Angel was in the living 801Please respect copyright.PENANA7vcvEJWG4r
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 801Please respect copyright.PENANARUXIgDoduV
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.801Please respect copyright.PENANAaJAcFNTc26
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.801Please respect copyright.PENANA1JGIAtJH9s
"How was what?" Angel asked.801Please respect copyright.PENANAvAdflxEUGw
"Getting to know Leo?"801Please respect copyright.PENANA5CW2KZTewP
Angel could have sworn 801Please respect copyright.PENANAySTgm1lcoV
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 801Please respect copyright.PENANAGn5hfHIe7v
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.801Please respect copyright.PENANAP65LpO4Lu8
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.801Please respect copyright.PENANA8Op7gglquv
"Really?" Amanda looked a801Please respect copyright.PENANAiVrflZAI5I
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 801Please respect copyright.PENANA6xD26TQY4S
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 801Please respect copyright.PENANAFDuOk45UPV
have offended you?" 801Please respect copyright.PENANAaKMkX80IND
"Oh, no, no," Angel replied quickly. "I just felt a little discomfort in my body and felt like it was time I saw the doctor."801Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZHDuvTyxp
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAFn5C0AcIQt
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."801Please respect copyright.PENANAlh33vOrn7j
"Awww, you're so 801Please respect copyright.PENANAgGPP5G5T5i
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can801Please respect copyright.PENANABACGHLyRaH
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 801Please respect copyright.PENANAxJeozwlvWo
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 801Please respect copyright.PENANAuHArFFh3vS
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."801Please respect copyright.PENANAEAqOyDUqll
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."801Please respect copyright.PENANACIBhYaFoZ2
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAClLLzNOayD
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."801Please respect copyright.PENANAglxaDYfbD6
Amanda gave Angel the 801Please respect copyright.PENANAuTjvlcE9Fd
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 801Please respect copyright.PENANAXNRF03eJqO
to deal with writing. It suits you."801Please respect copyright.PENANAgvY48k0wL8
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.801Please respect copyright.PENANAy6E90YxtPd
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."801Please respect copyright.PENANA87ESfr9CIi
"What is it?" Angel asked.801Please respect copyright.PENANAfa8QONKi5w
"You seem to be one 801Please respect copyright.PENANAL4gAWmhWf8
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,801Please respect copyright.PENANAX85Vk2gmOY
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."801Please respect copyright.PENANA66V2cWUHHW
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.801Please respect copyright.PENANA5Q4sBrVMmt
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.801Please respect copyright.PENANAw2iU0tmXpV
"What?"801Please respect copyright.PENANA68W5vGhMzZ
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.801Please respect copyright.PENANAsitxxqAuvo
Leo who had just come in801Please respect copyright.PENANAetN6QNSTiO
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 801Please respect copyright.PENANAHd2ZU5Isiy
just at the entrance of the living room.801Please respect copyright.PENANAGU4PyLCoOB
"What did you just say 801Please respect copyright.PENANAJczBoGHpQn
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached801Please respect copyright.PENANAGAWgTyeZDN
the two women on the wheelchairs.801Please respect copyright.PENANA6chfKEcSE0
Amanda turned her 801Please respect copyright.PENANAEeYqziCoTO
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 801Please respect copyright.PENANAACVtZIYVLe
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 801Please respect copyright.PENANATFq9NSerLI
themselves."801Please respect copyright.PENANA6K7ov7XhnI
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAMqjzU1HtJl
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAvz1RLTZfBD
Leo couldn't believe 801Please respect copyright.PENANAppsJsPOgtf
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 801Please respect copyright.PENANArpHGK1jBgQ
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.801Please respect copyright.PENANAzfK94836BX
"Haven't you thought 801Please respect copyright.PENANAvMxzUnxy0O
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 801Please respect copyright.PENANAmaHMiMEwlr
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a801Please respect copyright.PENANAsvMcB9C1Kz
job of her own?"801Please respect copyright.PENANA3WD56bNIN8
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."801Please respect copyright.PENANAvF7JO56j7l
"You deserve better, my 801Please respect copyright.PENANAX9yREsao9M
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 801Please respect copyright.PENANApD2rWh3e3x
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."801Please respect copyright.PENANANjYYNDhVNH
