAbLpLwfhmOL
bar. Luckily enough, it was circular in shape with a bar shelve in the328Please respect copyright.PENANAVAU0vBuP3s
circumference, blocking the view of the other side. Therefore, she could see328Please respect copyright.PENANAntF3ZWWl33
neither them nor them doing the same. Moreover, she could easily go over to the328Please respect copyright.PENANAStrOT98l2o
counter for a drink.328Please respect copyright.PENANAMumyV9jaAt
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“We should really think things through, Kim,” said Trina as she looked over at328Please respect copyright.PENANAh93XMhaClg
the bar, realizing that the others were out of sight. “Is staying here really328Please respect copyright.PENANAqburRt7VWI
worth it? I doubt if he is going to meet his lover with the company that he328Please respect copyright.PENANAachD0AvuL0
has.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAUqI9fyFCLH
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“You’ve been in doubt all this time,” said Kim. “Why don’t you just give up and328Please respect copyright.PENANAGzDqlKk3OF
leave? I’m not going to stop you.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAlU3RMiXyGY
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“The reason I am here is that I’m afraid that you might mess this up. Your328Please respect copyright.PENANAhMAu3h5D2i
obsession over Leo leaving you for someone else is really starting to get over328Please respect copyright.PENANATGGWfWPqzk
your head. If you aren’t careful, you might hurt yourself more than you are328Please respect copyright.PENANAhVjGGDdiVO
already doing right now.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAWz1cFWHpJG
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Kim looked at her best friend, feeling infuriated by what she said. She didn’t328Please respect copyright.PENANAsEMOLU1FMN
want to lash out and tried to find a better way to respond.328Please respect copyright.PENANAZP6d5CVJMi
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“Like I said before, if you want to, you can leave,” said Kim.328Please respect copyright.PENANApSE9f5CYBi
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“I’m not leaving without you,” said Trina. “And besides, when we came in here,328Please respect copyright.PENANAlFAkRlonil
I saw Eric flirting with Angel. I wonder if he really does like her.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6mlxTJnyK
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A sudden laugh came out of Kim’s mouth. Tears almost filled her eyes. “You’re328Please respect copyright.PENANAUAg6JEAjCp
just as jealous as I am,” she said.328Please respect copyright.PENANAf55KOq8jOl
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“Well, I’m not like you,” said Trina as she folded her arms. “You’re making328Please respect copyright.PENANAsrFbHMZp4O
things worse for yourself, and it will end up being a obsession.”328Please respect copyright.PENANADeIpizPlxc
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Kim shook her head. “I know, but I won’t let this go far. Once I get to see328Please respect copyright.PENANAOrLauydUDa
Leo’s lover, I’ll let this go.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAn4B2ZpbfQi
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Trina raised an eyebrow. “Will you? I know you, Kim. Leo has been the only man328Please respect copyright.PENANAzop87Ba7Dw
you’ve been in love with since we were kids, and him breaking up with you and328Please respect copyright.PENANARvmNFqtPqF
calling off the wedding was a heavy toll. I don’t think you’ll be able to let328Please respect copyright.PENANAgg2LPwINpt
go of him that easily.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAmsjEpKlgzb
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“Are you trying to say I am psycho?” Kim didn’t like where their conversation328Please respect copyright.PENANA4hhQvWXeBt
was going.328Please respect copyright.PENANA0boJaAQiNq
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Trina swallowed, thinking over her words before she spoke them out. “All I’m328Please respect copyright.PENANA4Tb9iTdmpS
saying is that it’s time to let Leo go. Thinking about him and his new lover328Please respect copyright.PENANAoPtjwJOPWW
isn’t going to do you any good.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAbdh6p3eu95
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Kim sighed. She stretched out her hand over the table and beckoned to Trina to328Please respect copyright.PENANA5fZxxvlSwM
give her hers. Trina did likewise, and Kim held her friend’s hand tightly.328Please respect copyright.PENANAJRwR5XURQh
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“Okay, after tonight, I’ll try and let go of Leo,” said Kim.328Please respect copyright.PENANA4RuXRmaiEe
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“Why not now?” Trina asked. “Don’t tell me you’re going to follow through with328Please respect copyright.PENANA9CswPnlwbg
your promise after you see this lover of his.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9EDg0rTBF
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Kim didn’t answer, and Trina rolled her eyes. “Fine,” Trina said. “After328Please respect copyright.PENANAQxOFqF7Hj8
tonight, I shouldn’t hear about Leo ever again.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAKNEAdnRy6Y
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“But what if we don’t see her?” Kim asked.328Please respect copyright.PENANAQeCoVuw7vL
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“You forget him anyway,” said Trina, pulling her hand away. “I’m going to get328Please respect copyright.PENANA0r7mlFCRGN
us some drinks.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAaiLTcUurcz
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Trina quickly stood up and left the table. Kim looked on at her best friend and328Please respect copyright.PENANAeDHy2LcBRh
knew she had pissed her off. She wished she could assure Trina that she was328Please respect copyright.PENANA53pEmIRikf
going to forget Leo after this, but even she knew that was far from impossible.328Please respect copyright.PENANAwDyc9M72z3
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Miranda rushed out of the elevator and ran into the garden like a mad woman.328Please respect copyright.PENANAf5eY2esQiu
Along the way, she pushed people aside. To some, she apologized, but to others,328Please respect copyright.PENANAd1fdhOy7Mi
she didn’t even give them a second thought.328Please respect copyright.PENANAT136z7SQDy
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There was only one way to the garden, and that was through the western wing328Please respect copyright.PENANAR7O5vcUhVA
since the doors to the east wing weren’t open, said a woman she had met in the328Please respect copyright.PENANAlxhbfUrVt9
elevator who was going downstairs and who had lived in the hotel for a long328Please respect copyright.PENANA7dGvJCSzXk
time. Thankful for the information, Miranda had to rush. She only had a few328Please respect copyright.PENANAbdyml7QNws
minutes left, but all she needed was to see Leo.328Please respect copyright.PENANAKqcRInhUi2
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She had just bypassed the fountain, heading towards the open bar, but then she328Please respect copyright.PENANAxSFL9ESw8K
stopped herself short. She had to see where Leo was sitting first; he might as328Please respect copyright.PENANAeGKKRrxCf5
well have Carly seated right beside him, and Carly would no doubt see her if328Please respect copyright.PENANA5QpENbL6My
she wasn’t too careful.328Please respect copyright.PENANAWCOUOP1TrK
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She didn’t have to look any further, as she saw Leo at the table with Carly328Please respect copyright.PENANAlF3mbtus6x
beside him along with other people. Leo was holding the floor for the time328Please respect copyright.PENANAdc2MQwnzKT
being, and Miranda noticed how everyone laughed at what he said. Carly, who sat328Please respect copyright.PENANAYlZuTp0pCD
