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“Angel just ruined everything for me,” said Leo as he253Please respect copyright.PENANAMDEguPIHD2
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“What do you mean she’s ruined everything?” Eric asked.253Please respect copyright.PENANAgAMUeDiVKt
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“Carly and I were supposed to run away together, but it’s like she caught on to253Please respect copyright.PENANAeeMqGOZ2Sb
us.” Leo shook his head. “That’s why she stayed behind with Carly. She says she253Please respect copyright.PENANAG6b1913I0W
doesn’t want Marco to suspect anything.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAfOt6Zh6oAI
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Eric shrugged his shoulders. “Angel does have a point,” he said. “We don’t need253Please respect copyright.PENANAtGx7uIFQ6t
Marco knowing that the two of you are dating. He might tell his father, who, in253Please respect copyright.PENANAgAEWHHFzUm
turn, will tell your dad. Well, you know how this vicious cycle goes.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAfQKxnWeEb2
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Leo sighed. “You do have a point.” He turned to his cousin. “Go on. I know you253Please respect copyright.PENANA3y4FucMWas
want to say it.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAetuGilAWJt
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“Say what?” Eric asked without looking at Leo.253Please respect copyright.PENANAYtuBVXvUZp
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Leo sighed again, deeply this time. “That she has my best interest at heart.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAZtFLRVOLwX
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Eric looked at Leo, this time with a beaming smile on his face. “Of course,253Please respect copyright.PENANAIzaIbYGwsG
because that’s just how she is.”253Please respect copyright.PENANA24AvlTIYnq
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“Can you stop smiling like that?” Leo looked irritated. Eric’s smile shone253Please respect copyright.PENANAdDe9nQuUt0
brightly like the sun. Leo felt blinded as he turned to look away. “You’ve had253Please respect copyright.PENANAEsjUgpMxOr
your fun.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAxV70vnw8jL
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“I just want to rub it in. Before we went into the garden, I was about to tell253Please respect copyright.PENANAmWnhoBVBiu
you the same thing, but it slipped my mind. It’s good that Angel thought way253Please respect copyright.PENANARYEI6RgMss
ahead and talked to Carly about it.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAU4x9RU9Nyj
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Leo felt dumb. None of that came to mind, and he felt like slapping himself for253Please respect copyright.PENANALDhrRXdxv2
being so stupid and careless. He hoped Marco wasn’t paying enough attention at253Please respect copyright.PENANAgLHgq9Bdo1
first for him to realize there was anything between him and Carly. It seems he253Please respect copyright.PENANAT7tUafYL21
has Angel to thank, but Leo was too embarrassed to think of doing so.253Please respect copyright.PENANAhO1ycdLbKz
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“Do they serve milkshakes here?” Leo asked, trying to rid himself of his253Please respect copyright.PENANAeZPB92uSOF
thoughts.253Please respect copyright.PENANAI0O3nekIBF
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“Yeah, I already asked,” answered Eric. “They serve non-alcoholic drinks as253Please respect copyright.PENANAtOWxYtaxd6
well, in case there’s anyone who needs one.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAi84O5TTFR4
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“I’ll go over to the table and ask what drinks they want. Do they have snacks253Please respect copyright.PENANAxPMBSGEv8v
too?”253Please respect copyright.PENANA0wcI8izqa3
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“Yep.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAhJ23S6Z6VG
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Leo left the counter and found Carly where he had left her. She was slowly253Please respect copyright.PENANAw8DYdQjkZn
looking around, taking in the view of the place. There were bright bulbs253Please respect copyright.PENANASiUbUR5kvI
hanging over the area, and she apparently stood out with her beautiful dress.253Please respect copyright.PENANAZPMM4eqoZ7
If they weren’t around so many people, he wasn’t going to hesitate to kiss and253Please respect copyright.PENANAIK7B2SPxZB
caress her. He smiled at her instead and gestured with his head to her, saying253Please respect copyright.PENANAMqQJFJRDIF
that they should join Angel and the others.253Please respect copyright.PENANAAxd63jAV1h
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Trina and Kim stood by the fountain as they watched Leo approach the table253Please respect copyright.PENANAXLbmtSpwEs
where Angel, Oliver, and the Asian man sat. Carly joined him soon afterwards.253Please respect copyright.PENANA2FKIw7Oy5q
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“How long do you think we’ll stay here until he decides to see his lover?”253Please respect copyright.PENANAOTC9L5O0lr
Trina asked as she sat at the edge of the pool basin of the fountain.253Please respect copyright.PENANAuyulpiuRoP
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“I don’t know,” said Kim, who remained standing. “Don’t tell me you’re already253Please respect copyright.PENANAdqvUGVpBxI
tired.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAPajbv25wB1
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“Oh, no, it’s not that. They are there enjoying themselves when I’m in need of253Please respect copyright.PENANAPuVy4HNsIx
a drink right now.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAzy7lpsX2CT
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Kim rolled her eyes. “We can go there and take a seat, but we should sit out of253Please respect copyright.PENANAx6zAQWrCRL
their sight.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAjWqdPfEHCj
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“Good idea. Let’s wait for Eric at the counter. Leo looks like he’s checking to253Please respect copyright.PENANAqkK3Nq2X4o
see what everyone needs because he hasn’t sat down. They will easily see us if253Please respect copyright.PENANAWiX6j9A3Tm
they aren’t at their table.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAIehF8f37W9
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Kim agreed with Trina. They continued to watch Leo as he made his way back to253Please respect copyright.PENANAAIO5CNwKGG
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Meanwhile, Miranda, who had been watching over the balcony, followed Leo’s253Please respect copyright.PENANArCaC43v7oF
movements. She kept telling herself that she needed to get down there. If she253Please respect copyright.PENANAGJz972omXS
so much as stepped out of the room, no doubt Red Lion would have her head, and253Please respect copyright.PENANA5BC7kUieVv
whatever the meeting was all about, she wasn’t going to be a part of it.253Please respect copyright.PENANAOH0VCUbGLR
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She huffed. If that was the consequence, she was going to have to deal with it.253Please respect copyright.PENANAuHdFblFxBd
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Without giving much of a second thought, Miranda turned around and went back253Please respect copyright.PENANATS07OawpwG
inside the room. The football game they were watching was on a half-time break,253Please respect copyright.PENANA1X5XqjEABX
and the three men were there, talking aloud about the game. She approached253Please respect copyright.PENANAW3gL3aD10Z
them, and to get their attention, she loudly cleared her throat.253Please respect copyright.PENANA9MLlLBJ5Ni
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The three men all stopped talking and turned to look at Miranda. For a moment,253Please respect copyright.PENANAMF80VA76ju
she gulped as her eyes landed on the terrifying face of Red Lion, who didn’t253Please respect copyright.PENANAmvzfTLSrG2
like the fact that she had disturbed them. She had to be quick with what she253Please respect copyright.PENANA3ATmV9uFRP
wanted to say, as she was running on Red Lion’s patience.253Please respect copyright.PENANAgmy1VWzIo7
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“I’ll be stepping out for a bit,” Miranda announced.253Please respect copyright.PENANAEwFTqo9AX6
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There was a brief silence in the room as the three men continued to look at253Please respect copyright.PENANApXq9HmOY9g
Miranda, expressionless. Red Lion moved in his seat, and Miranda feared that he253Please respect copyright.PENANAfHuTzd2UBp
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“I don’t think going out is the best thing to do right now,” he said. “We’re253Please respect copyright.PENANAeklNijzcU7
waiting on someone, aren’t we?”253Please respect copyright.PENANAirz0CWZM6x
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“Yeah, we are, but this person isn’t showing up anyway. You’ll let me know when253Please respect copyright.PENANAbDZiOClbXs
he gets here. I really need to step out.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAUt5qTyqqQD
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Red Lion continued to look at her. Walters now had a scared look on his face.253Please respect copyright.PENANACxm64sA2Of
He wished he could intervene, but things haven’t escalated between the two, so253Please respect copyright.PENANAovbaXDXv1j
it was hopeless to do so.253Please respect copyright.PENANAW4GQnbd5vS
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“Whatever,” said Red Lion as he leaned back on the couch. “You get back here in253Please respect copyright.PENANADfV8FOtQCn
thirty minutes. If our host gets here before you, you better hurry back when253Please respect copyright.PENANA5UL9pKHWBO
Walters calls.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAfX3LvvFdfU
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Miranda felt relieved. She thought she wasn’t going to be let go so easily.253Please respect copyright.PENANA4Dk6b28FLh
Moreover, the time Red Lion gave her was too little. However, she had to make253Please respect copyright.PENANAHLT8UqC8NX
use of this as much as possible, even if it meant seeing Leo down there for a253Please respect copyright.PENANAd8TjHm5eIa
minute.253Please respect copyright.PENANAuds18iDCWZ
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“I will,” said Miranda. She didn’t waste any time as she made her way for the253Please respect copyright.PENANAC0Wgtp9BSy
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As soon as she walked out of the room, Hugo turned to Red Lion and asked, “Are253Please respect copyright.PENANAAhc0ms4cck
you sure letting her go out like that is a good idea? Our host can walk in at253Please respect copyright.PENANAGFjeQunYeo