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."801Please respect copyright.PENANAQlgEMX8dsk
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."801Please respect copyright.PENANAOiK9L3kIaq
"What makes you so sure?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAi8Unkv88KO
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."801Please respect copyright.PENANACKRtd91xUV
"Mum won't though."801Please respect copyright.PENANAeleA99snHY
"Does she run the 801Please respect copyright.PENANAgvs2b7cryj
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 801Please respect copyright.PENANAX9DwhnI5pb
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 801Please respect copyright.PENANAQ30hiH8GBV
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."801Please respect copyright.PENANA2q0R8CsFXa
Leo knew his grandmother801Please respect copyright.PENANAw2XpXxKI9F
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 801Please respect copyright.PENANA1t0HXKN2zb
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 801Please respect copyright.PENANALvkYOQexDa
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 801Please respect copyright.PENANAVvPPo37NIr
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.801Please respect copyright.PENANAcAigqbcieG
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.801Please respect copyright.PENANArNqIa9PSdy
"Don't say any of this 801Please respect copyright.PENANAG5dIzLEozd
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 801Please respect copyright.PENANAiIIj71DObj
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 801Please respect copyright.PENANAHaEB4Q1aCJ
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 801Please respect copyright.PENANAAZsPrOZRuF
have to convince her a little more than I have to."801Please respect copyright.PENANADhDPBOfVPg
Angel gulped. It felt 801Please respect copyright.PENANAdMKN3Qk7fE
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only801Please respect copyright.PENANAxFwB2e7snP
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.801Please respect copyright.PENANAm2IQx67Q5J
Leo made his way out of 801Please respect copyright.PENANANVLkSxavMP
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 801Please respect copyright.PENANAoCVeoXiyvP
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 801Please respect copyright.PENANAYWEY6i3CHS
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 801Please respect copyright.PENANA7qlxnYOmi9
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.801Please respect copyright.PENANATcCAMKURcL
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"801Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZDo6RGUe9
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."801Please respect copyright.PENANA1notD1Y6mj
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."801Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8Shhlp9P8
But Leo went up the stairs without giving her a chance to finish. Mrs McDonell looked on at his son as he went to his room.801Please respect copyright.PENANAwh7AvyDHzX
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.801Please respect copyright.PENANAfH73WfSeoz
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.801Please respect copyright.PENANAsTN4H1psM2
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."801Please respect copyright.PENANA0bKegZp2RQ
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."801Please respect copyright.PENANAkXIuxJ2vhS
"I'm talking about Kim."801Please respect copyright.PENANAqSFg6zRLaz
Angel didn't know if it 801Please respect copyright.PENANAn6TeAdCyfB
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 801Please respect copyright.PENANARl27Vf9gzt
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It801Please respect copyright.PENANAni88Iydv6q
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 801Please respect copyright.PENANAwM3tiwfnf9
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 801Please respect copyright.PENANA2FRPnWM72q
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 801Please respect copyright.PENANAC07VN09LSf
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 801Please respect copyright.PENANAaM49B03Ugx
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 801Please respect copyright.PENANA0Z4GlgIxY8
certain things?801Please respect copyright.PENANAqcQ78nLRhz
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.801Please respect copyright.PENANAquLTIsUyqm
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.801Please respect copyright.PENANAI90HRzS0ZN
Angel felt like covering801Please respect copyright.PENANAImM9v3ejTY
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 801Please respect copyright.PENANAn9xFXmFTA4
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 801Please respect copyright.PENANA4gWN7QhTvg
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 801Please respect copyright.PENANA7YCCWOqU3Y
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.801Please respect copyright.PENANA6cr0hweFyz
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.801Please respect copyright.PENANAiCSHTfjcMd
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.801Please respect copyright.PENANAWpDc2GMqiZ
Angel felt her heart 801Please respect copyright.PENANAhkXHi26DTb
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if801Please respect copyright.PENANAWDAET8MbT6
