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“Angel just ruined everything for me,” said Leo as he284Please respect copyright.PENANAMnPp6fAXze
came to stand next to Eric by the bar counter.284Please respect copyright.PENANApcgtssOBBU
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“What do you mean she’s ruined everything?” Eric asked.284Please respect copyright.PENANAOxo1kaR81E
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“Carly and I were supposed to run away together, but it’s like she caught on to284Please respect copyright.PENANAP9dgpRm3HH
us.” Leo shook his head. “That’s why she stayed behind with Carly. She says she284Please respect copyright.PENANANdbvP2p663
doesn’t want Marco to suspect anything.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAbDwZbnvLAt
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Eric shrugged his shoulders. “Angel does have a point,” he said. “We don’t need284Please respect copyright.PENANAkt8lj5KtRS
Marco knowing that the two of you are dating. He might tell his father, who, in284Please respect copyright.PENANAS3MerV7FGD
turn, will tell your dad. Well, you know how this vicious cycle goes.”284Please respect copyright.PENANA3YsiiLqkLG
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Leo sighed. “You do have a point.” He turned to his cousin. “Go on. I know you284Please respect copyright.PENANAFrNvXNznRz
want to say it.”284Please respect copyright.PENANA5SUUy117HY
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“Say what?” Eric asked without looking at Leo.284Please respect copyright.PENANAobbfkrUryK
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Leo sighed again, deeply this time. “That she has my best interest at heart.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAmNsvq0YeoI
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Eric looked at Leo, this time with a beaming smile on his face. “Of course,284Please respect copyright.PENANA4uqIm6HfGV
because that’s just how she is.”284Please respect copyright.PENANA89VVOHLBFl
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“Can you stop smiling like that?” Leo looked irritated. Eric’s smile shone284Please respect copyright.PENANAWg7OCEckmX
brightly like the sun. Leo felt blinded as he turned to look away. “You’ve had284Please respect copyright.PENANAdFX5mtd8Y5
your fun.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAyOxbYguVRn
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“I just want to rub it in. Before we went into the garden, I was about to tell284Please respect copyright.PENANAfXWlNm38yR
you the same thing, but it slipped my mind. It’s good that Angel thought way284Please respect copyright.PENANA7C94mtvDvb
ahead and talked to Carly about it.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAgiVWLPsivA
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Leo felt dumb. None of that came to mind, and he felt like slapping himself for284Please respect copyright.PENANACXLIAVKOHX
being so stupid and careless. He hoped Marco wasn’t paying enough attention at284Please respect copyright.PENANAk1cJ7G5kXu
first for him to realize there was anything between him and Carly. It seems he284Please respect copyright.PENANAGntumCufxk
has Angel to thank, but Leo was too embarrassed to think of doing so.284Please respect copyright.PENANA4TS7VwMMSq
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“Do they serve milkshakes here?” Leo asked, trying to rid himself of his284Please respect copyright.PENANAxQBXUputVZ
thoughts.284Please respect copyright.PENANABgXEEODaEc
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“Yeah, I already asked,” answered Eric. “They serve non-alcoholic drinks as284Please respect copyright.PENANArCJFJ2eYvw
well, in case there’s anyone who needs one.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAGGhdaBl7Z1
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“I’ll go over to the table and ask what drinks they want. Do they have snacks284Please respect copyright.PENANAKFZwns8nEB
too?”284Please respect copyright.PENANALsd11Npggt
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“Yep.”284Please respect copyright.PENANA99fZv6gNTI
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Leo left the counter and found Carly where he had left her. She was slowly284Please respect copyright.PENANA4jhDbqDrTx
looking around, taking in the view of the place. There were bright bulbs284Please respect copyright.PENANA4UlcTZPVwh
hanging over the area, and she apparently stood out with her beautiful dress.284Please respect copyright.PENANAuiEiZv0Gsx
If they weren’t around so many people, he wasn’t going to hesitate to kiss and284Please respect copyright.PENANA0OoyVTXpza
caress her. He smiled at her instead and gestured with his head to her, saying284Please respect copyright.PENANAMhhEutRInt
that they should join Angel and the others.284Please respect copyright.PENANApjldl5l8QB
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Trina and Kim stood by the fountain as they watched Leo approach the table284Please respect copyright.PENANAk2a5j738P9
where Angel, Oliver, and the Asian man sat. Carly joined him soon afterwards.284Please respect copyright.PENANABtyTW7rYpM
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“How long do you think we’ll stay here until he decides to see his lover?”284Please respect copyright.PENANAAWhe9QXwbp
Trina asked as she sat at the edge of the pool basin of the fountain.284Please respect copyright.PENANAo1NAMDGejI
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“I don’t know,” said Kim, who remained standing. “Don’t tell me you’re already284Please respect copyright.PENANAGamFlRv7Ee
tired.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAmWP2obatyG
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“Oh, no, it’s not that. They are there enjoying themselves when I’m in need of284Please respect copyright.PENANAPbSFUTI9gQ
a drink right now.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAP7N3XzLh62
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Kim rolled her eyes. “We can go there and take a seat, but we should sit out of284Please respect copyright.PENANA9D5iQVuEXK
their sight.”284Please respect copyright.PENANA8JEcRy1ljl
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“Good idea. Let’s wait for Eric at the counter. Leo looks like he’s checking to284Please respect copyright.PENANAMXf6goL2Ce
see what everyone needs because he hasn’t sat down. They will easily see us if284Please respect copyright.PENANAUJj3Il0G9A
they aren’t at their table.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAylNYpalcB4
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Kim agreed with Trina. They continued to watch Leo as he made his way back to284Please respect copyright.PENANAHNKBOVrMxI
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Meanwhile, Miranda, who had been watching over the balcony, followed Leo’s284Please respect copyright.PENANAivTHEamSNQ
movements. She kept telling herself that she needed to get down there. If she284Please respect copyright.PENANAxZKYS5wQad
so much as stepped out of the room, no doubt Red Lion would have her head, and284Please respect copyright.PENANAiCiKJfHIQS
whatever the meeting was all about, she wasn’t going to be a part of it.284Please respect copyright.PENANAbDKD5iWl2O
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She huffed. If that was the consequence, she was going to have to deal with it.284Please respect copyright.PENANAeV4L8RhJFs
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Without giving much of a second thought, Miranda turned around and went back284Please respect copyright.PENANAbuIkcHtFQs
inside the room. The football game they were watching was on a half-time break,284Please respect copyright.PENANAYi1Uewy8Ne
and the three men were there, talking aloud about the game. She approached284Please respect copyright.PENANA2fTYq8NyEE
them, and to get their attention, she loudly cleared her throat.284Please respect copyright.PENANAOUgkE4P6p2
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The three men all stopped talking and turned to look at Miranda. For a moment,284Please respect copyright.PENANAm7GPlkVLz7
she gulped as her eyes landed on the terrifying face of Red Lion, who didn’t284Please respect copyright.PENANAGwE8oS9uMc
like the fact that she had disturbed them. She had to be quick with what she284Please respect copyright.PENANANVyNaiyOF3
wanted to say, as she was running on Red Lion’s patience.284Please respect copyright.PENANA0Yu1HLulY7
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“I’ll be stepping out for a bit,” Miranda announced.284Please respect copyright.PENANAyOO6z5fUL5
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There was a brief silence in the room as the three men continued to look at284Please respect copyright.PENANAcaAR2Hvbvs
Miranda, expressionless. Red Lion moved in his seat, and Miranda feared that he284Please respect copyright.PENANANhGS5CjLKu