any moment.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAGfHIZl4k7C
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“True, but it’s better than her staying out on the balcony while we wait,” Red253Please respect copyright.PENANAAPSgfY8yWS
Lion answered. “If you ask me, I would step out too if it wasn’t for the football253Please respect copyright.PENANAv9RKHin3EO
game. But I was serious about my threat, so she better be here before he does.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAr7OjXlNPuy
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Walters didn’t say anything as he briefly looked at Red Lion before looking up253Please respect copyright.PENANA9xyW0kCzag
at the TV. Red Lion wasn’t kidding when he said he was in a good mood, Walters253Please respect copyright.PENANACM4zqfqdgR
thought to himself. Knowing Red Lion, he wasn’t going to let Miranda walk out253Please respect copyright.PENANAZNNeyh62B5
of here. Something must have really put Red Lion into a good mood today, or253Please respect copyright.PENANAcmILFeHozl
else he wouldn’t have done what he did.253Please respect copyright.PENANALu5CL4tuL7
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Leo and Eric came to join the others at the table with their drinks, and Eric,253Please respect copyright.PENANAyMG7fsp1qs
on the other hand, carried a plate full of nachos and cheese. Oliver was so253Please respect copyright.PENANAaJya2VHlSX
delighted to see the plate of snacks that he couldn’t wait to eat them. Angel253Please respect copyright.PENANAcnAMugVEET
had to warn him not to eat too much, or else he might have a bad tummy ache the253Please respect copyright.PENANA8jBQxkaYhn
next day.253Please respect copyright.PENANAln2igZqJuP
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“I wouldn’t waste my breath warning the guy,” said Eric as he sat down on the253Please respect copyright.PENANAbTMTMQH7v3
empty chair next to Angel after serving her a soda. “It’s a Friday, and he253Please respect copyright.PENANA9MokhprJ8H
likes to act like he can do whatever he wants.”253Please respect copyright.PENANA2j7DlVyeuK
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Oliver, who sat on Angel’s other side, didn’t answer him as he took his mango253Please respect copyright.PENANA1R6NAzPwbU
milkshake and put the straw in his mouth. Angel, on the other hand, looked at253Please respect copyright.PENANArEpcwtgWoQ
Eric and shook her head.253Please respect copyright.PENANAoCgcpTM0MN
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Leo placed his glass of beer and Carly’s cocktail before taking his seat in253Please respect copyright.PENANAyy4napT1rn
between them. He also served Marco a bottle of the cider that he wanted. Marco253Please respect copyright.PENANAoxWaFOF1Em
thanked him as Leo sat down.253Please respect copyright.PENANA18VGur9qIZ
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“Hey, Marco,” said Angel as she turned to look at him, looking over Oliver, who253Please respect copyright.PENANA6NTalLmvt8
sat in between them. “Have you ever been here before? In America, I mean.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAqw5mP9gb4Q
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“Oh, yes, I’ve come here several times,” answered Marco. “I usually come here253Please respect copyright.PENANABzjOV97kmM
with dad on business trips. Inheriting the family business can be tiring,253Please respect copyright.PENANA0OyZ1jdGxI
especially when they’re showing you the ropes. You just have to be there, even253Please respect copyright.PENANAiETv4CS38D
when you don’t want to. I bet Leo can testify to that.”253Please respect copyright.PENANArd70c7lCpM
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“He’s right,” said Leo, finding it hard to argue with him.253Please respect copyright.PENANAwNtp2dopXY
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“Wait, does that mean I might inherit mum’s business of running the massage253Please respect copyright.PENANA5xvdDEzhtL
parlors when I’m older?” Oliver asked as he took a nacho and dipped it in253Please respect copyright.PENANAgKz9fPJwEa
cheese.253Please respect copyright.PENANAra3pq2NNYv
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Everyone at the table grew quiet as they looked at Oliver. At the same time,253Please respect copyright.PENANAWKZk7Zdxgl
they all burst into laughter.253Please respect copyright.PENANAPhmSIiIclS
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“Maybe,” said Eric. He tried his best to stop laughing, but it was of no use.253Please respect copyright.PENANA6CtxIWlxUO
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“No fair,” said Oliver after chewing on his nacho. “You were the one who was253Please respect copyright.PENANALzjj2dWWYK
supposed to inherit it, not me.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAIftK5mcZm7
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“Sorry, but I’m more into other businesses, lil’ bro.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAFczUvyzQuE
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“Don’t take it like that, Oliver,” said Marco. “Beauty parlors aren’t that bad.253Please respect copyright.PENANAcSKZtYLkWJ
Moreover, many rich people love going to such places. So you’ll probably make a253Please respect copyright.PENANAqHzIm4ATtG
lot more money in the future.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAJLgj3zKYT9
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“Besides, if you’re interested in other things, I’m sure your mum will253Please respect copyright.PENANAOM491Wh9MN
understand,” said Angel.253Please respect copyright.PENANArENrCSGA2H
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“If you like, you and I can run them together,” said Carly. “That’s if you plan253Please respect copyright.PENANApfNTzXDRgv
on running them.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAXNjvasma72
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“And I can be more of an investor,” said Marco.253Please respect copyright.PENANAElMrREu20f
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“I still have a whole life ahead of me,” said Oliver as he shrugged his253Please respect copyright.PENANA535r8FKvkp
shoulders. “I’ll see if I can handle it.”253Please respect copyright.PENANA2sQrktCWtn
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All the grown-ups at the table looked at the young boy, somewhat surprised at253Please respect copyright.PENANA6NooASIJZN
his answer. They all stayed that way for a brief moment before Leo stretched253Please respect copyright.PENANA6Hf9BaiLMZ
out his hand to get a nacho.253Please respect copyright.PENANATMOrSOnTYH
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“Good enough response for me,” he said. He put the nacho in his mouth253Please respect copyright.PENANAIjH3UAvVTP
afterwards.253Please respect copyright.PENANAomXbuo0Lde
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“I swear, sometimes I feel he’s older for his age,” said Eric as he shook his253Please respect copyright.PENANAFyB5gmM7tp
head.253Please respect copyright.PENANAlNG3r9ahhR
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“Aren’t all kids nowadays?” Angel asked with a smile.253Please respect copyright.PENANAdXFntB1mNa
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“Just like Leo said, a very wise response,” said Marco as he looked at Oliver253Please respect copyright.PENANAhGtMZtriMW
admirably. “Hopefully, you do inherit, and we will become business partners in253Please respect copyright.PENANATBuh7f3esC
the future.”253Please respect copyright.PENANABBsyIObEtZ
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“Yeah, let’s not push him for now,” said Carly. “He’ll sort all of that out253Please respect copyright.PENANAHqigWZ1PPp
later, when he’s older.”253Please respect copyright.PENANABTX5YKcma1
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“Well, sometimes you don’t really have much of a choice. Isn’t that right,253Please respect copyright.PENANAAHhkmdCcCl
Leo?” Marco asked, his eyes fixed on Leo.253Please respect copyright.PENANA7Scrse1hIx
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Leo slowly stopped chewing as he looked at Marco. He didn’t know if answering253Please respect copyright.PENANA81iLPvjP4a
Marco would be a good idea, but he only gestured with his head to acknowledge253Please respect copyright.PENANAFKTR1scscH
the statement.253Please respect copyright.PENANApKbB9K7SSz
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Angel was sipping on her drink when her eyes wandered away from the area in the253Please respect copyright.PENANAoAUxCI5Vcj
bar and to the fountain. She had a feeling Trina and Kim had been standing253Please respect copyright.PENANA1ARdxdKpnz
there for a while. When she found there were only a couple looking at the253Please respect copyright.PENANAqoTYY4rZZX
fountain, she started to worry. Could they have given up and left? Kim didn’t253Please respect copyright.PENANAw182Sthyjs
seem like the kind of person who would give up on anything, Angel thought.253Please respect copyright.PENANAFoCvjWhJfs
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She was lucky enough to see Kim and Trina approach the open bar, and she had a253Please respect copyright.PENANAG2RWPK0Let
clear view of them. Leo sat with his back facing them, but she feared Eric and253Please respect copyright.PENANAyZmC22XuKG
Oliver would see them. Angel had to think of something to turn their eyes253Please respect copyright.PENANAri7CzfhDi3
elsewhere. What should she do?253Please respect copyright.PENANAGDFdbU1t7e
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She turned to Oliver, and he seemed distracted as he was eating the nachos253Please respect copyright.PENANAOiKckZC9vP
hungrily. Turning to Eric, she found him somewhat staring at her.253Please respect copyright.PENANAdDuZoIMPe2
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“What is it?” she asked him.253Please respect copyright.PENANA8kiWb51Opq
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“Oh, nothing,” he said, somewhat looking a little embarrassed that he was253Please respect copyright.PENANAqd2HKMCFlr
caught looking at her. “You’re looking really pretty tonight, that’s all.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAC2XaVmoHwO
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Angel noticed Kim and Trina enter the bar area through the corner of her eye.253Please respect copyright.PENANAoHzUzPE6WN
She couldn’t turn to look at them. That would only get Eric to look, and he253Please respect copyright.PENANAdOwga5RlUu
would spot them eventually. She had to keep eye contact with him for as long as253Please respect copyright.PENANApzIWqlR1Jt
necessary.253Please respect copyright.PENANAvIKeObn4Pp
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“Thank you,” said Angel, smiling at him. “Picking this outfit wasn’t easy, you253Please respect copyright.PENANAxoRhOadOnK
know.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAch4Ov75Edy
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“Nah, I think it was,” said Eric. “I’m betting that you didn’t have to try on253Please respect copyright.PENANAH5JxKkfRTK