next to him, looked admirably at him. Miranda huffed. If only she could figure328Please respect copyright.PENANAHE6vTqjzVO
out a way to get the two apart, but now wasn’t the time to think about such328Please respect copyright.PENANAq5wlaXJsNN
things.328Please respect copyright.PENANA36d8qVubj0
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She started to approach the entrance of the bar; looking over at Leo’s table328Please respect copyright.PENANAPTusvgiba6
and hopeful that Carly wouldn’t turn her head to see her.328Please respect copyright.PENANAcYKvlhs5s3
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Miranda walked over to the counter and sat on the stool. Immediately, the328Please respect copyright.PENANAR03Zd2x8sc
bartender attended to her, and she ordered a martini. The bartender went on328Please respect copyright.PENANA79xtKbksMa
ahead to make her drink as Miranda slightly turned around on her chair to look328Please respect copyright.PENANANiVGSsaRYp
at the table behind her. She had a clear view of Leo, and a smile came across328Please respect copyright.PENANAXc9Gaqe6uE
her face.328Please respect copyright.PENANAgCRmV8BlCk
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“Seriously, ever since Albert puked on me at the work party, I told myself328Please respect copyright.PENANA0Acb3UrH5C
never to drink with him again,” said Leo, concluding his funny story.328Please respect copyright.PENANAO1awTL4UPG
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"That's why I never hang around drunk people," said Marco. "You328Please respect copyright.PENANA3f8yBlJdaq
might find they embarrass you."328Please respect copyright.PENANAuGCg16f9Cn
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"But haven't we ever done anything embarrassing when we are drunk?"328Please respect copyright.PENANADfVeWiPk77
Eric asked.328Please respect copyright.PENANA5vH1lA1Wmr
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"Not me," Oliver answered. "I'm too young to drink."328Please respect copyright.PENANAlaoj8Lmcrb
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Eric sucked his teeth. "Of course, I wasn't directing the question to you,328Please respect copyright.PENANAgQ95AoJAuW
silly," he said.328Please respect copyright.PENANAFFXQiMuHlu
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"I remember there was one time back at my old college when I got so drunk328Please respect copyright.PENANAKSaemtIj8W
that Angel had to come by taxi to take me home," Carly shared. "We328Please respect copyright.PENANAWeQJO6YoTo
were having a closing year party as a class at a friend's place. I got so328Please respect copyright.PENANAULJgdPS3qA
carried away that I even fell in the pool."328Please respect copyright.PENANAQUK1kWZuLv
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"A friend of hers called, and I had to arrange some dry clothes for328Please respect copyright.PENANABmeJUsW2A6
her," said Angel as she laughed. "Seriously, Carly, you threw Mum in328Please respect copyright.PENANA0boJ3drwo1
a fit when I tried to sneak you back into the house. But you ended up singing328Please respect copyright.PENANA9fvWulGJgs
so loudly that she came rushing from her bedroom to see you in a mess."328Please respect copyright.PENANAt3AwSTXSqZ
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"Were you grounded, Carly?" Oliver asked as he ate some nachos.328Please respect copyright.PENANArwUnmBagpq
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"No, but if us young adults could still be, I definitely would have been328Please respect copyright.PENANAs6K7zw02tH
grounded," said Carly. "I was punished in a way, though. Mum didn't328Please respect copyright.PENANAMMZODCh2sg
talk to me for a week."328Please respect copyright.PENANAKoQ0ykhDKE
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"I remember when we were having my uncle's birthday party," said328Please respect copyright.PENANAxIFlLfW22n
Marco, "and we meant to have a nice, quiet family party. Instead, my uncle328Please respect copyright.PENANAXshDXjgPRV
brought in many of his unruly friends. The party turned out to be such a blast.328Please respect copyright.PENANAggOfA8qyhi
He and I had a competition to see who could drink more tequila. He passed out328Please respect copyright.PENANAbdQtnKbahL
before he could take the last glass. I won, but at a cost. I puked in the car,328Please respect copyright.PENANArj05aKuLan
and my dad was furious. From then on, I told myself I wasn't going for tequila328Please respect copyright.PENANADXJLPHrjVE
shots ever again."328Please respect copyright.PENANAfl0uGdyksC
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“Trust me, the first time I had my first tequila shot in college was awful,”328Please respect copyright.PENANAWte9UBqR3U
said Eric. “My head was spinning so much that I slept in the bar, and it took328Please respect copyright.PENANACnMIqMj0cX
my friends I had back then to carry me back to my room. Leo was also there, and328Please respect copyright.PENANAP6FYqj0zSA
he said I was blabbering nonsense before I blacked out.”328Please respect copyright.PENANA5UaU5HfLBp
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“He was complaining about some girl who couldn’t stop following him in328Please respect copyright.PENANASMHM7TMokY
college,” said Leo. “If she happened to be there to hear what you had said, she328Please respect copyright.PENANAIp0UZZtyZq
would definitely have stayed away from you for sure.”328Please respect copyright.PENANANG3VNkzJKy
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Eric shook his head after taking a sip of his drink. “I highly doubt it. I did328Please respect copyright.PENANAzatWWxQ2JX
some crazy things in college, but the girls still loved me anyway.”328Please respect copyright.PENANA5YpoD2tVgU
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Marco turned to look at Angel. “What of you, Angel? Have you ever had any328Please respect copyright.PENANABrUTWYXFDf
embarrassing moments when you were drunk?” he asked.328Please respect copyright.PENANA25xcQk6h9i
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“Before she says anything,” said Carly. “You should ask her first if she drinks328Please respect copyright.PENANASwbbgiIwhm
alcohol.”328Please respect copyright.PENANA7WtzAKJgjQ
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Marco, Leo, and Eric now turned their eyes on Angel with curious looks. Her328Please respect copyright.PENANAB09ikRijP5
cheeks flushed in embarrassment as she looked down at the table. She pressed328Please respect copyright.PENANABsyrkBWhcA
her lips together before looking at everyone, including Oliver.328Please respect copyright.PENANAhNFdm4sUx0
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"So, Angel, do you take any alcohol?” Marco asked.328Please respect copyright.PENANAJpMKawv6Fb
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“Of course, I do,” said Angel. “Except that I like to drink wine or champagne328Please respect copyright.PENANAPS6NwcX8E0
on special occasions.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAgrzLZ2zWMG
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“I never thought someone like you would actually take alcohol,” said Eric. “But328Please respect copyright.PENANAge11WpfAZb
your preference suits you.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAWWknzzMfEw
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“Yeah, very classy,” said Oliver.328Please respect copyright.PENANAc59HVMnjuv
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The adults turned to look at Oliver, surprised. Oliver also looked back at them328Please respect copyright.PENANAPoYDnloN6r
as though he were judging them for giving him such a look.328Please respect copyright.PENANAVxM98hTNQQ
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“What?” he asked with a shrug of his shoulders. “I hear people who drink such328Please respect copyright.PENANAGRFSxOVDkL
are considered classy.”328Please respect copyright.PENANASJG7rS5UDS