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“I don’t think going out is the best thing to do right now,” he said. “We’re284Please respect copyright.PENANA6VzmUsKLgN
waiting on someone, aren’t we?”284Please respect copyright.PENANAgQL1uNT6w7
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“Yeah, we are, but this person isn’t showing up anyway. You’ll let me know when284Please respect copyright.PENANAyWWC9bULob
he gets here. I really need to step out.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAPlLZhydH0I
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Red Lion continued to look at her. Walters now had a scared look on his face.284Please respect copyright.PENANAZF9cO0t1Yh
He wished he could intervene, but things haven’t escalated between the two, so284Please respect copyright.PENANAWEaND4orKV
it was hopeless to do so.284Please respect copyright.PENANAFzE5usX0Os
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“Whatever,” said Red Lion as he leaned back on the couch. “You get back here in284Please respect copyright.PENANAIL3AIOPnX1
thirty minutes. If our host gets here before you, you better hurry back when284Please respect copyright.PENANAGUjNT0Muas
Walters calls.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAyeN3XOuZUj
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Miranda felt relieved. She thought she wasn’t going to be let go so easily.284Please respect copyright.PENANAgfFvfrpuC7
Moreover, the time Red Lion gave her was too little. However, she had to make284Please respect copyright.PENANAxWBYzVJ6CU
use of this as much as possible, even if it meant seeing Leo down there for a284Please respect copyright.PENANAd16t5GVEjH
minute.284Please respect copyright.PENANAG9HtSxQwA2
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“I will,” said Miranda. She didn’t waste any time as she made her way for the284Please respect copyright.PENANAe80L9PNxxM
door.284Please respect copyright.PENANAmDkhX8XXit
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As soon as she walked out of the room, Hugo turned to Red Lion and asked, “Are284Please respect copyright.PENANA4D581RNDv1
you sure letting her go out like that is a good idea? Our host can walk in at284Please respect copyright.PENANA6Mo7TXxLAr
any moment.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAf1cwedIwOY
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“True, but it’s better than her staying out on the balcony while we wait,” Red284Please respect copyright.PENANA4Bj50jtQsM
Lion answered. “If you ask me, I would step out too if it wasn’t for the football284Please respect copyright.PENANA6BD9bi3gud
game. But I was serious about my threat, so she better be here before he does.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAstreYwkjBk
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Walters didn’t say anything as he briefly looked at Red Lion before looking up284Please respect copyright.PENANAz3g8NS6oRz
at the TV. Red Lion wasn’t kidding when he said he was in a good mood, Walters284Please respect copyright.PENANAb6TyYA5CRN
thought to himself. Knowing Red Lion, he wasn’t going to let Miranda walk out284Please respect copyright.PENANAIjTMh2FHxi
of here. Something must have really put Red Lion into a good mood today, or284Please respect copyright.PENANAxgTDF2awgZ
else he wouldn’t have done what he did.284Please respect copyright.PENANAK9LNMcFOQ8
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Leo and Eric came to join the others at the table with their drinks, and Eric,284Please respect copyright.PENANAkqe6BLK7Sa
on the other hand, carried a plate full of nachos and cheese. Oliver was so284Please respect copyright.PENANADqIP3lUNEy
delighted to see the plate of snacks that he couldn’t wait to eat them. Angel284Please respect copyright.PENANA6pwdhRIjue
had to warn him not to eat too much, or else he might have a bad tummy ache the284Please respect copyright.PENANAbVsntMkcmG
next day.284Please respect copyright.PENANAaxpyNqG1O5
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“I wouldn’t waste my breath warning the guy,” said Eric as he sat down on the284Please respect copyright.PENANAw3A96dzgWU
empty chair next to Angel after serving her a soda. “It’s a Friday, and he284Please respect copyright.PENANA5eil1Ximgy
likes to act like he can do whatever he wants.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAyscSZGZztE
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Oliver, who sat on Angel’s other side, didn’t answer him as he took his mango284Please respect copyright.PENANAhgy32q3Cnq
milkshake and put the straw in his mouth. Angel, on the other hand, looked at284Please respect copyright.PENANA1XMBRbQm0f
Eric and shook her head.284Please respect copyright.PENANAcRNPlZM9jh
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Leo placed his glass of beer and Carly’s cocktail before taking his seat in284Please respect copyright.PENANAh8xwEo886Z
between them. He also served Marco a bottle of the cider that he wanted. Marco284Please respect copyright.PENANANSHPoRNtPP
thanked him as Leo sat down.284Please respect copyright.PENANAxcECJfPAt9
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“Hey, Marco,” said Angel as she turned to look at him, looking over Oliver, who284Please respect copyright.PENANArXBV5Al82i
sat in between them. “Have you ever been here before? In America, I mean.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAVRWnCxM0w1
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“Oh, yes, I’ve come here several times,” answered Marco. “I usually come here284Please respect copyright.PENANATLhRuEcsj1
with dad on business trips. Inheriting the family business can be tiring,284Please respect copyright.PENANAmYSWdGQjGM
especially when they’re showing you the ropes. You just have to be there, even284Please respect copyright.PENANAOel5AksUVQ
when you don’t want to. I bet Leo can testify to that.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAhnb0v0D0W6
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“He’s right,” said Leo, finding it hard to argue with him.284Please respect copyright.PENANA1wuz4UITjW
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“Wait, does that mean I might inherit mum’s business of running the massage284Please respect copyright.PENANAdwaq8mXlBv
parlors when I’m older?” Oliver asked as he took a nacho and dipped it in284Please respect copyright.PENANAFCmxYWeD7Q
cheese.284Please respect copyright.PENANAGul8qboZle
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Everyone at the table grew quiet as they looked at Oliver. At the same time,284Please respect copyright.PENANAn90Oho0dnJ
they all burst into laughter.284Please respect copyright.PENANAsikrcEhmuJ
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“Maybe,” said Eric. He tried his best to stop laughing, but it was of no use.284Please respect copyright.PENANAGMM2d73MzO
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“No fair,” said Oliver after chewing on his nacho. “You were the one who was284Please respect copyright.PENANA13XsU5QwES
supposed to inherit it, not me.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAQSut9Hh07j
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“Sorry, but I’m more into other businesses, lil’ bro.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAfE9ClfGrFC
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“Don’t take it like that, Oliver,” said Marco. “Beauty parlors aren’t that bad.284Please respect copyright.PENANAtrbAOPVmDy
Moreover, many rich people love going to such places. So you’ll probably make a284Please respect copyright.PENANAWpwGdIIHnh
lot more money in the future.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAcFbIJD1usB
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“Besides, if you’re interested in other things, I’m sure your mum will284Please respect copyright.PENANAojzkPEzAiF
understand,” said Angel.284Please respect copyright.PENANAlv8Hok9wpR
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“If you like, you and I can run them together,” said Carly. “That’s if you plan284Please respect copyright.PENANACH9ZgpEKHy
on running them.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAgrpNzCwXv3
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“And I can be more of an investor,” said Marco.284Please respect copyright.PENANADN3FKPwWwZ
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“I still have a whole life ahead of me,” said Oliver as he shrugged his284Please respect copyright.PENANAwrOn63jUrX
shoulders. “I’ll see if I can handle it.”284Please respect copyright.PENANA1fp7Q2An6s
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All the grown-ups at the table looked at the young boy, somewhat surprised at284Please respect copyright.PENANAVxQp6zpIUw
his answer. They all stayed that way for a brief moment before Leo stretched284Please respect copyright.PENANAYPecLQYVSj
out his hand to get a nacho.284Please respect copyright.PENANAwkHENo3p9t
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“Good enough response for me,” he said. He put the nacho in his mouth284Please respect copyright.PENANAmdSp1ZeBCn