any other dress. This one was just perfect.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAvez5SXxV9T
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Carly, who looked at the two, smiled. “He’s not wrong there,” she said.253Please respect copyright.PENANA0iP1w4ENEo
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Leo felt like throwing up in his drink as he had a clear sight of Eric flirting253Please respect copyright.PENANAOwj42aOklz
with Angel. He wished he could tell them to get a room, but he knew better than253Please respect copyright.PENANA6duo12hmMz
to say it when he was flirting with Carly some time ago.253Please respect copyright.PENANADAl0N2gOvB
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Angel saw through the corner of her eye that Kim and Trina had entered the bar253Please respect copyright.PENANA7pX5D4doU2
area and were now looking around for a table on the other side. It was best for253Please respect copyright.PENANA3q01yLPljd
them to get a table where they couldn’t be seen. As soon as they were out of253Please respect copyright.PENANA39foV6r6Nq
sight, Angel couldn’t help but feel relieved. She went on ahead to pick a253Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0ActkFqXC
nacho, dip it in cheese, and eat it.253Please respect copyright.PENANAOW1WOrz4y9
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“That was close,” said Trina. “For a moment, I thought Eric was going to see253Please respect copyright.PENANAAuZ7rmIWZF
us.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAMWHJ8SWYWC
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“We better count ourselves lucky,” said Kim.253Please respect copyright.PENANA0zJYLaC5hc
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“If we weren’t on opposite sides, I would thank Angel for distracting him. I253Please respect copyright.PENANAVJwhHVpI4F
have a feeling she saw us and wasn’t into the idea of Eric seeing us too.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAa1RwE2cJja
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Kim didn’t argue there. She somewhat agreed with Trina. She looked toward the253Please respect copyright.PENANAsQjWI3bIRr
bar. Luckily enough, it was circular in shape with a bar shelve in the253Please respect copyright.PENANA79cgL4pS2n
circumference, blocking the view of the other side. Therefore, she could see253Please respect copyright.PENANAEBRSJjzp7E
neither them nor them doing the same. Moreover, she could easily go over to the253Please respect copyright.PENANAPOLn87UIw4
counter for a drink.253Please respect copyright.PENANA6iRhRKpcqG
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“We should really think things through, Kim,” said Trina as she looked over at253Please respect copyright.PENANAJdvqxZmg3c
the bar, realizing that the others were out of sight. “Is staying here really253Please respect copyright.PENANA0uFumks171
worth it? I doubt if he is going to meet his lover with the company that he253Please respect copyright.PENANAYay3DTKvL4
has.”253Please respect copyright.PENANA9iiPMpzG2B
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“You’ve been in doubt all this time,” said Kim. “Why don’t you just give up and253Please respect copyright.PENANAiDcbkapGNY
leave? I’m not going to stop you.”253Please respect copyright.PENANA9TfB6PPfwL
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“The reason I am here is that I’m afraid that you might mess this up. Your253Please respect copyright.PENANAMyle4bCmls
obsession over Leo leaving you for someone else is really starting to get over253Please respect copyright.PENANAs6Orxn83zd
your head. If you aren’t careful, you might hurt yourself more than you are253Please respect copyright.PENANAPJzIr4pTNS
already doing right now.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAStlswrrkAg
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Kim looked at her best friend, feeling infuriated by what she said. She didn’t253Please respect copyright.PENANAuTfrUUlAB0
want to lash out and tried to find a better way to respond.253Please respect copyright.PENANAF0ieZTshLu
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“Like I said before, if you want to, you can leave,” said Kim.253Please respect copyright.PENANA3JADVca3UU
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“I’m not leaving without you,” said Trina. “And besides, when we came in here,253Please respect copyright.PENANAwXochYn8Sm
I saw Eric flirting with Angel. I wonder if he really does like her.”253Please respect copyright.PENANADakkExcKIV
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A sudden laugh came out of Kim’s mouth. Tears almost filled her eyes. “You’re253Please respect copyright.PENANAxkXJaxKYOY
just as jealous as I am,” she said.253Please respect copyright.PENANAYeVCI71fil
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“Well, I’m not like you,” said Trina as she folded her arms. “You’re making253Please respect copyright.PENANAx56PbbFxxV
things worse for yourself, and it will end up being a obsession.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAq3vWlhejww
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Kim shook her head. “I know, but I won’t let this go far. Once I get to see253Please respect copyright.PENANAtJeXuXEh2Q
Leo’s lover, I’ll let this go.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAh7b7MLjWRV
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Trina raised an eyebrow. “Will you? I know you, Kim. Leo has been the only man253Please respect copyright.PENANAAEs6fbXv9h
you’ve been in love with since we were kids, and him breaking up with you and253Please respect copyright.PENANAeEsbH60N1o
calling off the wedding was a heavy toll. I don’t think you’ll be able to let253Please respect copyright.PENANAUYk6FitIT5
go of him that easily.”253Please respect copyright.PENANA6uzQnrMPGF
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“Are you trying to say I am psycho?” Kim didn’t like where their conversation253Please respect copyright.PENANAkg9FmJqqJk
was going.253Please respect copyright.PENANAqVy3mAAs3m
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Trina swallowed, thinking over her words before she spoke them out. “All I’m253Please respect copyright.PENANAPmXPYsv33c
saying is that it’s time to let Leo go. Thinking about him and his new lover253Please respect copyright.PENANAy8uPoKQ01g
isn’t going to do you any good.”253Please respect copyright.PENANA47VDgoXaJM
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Kim sighed. She stretched out her hand over the table and beckoned to Trina to253Please respect copyright.PENANAavsbULAooS
give her hers. Trina did likewise, and Kim held her friend’s hand tightly.253Please respect copyright.PENANAsku8JW3Yft
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“Okay, after tonight, I’ll try and let go of Leo,” said Kim.253Please respect copyright.PENANA8PRlcJ1w6N
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“Why not now?” Trina asked. “Don’t tell me you’re going to follow through with253Please respect copyright.PENANAQfdfayy33h
your promise after you see this lover of his.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAsEsJQetL3F
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Kim didn’t answer, and Trina rolled her eyes. “Fine,” Trina said. “After253Please respect copyright.PENANAoLgkgUXAwS
tonight, I shouldn’t hear about Leo ever again.”253Please respect copyright.PENANADhmJqGJXM8
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“But what if we don’t see her?” Kim asked.253Please respect copyright.PENANA42Ad4ALTKB
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“You forget him anyway,” said Trina, pulling her hand away. “I’m going to get253Please respect copyright.PENANAOKPfwtvtVW
us some drinks.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAXdz8RkurXz
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Trina quickly stood up and left the table. Kim looked on at her best friend and253Please respect copyright.PENANA3MwIbX4kFK
knew she had pissed her off. She wished she could assure Trina that she was253Please respect copyright.PENANAVtxJFhRPnG
going to forget Leo after this, but even she knew that was far from impossible.253Please respect copyright.PENANACfWv7jH3bD
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Miranda rushed out of the elevator and ran into the garden like a mad woman.253Please respect copyright.PENANA6LANqNboy5
Along the way, she pushed people aside. To some, she apologized, but to others,253Please respect copyright.PENANAgDRtNgB9Pl
she didn’t even give them a second thought.253Please respect copyright.PENANAj2OBxxOC0u
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There was only one way to the garden, and that was through the western wing253Please respect copyright.PENANAi3iuHNvnOr
since the doors to the east wing weren’t open, said a woman she had met in the253Please respect copyright.PENANAJtMZWqf4bq
elevator who was going downstairs and who had lived in the hotel for a long253Please respect copyright.PENANA3uLZz0nYC2
time. Thankful for the information, Miranda had to rush. She only had a few253Please respect copyright.PENANAOxA90ubCl4
minutes left, but all she needed was to see Leo.253Please respect copyright.PENANAyK92esXl8Z
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She had just bypassed the fountain, heading towards the open bar, but then she253Please respect copyright.PENANAhGq22APKMw
stopped herself short. She had to see where Leo was sitting first; he might as253Please respect copyright.PENANAzapORH2uM9
well have Carly seated right beside him, and Carly would no doubt see her if253Please respect copyright.PENANAOMPbnpMGIx
she wasn’t too careful.253Please respect copyright.PENANAbfmCn0Kuid
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She didn’t have to look any further, as she saw Leo at the table with Carly253Please respect copyright.PENANATJISeKLgoD
beside him along with other people. Leo was holding the floor for the time253Please respect copyright.PENANAz2iR379fzA
being, and Miranda noticed how everyone laughed at what he said. Carly, who sat253Please respect copyright.PENANAdWaKSfEGJ7
next to him, looked admirably at him. Miranda huffed. If only she could figure253Please respect copyright.PENANA5nHS2ynOqF
out a way to get the two apart, but now wasn’t the time to think about such253Please respect copyright.PENANArZYukHvuDJ
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She started to approach the entrance of the bar; looking over at Leo’s table253Please respect copyright.PENANAqKmu3hjYXT
and hopeful that Carly wouldn’t turn her head to see her.253Please respect copyright.PENANAWglzK6WTii
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Miranda walked over to the counter and sat on the stool. Immediately, the253Please respect copyright.PENANA5D6MpPbcjG
bartender attended to her, and she ordered a martini. The bartender went on253Please respect copyright.PENANARPClpJi8oI
ahead to make her drink as Miranda slightly turned around on her chair to look253Please respect copyright.PENANAoqBWoD14SH