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“Wow, someone should tell him that he shouldn’t judge people according to what328Please respect copyright.PENANA4ueVi44CUg
they drink,” said Eric.328Please respect copyright.PENANAirrjIV6At4
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“Well, Angel is classy, isn’t she?” Oliver asked.328Please respect copyright.PENANAexOgjrzwlA
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Angel and Carly burst into laughter. Marco and Leo chuckled, while Eric looked328Please respect copyright.PENANAcbH0FNGX8p
like he didn’t know what to do with his brother anymore.328Please respect copyright.PENANA1UAkLHUDZV
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“I agree with Oliver,” said Marco. “Angel is in a class of her own.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAgha4BKOnm1
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“That’s being too sweet, don’t you think?” Leo asked, raising an eyebrow at328Please respect copyright.PENANAerZt80PfrL
Marco.328Please respect copyright.PENANAj6tezPfTUR
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“Well, no, I’m being really genuine here. Angel carries a certain level of328Please respect copyright.PENANAWnP2Sp50c6
elegance that I can describe as classy. I don’t know, but there’s much more to328Please respect copyright.PENANAoGLgE5Htzq
her than just her beauty. You’re a man, and I have no doubt you see it too.”328Please respect copyright.PENANA2sKZVZAkn2
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Everyone was silent except for Oliver, who loudly sucked at his smoothie328Please respect copyright.PENANA7B39khg9FU
through the straw. Angel found herself looking at Marco with her cheeks feeling328Please respect copyright.PENANARa7QTBI8Q4
like hot coals slapped across her face. Marco turned from Leo to Angel, and the328Please respect copyright.PENANAedBrtDH8y5
corner of his lips rose to a smile. This time, his smile was gentle and328Please respect copyright.PENANA0XCdUuGfIa
sincere.328Please respect copyright.PENANA0LbLfjOElx
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Leo swallowed, as he didn’t know how to respond to Marco’s statement. He saw328Please respect copyright.PENANAKoC2J2MQhw
Marco shift his attention to Angel. As much as Marco was somewhat right from328Please respect copyright.PENANAppFCWuJOCr
Leo’s perspective, he did his best to try and not take it to heart. For some328Please respect copyright.PENANALvKrCk2DvO
reason, he couldn’t stand the way Marco looked at her, and it bothered him a328Please respect copyright.PENANAniBL7LGkr7
little. He started to wonder if Marco really liked Angel.328Please respect copyright.PENANA3VyRvkZbx8
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Eric felt like taking Angel by the hand and dragging her away from Marco. He328Please respect copyright.PENANAGbG9BTemya
shifted uncomfortably in his chair, and he thought of bringing something up to328Please respect copyright.PENANA7ubKBEKHQ9
ease the tension that he felt, but nothing came to mind.328Please respect copyright.PENANAlzGoUrBRcu
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Carly couldn’t help but stare at Angel. What Marco said resonated with her, and328Please respect copyright.PENANAIQFCZIHhUs
as she stared at her sister, she could see it clearly. She always felt there328Please respect copyright.PENANAfBU1QKs6YC
was something about Angel that she couldn’t put her finger on, and it seems328Please respect copyright.PENANAPP2XkiraO4
Marco hit the nail right on the head. Carly has not always looked up at her328Please respect copyright.PENANALHgDZ6ycGW
sister because she was older, but she always carried with her a certain essence328Please respect copyright.PENANA9nsVNZAslD
that Carly’s been following blindly for years. She knew she could never be like328Please respect copyright.PENANAY3DGfehupy
Angel, but that essence always showed brightly, and Carly always admired Angel328Please respect copyright.PENANAvDWt6Y5Co5
for it.328Please respect copyright.PENANA1hrJspQqOi
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“We’re out of nachos,” Oliver announced, bringing everyone out of their328Please respect copyright.PENANAi1MRS6DgKY
thoughts.328Please respect copyright.PENANAzCT5jQpRYq
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“I’ll go get some,” said Leo, grateful for Oliver finishing the nachos. He328Please respect copyright.PENANA3sIeY17AzZ
really needed to take a breather.328Please respect copyright.PENANAT9DZZruWYe
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Leo picked up the empty bowl and started to make his way to the bar counter.328Please respect copyright.PENANABrffKLD6JM
Oliver started to say something to keep everyone busy. When Leo was just a few328Please respect copyright.PENANAMZBpnBYJ8V
feet away from the bar, it was then that Angel jerked upright in her seat as328Please respect copyright.PENANA82YhEHK6NF
though she had woken up from a bad dream.328Please respect copyright.PENANAResPEYRmZ5
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“Hey, are you okay?” Eric asked.328Please respect copyright.PENANApX02qJN0aq
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“I’m good, thanks,” Angel replied, assuring Eric with a smile. She turned to328Please respect copyright.PENANAlza81ftoCi
Leo, who was heading to the counter. Kim was obviously on the other side, so328Please respect copyright.PENANAyVi3OK2Y7i
Leo wouldn’t see them. She was worrying over nothing.328Please respect copyright.PENANA8CVxue4qMZ
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Miranda quickly turned back in her seat to face the beer and wine bottles on328Please respect copyright.PENANAOoZXDu3Qei
the shelf behind the bar counter as she saw Leo approach. She swallowed as she328Please respect copyright.PENANAk6uhhREK8I
felt her hands start to shake. A debate arose in her head. Should she say328Please respect copyright.PENANAxYWOqUE6uX
something to him when he comes over? Why should she? It’s not like he can328Please respect copyright.PENANA27mKKjlp8w
remember that they met at the candy store. I am just being silly, she said to328Please respect copyright.PENANAboEE5uzOqK
herself.328Please respect copyright.PENANAnmjBA5KJd8
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Leo finally reached the counter, and he happened to stand next to Miranda. When328Please respect copyright.PENANAo6VPzRWkeU
Miranda saw him through the corner of her eye, she felt frightened like a mouse328Please respect copyright.PENANAoSGaElOcJm
that scurries away when it sees the enemy. However, she tried to sit still in328Please respect copyright.PENANAbGQjz2njoX
her seat so as not to draw any attention to herself. She looked down at the328Please respect copyright.PENANAxm3t4F6ssw
glass in front of her and slowly took it. She tried to control the trembling in328Please respect copyright.PENANAZVF9dqqVNj
her hand and hoped that she wouldn’t spill the drink over or that Leo wouldn’t328Please respect copyright.PENANAEdjQrSlZoh
notice her.328Please respect copyright.PENANAl3OoUJeE4c
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Leo ordered another plate of nachos, and his eyes diverted to the side. His328Please respect copyright.PENANAerNTEjvuTL
eyes fell on the woman beside him. He had a funny feeling that she looked328Please respect copyright.PENANABztgAd6fp0
familiar, but he didn’t know if he should ask. Still, it was better to mind his328Please respect copyright.PENANA7cjhBtJS1z
own business.328Please respect copyright.PENANAsZuy0m5jxz
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Miranda felt his eyes on her, and automatically, her head turned to the side to328Please respect copyright.PENANA3qpOb1Lkg5
look at Leo. After realizing what she had done, her eyes went wide with328Please respect copyright.PENANANTDFu016mE
surprise.328Please respect copyright.PENANAkYIEGxAHyS
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“I remember you from somewhere,” said Leo.328Please respect copyright.PENANAzUxSXJmaR5
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“Ah, yes,” said Miranda. Her surprised look seemed to have worked in her favor.328Please respect copyright.PENANAdZMvNC9q6B