afterwards.284Please respect copyright.PENANA6Nj181CnEe
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“I swear, sometimes I feel he’s older for his age,” said Eric as he shook his284Please respect copyright.PENANAfl8wGzll6G
head.284Please respect copyright.PENANAtjpQEM6cHK
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“Aren’t all kids nowadays?” Angel asked with a smile.284Please respect copyright.PENANA61Kr0mUIYz
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“Just like Leo said, a very wise response,” said Marco as he looked at Oliver284Please respect copyright.PENANAx6UWOsJFyO
admirably. “Hopefully, you do inherit, and we will become business partners in284Please respect copyright.PENANAQki0f1PoFB
the future.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAVLTZadFebM
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“Yeah, let’s not push him for now,” said Carly. “He’ll sort all of that out284Please respect copyright.PENANA6O6HmOzutr
later, when he’s older.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAQv5cWh7Rc6
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“Well, sometimes you don’t really have much of a choice. Isn’t that right,284Please respect copyright.PENANAv3KEjNgsur
Leo?” Marco asked, his eyes fixed on Leo.284Please respect copyright.PENANAggyuR45h5B
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Leo slowly stopped chewing as he looked at Marco. He didn’t know if answering284Please respect copyright.PENANA3YcbjWPwyg
Marco would be a good idea, but he only gestured with his head to acknowledge284Please respect copyright.PENANAQFjjyHCzMK
the statement.284Please respect copyright.PENANAvzZQbRnIvx
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Angel was sipping on her drink when her eyes wandered away from the area in the284Please respect copyright.PENANABHgt7AnvVI
bar and to the fountain. She had a feeling Trina and Kim had been standing284Please respect copyright.PENANAzy2WipEsKR
there for a while. When she found there were only a couple looking at the284Please respect copyright.PENANArV6Fw7Y2Pj
fountain, she started to worry. Could they have given up and left? Kim didn’t284Please respect copyright.PENANAdInjHpP94u
seem like the kind of person who would give up on anything, Angel thought.284Please respect copyright.PENANAPzOeY9f5tg
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She was lucky enough to see Kim and Trina approach the open bar, and she had a284Please respect copyright.PENANAqNb6ODjjKw
clear view of them. Leo sat with his back facing them, but she feared Eric and284Please respect copyright.PENANAi2qc9p39cc
Oliver would see them. Angel had to think of something to turn their eyes284Please respect copyright.PENANAEqeYl8cabW
elsewhere. What should she do?284Please respect copyright.PENANAIeYJ0gJqw3
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She turned to Oliver, and he seemed distracted as he was eating the nachos284Please respect copyright.PENANAAEHjyTElu9
hungrily. Turning to Eric, she found him somewhat staring at her.284Please respect copyright.PENANAZwk07vhA0x
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“What is it?” she asked him.284Please respect copyright.PENANAY3hygVp7bj
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“Oh, nothing,” he said, somewhat looking a little embarrassed that he was284Please respect copyright.PENANAAgb9AfSAxf
caught looking at her. “You’re looking really pretty tonight, that’s all.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAyLdJUURvws
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Angel noticed Kim and Trina enter the bar area through the corner of her eye.284Please respect copyright.PENANAtgQR4t8geq
She couldn’t turn to look at them. That would only get Eric to look, and he284Please respect copyright.PENANArTZa93LKfF
would spot them eventually. She had to keep eye contact with him for as long as284Please respect copyright.PENANAo34NpCohVz
necessary.284Please respect copyright.PENANAAz7EBybyAr
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“Thank you,” said Angel, smiling at him. “Picking this outfit wasn’t easy, you284Please respect copyright.PENANAqiMRL2lJTj
know.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAQB0ezxs2sV
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“Nah, I think it was,” said Eric. “I’m betting that you didn’t have to try on284Please respect copyright.PENANAeBIwri2LKE
any other dress. This one was just perfect.”284Please respect copyright.PENANA94fMhDFRLJ
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Carly, who looked at the two, smiled. “He’s not wrong there,” she said.284Please respect copyright.PENANAusWKXpVbpJ
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Leo felt like throwing up in his drink as he had a clear sight of Eric flirting284Please respect copyright.PENANARuO1DI5Coj
with Angel. He wished he could tell them to get a room, but he knew better than284Please respect copyright.PENANAUvpoJCaoXX
to say it when he was flirting with Carly some time ago.284Please respect copyright.PENANAwMVqbfDPgj
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Angel saw through the corner of her eye that Kim and Trina had entered the bar284Please respect copyright.PENANAtKDGfrDnlZ
area and were now looking around for a table on the other side. It was best for284Please respect copyright.PENANAtLn36m4wzd
them to get a table where they couldn’t be seen. As soon as they were out of284Please respect copyright.PENANA16wfu3tsyw
sight, Angel couldn’t help but feel relieved. She went on ahead to pick a284Please respect copyright.PENANAbhoAdmT8Ke
nacho, dip it in cheese, and eat it.284Please respect copyright.PENANAidKzC16yij
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“That was close,” said Trina. “For a moment, I thought Eric was going to see284Please respect copyright.PENANAcT2cuTYZkH
us.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAOqaUwdWJW4
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“We better count ourselves lucky,” said Kim.284Please respect copyright.PENANAm3OE4AxuXj
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“If we weren’t on opposite sides, I would thank Angel for distracting him. I284Please respect copyright.PENANAPQxSf0sIy6
have a feeling she saw us and wasn’t into the idea of Eric seeing us too.”284Please respect copyright.PENANA5wyP0160ey
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Kim didn’t argue there. She somewhat agreed with Trina. She looked toward the284Please respect copyright.PENANA7WohobxvOw
bar. Luckily enough, it was circular in shape with a bar shelve in the284Please respect copyright.PENANA4FxGx5IlVL
circumference, blocking the view of the other side. Therefore, she could see284Please respect copyright.PENANAc9noCOpeNH
neither them nor them doing the same. Moreover, she could easily go over to the284Please respect copyright.PENANAXqU60WkLje
counter for a drink.284Please respect copyright.PENANAjn04OvU8m6
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“We should really think things through, Kim,” said Trina as she looked over at284Please respect copyright.PENANAxjfNo1Uggt
the bar, realizing that the others were out of sight. “Is staying here really284Please respect copyright.PENANAWoVARrX3bf
worth it? I doubt if he is going to meet his lover with the company that he284Please respect copyright.PENANAanKcrtJbtg
has.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAjRaJZSOC4c
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“You’ve been in doubt all this time,” said Kim. “Why don’t you just give up and284Please respect copyright.PENANARkU4ZBhpzU
leave? I’m not going to stop you.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAusZRgwAz0V
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“The reason I am here is that I’m afraid that you might mess this up. Your284Please respect copyright.PENANA4YI3ri77ET
obsession over Leo leaving you for someone else is really starting to get over284Please respect copyright.PENANAlBPXxjmK4f
your head. If you aren’t careful, you might hurt yourself more than you are284Please respect copyright.PENANAej5YGaB8sq
already doing right now.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAlLTRsAiVAO
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Kim looked at her best friend, feeling infuriated by what she said. She didn’t284Please respect copyright.PENANAsktRqMdHFs
want to lash out and tried to find a better way to respond.284Please respect copyright.PENANAIS0yWjUnQE
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“Like I said before, if you want to, you can leave,” said Kim.284Please respect copyright.PENANAqFeGn9jLlW
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“I’m not leaving without you,” said Trina. “And besides, when we came in here,284Please respect copyright.PENANAoUe7KUy157
I saw Eric flirting with Angel. I wonder if he really does like her.”284Please respect copyright.PENANA1exEE54l7E