at the table behind her. She had a clear view of Leo, and a smile came across253Please respect copyright.PENANAggcmPkdxpc
her face.253Please respect copyright.PENANADqlPzGriLh
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“Seriously, ever since Albert puked on me at the work party, I told myself253Please respect copyright.PENANAe1iRXKi07E
never to drink with him again,” said Leo, concluding his funny story.253Please respect copyright.PENANAquxxJScnKH
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"That's why I never hang around drunk people," said Marco. "You253Please respect copyright.PENANAVs7DOYjN5r
might find they embarrass you."253Please respect copyright.PENANAYnvESe4bXc
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"But haven't we ever done anything embarrassing when we are drunk?"253Please respect copyright.PENANAKiMKaTetRQ
Eric asked.253Please respect copyright.PENANAfG6BDmnpyV
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"Not me," Oliver answered. "I'm too young to drink."253Please respect copyright.PENANANsw2NVJOKg
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Eric sucked his teeth. "Of course, I wasn't directing the question to you,253Please respect copyright.PENANAaWMDDjwNP1
silly," he said.253Please respect copyright.PENANA3MoBau7Pyu
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"I remember there was one time back at my old college when I got so drunk253Please respect copyright.PENANA2kL9rCJmvl
that Angel had to come by taxi to take me home," Carly shared. "We253Please respect copyright.PENANAjw25F0k0KF
were having a closing year party as a class at a friend's place. I got so253Please respect copyright.PENANAkwxjNJEmlB
carried away that I even fell in the pool."253Please respect copyright.PENANAPIMVtluesC
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"A friend of hers called, and I had to arrange some dry clothes for253Please respect copyright.PENANAtf96z7rX45
her," said Angel as she laughed. "Seriously, Carly, you threw Mum in253Please respect copyright.PENANAaVRBC5Otaq
a fit when I tried to sneak you back into the house. But you ended up singing253Please respect copyright.PENANAJHtFPisdus
so loudly that she came rushing from her bedroom to see you in a mess."253Please respect copyright.PENANAhH5xp56tng
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"Were you grounded, Carly?" Oliver asked as he ate some nachos.253Please respect copyright.PENANAOgOEtNxrMf
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"No, but if us young adults could still be, I definitely would have been253Please respect copyright.PENANAoCyl0YkCoX
grounded," said Carly. "I was punished in a way, though. Mum didn't253Please respect copyright.PENANAhPSXLOcHjQ
talk to me for a week."253Please respect copyright.PENANAdzgZqNorQT
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"I remember when we were having my uncle's birthday party," said253Please respect copyright.PENANArvbHPzQZR6
Marco, "and we meant to have a nice, quiet family party. Instead, my uncle253Please respect copyright.PENANA6jYRL3st2v
brought in many of his unruly friends. The party turned out to be such a blast.253Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2frkKcM7v
He and I had a competition to see who could drink more tequila. He passed out253Please respect copyright.PENANA6wit7azelf
before he could take the last glass. I won, but at a cost. I puked in the car,253Please respect copyright.PENANAq0GtWxuKWz
and my dad was furious. From then on, I told myself I wasn't going for tequila253Please respect copyright.PENANAiVAs58Whsy
shots ever again."253Please respect copyright.PENANAqOGUk9OBc6
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“Trust me, the first time I had my first tequila shot in college was awful,”253Please respect copyright.PENANAznce2SzYMK
said Eric. “My head was spinning so much that I slept in the bar, and it took253Please respect copyright.PENANA1qRKw5ektc
my friends I had back then to carry me back to my room. Leo was also there, and253Please respect copyright.PENANArx7phwlPpy
he said I was blabbering nonsense before I blacked out.”253Please respect copyright.PENANADXWGEHa2mD
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“He was complaining about some girl who couldn’t stop following him in253Please respect copyright.PENANAxpcZK9gJSx
college,” said Leo. “If she happened to be there to hear what you had said, she253Please respect copyright.PENANAuyTpzLIcU2
would definitely have stayed away from you for sure.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAhsZsXXQ5GM
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Eric shook his head after taking a sip of his drink. “I highly doubt it. I did253Please respect copyright.PENANA4zgylv9a3k
some crazy things in college, but the girls still loved me anyway.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAsQkX6odi0Z
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Marco turned to look at Angel. “What of you, Angel? Have you ever had any253Please respect copyright.PENANAoGUfxu4tOn
embarrassing moments when you were drunk?” he asked.253Please respect copyright.PENANA6rmSJnuq7Y
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“Before she says anything,” said Carly. “You should ask her first if she drinks253Please respect copyright.PENANALOF0KdA7kz
alcohol.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAp8j5mCwt3D
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Marco, Leo, and Eric now turned their eyes on Angel with curious looks. Her253Please respect copyright.PENANAjgovoF9Xj6
cheeks flushed in embarrassment as she looked down at the table. She pressed253Please respect copyright.PENANAePXDoXpsQq
her lips together before looking at everyone, including Oliver.253Please respect copyright.PENANAchvW4avdY0
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"So, Angel, do you take any alcohol?” Marco asked.253Please respect copyright.PENANAytORSYK7GA
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“Of course, I do,” said Angel. “Except that I like to drink wine or champagne253Please respect copyright.PENANAjWxjS6YfaZ
on special occasions.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAjbyQJhvLrK
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“I never thought someone like you would actually take alcohol,” said Eric. “But253Please respect copyright.PENANAvMt0vQWzoZ
your preference suits you.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAZKdiT7ALGC
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“Yeah, very classy,” said Oliver.253Please respect copyright.PENANAACCtNAnXu4
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The adults turned to look at Oliver, surprised. Oliver also looked back at them253Please respect copyright.PENANAuwz5g6edMR
as though he were judging them for giving him such a look.253Please respect copyright.PENANAUqK93d7XUh
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“What?” he asked with a shrug of his shoulders. “I hear people who drink such253Please respect copyright.PENANAE62cfw6Qyu
are considered classy.”253Please respect copyright.PENANARtQTtI0pjx
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“Wow, someone should tell him that he shouldn’t judge people according to what253Please respect copyright.PENANAAuFh5xvuLu
they drink,” said Eric.253Please respect copyright.PENANAP1G6PlipoZ
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“Well, Angel is classy, isn’t she?” Oliver asked.253Please respect copyright.PENANA4oOuTr3Hyz
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Angel and Carly burst into laughter. Marco and Leo chuckled, while Eric looked253Please respect copyright.PENANATYJqfXAtGV
like he didn’t know what to do with his brother anymore.253Please respect copyright.PENANAFKs55dkp1T
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“I agree with Oliver,” said Marco. “Angel is in a class of her own.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAEfYUVfmEVQ
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“That’s being too sweet, don’t you think?” Leo asked, raising an eyebrow at253Please respect copyright.PENANA1jRCPYE1x0
Marco.253Please respect copyright.PENANAScKcvsnNPN
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“Well, no, I’m being really genuine here. Angel carries a certain level of253Please respect copyright.PENANAmSsXBELDrC
elegance that I can describe as classy. I don’t know, but there’s much more to253Please respect copyright.PENANA6oZe5WzYLs
her than just her beauty. You’re a man, and I have no doubt you see it too.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAYVTEfaVbIg
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Everyone was silent except for Oliver, who loudly sucked at his smoothie253Please respect copyright.PENANA5FKyos5MTl
through the straw. Angel found herself looking at Marco with her cheeks feeling253Please respect copyright.PENANAvFJUSwS6SO
like hot coals slapped across her face. Marco turned from Leo to Angel, and the253Please respect copyright.PENANA5XfMptc176
corner of his lips rose to a smile. This time, his smile was gentle and253Please respect copyright.PENANAWFTQQ1ryh3
sincere.253Please respect copyright.PENANAQAa66x7YcQ
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Leo swallowed, as he didn’t know how to respond to Marco’s statement. He saw253Please respect copyright.PENANAAMhY7LlG5f
Marco shift his attention to Angel. As much as Marco was somewhat right from253Please respect copyright.PENANAsehQUjYUMd
Leo’s perspective, he did his best to try and not take it to heart. For some253Please respect copyright.PENANAFnKD2n8UVw
reason, he couldn’t stand the way Marco looked at her, and it bothered him a253Please respect copyright.PENANAakC2BPnDyk
little. He started to wonder if Marco really liked Angel.253Please respect copyright.PENANA6dpxZEiknb
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Eric felt like taking Angel by the hand and dragging her away from Marco. He253Please respect copyright.PENANAErqsm8dYv7
shifted uncomfortably in his chair, and he thought of bringing something up to253Please respect copyright.PENANALvPA0RyMfm
ease the tension that he felt, but nothing came to mind.253Please respect copyright.PENANA8hdHTPlY22
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Carly couldn’t help but stare at Angel. What Marco said resonated with her, and253Please respect copyright.PENANA97HktKqI6M
as she stared at her sister, she could see it clearly. She always felt there253Please respect copyright.PENANA4O2zcqD48E
was something about Angel that she couldn’t put her finger on, and it seems253Please respect copyright.PENANAeyiCGL4dne
Marco hit the nail right on the head. Carly has not always looked up at her253Please respect copyright.PENANAsp5MWdyzJL
sister because she was older, but she always carried with her a certain essence253Please respect copyright.PENANAVtk7qx8Rjg
that Carly’s been following blindly for years. She knew she could never be like253Please respect copyright.PENANATkrJRcye7m
Angel, but that essence always showed brightly, and Carly always admired Angel253Please respect copyright.PENANAXicljlIBPt