“At the candy store.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAo3k0PviimC
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“Oh, yeah, right,” said Leo as he gave a nod of his head. “I remember. You328Please respect copyright.PENANA7yUxeXaHsX
bumped into that moving shelf.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAsB24YfDVcU
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“That was embarrassing,” said Miranda as she laughed. “I was in a rush.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAT4vYwA98jb
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Leo gave her a friendly smile and nodded his head, showing that he understood.328Please respect copyright.PENANAURJCIiAit4
His gesture made Miranda almost want to shoot out of her stool like a rocket.328Please respect copyright.PENANAV8rJHruWZG
Her heart fluttered, and she wanted to hold on to that beautiful feeling328Please respect copyright.PENANALPYxNh3W4G
forever.328Please respect copyright.PENANAlPiVdu6jg8
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The bartender came back with the plate refilled with nachos and cheese. Leo328Please respect copyright.PENANA6GDkR1L7Wp
took it and thanked the bartender. He turned to Miranda, and she knew that328Please respect copyright.PENANAoZ29snxA6X
their conversation ended here.328Please respect copyright.PENANA0MEHO2PIZY
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“It was nice seeing you again,” said Leo. “Enjoy your drink.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAdSHdtyikfc
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“Thanks,” said Miranda. She didn’t know what to say next as Leo took his leave.328Please respect copyright.PENANAYeB3daEKUC
The thought of being just a stranger to him didn’t sit well with Miranda. She328Please respect copyright.PENANAUNttlKwvaN
wanted to be close to him. How will she be able to do that?328Please respect copyright.PENANAHhiC4VJGT2
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Her eyes fell to the table Leo was heading to, and she saw Carly talking with328Please respect copyright.PENANAtcWt3biU4x
so much glee. She didn’t seem to have a care in the world, and it hurt Miranda328Please respect copyright.PENANAlQ4BQow4xu
that she should be the one close to Leo and not her.328Please respect copyright.PENANAnwGaRm59zj
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Carly turned her eyes to Leo, who was approaching the table, and she couldn’t328Please respect copyright.PENANAquZQ932x01
help but smile at him. Miranda was smart enough to turn her head so that Carly328Please respect copyright.PENANA3Da2nQ5Zfe
wouldn’t see her. Miranda knew her time was up, and she was guessing that she328Please respect copyright.PENANAhPr9vvrybS
might have overstayed at the bar. It was time to go back upstairs. She thought328Please respect copyright.PENANA77yDEoVjPw
of looking back at Leo, but it wasn’t worth the risk. It was best for her to328Please respect copyright.PENANAjmdptImVyY
leave, but after she finished her martini.328Please respect copyright.PENANAFp7sXjqyaw
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A few seconds before that, Trina came back to the table with two bottles of328Please respect copyright.PENANAArePyQpuJL
cider. She sat herself down and placed one bottle in front of Kim.328Please respect copyright.PENANAY2NDjieFzC
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“Thanks,” said Kim.328Please respect copyright.PENANAtJyk5rGigf
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“Have you thought of what to do?” Trina asked. “We can’t see Leo from here.328Please respect copyright.PENANAx0zI39Erup
That’s if you really plan on catching Leo with his lover.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAEYUdwjolFq
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“I thought of sitting by the counter and peeping on him,” Kim suggested.328Please respect copyright.PENANAfZKs3XFhvn
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“Sounds like a good idea,” said Trina. “Even if we were to see him walking out,328Please respect copyright.PENANAWuBtoshOYR
it would be impossible for us to see where he would go.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAk7XsEbG9wi
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As the two women stood at the table, Trina stopped Kim by placing her hand on328Please respect copyright.PENANAiKDLf8H7bn
Kim’s shoulder.328Please respect copyright.PENANAjdifMQWEao
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“I know you’re tired of me saying this,” said Trina, “but doing this is a bad328Please respect copyright.PENANAr6PuVVUyaq
idea. We should get out while we can.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAfaz9xfnZPs
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Kim scoffed. “I gave you my word earlier, didn’t I? There is no need to repeat328Please respect copyright.PENANAK1TuquUEqC
the conversation. Let’s go.”328Please respect copyright.PENANATrlfxh7cNK
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Trina’s hand fell away from Kim’s shoulder as Kim started to make her way to328Please respect copyright.PENANAufEnaLa9kC
the other side of the bar. Trina followed her, and coming back the way they328Please respect copyright.PENANAGm7NHHu0ws
came, they stopped at the counter. From the angle at which they stood, they328Please respect copyright.PENANAjHRzLxJLfE
were able to see Leo’s table.328Please respect copyright.PENANAh3fZXIMTZR
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The two of them sat on the stools, facing each other. Trina had her back facing328Please respect copyright.PENANASQwmMEqrlz
Leo’s table, shielding Kim from plain sight if the worst happened.328Please respect copyright.PENANAKOklgYKTHr
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“I can’t see so much, so you’ll be telling me what’s going on,” said Trina.328Please respect copyright.PENANAwvIJKzsD4L
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“You’re overthinking things,” said Kim. “You can take a peek and still won’t be328Please respect copyright.PENANAJzyCnPwwYI
seen. Oh, look, Leo is coming over.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAbEHyVEoZlG
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Trina turned her head slightly to see Leo approach the other side of the328Please respect copyright.PENANAd1K8JTWMhz
counter. He wasn’t looking in their direction, so they were at ease as they328Please respect copyright.PENANAOPblJZMy3X
looked on. They saw him ask the bar tender for another refill of nachos. He328Please respect copyright.PENANAvfpIaBxZWq
soon looked at the woman beside him, and Kim held Trina’s hand on the bar328Please respect copyright.PENANAaUItYKZask
counter in anticipation.328Please respect copyright.PENANAqZ2hLgVjxC
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“Could it be her?” Kim asked, almost squeezing Trina’s hand.328Please respect copyright.PENANAgTKS5GmFvX
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Trina looked at the woman beside Leo as she turned to look at him. She shook328Please respect copyright.PENANA1Ob1DuOxpS
her head. “I don’t think so,” said Trina.328Please respect copyright.PENANAoLbdw32yL4
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They watched as Leo talked with the woman briefly, and as soon as he took the bowl328Please respect copyright.PENANAP9zWGhp0vt
of nachos, he addressed the woman and went back to his table. Trina shook her328Please respect copyright.PENANAkkoE7QaCTk
head.328Please respect copyright.PENANA4sCoe4UT0c
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“She’s not the one,” said Trina. “They looked like they knew each other, but328Please respect copyright.PENANAF0SwjAOSOT
not at that intimate level.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAUsMPDLPSjs
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“Are you sure?” Kim asked. “Because he was smiling at her.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAEFV1o94Ufs