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A sudden laugh came out of Kim’s mouth. Tears almost filled her eyes. “You’re284Please respect copyright.PENANAEkL1iiUgdO
just as jealous as I am,” she said.284Please respect copyright.PENANAeBYTwbWpNo
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“Well, I’m not like you,” said Trina as she folded her arms. “You’re making284Please respect copyright.PENANA8jR5QKP3ZP
things worse for yourself, and it will end up being a obsession.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAihhKlXCrt4
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Kim shook her head. “I know, but I won’t let this go far. Once I get to see284Please respect copyright.PENANAswvs1ZRdd6
Leo’s lover, I’ll let this go.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAWnaqAglulu
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Trina raised an eyebrow. “Will you? I know you, Kim. Leo has been the only man284Please respect copyright.PENANA93oQR3LkFa
you’ve been in love with since we were kids, and him breaking up with you and284Please respect copyright.PENANAFjdmlDFDSd
calling off the wedding was a heavy toll. I don’t think you’ll be able to let284Please respect copyright.PENANA0qoXSwgBj3
go of him that easily.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAe74mefGFbZ
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“Are you trying to say I am psycho?” Kim didn’t like where their conversation284Please respect copyright.PENANARuAiZs9ikj
was going.284Please respect copyright.PENANAl66W4iJjXN
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Trina swallowed, thinking over her words before she spoke them out. “All I’m284Please respect copyright.PENANAwZzFh5quyp
saying is that it’s time to let Leo go. Thinking about him and his new lover284Please respect copyright.PENANAcYCTG648c8
isn’t going to do you any good.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAcG1smLuibo
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Kim sighed. She stretched out her hand over the table and beckoned to Trina to284Please respect copyright.PENANAIMLbknxVdd
give her hers. Trina did likewise, and Kim held her friend’s hand tightly.284Please respect copyright.PENANATllvAVOxJx
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“Okay, after tonight, I’ll try and let go of Leo,” said Kim.284Please respect copyright.PENANArhkO6dsNr1
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“Why not now?” Trina asked. “Don’t tell me you’re going to follow through with284Please respect copyright.PENANARVOvxNB2ot
your promise after you see this lover of his.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAYT48Tk7q9y
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Kim didn’t answer, and Trina rolled her eyes. “Fine,” Trina said. “After284Please respect copyright.PENANAJKeVIHSTUu
tonight, I shouldn’t hear about Leo ever again.”284Please respect copyright.PENANALXkorPHmmp
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“But what if we don’t see her?” Kim asked.284Please respect copyright.PENANAd7m5ZTv9D3
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“You forget him anyway,” said Trina, pulling her hand away. “I’m going to get284Please respect copyright.PENANAVTPIjqayx8
us some drinks.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAidmZP6vYQ1
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Trina quickly stood up and left the table. Kim looked on at her best friend and284Please respect copyright.PENANACxtBf5awWY
knew she had pissed her off. She wished she could assure Trina that she was284Please respect copyright.PENANADxTTWyOEVL
going to forget Leo after this, but even she knew that was far from impossible.284Please respect copyright.PENANA2tXZ68wHT0
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Miranda rushed out of the elevator and ran into the garden like a mad woman.284Please respect copyright.PENANAYZOkvjuh4H
Along the way, she pushed people aside. To some, she apologized, but to others,284Please respect copyright.PENANAYbLrZ5NARU
she didn’t even give them a second thought.284Please respect copyright.PENANAa88ahuWBUQ
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There was only one way to the garden, and that was through the western wing284Please respect copyright.PENANAHf8e3EYPk8
since the doors to the east wing weren’t open, said a woman she had met in the284Please respect copyright.PENANALU7wMWaEe4
elevator who was going downstairs and who had lived in the hotel for a long284Please respect copyright.PENANAYbma9V74zr
time. Thankful for the information, Miranda had to rush. She only had a few284Please respect copyright.PENANAAqELF99MYv
minutes left, but all she needed was to see Leo.284Please respect copyright.PENANA98nhpAVigB
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She had just bypassed the fountain, heading towards the open bar, but then she284Please respect copyright.PENANAavXrVWWE79
stopped herself short. She had to see where Leo was sitting first; he might as284Please respect copyright.PENANAoF2Sirq9B6
well have Carly seated right beside him, and Carly would no doubt see her if284Please respect copyright.PENANAWsX866x2tc
she wasn’t too careful.284Please respect copyright.PENANAr8cjIqFrij
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She didn’t have to look any further, as she saw Leo at the table with Carly284Please respect copyright.PENANAjoYwtmZdNa
beside him along with other people. Leo was holding the floor for the time284Please respect copyright.PENANALYu2yihswm
being, and Miranda noticed how everyone laughed at what he said. Carly, who sat284Please respect copyright.PENANAeDTaSvynzB
next to him, looked admirably at him. Miranda huffed. If only she could figure284Please respect copyright.PENANAiKkOG28Bnz
out a way to get the two apart, but now wasn’t the time to think about such284Please respect copyright.PENANAe89YpB63tF
things.284Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0XXTcjQGe
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She started to approach the entrance of the bar; looking over at Leo’s table284Please respect copyright.PENANA7tI1Y62BHi
and hopeful that Carly wouldn’t turn her head to see her.284Please respect copyright.PENANACvWFnHxLVU
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Miranda walked over to the counter and sat on the stool. Immediately, the284Please respect copyright.PENANALNiHKbXmnO
bartender attended to her, and she ordered a martini. The bartender went on284Please respect copyright.PENANAuMyhgiFlW0
ahead to make her drink as Miranda slightly turned around on her chair to look284Please respect copyright.PENANAVudhS89p0c
at the table behind her. She had a clear view of Leo, and a smile came across284Please respect copyright.PENANAFsDQaV0lKX
her face.284Please respect copyright.PENANAxZaYk9jMXS
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“Seriously, ever since Albert puked on me at the work party, I told myself284Please respect copyright.PENANAzlRjZBnJ4t
never to drink with him again,” said Leo, concluding his funny story.284Please respect copyright.PENANAPV1aoCiNBs
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"That's why I never hang around drunk people," said Marco. "You284Please respect copyright.PENANAB4TZxUlECn
might find they embarrass you."284Please respect copyright.PENANAi0IwJyRLW5
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"But haven't we ever done anything embarrassing when we are drunk?"284Please respect copyright.PENANA838pdFddrH
Eric asked.284Please respect copyright.PENANAOreXuZNHNZ
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"Not me," Oliver answered. "I'm too young to drink."284Please respect copyright.PENANAE41coi4AJg
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Eric sucked his teeth. "Of course, I wasn't directing the question to you,284Please respect copyright.PENANADCdw6nadcu
silly," he said.284Please respect copyright.PENANAyeSkVvYy0x
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"I remember there was one time back at my old college when I got so drunk284Please respect copyright.PENANAWBBQARl3fk
that Angel had to come by taxi to take me home," Carly shared. "We284Please respect copyright.PENANAyUdgInjuIg
were having a closing year party as a class at a friend's place. I got so284Please respect copyright.PENANA5cChMybZQm
carried away that I even fell in the pool."284Please respect copyright.PENANAiqNgVAdy1q
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"A friend of hers called, and I had to arrange some dry clothes for284Please respect copyright.PENANAbJLFxymOsm
her," said Angel as she laughed. "Seriously, Carly, you threw Mum in284Please respect copyright.PENANAXXjzPb1jTV
a fit when I tried to sneak you back into the house. But you ended up singing284Please respect copyright.PENANAzbai5l5XzX
so loudly that she came rushing from her bedroom to see you in a mess."284Please respect copyright.PENANAqSsOttK4Qm