for it.253Please respect copyright.PENANAxc3zwfWMcZ
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“We’re out of nachos,” Oliver announced, bringing everyone out of their253Please respect copyright.PENANAl2hHb6NHjG
thoughts.253Please respect copyright.PENANAl4U9MFK1M5
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“I’ll go get some,” said Leo, grateful for Oliver finishing the nachos. He253Please respect copyright.PENANAB2xCklzdTo
really needed to take a breather.253Please respect copyright.PENANAkDlhMXqcdo
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Leo picked up the empty bowl and started to make his way to the bar counter.253Please respect copyright.PENANAzaAEkCNZe6
Oliver started to say something to keep everyone busy. When Leo was just a few253Please respect copyright.PENANAgsdKXgnC5z
feet away from the bar, it was then that Angel jerked upright in her seat as253Please respect copyright.PENANAoaB7wrSyUB
though she had woken up from a bad dream.253Please respect copyright.PENANAfwcSo7KhyT
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“Hey, are you okay?” Eric asked.253Please respect copyright.PENANAhsSprxjlk3
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“I’m good, thanks,” Angel replied, assuring Eric with a smile. She turned to253Please respect copyright.PENANAcIqKI8DWJG
Leo, who was heading to the counter. Kim was obviously on the other side, so253Please respect copyright.PENANAjUjGyt6kOf
Leo wouldn’t see them. She was worrying over nothing.253Please respect copyright.PENANATctn4XNvEb
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Miranda quickly turned back in her seat to face the beer and wine bottles on253Please respect copyright.PENANA5489OIHjv4
the shelf behind the bar counter as she saw Leo approach. She swallowed as she253Please respect copyright.PENANAECCQ0mtHQa
felt her hands start to shake. A debate arose in her head. Should she say253Please respect copyright.PENANA9YBvesKHLk
something to him when he comes over? Why should she? It’s not like he can253Please respect copyright.PENANAHrtQLBC2G8
remember that they met at the candy store. I am just being silly, she said to253Please respect copyright.PENANAQlLMOXjYct
herself.253Please respect copyright.PENANAARXzfIU3DO
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Leo finally reached the counter, and he happened to stand next to Miranda. When253Please respect copyright.PENANA2Hodn572aG
Miranda saw him through the corner of her eye, she felt frightened like a mouse253Please respect copyright.PENANAIVG6F8ms7L
that scurries away when it sees the enemy. However, she tried to sit still in253Please respect copyright.PENANAYLYgdKdCht
her seat so as not to draw any attention to herself. She looked down at the253Please respect copyright.PENANASGoPOMTnBf
glass in front of her and slowly took it. She tried to control the trembling in253Please respect copyright.PENANAcxmN32px0T
her hand and hoped that she wouldn’t spill the drink over or that Leo wouldn’t253Please respect copyright.PENANAJwYI4TMuEL
notice her.253Please respect copyright.PENANAMCCred1s3q
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Leo ordered another plate of nachos, and his eyes diverted to the side. His253Please respect copyright.PENANAdtipy3cyTc
eyes fell on the woman beside him. He had a funny feeling that she looked253Please respect copyright.PENANAUXtPdIb5W0
familiar, but he didn’t know if he should ask. Still, it was better to mind his253Please respect copyright.PENANAMWYOq5gCGN
own business.253Please respect copyright.PENANAW1pFYyHpLI
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Miranda felt his eyes on her, and automatically, her head turned to the side to253Please respect copyright.PENANAZwIT4OL1yw
look at Leo. After realizing what she had done, her eyes went wide with253Please respect copyright.PENANAmhISqHO5wK
surprise.253Please respect copyright.PENANAZj4KDtunxO
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“I remember you from somewhere,” said Leo.253Please respect copyright.PENANA3V7BeYHEWj
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“Ah, yes,” said Miranda. Her surprised look seemed to have worked in her favor.253Please respect copyright.PENANAf36t44TZFc
“At the candy store.”253Please respect copyright.PENANA8x1rUKBXUk
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“Oh, yeah, right,” said Leo as he gave a nod of his head. “I remember. You253Please respect copyright.PENANAqsuYoyFKV1
bumped into that moving shelf.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAt0kyDyDN2x
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“That was embarrassing,” said Miranda as she laughed. “I was in a rush.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAYivFfn64yX
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Leo gave her a friendly smile and nodded his head, showing that he understood.253Please respect copyright.PENANATBycDfL6d0
His gesture made Miranda almost want to shoot out of her stool like a rocket.253Please respect copyright.PENANAy44bBwU8vc
Her heart fluttered, and she wanted to hold on to that beautiful feeling253Please respect copyright.PENANAdXta4lQ914
forever.253Please respect copyright.PENANAuwyVvpg5wd
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The bartender came back with the plate refilled with nachos and cheese. Leo253Please respect copyright.PENANAhoGQal1YGD
took it and thanked the bartender. He turned to Miranda, and she knew that253Please respect copyright.PENANAH4Mne3cAiN
their conversation ended here.253Please respect copyright.PENANAfQNDGhAs5O
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“It was nice seeing you again,” said Leo. “Enjoy your drink.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAOQOHn9j9tL
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“Thanks,” said Miranda. She didn’t know what to say next as Leo took his leave.253Please respect copyright.PENANA6JwqCIQouU
The thought of being just a stranger to him didn’t sit well with Miranda. She253Please respect copyright.PENANA9sSAfugvV6
wanted to be close to him. How will she be able to do that?253Please respect copyright.PENANAS08omDbBhz
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Her eyes fell to the table Leo was heading to, and she saw Carly talking with253Please respect copyright.PENANAmjDK7vf0H5
so much glee. She didn’t seem to have a care in the world, and it hurt Miranda253Please respect copyright.PENANALAIbAsltWa
that she should be the one close to Leo and not her.253Please respect copyright.PENANAjNjNiyONL8
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Carly turned her eyes to Leo, who was approaching the table, and she couldn’t253Please respect copyright.PENANAPs75bk3zNG
help but smile at him. Miranda was smart enough to turn her head so that Carly253Please respect copyright.PENANAQ49QjhmIxU
wouldn’t see her. Miranda knew her time was up, and she was guessing that she253Please respect copyright.PENANAeRQVB4vQaQ
might have overstayed at the bar. It was time to go back upstairs. She thought253Please respect copyright.PENANAOA5bY1S3Wc
of looking back at Leo, but it wasn’t worth the risk. It was best for her to253Please respect copyright.PENANAVIxT8tqrFO
leave, but after she finished her martini.253Please respect copyright.PENANADRaEUP0DyT
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A few seconds before that, Trina came back to the table with two bottles of253Please respect copyright.PENANAzRnJPzKxCq
cider. She sat herself down and placed one bottle in front of Kim.253Please respect copyright.PENANAjL6Rpdqyt8
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“Thanks,” said Kim.253Please respect copyright.PENANA9hra2IKNvZ
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“Have you thought of what to do?” Trina asked. “We can’t see Leo from here.253Please respect copyright.PENANAJReYrd5Lov
That’s if you really plan on catching Leo with his lover.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAKexkFlFLZA
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“I thought of sitting by the counter and peeping on him,” Kim suggested.253Please respect copyright.PENANAmnRzYQE2vZ
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“Sounds like a good idea,” said Trina. “Even if we were to see him walking out,253Please respect copyright.PENANA5APKr7goZg
it would be impossible for us to see where he would go.”253Please respect copyright.PENANADVGpq0Arq2
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As the two women stood at the table, Trina stopped Kim by placing her hand on253Please respect copyright.PENANArmTRJbMhgB
Kim’s shoulder.253Please respect copyright.PENANACosYmeVk1T
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“I know you’re tired of me saying this,” said Trina, “but doing this is a bad253Please respect copyright.PENANA7rZBnqVQ39
idea. We should get out while we can.”253Please respect copyright.PENANA0RNZ8Y1QFh
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Kim scoffed. “I gave you my word earlier, didn’t I? There is no need to repeat253Please respect copyright.PENANAYGmNgEZ162
the conversation. Let’s go.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAUGMQNKZtyT
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Trina’s hand fell away from Kim’s shoulder as Kim started to make her way to253Please respect copyright.PENANABm42ZswIQe
the other side of the bar. Trina followed her, and coming back the way they253Please respect copyright.PENANApe84ORdigt
came, they stopped at the counter. From the angle at which they stood, they253Please respect copyright.PENANAoG9LOhvOGK
were able to see Leo’s table.253Please respect copyright.PENANAp4LunJcNsG
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The two of them sat on the stools, facing each other. Trina had her back facing253Please respect copyright.PENANAoa4StEs2Xg
Leo’s table, shielding Kim from plain sight if the worst happened.253Please respect copyright.PENANAFlM0oxvZl2
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“I can’t see so much, so you’ll be telling me what’s going on,” said Trina.253Please respect copyright.PENANAoeFnvqELq7
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“You’re overthinking things,” said Kim. “You can take a peek and still won’t be253Please respect copyright.PENANAWU1Y3wgdij
seen. Oh, look, Leo is coming over.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAveF4GHHlF8
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Trina turned her head slightly to see Leo approach the other side of the253Please respect copyright.PENANA2hXsomF2ce
counter. He wasn’t looking in their direction, so they were at ease as they253Please respect copyright.PENANAC9wVbo7Zu8
looked on. They saw him ask the bar tender for another refill of nachos. He253Please respect copyright.PENANAuUlnQPuXhd
soon looked at the woman beside him, and Kim held Trina’s hand on the bar253Please respect copyright.PENANAI8Z36F9kWd
counter in anticipation.253Please respect copyright.PENANADnpoURQ5OT
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“Could it be her?” Kim asked, almost squeezing Trina’s hand.253Please respect copyright.PENANAcxAAYYolo1