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Trina rolled her eyes before turning them at her friend. “Does every smile he328Please respect copyright.PENANAiMzM8VQ0r0
gives everyone mean that he is flirting with them?” she asked. “He looks like328Please respect copyright.PENANAfqYbgRYvzz
he was being friendly to me.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAvZmrN9cyVz
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“What if she’s the one and they were communicating in some way through code?”328Please respect copyright.PENANAG5cw6TsTUQ
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Trina raised an eyebrow at her. Kim knew she was taking things a little far and328Please respect copyright.PENANAlvqwdZkNTU
looked the other way, taking a sip from her bottle and feeling embarrassed.328Please respect copyright.PENANACITK6SnAGD
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Angel stared at her empty glass of soda, concluding that she needed to refill.328Please respect copyright.PENANAPSUUYzj4KE
She excused herself from the table and started to make her way to the bar328Please respect copyright.PENANAaA9wFwR70T
counter.328Please respect copyright.PENANA2wU7AVopmi
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Miranda finished her martini in one huge gulp. She placed the glass on the328Please respect copyright.PENANA2XqgCJVFso
counter, leaving the bill under the glass. After she stepped down from her328Please respect copyright.PENANAu0hq6EuybP
stool, she turned around and came shoulder to shoulder with someone.328Please respect copyright.PENANAP4l9fL4pZt
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“Oh, sorry about that,” said a beautiful woman in a stunning red velvet dress.328Please respect copyright.PENANAN8pYCpepR3
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Miranda almost panicked, for she thought the person she had bumped into was328Please respect copyright.PENANAzVMnW7ZQzU
someone familiar. However, looking closely, she realized that it was Angel,328Please respect copyright.PENANAF2KlzN6bW2
Carly’s older sister. Miranda knew Angel didn’t know about her, but Miranda328Please respect copyright.PENANAgAntVr7OKd
knew who she was. In the past, when she and Carly used to work together, Carly328Please respect copyright.PENANAjqgn1mogoz
had shown Angel’s pictures to her a few times. Miranda acknowledged that the328Please respect copyright.PENANASCIj0Bpnid
sisters had looks that could kill, but there was something about Angel’s beauty328Please respect copyright.PENANAPrirzSusxL
that was different from Carly’s.328Please respect copyright.PENANADRHksUIhEW
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“Oh, it’s nothing,” said Miranda.328Please respect copyright.PENANAu1hESmzokK
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Angel smiled at her before turning her attention to the bartender. Miranda328Please respect copyright.PENANAlPSKZzy4BH
turned around to head out of the bar when she froze in her tracks. She felt328Please respect copyright.PENANAiATM6JzxbH
caught in a trap as she looked ahead. This is bad.328Please respect copyright.PENANAE5nxQzVoNy
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Carly’s eyes fell on Miranda as she looked over to the bar to check on her328Please respect copyright.PENANAIC5Zmj39in
sister. Miranda happened to be right in her line of vision. Carly’s eyes328Please respect copyright.PENANAMPWDB0OMDm
widened with fear as thoughts started to run through her head. What was Miranda328Please respect copyright.PENANA4DosMj8EIM
doing here?328Please respect copyright.PENANAvbPGZolH2M
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Angel thanked the bartender after refilling her glass, and when she turned328Please respect copyright.PENANA9ltrqBitTE
around, the woman whom she bumped into stood still like a statue. Angel read328Please respect copyright.PENANAf9IsScp6m7
her body language, and she realized that the person seemed to be in some kind328Please respect copyright.PENANA0AYiJJXsJ3
of shock. She noticed the woman looking towards the table where her sister and328Please respect copyright.PENANAoHDa3ej9pe
the others were. Moreover, she saw Carly look at the woman with the same328Please respect copyright.PENANAKkjKb4BO4E
surprised look.328Please respect copyright.PENANAuCpC43J3HK
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Angel raised an eyebrow. She was just about to touch the woman’s shoulder to328Please respect copyright.PENANAwFIXP9uwPh
get her attention, but she thought better of it.328Please respect copyright.PENANAxx21Mkr4Bu
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“Hey, are you okay?” Angel asked.328Please respect copyright.PENANAgqOoFtkK8R
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Miranda jolted back to reality and turned to look at Angel. She nervously328Please respect copyright.PENANAloAvGrKAak
chuckled. “Uh, yes, I’m fine, thanks,” said Miranda. “I thought I saw someone I328Please respect copyright.PENANA1u0sCHMNFT
knew, but I was mistaken. I should go now.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAc6DoxGRGHD
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Before Angel could say anything, Miranda quickly made her way out of the bar.328Please respect copyright.PENANAzWhZb5FYfH
Those who were wondering what took Angel so long turned to the bar counter and328Please respect copyright.PENANAhvtvuyWNIo
saw the woman quickly walk away from Angel. Angel looked at the young woman,328Please respect copyright.PENANAFPfqHLM2Li
and she turned her attention back to the table, specifically on Carly. Carly328Please respect copyright.PENANATyFIvcd3Da
didn’t turn her head right away as she looked at her sister. She didn’t want to328Please respect copyright.PENANA5gpCgquXKu
look like she knew Miranda, and it was best to act natural. Angel went back to328Please respect copyright.PENANAqfZQaPp6sM
the table.328Please respect copyright.PENANA46FxiGzJ2S
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“What was that about?” Eric asked.328Please respect copyright.PENANAaKw8Lsg6k8
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“Oh, she thought she recognized someone, but she was mistaken,” said Angel as328Please respect copyright.PENANAXaBlFCEmMj
she sat back down on her seat, placing her glass on the table.328Please respect copyright.PENANAC7EiyU5XZr
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“She must have meant me,” said Leo. Carly looked at him, surprised at his328Please respect copyright.PENANA7GWFcTwshD
statement. “Remember the time we went to that candy store a few days ago?” He328Please respect copyright.PENANAy18xbrvXAR
looked at Eric. “She was the one who bumped into that moving shelf.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAVYOckTwP9O
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“Oh, I see,” said Angel. “But she said she didn’t recognize anyone.”328Please respect copyright.PENANA5Rm7R9IQCt
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“Obviously she was nervous because of Leo again,” said Eric. “I bet the reason328Please respect copyright.PENANAelgdyh0zRm
she bumped into that shelf was because of your scary looks.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAM0mlEts47E
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Angel shook her head. “Not this again,” she said.328Please respect copyright.PENANAE4NmbLIQXZ
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“Mind you,” Leo started to say, “when I went over to the bar, I actually talked328Please respect copyright.PENANAAZG9kwRrif
to her. She didn’t seem nervous to me.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAneVbqEY8fl
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“She obviously fell for your good looks, not the scary one as Eric had put it,”328Please respect copyright.PENANATEvAMctxcs
said Marco.328Please respect copyright.PENANATvfbgahl7q
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“You really are a bully, Eric,” said Oliver. “It’s not Leo’s fault that he is328Please respect copyright.PENANAZZyE1YaMYS
more handsome than you.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAMgvTKZl4j9