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"Were you grounded, Carly?" Oliver asked as he ate some nachos.284Please respect copyright.PENANAq9DRN4zh9T
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"No, but if us young adults could still be, I definitely would have been284Please respect copyright.PENANACQI5w3ZXXj
grounded," said Carly. "I was punished in a way, though. Mum didn't284Please respect copyright.PENANAQKfE10S1LZ
talk to me for a week."284Please respect copyright.PENANA8O8nZP4Ko7
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"I remember when we were having my uncle's birthday party," said284Please respect copyright.PENANAtEMTDvrjw8
Marco, "and we meant to have a nice, quiet family party. Instead, my uncle284Please respect copyright.PENANAqhTYfYfohy
brought in many of his unruly friends. The party turned out to be such a blast.284Please respect copyright.PENANA6o16bVqG2L
He and I had a competition to see who could drink more tequila. He passed out284Please respect copyright.PENANAzKOVasgDKJ
before he could take the last glass. I won, but at a cost. I puked in the car,284Please respect copyright.PENANAoq8etsY6Dv
and my dad was furious. From then on, I told myself I wasn't going for tequila284Please respect copyright.PENANAP4hD5pQJGS
shots ever again."284Please respect copyright.PENANAeI462ycoRZ
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“Trust me, the first time I had my first tequila shot in college was awful,”284Please respect copyright.PENANAfESM3kGA30
said Eric. “My head was spinning so much that I slept in the bar, and it took284Please respect copyright.PENANAs4nncJOez4
my friends I had back then to carry me back to my room. Leo was also there, and284Please respect copyright.PENANAYzVbrscWI3
he said I was blabbering nonsense before I blacked out.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAssFgdqpJxv
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“He was complaining about some girl who couldn’t stop following him in284Please respect copyright.PENANAbSGfy1LjaB
college,” said Leo. “If she happened to be there to hear what you had said, she284Please respect copyright.PENANASVMTC32MHe
would definitely have stayed away from you for sure.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAu3OADODohO
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Eric shook his head after taking a sip of his drink. “I highly doubt it. I did284Please respect copyright.PENANAdny1LWXIKb
some crazy things in college, but the girls still loved me anyway.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAiawTpGlg5I
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Marco turned to look at Angel. “What of you, Angel? Have you ever had any284Please respect copyright.PENANAcIc1TU3RK8
embarrassing moments when you were drunk?” he asked.284Please respect copyright.PENANAdpleuYikY5
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“Before she says anything,” said Carly. “You should ask her first if she drinks284Please respect copyright.PENANAfMTFLCLOxm
alcohol.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAnaTqd0YSTd
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Marco, Leo, and Eric now turned their eyes on Angel with curious looks. Her284Please respect copyright.PENANAVd9E8c71vW
cheeks flushed in embarrassment as she looked down at the table. She pressed284Please respect copyright.PENANAdoK8ViIw4R
her lips together before looking at everyone, including Oliver.284Please respect copyright.PENANAhrbZJmSmff
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"So, Angel, do you take any alcohol?” Marco asked.284Please respect copyright.PENANAdCzt3xnVUQ
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“Of course, I do,” said Angel. “Except that I like to drink wine or champagne284Please respect copyright.PENANABVYprAjfRg
on special occasions.”284Please respect copyright.PENANA7VuIhXyw82
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“I never thought someone like you would actually take alcohol,” said Eric. “But284Please respect copyright.PENANAVM3ii4tfae
your preference suits you.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAuE6G0OEZHR
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“Yeah, very classy,” said Oliver.284Please respect copyright.PENANAFpOfJTIkOz
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The adults turned to look at Oliver, surprised. Oliver also looked back at them284Please respect copyright.PENANA5dn2GB2QqJ
as though he were judging them for giving him such a look.284Please respect copyright.PENANA7plmKAAg9S
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“What?” he asked with a shrug of his shoulders. “I hear people who drink such284Please respect copyright.PENANAvXbnTs0DDY
are considered classy.”284Please respect copyright.PENANA53tjqbGg0Q
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“Wow, someone should tell him that he shouldn’t judge people according to what284Please respect copyright.PENANAHA3Ms63SOj
they drink,” said Eric.284Please respect copyright.PENANADfPdBnaf1e
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“Well, Angel is classy, isn’t she?” Oliver asked.284Please respect copyright.PENANASAvm1MAeTg
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Angel and Carly burst into laughter. Marco and Leo chuckled, while Eric looked284Please respect copyright.PENANAL0AACmPePa
like he didn’t know what to do with his brother anymore.284Please respect copyright.PENANAmM3vFXMqTd
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“I agree with Oliver,” said Marco. “Angel is in a class of her own.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAX0viQGANrK
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“That’s being too sweet, don’t you think?” Leo asked, raising an eyebrow at284Please respect copyright.PENANAjt97gHDN6m
Marco.284Please respect copyright.PENANAGmUEENbs8m
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“Well, no, I’m being really genuine here. Angel carries a certain level of284Please respect copyright.PENANAOjpeGIOryD
elegance that I can describe as classy. I don’t know, but there’s much more to284Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2vm9yH1mO
her than just her beauty. You’re a man, and I have no doubt you see it too.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAcQ9CM8CwiA
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Everyone was silent except for Oliver, who loudly sucked at his smoothie284Please respect copyright.PENANArH9MBQ6CRu
through the straw. Angel found herself looking at Marco with her cheeks feeling284Please respect copyright.PENANAjq9ipmvmFn
like hot coals slapped across her face. Marco turned from Leo to Angel, and the284Please respect copyright.PENANAE87R0Yxhy9
corner of his lips rose to a smile. This time, his smile was gentle and284Please respect copyright.PENANAFFWITa4PxR
sincere.284Please respect copyright.PENANAURH0Ymw0dc
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Leo swallowed, as he didn’t know how to respond to Marco’s statement. He saw284Please respect copyright.PENANAZPiGdCpQKD
Marco shift his attention to Angel. As much as Marco was somewhat right from284Please respect copyright.PENANAe2XIZM9W94
Leo’s perspective, he did his best to try and not take it to heart. For some284Please respect copyright.PENANAu800gJg75Z
reason, he couldn’t stand the way Marco looked at her, and it bothered him a284Please respect copyright.PENANAPtSrEA8KFC
little. He started to wonder if Marco really liked Angel.284Please respect copyright.PENANAxrS7DbxIf2
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Eric felt like taking Angel by the hand and dragging her away from Marco. He284Please respect copyright.PENANAj1iQDIjxEP
shifted uncomfortably in his chair, and he thought of bringing something up to284Please respect copyright.PENANAzoXIS2kIRB
ease the tension that he felt, but nothing came to mind.284Please respect copyright.PENANA4bOeNTHYyp
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Carly couldn’t help but stare at Angel. What Marco said resonated with her, and284Please respect copyright.PENANAYhKDnkWGJf
as she stared at her sister, she could see it clearly. She always felt there284Please respect copyright.PENANAO8c2Fkhhn4
was something about Angel that she couldn’t put her finger on, and it seems284Please respect copyright.PENANABQTnM7fODJ
Marco hit the nail right on the head. Carly has not always looked up at her284Please respect copyright.PENANAzKALHoF7Gc
sister because she was older, but she always carried with her a certain essence284Please respect copyright.PENANAazp0j1Vb5u
that Carly’s been following blindly for years. She knew she could never be like284Please respect copyright.PENANAv0SuirtpOB
Angel, but that essence always showed brightly, and Carly always admired Angel284Please respect copyright.PENANAdc640LSnTl
for it.284Please respect copyright.PENANAism48tUWte
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“We’re out of nachos,” Oliver announced, bringing everyone out of their284Please respect copyright.PENANAnrIEerkK5S