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Trina looked at the woman beside Leo as she turned to look at him. She shook253Please respect copyright.PENANAA56WmTDdbM
her head. “I don’t think so,” said Trina.253Please respect copyright.PENANAVhXr9EbWfZ
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They watched as Leo talked with the woman briefly, and as soon as he took the bowl253Please respect copyright.PENANAGcVe1YRqSD
of nachos, he addressed the woman and went back to his table. Trina shook her253Please respect copyright.PENANADjwBa6aPli
head.253Please respect copyright.PENANAgm7GEHfn0Y
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“She’s not the one,” said Trina. “They looked like they knew each other, but253Please respect copyright.PENANAfAFAX4RFuW
not at that intimate level.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAtN7qNCWJGt
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“Are you sure?” Kim asked. “Because he was smiling at her.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAvnOuBwID6d
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Trina rolled her eyes before turning them at her friend. “Does every smile he253Please respect copyright.PENANA9hOMeCi4d0
gives everyone mean that he is flirting with them?” she asked. “He looks like253Please respect copyright.PENANAxLVosBBETY
he was being friendly to me.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAlmTt1V8w6n
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“What if she’s the one and they were communicating in some way through code?”253Please respect copyright.PENANAlwRnDJtftk
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Trina raised an eyebrow at her. Kim knew she was taking things a little far and253Please respect copyright.PENANAp6opEF2Gz4
looked the other way, taking a sip from her bottle and feeling embarrassed.253Please respect copyright.PENANAzhOlYYydPP
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Angel stared at her empty glass of soda, concluding that she needed to refill.253Please respect copyright.PENANASSzzFRJaUY
She excused herself from the table and started to make her way to the bar253Please respect copyright.PENANAT0KFljjuS2
counter.253Please respect copyright.PENANAkRtRfzFbp1
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Miranda finished her martini in one huge gulp. She placed the glass on the253Please respect copyright.PENANAsVpxNxV1O5
counter, leaving the bill under the glass. After she stepped down from her253Please respect copyright.PENANAWIsar9AWQ5
stool, she turned around and came shoulder to shoulder with someone.253Please respect copyright.PENANA2lxnN6NNha
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“Oh, sorry about that,” said a beautiful woman in a stunning red velvet dress.253Please respect copyright.PENANAQlY1LbxmvO
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Miranda almost panicked, for she thought the person she had bumped into was253Please respect copyright.PENANALp8QyWj0JJ
someone familiar. However, looking closely, she realized that it was Angel,253Please respect copyright.PENANAiwumodwQNL
Carly’s older sister. Miranda knew Angel didn’t know about her, but Miranda253Please respect copyright.PENANADTEtf6vw9i
knew who she was. In the past, when she and Carly used to work together, Carly253Please respect copyright.PENANAyIC42UIc40
had shown Angel’s pictures to her a few times. Miranda acknowledged that the253Please respect copyright.PENANAPgxK80I3ZV
sisters had looks that could kill, but there was something about Angel’s beauty253Please respect copyright.PENANAXsadl67Ml7
that was different from Carly’s.253Please respect copyright.PENANAcNkXhcNhK4
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“Oh, it’s nothing,” said Miranda.253Please respect copyright.PENANAys7WPBJ91L
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Angel smiled at her before turning her attention to the bartender. Miranda253Please respect copyright.PENANAi6z6OnuCkS
turned around to head out of the bar when she froze in her tracks. She felt253Please respect copyright.PENANAKzMcsTOON7
caught in a trap as she looked ahead. This is bad.253Please respect copyright.PENANAb3QnFYBfVr
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Carly’s eyes fell on Miranda as she looked over to the bar to check on her253Please respect copyright.PENANAqTW9hGP5sH
sister. Miranda happened to be right in her line of vision. Carly’s eyes253Please respect copyright.PENANA5IeUQKn0IM
widened with fear as thoughts started to run through her head. What was Miranda253Please respect copyright.PENANASB9BPBLQZa
doing here?253Please respect copyright.PENANA7UyBiv95YN
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Angel thanked the bartender after refilling her glass, and when she turned253Please respect copyright.PENANAb5U2L9P2ej
around, the woman whom she bumped into stood still like a statue. Angel read253Please respect copyright.PENANAZnHuPYjQZE
her body language, and she realized that the person seemed to be in some kind253Please respect copyright.PENANA4iA66PNPDe
of shock. She noticed the woman looking towards the table where her sister and253Please respect copyright.PENANALVQ0arJtcc
the others were. Moreover, she saw Carly look at the woman with the same253Please respect copyright.PENANABD1tHWgW0D
surprised look.253Please respect copyright.PENANAPNQO4hVEVI
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Angel raised an eyebrow. She was just about to touch the woman’s shoulder to253Please respect copyright.PENANAoCamBzTZ7j
get her attention, but she thought better of it.253Please respect copyright.PENANAMHTkpVLfuL
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“Hey, are you okay?” Angel asked.253Please respect copyright.PENANARzpnkdpq6z
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Miranda jolted back to reality and turned to look at Angel. She nervously253Please respect copyright.PENANAzNYkgzw0DC
chuckled. “Uh, yes, I’m fine, thanks,” said Miranda. “I thought I saw someone I253Please respect copyright.PENANArbHZnrGWnj
knew, but I was mistaken. I should go now.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAAWQloZEwDJ
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Before Angel could say anything, Miranda quickly made her way out of the bar.253Please respect copyright.PENANAgIWZr6Zoim
Those who were wondering what took Angel so long turned to the bar counter and253Please respect copyright.PENANAEnsLWm9lJT
saw the woman quickly walk away from Angel. Angel looked at the young woman,253Please respect copyright.PENANA32PkdF4WLQ
and she turned her attention back to the table, specifically on Carly. Carly253Please respect copyright.PENANAEpzoEMQIie
didn’t turn her head right away as she looked at her sister. She didn’t want to253Please respect copyright.PENANA2YvuILwKrJ
look like she knew Miranda, and it was best to act natural. Angel went back to253Please respect copyright.PENANA6h8pvaO1Zh
the table.253Please respect copyright.PENANA0oNlr5pbZq
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“What was that about?” Eric asked.253Please respect copyright.PENANAprQhT9avM4
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“Oh, she thought she recognized someone, but she was mistaken,” said Angel as253Please respect copyright.PENANAmNoiCifZr3
she sat back down on her seat, placing her glass on the table.253Please respect copyright.PENANAxrr15DrMSo
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“She must have meant me,” said Leo. Carly looked at him, surprised at his253Please respect copyright.PENANAtTTKUGpCbh
statement. “Remember the time we went to that candy store a few days ago?” He253Please respect copyright.PENANAeJfFMl83WF
looked at Eric. “She was the one who bumped into that moving shelf.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAQW4VLIDvMt
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“Oh, I see,” said Angel. “But she said she didn’t recognize anyone.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAYn256eL0ES
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“Obviously she was nervous because of Leo again,” said Eric. “I bet the reason253Please respect copyright.PENANA8Wh2F2lXeM
she bumped into that shelf was because of your scary looks.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAYB9pjDnl5j
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Angel shook her head. “Not this again,” she said.253Please respect copyright.PENANA4OHuOayMcg
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“Mind you,” Leo started to say, “when I went over to the bar, I actually talked253Please respect copyright.PENANAz7LmT26Yml
to her. She didn’t seem nervous to me.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAG8MambFu2O
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“She obviously fell for your good looks, not the scary one as Eric had put it,”253Please respect copyright.PENANAvQQpzwndnl
said Marco.253Please respect copyright.PENANAJI4yFWA5hB
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“You really are a bully, Eric,” said Oliver. “It’s not Leo’s fault that he is253Please respect copyright.PENANAEcHQF17BsW
more handsome than you.”253Please respect copyright.PENANArDJNRQSkWu
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Marcos and Angel laughed at Eric. Eric, on the other hand, felt like hitting253Please respect copyright.PENANASeXeLKdV3H
his brother on the head. Carly had been silent the whole time as thoughts ran253Please respect copyright.PENANAx39Sm5AQfV
through her head. Miranda actually had a talk with Leo, and that scared her.253Please respect copyright.PENANA8SpaLOySE8
Could she have told Leo that she was also there at his bachelor party?253Please respect copyright.PENANALuFuBm9EGh
Moreover, they met days ago at the candy store, and she finds herself here at253Please respect copyright.PENANAk0DVdOl5aJ
the hotel. Why did Carly feel like she was suddenly in jeopardy?253Please respect copyright.PENANAd0oZg4HxYE
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Angel wiped away the tears from her eyes, and she soon looked at Carly, who253Please respect copyright.PENANAAj3uEoqsTy
looked lost in thought. She couldn’t help but wonder what her sister was253Please respect copyright.PENANAhkJHyxuhXN
thinking about.253Please respect copyright.PENANALwmHIf6yp1
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“You, Oliver, have really cracked me up today,” said Marco as he continued to253Please respect copyright.PENANAIbgZPTDjYL
laugh. “I can’t wait for us to hang out like this again.”253Please respect copyright.PENANA6iungvIxjT
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Oliver beamed at Marco happily, while Eric felt like slapping that look off his253Please respect copyright.PENANA2vwlTOhwsU
brother’s face.253Please respect copyright.PENANAFVhEixDR3D
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“Yeah, Oliver has really cracked me up too,” said Angel as she turned to smile253Please respect copyright.PENANAbNpHgdd9iF
at Oliver.253Please respect copyright.PENANA9hh50OZ2S7
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“I hate to wrap things up here,” said Marco, “but I’m done for the night.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAAVuhBqicU6