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 801Please respect copyright.PENANAYj8k3siDJ2
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 801Please respect copyright.PENANAlX69Pz0W6z
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 801Please respect copyright.PENANAIIh6QuajJc
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 801Please respect copyright.PENANAfgsjN8zZgs
and invited her to the wedding.801Please respect copyright.PENANANjAkyb48Uf
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.801Please respect copyright.PENANAeQSFDpU9Jk
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.801Please respect copyright.PENANAbHgl9tPH2P
Angel looked at Amanda 801Please respect copyright.PENANAFYG0J0MzRb
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 801Please respect copyright.PENANAEZV0J8cWuH
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.801Please respect copyright.PENANAg55rPnZA9K
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 801Please respect copyright.PENANAogpoErGfhO
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they801Please respect copyright.PENANAQrsPui0cAF
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they801Please respect copyright.PENANAwvmEsOtjsq
saw Leo.801Please respect copyright.PENANAiWDEcUcOoN
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAxhr5TgQB8N
"Nothing, dear," said 801Please respect copyright.PENANAwQM2OGOhiE
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother801Please respect copyright.PENANA6s19A3bebI
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."801Please respect copyright.PENANAc4HuuGYoH4
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."801Please respect copyright.PENANAAhLaiJf95y
"Have a nice day."801Please respect copyright.PENANAdUZLex0YDH
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.801Please respect copyright.PENANAXe4ZUesbvq
Leo nodded his head in 801Please respect copyright.PENANAkeEgHl1BvS
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 801Please respect copyright.PENANA4E1Tp5Wpag
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 801Please respect copyright.PENANAdNf0JJaBPn
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 801Please respect copyright.PENANAbiZ6gInZsI
through the front door.801Please respect copyright.PENANAVilVojQFB1
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.801Please respect copyright.PENANAuokbwo0lkO
"You're unbelievable," 801Please respect copyright.PENANAviL2pUPBhO
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 801Please respect copyright.PENANAajcYmxrfis
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."801Please respect copyright.PENANAvfXwHYCI5D
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.801Please respect copyright.PENANAoc9ukL51xF
"I'm sorry for that, 801Please respect copyright.PENANAv0ce4n1iOz
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 801Please respect copyright.PENANAbaYhGCLtHg
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."801Please respect copyright.PENANAscqPu5n58T
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.801Please respect copyright.PENANAiit680wC2R
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."801Please respect copyright.PENANAqvvv0DV7gT
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."801Please respect copyright.PENANAZWLNdDpzac
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."801Please respect copyright.PENANA1RwZMb1bCr
Angel slowly followed 801Please respect copyright.PENANAFfbHRb3USX
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 801Please respect copyright.PENANAJs00qDI5uF
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her801Please respect copyright.PENANAV3c38fT1ai
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 801Please respect copyright.PENANA1rn82EMjsT
must have felt awful.801Please respect copyright.PENANAMhAXRWmdEh
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.801Please respect copyright.PENANAmJSwXhwGh7
***801Please respect copyright.PENANASz5q5SLKxL
Eric801Please respect copyright.PENANAgN8U9G6G92
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 801Please respect copyright.PENANAB1ZMBTjQkN
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.801Please respect copyright.PENANADts5HXOiLz
He801Please respect copyright.PENANArVIaybgVth
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 801Please respect copyright.PENANALpyHzmNnni
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 801Please respect copyright.PENANADDh627YS1O
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.801Please respect copyright.PENANAHIH3OWhA6o
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.801Please respect copyright.PENANAhIVlXCCe2y
Since801Please respect copyright.PENANAyafvVHMdC6
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 801Please respect copyright.PENANAwTkWfWsKWh
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 801Please respect copyright.PENANARUiLoIahlv
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 801Please respect copyright.PENANAdFr4m9sjd1
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?801Please respect copyright.PENANAApRyarbc1e
Who801Please respect copyright.PENANAhaYkldbFPc
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 801Please respect copyright.PENANAwwjD2BWOkg