thoughts.284Please respect copyright.PENANAHzaxtAGB1v
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“I’ll go get some,” said Leo, grateful for Oliver finishing the nachos. He284Please respect copyright.PENANALZwIKf6Qo0
really needed to take a breather.284Please respect copyright.PENANAFTht7h9auz
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Leo picked up the empty bowl and started to make his way to the bar counter.284Please respect copyright.PENANA6XCIpnGoys
Oliver started to say something to keep everyone busy. When Leo was just a few284Please respect copyright.PENANAoCiV6guP5O
feet away from the bar, it was then that Angel jerked upright in her seat as284Please respect copyright.PENANADFQ7tyoAx4
though she had woken up from a bad dream.284Please respect copyright.PENANA3M5tWIxEiD
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“Hey, are you okay?” Eric asked.284Please respect copyright.PENANAy0SCb9nGTI
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“I’m good, thanks,” Angel replied, assuring Eric with a smile. She turned to284Please respect copyright.PENANAKyBgReYsMB
Leo, who was heading to the counter. Kim was obviously on the other side, so284Please respect copyright.PENANAVYA3kj8zAJ
Leo wouldn’t see them. She was worrying over nothing.284Please respect copyright.PENANA4rMHIhoM4Z
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Miranda quickly turned back in her seat to face the beer and wine bottles on284Please respect copyright.PENANAtz0FS6neGM
the shelf behind the bar counter as she saw Leo approach. She swallowed as she284Please respect copyright.PENANA7lji8uYEFk
felt her hands start to shake. A debate arose in her head. Should she say284Please respect copyright.PENANATQ4jk6D1v5
something to him when he comes over? Why should she? It’s not like he can284Please respect copyright.PENANA42lEUH1ZU2
remember that they met at the candy store. I am just being silly, she said to284Please respect copyright.PENANAMGc7DGfg4n
herself.284Please respect copyright.PENANAsuXRrOqyLK
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Leo finally reached the counter, and he happened to stand next to Miranda. When284Please respect copyright.PENANAiv6QYejizD
Miranda saw him through the corner of her eye, she felt frightened like a mouse284Please respect copyright.PENANAw5EZ6Y5Gda
that scurries away when it sees the enemy. However, she tried to sit still in284Please respect copyright.PENANAyrDqjsOs5p
her seat so as not to draw any attention to herself. She looked down at the284Please respect copyright.PENANAtneGUQYGpQ
glass in front of her and slowly took it. She tried to control the trembling in284Please respect copyright.PENANAxBaGqaAmeC
her hand and hoped that she wouldn’t spill the drink over or that Leo wouldn’t284Please respect copyright.PENANAl3F9v7JlR6
notice her.284Please respect copyright.PENANAIlq1mUbT90
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Leo ordered another plate of nachos, and his eyes diverted to the side. His284Please respect copyright.PENANA2Bd7HuILt4
eyes fell on the woman beside him. He had a funny feeling that she looked284Please respect copyright.PENANAKGAL9cPe5R
familiar, but he didn’t know if he should ask. Still, it was better to mind his284Please respect copyright.PENANAOmW6tOqn4q
own business.284Please respect copyright.PENANA9SrbdDnvw1
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Miranda felt his eyes on her, and automatically, her head turned to the side to284Please respect copyright.PENANAW0K7wvkDTA
look at Leo. After realizing what she had done, her eyes went wide with284Please respect copyright.PENANA0DzX0gHKlL
surprise.284Please respect copyright.PENANALATeoA54QR
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“I remember you from somewhere,” said Leo.284Please respect copyright.PENANAT5228Ldo1d
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“Ah, yes,” said Miranda. Her surprised look seemed to have worked in her favor.284Please respect copyright.PENANAQPkxS2OC5z
“At the candy store.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAlGCd1vT1iX
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“Oh, yeah, right,” said Leo as he gave a nod of his head. “I remember. You284Please respect copyright.PENANAceeZ9qznx7
bumped into that moving shelf.”284Please respect copyright.PENANA9UvhJNFfIF
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“That was embarrassing,” said Miranda as she laughed. “I was in a rush.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAaHKzt69Jls
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Leo gave her a friendly smile and nodded his head, showing that he understood.284Please respect copyright.PENANAQWKmlQta6Q
His gesture made Miranda almost want to shoot out of her stool like a rocket.284Please respect copyright.PENANAHK2UFmLVTj
Her heart fluttered, and she wanted to hold on to that beautiful feeling284Please respect copyright.PENANAnW3ZvqV6Ny
forever.284Please respect copyright.PENANAXfT3PEVFQJ
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The bartender came back with the plate refilled with nachos and cheese. Leo284Please respect copyright.PENANAQiU5KsI5PC
took it and thanked the bartender. He turned to Miranda, and she knew that284Please respect copyright.PENANAzWFLkingmF
their conversation ended here.284Please respect copyright.PENANAbsjEzKxwbn
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“It was nice seeing you again,” said Leo. “Enjoy your drink.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4fbXTDFDg
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“Thanks,” said Miranda. She didn’t know what to say next as Leo took his leave.284Please respect copyright.PENANAeWKsq9gLwa
The thought of being just a stranger to him didn’t sit well with Miranda. She284Please respect copyright.PENANA5boXNPEHfe
wanted to be close to him. How will she be able to do that?284Please respect copyright.PENANAkW407chmvU
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Her eyes fell to the table Leo was heading to, and she saw Carly talking with284Please respect copyright.PENANAVS43MZHjHt
so much glee. She didn’t seem to have a care in the world, and it hurt Miranda284Please respect copyright.PENANAsmNo1b4IY3
that she should be the one close to Leo and not her.284Please respect copyright.PENANAhpIJezF7zY
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Carly turned her eyes to Leo, who was approaching the table, and she couldn’t284Please respect copyright.PENANAvsoxHcwPJb
help but smile at him. Miranda was smart enough to turn her head so that Carly284Please respect copyright.PENANAK8p1b1KNWw
wouldn’t see her. Miranda knew her time was up, and she was guessing that she284Please respect copyright.PENANA1yWkNwRQvU
might have overstayed at the bar. It was time to go back upstairs. She thought284Please respect copyright.PENANAAUsWUn3gMF
of looking back at Leo, but it wasn’t worth the risk. It was best for her to284Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1QSdHwmgd
leave, but after she finished her martini.284Please respect copyright.PENANA0zrtcn0RS2
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A few seconds before that, Trina came back to the table with two bottles of284Please respect copyright.PENANAWlczWWxTTB
cider. She sat herself down and placed one bottle in front of Kim.284Please respect copyright.PENANASc3D9PmnIQ
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“Thanks,” said Kim.284Please respect copyright.PENANAJDS3RGmjo8
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“Have you thought of what to do?” Trina asked. “We can’t see Leo from here.284Please respect copyright.PENANAsLsQEWjJzM
That’s if you really plan on catching Leo with his lover.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAqPst4R9vYO
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“I thought of sitting by the counter and peeping on him,” Kim suggested.284Please respect copyright.PENANAVtbzl5EPiF
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“Sounds like a good idea,” said Trina. “Even if we were to see him walking out,284Please respect copyright.PENANA5t17hvvDiZ
it would be impossible for us to see where he would go.”284Please respect copyright.PENANALLsklmV8yK
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As the two women stood at the table, Trina stopped Kim by placing her hand on284Please respect copyright.PENANAw6oaLu8WbV
Kim’s shoulder.284Please respect copyright.PENANAAZknL1HE7h
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“I know you’re tired of me saying this,” said Trina, “but doing this is a bad284Please respect copyright.PENANAerLa8PyxOC
idea. We should get out while we can.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAjORDMOe6BN
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Kim scoffed. “I gave you my word earlier, didn’t I? There is no need to repeat284Please respect copyright.PENANARcDID9qZz5
the conversation. Let’s go.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAAMUCT0JRCb