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“Oh, that’s a shame,” said Eric. “We were really having fun.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAA2luzFrhNh
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“Don’t you think it’s also getting late?” Angel asked the others. “We better be253Please respect copyright.PENANAhTkQT7v4Df
heading out too.”253Please respect copyright.PENANA4THwEppk6k
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Leo gave Angel a look. He still didn’t get the chance to be alone with Carly.253Please respect copyright.PENANAGDWYpGsrc5
When Marco said he was leaving, he thought he had the opportunity. He turned to253Please respect copyright.PENANA2nyshPZvmx
look at Carly beside him, and she seemed to look lost in her own world.253Please respect copyright.PENANAwu06eFTdCO
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“We should,” said Oliver. “I want us to pass somewhere and get ice cream on our253Please respect copyright.PENANAZgQku9vdOa
way home.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAlRIYPdux64
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“Uh, wait a minute,” said Leo. “Some of us would like to spend a little time253Please respect copyright.PENANAJtnQHm6zZ1
here.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAlz4uXaKPr3
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Angel threw Leo a look, knowing what he was playing at. She wanted to leave253Please respect copyright.PENANAKsumdCKo8o
because the possibility of Leo seeing Kim and Trina was high, and she didn’t253Please respect copyright.PENANAbWzmZZZqyv
want to risk it. Moreover, if Kim does see Leo spending his time alone with253Please respect copyright.PENANAI75UmRJBZ0
Carly, she will realize without a doubt that Carly is Leo’s lover. If only she253Please respect copyright.PENANAyMr1nzD0qn
could tell Leo without making him so upset, she thought to herself.253Please respect copyright.PENANA4Xc0RowpDj
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“Leo’s right,” said Eric, looking over at Leo. “I would like to stay here for a253Please respect copyright.PENANApJvrogM7vl
little longer.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAlbteeDCDhC
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Angel sighed, but not the kind that anyone would notice. It looks like she lost253Please respect copyright.PENANAlPyC3TT2IK
this one. She just has to find a way to work around it.253Please respect copyright.PENANAZivnaIwAbZ
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“Well, then I’ll leave you to enjoy yourselves,” said Marco as he stood up from253Please respect copyright.PENANALiopUUTvdC
his seat. “Before I forget,” he said as he turned to Angel. “I would love to253Please respect copyright.PENANAmL7e8Vf4he
get your number, Angel.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAcmAx9GzAD9
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Angel almost forgot about that, and she blushed immediately when Marco asked her.253Please respect copyright.PENANA5ycdwSxLB5
She watched him pull out his phone. He turned his eyes on her, giving her his253Please respect copyright.PENANAu9UKuZVb7r
full attention. Angel hesitated for a bit before giving out her number, and he253Please respect copyright.PENANAET2yVHubJu
typed it down on his phone. Eric and Leo looked on, wondering why Marco looked253Please respect copyright.PENANA2MTQO5DGkT
so eager to get her number. Carly wasn’t paying much attention, so she couldn’t253Please respect copyright.PENANAaNWXCih7G8
care less.253Please respect copyright.PENANAxtdPEY3wyq
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“I really enjoyed my time with you,” said Marco, pocketing his phone away. “We253Please respect copyright.PENANABxAmLx8x6k
should do this sometime soon.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAv4CHH1E01U
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“Sure,” said Eric, putting up a smile for Marco, which proved to be very253Please respect copyright.PENANAhhJhFOkCmk
difficult.253Please respect copyright.PENANAXhnqXAyBst
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Marco wished everyone a good night, and everyone responded back. Even Carly,253Please respect copyright.PENANAkbJ5uPuMpU
who looked absent-minded, said goodnight. Before leaving, Marco gave Angel a253Please respect copyright.PENANAqICSzBlW3c
wink, telling her to expect a message from him anytime soon. Angel only smiled,253Please respect copyright.PENANAe5AzNor173
feeling embarrassed that he said that in front of everyone.253Please respect copyright.PENANALkp4HoJPfO
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“Marco really likes you, Angel,” said Oliver after Marco had left the bar.253Please respect copyright.PENANAgrrTiGVBKu
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“Why do you say that?” Angel asked, looking at the boy with wide eyes.253Please respect copyright.PENANA8f4337LBsr
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“Don’t listen to him,” said Eric. “Kids don’t know what they say nowadays.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAoyrkUswSlR
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Leo turned to Carly, and it was then that he noticed that she hadn’t talked253Please respect copyright.PENANA2J84P919ZB
much at all for a while.253Please respect copyright.PENANAQPtC1jSzYZ
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“Hey, Carly, are you okay?” Leo asked.253Please respect copyright.PENANAnR7bI2cbFl
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Everyone turned to look at Carly. She tried to hide it with a smile, telling253Please respect copyright.PENANAKaAIBD6COe
Leo that she was alright. Angel couldn’t point out why her sister looked low,253Please respect copyright.PENANAKP6L7rnzeK
but she knew she could use this to her advantage.253Please respect copyright.PENANA0nb8gC3xFO
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“You look tired, Carly,” said Angel. “Maybe we should call it a night and head253Please respect copyright.PENANA1zDI53aWyj
home.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAL4faUXXijj
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Carly looked at Angel, and a small smile appeared on her face. She definitely253Please respect copyright.PENANAmY7CDFMge7
needed to leave. The fact that Miranda was here messed with her head a lot, and253Please respect copyright.PENANAM5wbvNJbuG
she felt like being as far away from the hotel as possible. Considering that,253Please respect copyright.PENANAlDoEctS0SF
Miranda might still be around.253Please respect copyright.PENANAl4J4U69jr6
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“Angel is right,” said Carly. “I’m feeling rather overwhelmed. We’ve had a long253Please respect copyright.PENANA44XcGKD7FM
day, and I didn’t get enough rest.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAdbRWIVpA1o
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Leo looked a little disappointed, but now that he saw Carly more clearly, she253Please respect copyright.PENANAESy6wDoVrn
didn’t look too well at all. It looks like his plans for tonight might as well253Please respect copyright.PENANAoeWYnIDoKP
go down the drain. If Carly was feeling too tired, it was understandable that253Please respect copyright.PENANAnK3FJjKnQY
she wasn’t going to enjoy his company alone with him either.253Please respect copyright.PENANAVIfusIuDci
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“Alright,” said Leo. “We better get going if we’re going to get Oliver’s ice253Please respect copyright.PENANAUSHi8vYsiI
cream.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAe5lmNagGeT
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“We better check out of that room and get our stuff then,” said Eric.253Please respect copyright.PENANApYIZwVD3fE
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“Oh, I forgot about that. Why don’t you go to the room while I go bring the car253Please respect copyright.PENANAj6jESI6pzm
around?”253Please respect copyright.PENANA8j5YdoRhdB
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“Sure.” Eric quickly stood up from his seat and started to make his way out of253Please respect copyright.PENANAtgIeFpU7Z1
the bar area.253Please respect copyright.PENANAbbmBk2PJ3E
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Trina and Kim, who still sat observing Leo, noticed Eric stand up from his253Please respect copyright.PENANAgeInbG7VR2
seat. The others were still at the table, and it was only a moment later that253Please respect copyright.PENANAsEOy4WtB0E
they started to stand up.253Please respect copyright.PENANATdE9LHStbz
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“Look, they’re leaving,” said Trina.253Please respect copyright.PENANAVAHDRQoVQP
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“Do you think Leo will get this opportunity to see his lover?” Kim asked.253Please respect copyright.PENANAa2CALsoaDp
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“He can’t do that with the others tagging along,” said Trina. “Let’s watch and253Please respect copyright.PENANApppSG555AL
see.”253Please respect copyright.PENANA9TRKS59DHN
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Angel and Oliver started to make their way to the entrance of the bar when253Please respect copyright.PENANAyRwCpHsLfb
Angel, through the corner of her eye, saw Kim and Trina. This was bad. From253Please respect copyright.PENANA42O7WP4ef9
where she stood, she feared Leo might also notice them. She slowed her pace253Please respect copyright.PENANAxKjrOhpDnR
with Oliver and waited for Carly and Leo to catch up. If she was lucky, Leo253Please respect copyright.PENANAX5c7c8EH6S
might pass by without noticing Kim and Trina, but one can never be too sure.253Please respect copyright.PENANATNaTSrLxQe
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Carly made her way to Angel and Oliver, with Leo following slowly behind her.253Please respect copyright.PENANABpmwCm9F39
Without much thought, his eyes found their way to the bar counter, and he253Please respect copyright.PENANAvBvOiQIknZ
noticed someone familiar at the other end. Only when the person turned in his253Please respect copyright.PENANAzVoqzPnL87
direction and their eyes fell on him did he realize who it was.253Please respect copyright.PENANAuZ7bT37J8q
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“Oh, my gosh,” said Kim as she held Trina’s shoulder in a tight grip. “He’s253Please respect copyright.PENANA8uUYYCOgRw
seen us.”253Please respect copyright.PENANABQ1UDFyQ31
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Trina choked on her own words that she couldn’t speak as he saw Leo staring253Please respect copyright.PENANAlb1DxbaGF3
back. His eyes slowly started to flame with anger. Or was it fury?253Please respect copyright.PENANAw68w4dOD5g
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“Trina, we better go,” said Kim.253Please respect copyright.PENANA4Id5TaR3pp