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft801Please respect copyright.PENANAGhUJ3gGZOd
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.801Please respect copyright.PENANAnkodOpxm8s
He801Please respect copyright.PENANAB98Eqlv8Vg
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 801Please respect copyright.PENANA5Ik3EMQgw9
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 801Please respect copyright.PENANAEzgfLAe6FW
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.801Please respect copyright.PENANAdvStskXl94
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.801Please respect copyright.PENANAFDQ10gH6OH
"You've someone here to see you."801Please respect copyright.PENANAS2cG3rJZEH
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.801Please respect copyright.PENANAK0Gsh26oNJ
"It's Trina."801Please respect copyright.PENANA8sXfkH8GGo
Eric801Please respect copyright.PENANAdY6fjanPFq
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 801Please respect copyright.PENANA84i09aE3dT
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 801Please respect copyright.PENANAvHQ1wetiDB
called off.801Please respect copyright.PENANA1O7bAcVVhF
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.801Please respect copyright.PENANAGhVJyJh9Vv
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.801Please respect copyright.PENANAy2vpPelRR3
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.801Please respect copyright.PENANANSO2r7rnxs
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.801Please respect copyright.PENANA63hf0wnwJ1
Trina801Please respect copyright.PENANAGkXCXQDNX6
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to801Please respect copyright.PENANAuF7YdTt6hJ
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 801Please respect copyright.PENANAmNDQpMBNxd
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 801Please respect copyright.PENANAPf2SHtAAHF
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 801Please respect copyright.PENANA9qj6GfPt2X
fall out sometimes but still get back together.801Please respect copyright.PENANAEpWJ3lVmch
Now801Please respect copyright.PENANA9AspM2bnk9
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 801Please respect copyright.PENANAaUzVjfZzt0
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 801Please respect copyright.PENANAAHqIGzbMr3
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 801Please respect copyright.PENANAGw0dFcJCid
weren't friends.801Please respect copyright.PENANASKwLHwkZE0
While801Please respect copyright.PENANA71Omv2jMrI
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 801Please respect copyright.PENANA3qQpYnvNJc
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 801Please respect copyright.PENANAasjf9Kiddj
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 801Please respect copyright.PENANAlkiQ0Yoff8
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 801Please respect copyright.PENANAiuH5Nyp2UE
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.801Please respect copyright.PENANAvwsmCUsJfM
One801Please respect copyright.PENANAYrqDJ9VRy5
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 801Please respect copyright.PENANAjeJ0ulQNlM
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 801Please respect copyright.PENANAx2yUa5mLnn
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 801Please respect copyright.PENANABWZvGRRrNu
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 801Please respect copyright.PENANAaSRt97OX1o
one.801Please respect copyright.PENANAssVIoyrSGj
Not until he met Angel.801Please respect copyright.PENANARDFIfla149
Trina801Please respect copyright.PENANAyQhaZIoC1S
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 801Please respect copyright.PENANAbnLb3l8OP7
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.801Please respect copyright.PENANAecTkgcH59H
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"801Please respect copyright.PENANA9HJn8AGXsi
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."801Please respect copyright.PENANAOBTtYa4zFM
Trina801Please respect copyright.PENANACpf3N9WGBP
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 801Please respect copyright.PENANATiPXoQ4Xqz
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 801Please respect copyright.PENANAK3u5sLtVRp
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 801Please respect copyright.PENANAxtDsB4ePxk
beautiful.801Please respect copyright.PENANA420rcR8EIl
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.801Please respect copyright.PENANAUY7rlecZAp
"Then801Please respect copyright.PENANA7qy9em8l7Y
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 801Please respect copyright.PENANAVPjzuYeqUa
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 801Please respect copyright.PENANAKbnQK3OpXG
side to try and work things out."801Please respect copyright.PENANAvpPj6Gq1wQ
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."801Please respect copyright.PENANAdlthN89Z8j
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."801Please respect copyright.PENANAvTKuyiajVb
"Ya, me too."801Please respect copyright.PENANArH2i1rJeIe
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."801Please respect copyright.PENANAphViVllZrr
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.801Please respect copyright.PENANAH0ElGCG3UA