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Marcos and Angel laughed at Eric. Eric, on the other hand, felt like hitting328Please respect copyright.PENANA6S4UvyYnra
his brother on the head. Carly had been silent the whole time as thoughts ran328Please respect copyright.PENANA63Cr5jGH09
through her head. Miranda actually had a talk with Leo, and that scared her.328Please respect copyright.PENANANzXsHByGNF
Could she have told Leo that she was also there at his bachelor party?328Please respect copyright.PENANAtFKZ0bHakr
Moreover, they met days ago at the candy store, and she finds herself here at328Please respect copyright.PENANAeTYVoZNTXL
the hotel. Why did Carly feel like she was suddenly in jeopardy?328Please respect copyright.PENANAkowAADWQoQ
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Angel wiped away the tears from her eyes, and she soon looked at Carly, who328Please respect copyright.PENANARmEVZEiChi
looked lost in thought. She couldn’t help but wonder what her sister was328Please respect copyright.PENANADlJpNkI4f0
thinking about.328Please respect copyright.PENANAFpGDdJLwDl
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“You, Oliver, have really cracked me up today,” said Marco as he continued to328Please respect copyright.PENANAGNOXsMI4gT
laugh. “I can’t wait for us to hang out like this again.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAWwV83OuSGa
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Oliver beamed at Marco happily, while Eric felt like slapping that look off his328Please respect copyright.PENANAiy6M3mFOv8
brother’s face.328Please respect copyright.PENANAh2sRlah4SC
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“Yeah, Oliver has really cracked me up too,” said Angel as she turned to smile328Please respect copyright.PENANAUrv4r7BZTb
at Oliver.328Please respect copyright.PENANAku207iQI71
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“I hate to wrap things up here,” said Marco, “but I’m done for the night.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAFbqwPaWCTZ
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“Oh, that’s a shame,” said Eric. “We were really having fun.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAeYkXMnZ5zL
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“Don’t you think it’s also getting late?” Angel asked the others. “We better be328Please respect copyright.PENANAlsE0mbSYnW
heading out too.”328Please respect copyright.PENANA010VdCXh0R
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Leo gave Angel a look. He still didn’t get the chance to be alone with Carly.328Please respect copyright.PENANA2irrHvs2s7
When Marco said he was leaving, he thought he had the opportunity. He turned to328Please respect copyright.PENANAmWrVQAbXpi
look at Carly beside him, and she seemed to look lost in her own world.328Please respect copyright.PENANAeo6vmuRoVs
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“We should,” said Oliver. “I want us to pass somewhere and get ice cream on our328Please respect copyright.PENANAeINopWx43u
way home.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAthwLGWkkwJ
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“Uh, wait a minute,” said Leo. “Some of us would like to spend a little time328Please respect copyright.PENANAVxzYDGePbj
here.”328Please respect copyright.PENANACJPpgrNJnE
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Angel threw Leo a look, knowing what he was playing at. She wanted to leave328Please respect copyright.PENANA9JbB0rABcr
because the possibility of Leo seeing Kim and Trina was high, and she didn’t328Please respect copyright.PENANASfFjId1r7n
want to risk it. Moreover, if Kim does see Leo spending his time alone with328Please respect copyright.PENANA9z6dMTaDpe
Carly, she will realize without a doubt that Carly is Leo’s lover. If only she328Please respect copyright.PENANAMLvVMi6wWu
could tell Leo without making him so upset, she thought to herself.328Please respect copyright.PENANAmMrj6nz9eF
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“Leo’s right,” said Eric, looking over at Leo. “I would like to stay here for a328Please respect copyright.PENANAbBwRLUWWSD
little longer.”328Please respect copyright.PENANANY7WO0BCb0
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Angel sighed, but not the kind that anyone would notice. It looks like she lost328Please respect copyright.PENANA2JLDBMlih3
this one. She just has to find a way to work around it.328Please respect copyright.PENANAMtusb11T6q
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“Well, then I’ll leave you to enjoy yourselves,” said Marco as he stood up from328Please respect copyright.PENANAoGvFhliKE3
his seat. “Before I forget,” he said as he turned to Angel. “I would love to328Please respect copyright.PENANAkC8zrv9jT6
get your number, Angel.”328Please respect copyright.PENANADymT3zcVno
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Angel almost forgot about that, and she blushed immediately when Marco asked her.328Please respect copyright.PENANAbfpuzVEy11
She watched him pull out his phone. He turned his eyes on her, giving her his328Please respect copyright.PENANADt4R234kXq
full attention. Angel hesitated for a bit before giving out her number, and he328Please respect copyright.PENANADwrvTbqJ9Z
typed it down on his phone. Eric and Leo looked on, wondering why Marco looked328Please respect copyright.PENANA5qgz1J3ZnW
so eager to get her number. Carly wasn’t paying much attention, so she couldn’t328Please respect copyright.PENANAudGDLMjA5w
care less.328Please respect copyright.PENANA2J11o0kOnU
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“I really enjoyed my time with you,” said Marco, pocketing his phone away. “We328Please respect copyright.PENANAWBHYPJNR1L
should do this sometime soon.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAa5S811rdPR
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“Sure,” said Eric, putting up a smile for Marco, which proved to be very328Please respect copyright.PENANAhrHi2ZhL7X
difficult.328Please respect copyright.PENANAj78oVGWaS7
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Marco wished everyone a good night, and everyone responded back. Even Carly,328Please respect copyright.PENANAL3GFEMmcfM
who looked absent-minded, said goodnight. Before leaving, Marco gave Angel a328Please respect copyright.PENANAzbLLWPzrKj
wink, telling her to expect a message from him anytime soon. Angel only smiled,328Please respect copyright.PENANAgUd8JKC7gD
feeling embarrassed that he said that in front of everyone.328Please respect copyright.PENANAYpgcEo0QMP
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“Marco really likes you, Angel,” said Oliver after Marco had left the bar.328Please respect copyright.PENANAv43tfFfLeA
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“Why do you say that?” Angel asked, looking at the boy with wide eyes.328Please respect copyright.PENANAZhyaF4qFt1
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“Don’t listen to him,” said Eric. “Kids don’t know what they say nowadays.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAB4WAJf4KeZ
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Leo turned to Carly, and it was then that he noticed that she hadn’t talked328Please respect copyright.PENANAb9NA6btI9R
much at all for a while.328Please respect copyright.PENANAh3pCiJK3fk
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“Hey, Carly, are you okay?” Leo asked.328Please respect copyright.PENANAG3YWGFEOwg
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Everyone turned to look at Carly. She tried to hide it with a smile, telling328Please respect copyright.PENANA20m9oVsYz7
Leo that she was alright. Angel couldn’t point out why her sister looked low,328Please respect copyright.PENANAdKodBZ0KoY
but she knew she could use this to her advantage.328Please respect copyright.PENANAVLNnWOyFzz
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“You look tired, Carly,” said Angel. “Maybe we should call it a night and head328Please respect copyright.PENANAdyJg7430p0