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Leo couldn’t believe Trina and Kim were there by the counter, staring back at253Please respect copyright.PENANAxtCaY2er9g
him. Did they happen to be here by coincidence, or did were they here because253Please respect copyright.PENANAgzUFlr6ujv
of him? He noticed how scared they looked at him, as if they had been caught253Please respect copyright.PENANA1GOnaZmN9S
doing something wrong. That confirmed that they were following him. He decided253Please respect copyright.PENANAOcasePC3fB
he was going to give them a piece of his mind.253Please respect copyright.PENANAORWw7Byvkv
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Just as he was about to make his way over to them, a gentle touch fell on his253Please respect copyright.PENANA5BTM0cORcO
shoulder, stopping him from proceeding further. He looked to the side, and he253Please respect copyright.PENANAY6W94Ih9ZY
found Angel standing right beside him, her hand on his shoulder. She looked at253Please respect copyright.PENANAW5PNYjfkmV
him with her soft brown eyes; they were stern yet so peaceful. There was253Please respect copyright.PENANA4AsoYv9stP
something about her look and her presence beside him that made him slowly start253Please respect copyright.PENANADEBEMjPYRH
to feel the anger in him dissipate like smoke.253Please respect copyright.PENANAktjOevaxNd
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She shook her head. “Not here,” she said to him in her normal tone of voice.253Please respect copyright.PENANA3dJiCnfCxU
“Now is not the time to make a scene.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAdnMqNrfPom
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Leo sighed, and he felt his muscles slowly start to relax. Angel was right; now253Please respect copyright.PENANAiRLhmjPKHc
wasn’t the time to throw a tantrum. He looked back at Kim, who continued to253Please respect copyright.PENANAJHqQ07KYWw
look at him, still with a scared look on her face.253Please respect copyright.PENANASVmrZtvsgK
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"Fine," he said to Angel as he looked at her.253Please respect copyright.PENANAjk5e286RM5
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Angel gave a smile of relief. She turned to look at Trina and Kim, giving them253Please respect copyright.PENANAhewupqLYGk
a nod of her head. The two best friends looked relieved, but they knew that253Please respect copyright.PENANACd4Y6Xkl5T
this wasn’t over.253Please respect copyright.PENANA6QTGuo5pGE
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Leo turned around to head out of the bar. Fortunately, Oliver and Carly were253Please respect copyright.PENANA5BkxbJgiX3
way ahead of him, so they didn't see his silent altercation with Kim and Trina.253Please respect copyright.PENANAbK1AMbMErR
He walked out of the bar with Angel following closely behind him.253Please respect copyright.PENANAjNQ6AiioeE
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"Thanks for that back there," Leo said to her.253Please respect copyright.PENANAo4c1pdd525
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"Well, getting yourself angry wasn't going to do you or me any253Please respect copyright.PENANAcW3kmaxKBY
favors," said Angel.253Please respect copyright.PENANAavV2LEeOhi
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Leo turned to look at her through the corner of his eye. "How long have253Please respect copyright.PENANAMhe1Kcx6CV
they been there?"253Please respect copyright.PENANAuvrYuPoSi2
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Angel found no point in lying to him. "I noticed them during our dinner. I253Please respect copyright.PENANA48U3VJxqRo
didn't want to tell you in front of our guests."253Please respect copyright.PENANAcCQSfhnpQf
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Leo scoffed. "It's obvious that they were following me. I guess that’s the253Please respect copyright.PENANAOl9u5nwR1m
reason why you didn’t want me to be alone with Carly."253Please respect copyright.PENANAn8ColrbhWq
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"I don't want them to find out about your relationship with her just yet,253Please respect copyright.PENANAITkLJREMN6
so you've got to be careful from now on."253Please respect copyright.PENANAdqhBCc2syp
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A smile appeared across Leo's face. The two might have their differences, but253Please respect copyright.PENANAwIiQw5o2Mo
it was clear to see that Angel did care about his relationship with her sister.253Please respect copyright.PENANA05k59vm191
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As they continued to walk down the stone path towards the fountain where Oliver253Please respect copyright.PENANAk5LRqyLjaM
and Carly were, Leo tried to fight off the feeling of gratitude towards Angel.253Please respect copyright.PENANAhiFZcV3yAI
In the end, he decided to let the feeling settle in for one night, and one253Please respect copyright.PENANAs6s154JNG8
night only.253Please respect copyright.PENANAJH2UAddRYV
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“That was a close one,” said Trina as she held her chest, breathing deeply.253Please respect copyright.PENANAzLQO8QVqzc
“For sure, I thought Leo was going to come charging at us.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAzwZgRfSiJO
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Kim sighed in relief. “I hate to say this, but we really do have Angel to253Please respect copyright.PENANAmy4tQF6v1S
thank,” she said. “Though I feel Leo will confront us about it.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAHxypEo84tZ
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“Yeah, but Angel talked to him, and he calmed down in an instant.” Trina leaned253Please respect copyright.PENANAMCVqKDeS79
against the bar counter, looking for the bartender. “Leo barely listens to253Please respect copyright.PENANAnZV8PW8N0z
anyone, but he somehow listened to her. It’s best to receive his wrath253Please respect copyright.PENANAKXDhD4chjy
privately rather than in an open place where he can embarrass us. I’m going to253Please respect copyright.PENANAy2ryNBZ43Y
order a cocktail and drink to thank Angel for saving our sorry lives. Do you253Please respect copyright.PENANAVvcvO9AylC
want one?”253Please respect copyright.PENANAnteQyUMRuE
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Kim gave a nod to Trina, and while her friend tried to get the attention of the253Please respect copyright.PENANAEou3jUrRQM
bartender, she couldn’t help but look at Leo with Angel walking beside him as253Please respect copyright.PENANATDpuu8ZZCv
they went further away from the bar. Memories of her and Leo started to253Please respect copyright.PENANAOtJYGYbsx9
surface, and she couldn’t recall once when he ever listened to her when he was253Please respect copyright.PENANA8b2q2Ca7C6
upset. Trina was right. Leo barely listens to anyone, except this time around,253Please respect copyright.PENANAGPOw5wbyMR
when Angel spoke to him. Her eyes fell upon Angel, who, even in that red velvet253Please respect copyright.PENANA1iRI3ozElX
dress, walked effortlessly with elegance beside Leo. Was there something about253Please respect copyright.PENANApoIM4rpjB2
Angel that Kim wasn’t aware of?253Please respect copyright.PENANA9hURzvkfZ3
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Miranda quickly stepped out of the elevator and ran down the hall back to the253Please respect copyright.PENANAstTmBO1qNC
room where Red Lion and Mr. Walters were. She knew her thirty minutes were up,253Please respect copyright.PENANAhs6WD3wkBV
and she had been so distracted that she didn’t notice her phone vibrate in the253Please respect copyright.PENANAdsxwRbKjNg
pocket of her jeans. When she checked in the elevator, she found three missed253Please respect copyright.PENANAMsjpBR27iF
calls from Mr. Walters, and she knew she was in for it.253Please respect copyright.PENANAOB1oCvVNpk
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As soon as she reached the suite, the door flew open before she could even253Please respect copyright.PENANAsvDd5GCRBZ
knock. She thought the first person she would see was Red Lion, but to her253Please respect copyright.PENANABXtGnpz4kN
relief, it was Walters.253Please respect copyright.PENANA89sxxQfWSL
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“What took you so long?” he asked. “And why didn’t you answer my calls?”253Please respect copyright.PENANA7dJngOc3ub
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“I’m sorry,” said Miranda. “I got a little distracted. Is he here?”253Please respect copyright.PENANAoQSzzVQXsJ
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“Yeah, but count yourself lucky,” said Walters as he stood aside to let Miranda253Please respect copyright.PENANAd6PmYUaBCj
through the door. “Red Lion was going to kill you if he wanted to.”253Please respect copyright.PENANA2xmkl3UVLh
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Miranda slowly stepped into the room, looking towards the living room area. Red253Please respect copyright.PENANAmhdAyxeGMz
Lion's comrade sat on the couch. His eyes fixed on the TV screen that showed253Please respect copyright.PENANA5LfR3gFL1X
the football game. Two more people sat on the other couch. They wore black253Please respect copyright.PENANAo7S6N2xhvx
suits, and they were of Asian descent. The two looked like bodyguards. Were253Please respect copyright.PENANAcMGvWro4Sm
they here with the host who called for this meeting? Moreover, where was Red253Please respect copyright.PENANAwt5Ok2k5fJ
Lion?253Please respect copyright.PENANArFjdvmjwHo
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When she entered the living room area, she heard voices coming from the253Please respect copyright.PENANA5bDMxR45Mv
balcony. She saw Red Lion standing by the open doors of the balcony. Someone253Please respect copyright.PENANAONepCfqusJ
stood in front of him, talking to him. Miranda couldn’t see who it was as the253Please respect copyright.PENANAOLu7YLzzsj
person stood on the balcony, and the doors hid him from view.253Please respect copyright.PENANAJPJ3QKi2Om
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Red Lion noticed Miranda's presence and turned to look at her. He surprisingly253Please respect copyright.PENANAqw2bLP6MlM
smiled. She almost sighed in relief, for she really thought he was going to253Please respect copyright.PENANAkHq4PmwJI5
squeeze her throat for being late. He turned to the person who stood on the253Please respect copyright.PENANAJLXoff4LSu
balcony.253Please respect copyright.PENANAKERL4cUFO3
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“The young lady we were waiting on is finally here,” said Red Lion. “We can253Please respect copyright.PENANAknmmdA4BrA
begin the meeting.”253Please respect copyright.PENANAPfRMSbaQt1
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The person on the balcony stepped into the room, and the first thing that253Please respect copyright.PENANAcIcKTndXHZ
caught Miranda’s eye was that the person wore a smart black suit, and there was253Please respect copyright.PENANAFmFxz7bbBp
a charming smile on his face.