"Do you know something, Eric?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAKJ6AIuLfvY
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAxtuDkauqG1
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAYD9sVpQWm3
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."801Please respect copyright.PENANA9yvyNDpLm8
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.801Please respect copyright.PENANAYPVN8ws2Bs
Eric801Please respect copyright.PENANAvlOadIDgha
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that801Please respect copyright.PENANAl7db2vL4GL
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 801Please respect copyright.PENANAoEHvF2YwJb
eyes with a corky smile on his face.801Please respect copyright.PENANAisRzTtIdrP
"Please,801Please respect copyright.PENANA2xccB3y3c8
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 801Please respect copyright.PENANAdaJvvZHVwn
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 801Please respect copyright.PENANAXqjpMUbDJ9
ask him?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAZv5JB0JTZF
Trina801Please respect copyright.PENANA7PsWmrhZSo
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 801Please respect copyright.PENANAdroLzNP3BA
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 801Please respect copyright.PENANA95DuLu48Xm
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."801Please respect copyright.PENANAWyBazEE3Ex
Eric801Please respect copyright.PENANAYY30YRoCVP
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 801Please respect copyright.PENANAKT7v7jn2Cv
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."801Please respect copyright.PENANAISZLs77GOM
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAEdUsQecXrx
Eric801Please respect copyright.PENANAE3xOIk7gLS
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 801Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2y66UgO2a
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 801Please respect copyright.PENANACuwH7zmMl7
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 801Please respect copyright.PENANAPZoJLB2B97
to say next.801Please respect copyright.PENANAxhFddrImdp
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAoVHKAfTCsM
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.801Please respect copyright.PENANANU4LqdJWkO
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAhc0JdZyYrX
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."801Please respect copyright.PENANAzIVTRaNYch
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAaVg0ZLh3Qs
"She's801Please respect copyright.PENANAWvXOyEtOmo
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 801Please respect copyright.PENANAhsDYpbZLg6
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.801Please respect copyright.PENANA8bqW15K87t
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 801Please respect copyright.PENANAINojH5lJzP
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 801Please respect copyright.PENANAeE2COOF2s7
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 801Please respect copyright.PENANA4pEOmrVgSl
anymore.801Please respect copyright.PENANAJ75MfHkStj
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.801Please respect copyright.PENANAXQER3w9bwu
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"801Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ms5aI2cji
Trina801Please respect copyright.PENANAiMR1zkhBOs
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 801Please respect copyright.PENANAi38tYSu8HT
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 801Please respect copyright.PENANAAsveeERrx8
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 801Please respect copyright.PENANAvW6BBwbGJL
massage him.801Please respect copyright.PENANAKzrQ2xbmPo
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAq0ShQNhUbP
Eric801Please respect copyright.PENANAbrekG1kJUE
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 801Please respect copyright.PENANAeWlNjBl6U3
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 801Please respect copyright.PENANA49ytlPEUZg
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 801Please respect copyright.PENANAhw8lYmqxq6
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty801Please respect copyright.PENANAE8gQMFEtOB
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 801Please respect copyright.PENANAAFBq095On9
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.801Please respect copyright.PENANAMWQsZK1oik
He801Please respect copyright.PENANA70oPRp2uKX
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 801Please respect copyright.PENANAc6gFOLeadP
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think801Please respect copyright.PENANAhOrwKiODbr
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 801Please respect copyright.PENANArh5Dr3ipBo
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 801Please respect copyright.PENANA8aHvNuOe4U
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.801Please respect copyright.PENANAlO9Ig2KraB
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAyneFyHQzgq
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."801Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZL8ZVv08q
"I am here now, so why don't you relax a little bit." Trina bended over and whispered in his ear, "I really missed you though."801Please respect copyright.PENANAEYzyVdpvjS