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Trina’s hand fell away from Kim’s shoulder as Kim started to make her way to284Please respect copyright.PENANAi7Hi9YGEFE
the other side of the bar. Trina followed her, and coming back the way they284Please respect copyright.PENANAeYzD9IyJSj
came, they stopped at the counter. From the angle at which they stood, they284Please respect copyright.PENANAKKuJRt5wVD
were able to see Leo’s table.284Please respect copyright.PENANAchI0iQMfsX
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The two of them sat on the stools, facing each other. Trina had her back facing284Please respect copyright.PENANAj0tF5mEtJv
Leo’s table, shielding Kim from plain sight if the worst happened.284Please respect copyright.PENANAWOWLlm1koY
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“I can’t see so much, so you’ll be telling me what’s going on,” said Trina.284Please respect copyright.PENANAaCSffF8m7m
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“You’re overthinking things,” said Kim. “You can take a peek and still won’t be284Please respect copyright.PENANA5K2IkRgXff
seen. Oh, look, Leo is coming over.”284Please respect copyright.PENANABJv2DfbC4K
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Trina turned her head slightly to see Leo approach the other side of the284Please respect copyright.PENANAyuKXJgpiHZ
counter. He wasn’t looking in their direction, so they were at ease as they284Please respect copyright.PENANAPcBqmIEslM
looked on. They saw him ask the bar tender for another refill of nachos. He284Please respect copyright.PENANA1MljzSswb6
soon looked at the woman beside him, and Kim held Trina’s hand on the bar284Please respect copyright.PENANA5W3UTrseU1
counter in anticipation.284Please respect copyright.PENANAsHXZJWNIPC
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“Could it be her?” Kim asked, almost squeezing Trina’s hand.284Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8QDVxDmYh
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Trina looked at the woman beside Leo as she turned to look at him. She shook284Please respect copyright.PENANA5uRUelYwd2
her head. “I don’t think so,” said Trina.284Please respect copyright.PENANATwug8Vzo8r
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They watched as Leo talked with the woman briefly, and as soon as he took the bowl284Please respect copyright.PENANAroTbKaZSKE
of nachos, he addressed the woman and went back to his table. Trina shook her284Please respect copyright.PENANALCzif2zzrF
head.284Please respect copyright.PENANAwSUOeiNdzG
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“She’s not the one,” said Trina. “They looked like they knew each other, but284Please respect copyright.PENANASB1G2oNqHa
not at that intimate level.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAOFrnKe09Nh
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“Are you sure?” Kim asked. “Because he was smiling at her.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAQav0EW0ZKz
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Trina rolled her eyes before turning them at her friend. “Does every smile he284Please respect copyright.PENANAG9yia3Ul6p
gives everyone mean that he is flirting with them?” she asked. “He looks like284Please respect copyright.PENANAihIn5yXHBD
he was being friendly to me.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAXD9IDo9r9u
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“What if she’s the one and they were communicating in some way through code?”284Please respect copyright.PENANAintt0lKGkJ
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Trina raised an eyebrow at her. Kim knew she was taking things a little far and284Please respect copyright.PENANAf1qkt9RwW3
looked the other way, taking a sip from her bottle and feeling embarrassed.284Please respect copyright.PENANAOjhGQqSF35
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Angel stared at her empty glass of soda, concluding that she needed to refill.284Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2FI3PBJq8
She excused herself from the table and started to make her way to the bar284Please respect copyright.PENANAAXVCZBWK3V
counter.284Please respect copyright.PENANA8dp0YKdzqo
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Miranda finished her martini in one huge gulp. She placed the glass on the284Please respect copyright.PENANAOke2nASsiA
counter, leaving the bill under the glass. After she stepped down from her284Please respect copyright.PENANAqap4u1esDf
stool, she turned around and came shoulder to shoulder with someone.284Please respect copyright.PENANAT80obKMrKg
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“Oh, sorry about that,” said a beautiful woman in a stunning red velvet dress.284Please respect copyright.PENANAspWHif0l4s
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Miranda almost panicked, for she thought the person she had bumped into was284Please respect copyright.PENANAowGhPxf4Tb
someone familiar. However, looking closely, she realized that it was Angel,284Please respect copyright.PENANAR2dlOki75B
Carly’s older sister. Miranda knew Angel didn’t know about her, but Miranda284Please respect copyright.PENANArGEi6lgvty
knew who she was. In the past, when she and Carly used to work together, Carly284Please respect copyright.PENANACSnMcpGcKb
had shown Angel’s pictures to her a few times. Miranda acknowledged that the284Please respect copyright.PENANA6iFSOEyFHz
sisters had looks that could kill, but there was something about Angel’s beauty284Please respect copyright.PENANAdh6pZRoaO3
that was different from Carly’s.284Please respect copyright.PENANA7GwmUDvJz7
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“Oh, it’s nothing,” said Miranda.284Please respect copyright.PENANAaGa2UYnXJE
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Angel smiled at her before turning her attention to the bartender. Miranda284Please respect copyright.PENANAWhPg9rZMIu
turned around to head out of the bar when she froze in her tracks. She felt284Please respect copyright.PENANAtb3PuYR0Ur
caught in a trap as she looked ahead. This is bad.284Please respect copyright.PENANAdS3iwXm4rx
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Carly’s eyes fell on Miranda as she looked over to the bar to check on her284Please respect copyright.PENANAWe68waKxg7
sister. Miranda happened to be right in her line of vision. Carly’s eyes284Please respect copyright.PENANAciHDGmD5i6
widened with fear as thoughts started to run through her head. What was Miranda284Please respect copyright.PENANAbhAPgtC8ik
doing here?284Please respect copyright.PENANAmcSamHUwv1
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Angel thanked the bartender after refilling her glass, and when she turned284Please respect copyright.PENANAogFkFG6NBy
around, the woman whom she bumped into stood still like a statue. Angel read284Please respect copyright.PENANAQczDy7Ixsc
her body language, and she realized that the person seemed to be in some kind284Please respect copyright.PENANAPPMx6JYuWM
of shock. She noticed the woman looking towards the table where her sister and284Please respect copyright.PENANAOEMc5wudBw
the others were. Moreover, she saw Carly look at the woman with the same284Please respect copyright.PENANAbENVEMGPaB
surprised look.284Please respect copyright.PENANAxQBMou8Uw3
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Angel raised an eyebrow. She was just about to touch the woman’s shoulder to284Please respect copyright.PENANAGm317GYt3A
get her attention, but she thought better of it.284Please respect copyright.PENANAyUSUkALV3R
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“Hey, are you okay?” Angel asked.284Please respect copyright.PENANAPJ0fxjOKHG
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Miranda jolted back to reality and turned to look at Angel. She nervously284Please respect copyright.PENANA5KyNKA9MiT
chuckled. “Uh, yes, I’m fine, thanks,” said Miranda. “I thought I saw someone I284Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZS9sUB0uc
knew, but I was mistaken. I should go now.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAat47vhqqYC
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Before Angel could say anything, Miranda quickly made her way out of the bar.284Please respect copyright.PENANALyXUW474KF
Those who were wondering what took Angel so long turned to the bar counter and284Please respect copyright.PENANAbUzHnITGB0
saw the woman quickly walk away from Angel. Angel looked at the young woman,284Please respect copyright.PENANAIzCufDNW2H
and she turned her attention back to the table, specifically on Carly. Carly284Please respect copyright.PENANA0R080BiMad
didn’t turn her head right away as she looked at her sister. She didn’t want to284Please respect copyright.PENANAORG3y4HLuo
look like she knew Miranda, and it was best to act natural. Angel went back to284Please respect copyright.PENANAsw2OSV5C2R
the table.284Please respect copyright.PENANAmvsE5N9woA