home.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAzqil8L3zdn
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Carly looked at Angel, and a small smile appeared on her face. She definitely328Please respect copyright.PENANAZE0vbJIypB
needed to leave. The fact that Miranda was here messed with her head a lot, and328Please respect copyright.PENANA5aQcpQ48uS
she felt like being as far away from the hotel as possible. Considering that,328Please respect copyright.PENANAqYHXdQhmNN
Miranda might still be around.328Please respect copyright.PENANAynqfzhhGSe
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“Angel is right,” said Carly. “I’m feeling rather overwhelmed. We’ve had a long328Please respect copyright.PENANAKzZGNJPVPa
day, and I didn’t get enough rest.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAjuuhC5MDQ0
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Leo looked a little disappointed, but now that he saw Carly more clearly, she328Please respect copyright.PENANA6q95jBcbFy
didn’t look too well at all. It looks like his plans for tonight might as well328Please respect copyright.PENANArchD3IR7NQ
go down the drain. If Carly was feeling too tired, it was understandable that328Please respect copyright.PENANA4fefgs6tLd
she wasn’t going to enjoy his company alone with him either.328Please respect copyright.PENANAEOgWCAq6HQ
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“Alright,” said Leo. “We better get going if we’re going to get Oliver’s ice328Please respect copyright.PENANA8JiMF2VTHY
cream.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAGwOoeudmeQ
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“We better check out of that room and get our stuff then,” said Eric.328Please respect copyright.PENANAr3CmT3ytza
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“Oh, I forgot about that. Why don’t you go to the room while I go bring the car328Please respect copyright.PENANAdwOdlkiJZL
around?”328Please respect copyright.PENANAGy0YxlUQHy
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“Sure.” Eric quickly stood up from his seat and started to make his way out of328Please respect copyright.PENANAc7R27q7GnL
the bar area.328Please respect copyright.PENANAr22pX2zJAO
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Trina and Kim, who still sat observing Leo, noticed Eric stand up from his328Please respect copyright.PENANAE1OhKtsosg
seat. The others were still at the table, and it was only a moment later that328Please respect copyright.PENANAjG8qH1B7JG
they started to stand up.328Please respect copyright.PENANAXPbGL0tw3x
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“Look, they’re leaving,” said Trina.328Please respect copyright.PENANAD9ByQAHDOp
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“Do you think Leo will get this opportunity to see his lover?” Kim asked.328Please respect copyright.PENANA7UqpQopfKd
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“He can’t do that with the others tagging along,” said Trina. “Let’s watch and328Please respect copyright.PENANACUb60bQzrh
see.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAOewh9fyVQi
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Angel and Oliver started to make their way to the entrance of the bar when328Please respect copyright.PENANA3HCkSTs8F9
Angel, through the corner of her eye, saw Kim and Trina. This was bad. From328Please respect copyright.PENANAHPmTNJThdL
where she stood, she feared Leo might also notice them. She slowed her pace328Please respect copyright.PENANAFNxd1vgdFV
with Oliver and waited for Carly and Leo to catch up. If she was lucky, Leo328Please respect copyright.PENANAi9J8Rpu4PH
might pass by without noticing Kim and Trina, but one can never be too sure.328Please respect copyright.PENANAw73uo8IUnN
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Carly made her way to Angel and Oliver, with Leo following slowly behind her.328Please respect copyright.PENANAcZu8iOYglZ
Without much thought, his eyes found their way to the bar counter, and he328Please respect copyright.PENANAsme3pknW05
noticed someone familiar at the other end. Only when the person turned in his328Please respect copyright.PENANAv6QyHo20kZ
direction and their eyes fell on him did he realize who it was.328Please respect copyright.PENANAOkD0HSLkZa
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“Oh, my gosh,” said Kim as she held Trina’s shoulder in a tight grip. “He’s328Please respect copyright.PENANAU21Qu8L5bC
seen us.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAU6Kx4x3J1f
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Trina choked on her own words that she couldn’t speak as he saw Leo staring328Please respect copyright.PENANA2lOSmpvZOM
back. His eyes slowly started to flame with anger. Or was it fury?328Please respect copyright.PENANAvykk1cTEqT
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“Trina, we better go,” said Kim.328Please respect copyright.PENANAgNQPTLnQSR
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Leo couldn’t believe Trina and Kim were there by the counter, staring back at328Please respect copyright.PENANASNG4Z8iexi
him. Did they happen to be here by coincidence, or did were they here because328Please respect copyright.PENANANYl6hgpJpI
of him? He noticed how scared they looked at him, as if they had been caught328Please respect copyright.PENANAWzr12zGxJu
doing something wrong. That confirmed that they were following him. He decided328Please respect copyright.PENANA0e5Roounyu
he was going to give them a piece of his mind.328Please respect copyright.PENANAR99J22E9xP
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Just as he was about to make his way over to them, a gentle touch fell on his328Please respect copyright.PENANAp29C0xBxNV
shoulder, stopping him from proceeding further. He looked to the side, and he328Please respect copyright.PENANAURfoHRcBZB
found Angel standing right beside him, her hand on his shoulder. She looked at328Please respect copyright.PENANAhLKQhXxpLB
him with her soft brown eyes; they were stern yet so peaceful. There was328Please respect copyright.PENANAHnsivkPfKC
something about her look and her presence beside him that made him slowly start328Please respect copyright.PENANAHoNtwM6oZK
to feel the anger in him dissipate like smoke.328Please respect copyright.PENANAd34chXP3oO
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She shook her head. “Not here,” she said to him in her normal tone of voice.328Please respect copyright.PENANAwUbdbLULu8
“Now is not the time to make a scene.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAeFtWcnQZHT
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Leo sighed, and he felt his muscles slowly start to relax. Angel was right; now328Please respect copyright.PENANAyqZO9dnhnm
wasn’t the time to throw a tantrum. He looked back at Kim, who continued to328Please respect copyright.PENANAi9zz65zKE7
look at him, still with a scared look on her face.328Please respect copyright.PENANAcvRDXf1UUP
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"Fine," he said to Angel as he looked at her.328Please respect copyright.PENANAohklFKrg33
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Angel gave a smile of relief. She turned to look at Trina and Kim, giving them328Please respect copyright.PENANAEzPC94TvvL
a nod of her head. The two best friends looked relieved, but they knew that328Please respect copyright.PENANA7mtMPQiGnJ
this wasn’t over.328Please respect copyright.PENANAFzODWEKCBS
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Leo turned around to head out of the bar. Fortunately, Oliver and Carly were328Please respect copyright.PENANAG3dgbMUQYI
way ahead of him, so they didn't see his silent altercation with Kim and Trina.328Please respect copyright.PENANANTDQvTRdjy
He walked out of the bar with Angel following closely behind him.328Please respect copyright.PENANANVxU6mIMck
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"Thanks for that back there," Leo said to her.328Please respect copyright.PENANAaxNVldVjDO