Eric801Please respect copyright.PENANAgT8xoPAGZI
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his801Please respect copyright.PENANAASFzwTWMLT
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.801Please respect copyright.PENANAnVq3vTah3n
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAVjGAYbeko4
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."801Please respect copyright.PENANAaXTNmUO94l
"Oh,801Please respect copyright.PENANApFqdzAGbza
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair801Please respect copyright.PENANAub4kmIV6GQ
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 801Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3LFJXQWNH
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.801Please respect copyright.PENANApbEKmXo1ZO
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.801Please respect copyright.PENANAUkaInIvhRN
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.801Please respect copyright.PENANAh9zfyqZUCE
Trina801Please respect copyright.PENANAz1iKre53bw
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him801Please respect copyright.PENANAvfnKBEYpb5
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.801Please respect copyright.PENANAZVkB4qGlAh
Leo801Please respect copyright.PENANAKN7Frh95pr
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 801Please respect copyright.PENANAEBPe2j87yO
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.801Please respect copyright.PENANA6GxwPgJZrA
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.801Please respect copyright.PENANAC6HCwmIKil
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.801Please respect copyright.PENANAD7ewsdQDZf
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAnAaOQoqdlA
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."801Please respect copyright.PENANAg39HpeWxxz
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.801Please respect copyright.PENANApYtxbrMKjy
"I was just leaving," said Trina.801Please respect copyright.PENANAYDclRUKLhs
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."801Please respect copyright.PENANAGUSIyain1e
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.801Please respect copyright.PENANAvXdHqrUJJB
With801Please respect copyright.PENANAETUkO11Wrm
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood801Please respect copyright.PENANA2MeblMxYPD
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.801Please respect copyright.PENANAZe82L7y7xT
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.801Please respect copyright.PENANACq5FwyXzS9
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.801Please respect copyright.PENANAZbcdjLg7Dd
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.801Please respect copyright.PENANAfm5vFcCTZw
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."801Please respect copyright.PENANALWm8rRic8k
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."801Please respect copyright.PENANAz2GuCp6zfe
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."801Please respect copyright.PENANAkWUeekx3tw
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."801Please respect copyright.PENANAcqiOJHy3zX
"Well, you would someday."801Please respect copyright.PENANADogKwXarRo
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAUU0YxCtOOX
"I mean, you won't be able to hide your love for Carly forever. What if after a year, you two decide to get married?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAAfL15Guxlj
"That would be fine by me."801Please respect copyright.PENANA4wdda1ujBA
"Oh,801Please respect copyright.PENANAwdNpcPvRhH
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 801Please respect copyright.PENANAL8LgmDdrx4
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 801Please respect copyright.PENANAqzxKGhAT4u
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 801Please respect copyright.PENANAfvZfz4tEDY
you broke things off with her."801Please respect copyright.PENANAUXCKMhRuNT
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."801Please respect copyright.PENANAH0XwvIWcXQ
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."801Please respect copyright.PENANA5qPKcmTQvt
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."801Please respect copyright.PENANANWmi5WVO9x
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."801Please respect copyright.PENANAeqNa3vjrBl
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.801Please respect copyright.PENANAEEXMrRPkRF
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."801Please respect copyright.PENANAGHf9zDQ4MC
Leo801Please respect copyright.PENANA9LdmwdPDmn
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 801Please respect copyright.PENANAa2c8KHRjc9
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 801Please respect copyright.PENANALaVD6hdVkc
her.801Please respect copyright.PENANA2xcqYlXTRh
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.801Please respect copyright.PENANAhvxfMCTVrY
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.801Please respect copyright.PENANAgjcKVcgxRT
Eric801Please respect copyright.PENANAoZcjrcoQXA
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 801Please respect copyright.PENANA418YEkejLh
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 801Please respect copyright.PENANAefB0MF5TeV
thinking about Angel just now."801Please respect copyright.PENANAfq8RR9nLTr
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."801Please respect copyright.PENANA9oQ8ey5LZm
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"801Please respect copyright.PENANA6nqh01El1F
Leo801Please respect copyright.PENANAY4G2OHRVvi
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 801Please respect copyright.PENANAI5YsXEXp2h
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 801Please respect copyright.PENANANfO7qmuGAV
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.801Please respect copyright.PENANAH2EzaMdZfO
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAURwZFCZOAa
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.801Please respect copyright.PENANAPUd2kK8LJK
"Because,801Please respect copyright.PENANArOXFlkV5OB
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 801Please respect copyright.PENANAwmcyrqgR0M
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 801Please respect copyright.PENANAk8FWvBT5uA
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're801Please respect copyright.PENANAf5fB75XBv9
in a sense of emergency to release it."801Please respect copyright.PENANAKVf359qWGr
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."801Please respect copyright.PENANAQxdqeTetHM
"Of801Please respect copyright.PENANAfSehGM6zam
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 801Please respect copyright.PENANAT1y7cyDw49
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 801Please respect copyright.PENANASHZAi1nxWE
darling, Angel."801Please respect copyright.PENANA3y2Y7zrN1X
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."801Please respect copyright.PENANAKfYFSHRwCN
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.801Please respect copyright.PENANAHuxCHyWVd4
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.801Please respect copyright.PENANArW9U6olucA
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.801Please respect copyright.PENANAgZOlDgjJJ7
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."801Please respect copyright.PENANAudQTRLToa9
Eric laughed. "Looks like she really put you in your place for sure. She didn't even have to raise a finger to do it."801Please respect copyright.PENANALb6FKVKrUE
"Grandma801Please respect copyright.PENANAVxyw6t5oTh
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 801Please respect copyright.PENANA3eswLGxzYI
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."801Please respect copyright.PENANAhp0MDR02c0
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"801Please respect copyright.PENANAsf9cTs3UJZ
Leo801Please respect copyright.PENANAl57P803dkP
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 801Please respect copyright.PENANAMTar73Ekk6
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a801Please respect copyright.PENANAyFiSzoIMec
word to anyone.801Please respect copyright.PENANAZCEXNutcpF
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."801Please respect copyright.PENANAQr8sg6S8la
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."801Please respect copyright.PENANAWe7P1tC7l2
"Yep,801Please respect copyright.PENANA8rhRIBaUGC
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I801Please respect copyright.PENANAZbVpxF68sk
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.801Please respect copyright.PENANAINcq44baND
"Ya, you do that. I've a lot of daydreaming to do." Eric leaned back on his chair and with his hands behind his head.801Please respect copyright.PENANAREK4ORgX3r
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."801Please respect copyright.PENANAgT2oYOFnQY
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."801Please respect copyright.PENANAgHBt64DRxE
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."801Please respect copyright.PENANAEBq9PkxGkm
Eric801Please respect copyright.PENANARPvsaiqaYq
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 801Please respect copyright.PENANAJP6XaNKXb9
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 801Please respect copyright.PENANADUiEcjIlO0
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."801Please respect copyright.PENANAz9UBdKoHrj
Leo801Please respect copyright.PENANAsC9T1xu6yQ
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 801Please respect copyright.PENANAn42Z895kiK
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 801Please respect copyright.PENANAMWJq0BjJKe
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.801Please respect copyright.PENANAsWVxAAcJz7
He801Please respect copyright.PENANAQcu6CT1bbP
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 801Please respect copyright.PENANAlgYs2sVo51
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 801Please respect copyright.PENANA057ivY2b47
desk that he had to look at today.801Please respect copyright.PENANAVF5o0VAmmF
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?801Please respect copyright.PENANA5HrLbJKc46
Leo801Please respect copyright.PENANABWM0w5wxLU
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 801Please respect copyright.PENANAr4zZK42lM4
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.801Please respect copyright.PENANAbOChmCfDom
And it would take a lot more time for him to finally realise that he might have finally met his match.
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