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"Well, getting yourself angry wasn't going to do you or me any328Please respect copyright.PENANALRgXGZDrKp
favors," said Angel.328Please respect copyright.PENANAz6ldybuaZw
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Leo turned to look at her through the corner of his eye. "How long have328Please respect copyright.PENANAJc8O8IJ16B
they been there?"328Please respect copyright.PENANAkUgH9YFfnw
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Angel found no point in lying to him. "I noticed them during our dinner. I328Please respect copyright.PENANATQAalx67AG
didn't want to tell you in front of our guests."328Please respect copyright.PENANAnv3tHGviFB
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Leo scoffed. "It's obvious that they were following me. I guess that’s the328Please respect copyright.PENANAKBu8kp5FwJ
reason why you didn’t want me to be alone with Carly."328Please respect copyright.PENANAZWSAVrLwPS
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"I don't want them to find out about your relationship with her just yet,328Please respect copyright.PENANAwnhZCX4nya
so you've got to be careful from now on."328Please respect copyright.PENANAQn5MZkWptk
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A smile appeared across Leo's face. The two might have their differences, but328Please respect copyright.PENANAhxiigtuVmw
it was clear to see that Angel did care about his relationship with her sister.328Please respect copyright.PENANAna8jOfPsv2
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As they continued to walk down the stone path towards the fountain where Oliver328Please respect copyright.PENANAaQLafMs8Cz
and Carly were, Leo tried to fight off the feeling of gratitude towards Angel.328Please respect copyright.PENANAG9XkeyG9Va
In the end, he decided to let the feeling settle in for one night, and one328Please respect copyright.PENANAL7lP2kydH4
night only.328Please respect copyright.PENANAC5xOOrbrgA
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“That was a close one,” said Trina as she held her chest, breathing deeply.328Please respect copyright.PENANAdyqemRS5xj
“For sure, I thought Leo was going to come charging at us.”328Please respect copyright.PENANApgVlxdWikQ
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Kim sighed in relief. “I hate to say this, but we really do have Angel to328Please respect copyright.PENANAFxDRk0RG9A
thank,” she said. “Though I feel Leo will confront us about it.”328Please respect copyright.PENANARxbR8NZy8z
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“Yeah, but Angel talked to him, and he calmed down in an instant.” Trina leaned328Please respect copyright.PENANAtktPB5dVF0
against the bar counter, looking for the bartender. “Leo barely listens to328Please respect copyright.PENANAmZR0VWGpKf
anyone, but he somehow listened to her. It’s best to receive his wrath328Please respect copyright.PENANAWFLzXuNrfV
privately rather than in an open place where he can embarrass us. I’m going to328Please respect copyright.PENANAMxOuDfh1QH
order a cocktail and drink to thank Angel for saving our sorry lives. Do you328Please respect copyright.PENANAuARv6h2B7n
want one?”328Please respect copyright.PENANAVERXJmjlgd
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Kim gave a nod to Trina, and while her friend tried to get the attention of the328Please respect copyright.PENANAR9aEtzEq7K
bartender, she couldn’t help but look at Leo with Angel walking beside him as328Please respect copyright.PENANABMvjEfIcQR
they went further away from the bar. Memories of her and Leo started to328Please respect copyright.PENANA74SwRUkgLp
surface, and she couldn’t recall once when he ever listened to her when he was328Please respect copyright.PENANAebbFbyN8Iz
upset. Trina was right. Leo barely listens to anyone, except this time around,328Please respect copyright.PENANAk04xyohR2r
when Angel spoke to him. Her eyes fell upon Angel, who, even in that red velvet328Please respect copyright.PENANA0eooEhkB3K
dress, walked effortlessly with elegance beside Leo. Was there something about328Please respect copyright.PENANAR5Aok9vtb6
Angel that Kim wasn’t aware of?328Please respect copyright.PENANAwXzvrTNnRK
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Miranda quickly stepped out of the elevator and ran down the hall back to the328Please respect copyright.PENANAPIUUi1mwZN
room where Red Lion and Mr. Walters were. She knew her thirty minutes were up,328Please respect copyright.PENANAhpczCmQmUk
and she had been so distracted that she didn’t notice her phone vibrate in the328Please respect copyright.PENANA90dgEIMXsd
pocket of her jeans. When she checked in the elevator, she found three missed328Please respect copyright.PENANARN37DsKp1q
calls from Mr. Walters, and she knew she was in for it.328Please respect copyright.PENANAf1dkEhyq7a
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As soon as she reached the suite, the door flew open before she could even328Please respect copyright.PENANALUZZLaH3ag
knock. She thought the first person she would see was Red Lion, but to her328Please respect copyright.PENANAaGgNeukNFF
relief, it was Walters.328Please respect copyright.PENANAHBMNLacAbS
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“What took you so long?” he asked. “And why didn’t you answer my calls?”328Please respect copyright.PENANAtmjLQOJLoB
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“I’m sorry,” said Miranda. “I got a little distracted. Is he here?”328Please respect copyright.PENANAYPZ5Qjcd0N
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“Yeah, but count yourself lucky,” said Walters as he stood aside to let Miranda328Please respect copyright.PENANA1metoFxjGO
through the door. “Red Lion was going to kill you if he wanted to.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAOJ6UF7WAqQ
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Miranda slowly stepped into the room, looking towards the living room area. Red328Please respect copyright.PENANA4Apt1sikeV
Lion's comrade sat on the couch. His eyes fixed on the TV screen that showed328Please respect copyright.PENANAfeXZb3nRBc
the football game. Two more people sat on the other couch. They wore black328Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ig5uZpr52
suits, and they were of Asian descent. The two looked like bodyguards. Were328Please respect copyright.PENANAjN0a56ORQp
they here with the host who called for this meeting? Moreover, where was Red328Please respect copyright.PENANAz1xYBdy3AO
Lion?328Please respect copyright.PENANAsTpMnAv23t
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When she entered the living room area, she heard voices coming from the328Please respect copyright.PENANAP304tNjDmD
balcony. She saw Red Lion standing by the open doors of the balcony. Someone328Please respect copyright.PENANAaXOYkrmTUW
stood in front of him, talking to him. Miranda couldn’t see who it was as the328Please respect copyright.PENANAHbnziu0ipM
person stood on the balcony, and the doors hid him from view.328Please respect copyright.PENANAfbtwHZLgqd
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Red Lion noticed Miranda's presence and turned to look at her. He surprisingly328Please respect copyright.PENANAU1t3H25tCx
smiled. She almost sighed in relief, for she really thought he was going to328Please respect copyright.PENANAIE0jft3lWg
squeeze her throat for being late. He turned to the person who stood on the328Please respect copyright.PENANAmkg6af1JxZ
balcony.328Please respect copyright.PENANAtSwHOyc3lS
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“The young lady we were waiting on is finally here,” said Red Lion. “We can328Please respect copyright.PENANAGysS1bIqQn
begin the meeting.”328Please respect copyright.PENANAhS3EOfCPHS
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The person on the balcony stepped into the room, and the first thing that328Please respect copyright.PENANAfPBdWyk6wr
caught Miranda’s eye was that the person wore a smart black suit, and there was328Please respect copyright.PENANA8bkmb0KvGd
a charming smile on his face.