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“What was that about?” Eric asked.284Please respect copyright.PENANAYGbRYxxpJy
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“Oh, she thought she recognized someone, but she was mistaken,” said Angel as284Please respect copyright.PENANAJzB9O77Wj1
she sat back down on her seat, placing her glass on the table.284Please respect copyright.PENANAIkTjliCH9T
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“She must have meant me,” said Leo. Carly looked at him, surprised at his284Please respect copyright.PENANAMkPqrU2DGt
statement. “Remember the time we went to that candy store a few days ago?” He284Please respect copyright.PENANA1yO8BOERm5
looked at Eric. “She was the one who bumped into that moving shelf.”284Please respect copyright.PENANABcl6vNYtue
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“Oh, I see,” said Angel. “But she said she didn’t recognize anyone.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAgWQ5O0WQUX
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“Obviously she was nervous because of Leo again,” said Eric. “I bet the reason284Please respect copyright.PENANAFo6l87VJU2
she bumped into that shelf was because of your scary looks.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAcgzsu1UcwE
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Angel shook her head. “Not this again,” she said.284Please respect copyright.PENANAA9vfsSQLvq
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“Mind you,” Leo started to say, “when I went over to the bar, I actually talked284Please respect copyright.PENANA5C9jlNio1B
to her. She didn’t seem nervous to me.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAhUMWhQra2Y
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“She obviously fell for your good looks, not the scary one as Eric had put it,”284Please respect copyright.PENANA9Gj8EvFs6J
said Marco.284Please respect copyright.PENANA2gQHYLYOwv
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“You really are a bully, Eric,” said Oliver. “It’s not Leo’s fault that he is284Please respect copyright.PENANAd7tkE17FAU
more handsome than you.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAf8ed7g7NxK
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Marcos and Angel laughed at Eric. Eric, on the other hand, felt like hitting284Please respect copyright.PENANAok6MyFjkKY
his brother on the head. Carly had been silent the whole time as thoughts ran284Please respect copyright.PENANAK1SJlemFdi
through her head. Miranda actually had a talk with Leo, and that scared her.284Please respect copyright.PENANAeAmI06jcnP
Could she have told Leo that she was also there at his bachelor party?284Please respect copyright.PENANAWysBRDLOTq
Moreover, they met days ago at the candy store, and she finds herself here at284Please respect copyright.PENANAb3jxMOVokB
the hotel. Why did Carly feel like she was suddenly in jeopardy?284Please respect copyright.PENANAvyXqdqMRYa
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Angel wiped away the tears from her eyes, and she soon looked at Carly, who284Please respect copyright.PENANA0yf1710pbZ
looked lost in thought. She couldn’t help but wonder what her sister was284Please respect copyright.PENANArNuRq2Z3vM
thinking about.284Please respect copyright.PENANAiwTRcSp4Ox
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“You, Oliver, have really cracked me up today,” said Marco as he continued to284Please respect copyright.PENANACZDy21Sytq
laugh. “I can’t wait for us to hang out like this again.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAIkGxq5zBpb
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Oliver beamed at Marco happily, while Eric felt like slapping that look off his284Please respect copyright.PENANA0zqbY9voPF
brother’s face.284Please respect copyright.PENANAzgFjtBUjpD
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“Yeah, Oliver has really cracked me up too,” said Angel as she turned to smile284Please respect copyright.PENANAUAt8BM9eSP
at Oliver.284Please respect copyright.PENANAquBGemjjoG
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“I hate to wrap things up here,” said Marco, “but I’m done for the night.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6fIJzaMNr
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“Oh, that’s a shame,” said Eric. “We were really having fun.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAa1lkTHtb59
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“Don’t you think it’s also getting late?” Angel asked the others. “We better be284Please respect copyright.PENANAzXtWDHZGkh
heading out too.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAljCffivoHR
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Leo gave Angel a look. He still didn’t get the chance to be alone with Carly.284Please respect copyright.PENANAUxCoebMMNU
When Marco said he was leaving, he thought he had the opportunity. He turned to284Please respect copyright.PENANA1855IrBwXq
look at Carly beside him, and she seemed to look lost in her own world.284Please respect copyright.PENANA7IMFjsbcJu
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“We should,” said Oliver. “I want us to pass somewhere and get ice cream on our284Please respect copyright.PENANARZNWaahVBN
way home.”284Please respect copyright.PENANALX5zCH2HdA
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“Uh, wait a minute,” said Leo. “Some of us would like to spend a little time284Please respect copyright.PENANAG2YFUVvPbS
here.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAGwhYzVrm9G
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Angel threw Leo a look, knowing what he was playing at. She wanted to leave284Please respect copyright.PENANAGOX2HAgMV2
because the possibility of Leo seeing Kim and Trina was high, and she didn’t284Please respect copyright.PENANA6AP1Mho2Gv
want to risk it. Moreover, if Kim does see Leo spending his time alone with284Please respect copyright.PENANAuspZZeElVD
Carly, she will realize without a doubt that Carly is Leo’s lover. If only she284Please respect copyright.PENANAfOQCFcchRl
could tell Leo without making him so upset, she thought to herself.284Please respect copyright.PENANAboSx1bFTSs
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“Leo’s right,” said Eric, looking over at Leo. “I would like to stay here for a284Please respect copyright.PENANAsGpD5S2FgU
little longer.”284Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZHCAgS1fh
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Angel sighed, but not the kind that anyone would notice. It looks like she lost284Please respect copyright.PENANA6HytDpzvU3
this one. She just has to find a way to work around it.284Please respect copyright.PENANAWULH9bHsJt
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“Well, then I’ll leave you to enjoy yourselves,” said Marco as he stood up from284Please respect copyright.PENANAAyTvwZLq1r
his seat. “Before I forget,” he said as he turned to Angel. “I would love to284Please respect copyright.PENANAHXdYD2pNOv
get your number, Angel.”284Please respect copyright.PENANABnOI7ZmU0Y
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Angel almost forgot about that, and she blushed immediately when Marco asked her.284Please respect copyright.PENANAGwAjjWVE8C
She watched him pull out his phone. He turned his eyes on her, giving her his284Please respect copyright.PENANA5RpdFUAG2N
full attention. Angel hesitated for a bit before giving out her number, and he284Please respect copyright.PENANAH0y4nXgyQT
typed it down on his phone. Eric and Leo looked on, wondering why Marco looked284Please respect copyright.PENANAwgNMzz9ieZ
so eager to get her number. Carly wasn’t paying much attention, so she couldn’t284Please respect copyright.PENANAYrRs8d0SN1
care less.284Please respect copyright.PENANA0boPQSzeQK
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“I really enjoyed my time with you,” said Marco, pocketing his phone away. “We284Please respect copyright.PENANA8wHHS1dza9
should do this sometime soon.”284Please respect copyright.PENANA1wUWoUhALt
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“Sure,” said Eric, putting up a smile for Marco, which proved to be very284Please respect copyright.PENANAttP73Dudjl
difficult.284Please respect copyright.PENANAWzzJQDsD4B
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Marco wished everyone a good night, and everyone responded back. Even Carly,284Please respect copyright.PENANAv0ffz0WmjZ
who looked absent-minded, said goodnight. Before leaving, Marco gave Angel a284Please respect copyright.PENANAvpCnoBDP75
wink, telling her to expect a message from him anytime soon. Angel only smiled,284Please respect copyright.PENANAaQGxaappy5
feeling embarrassed that he said that in front of everyone.284Please respect copyright.PENANAXLtWVZiTCk
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“Marco really likes you, Angel,” said Oliver after Marco had left the bar.284Please respect copyright.PENANA6th8BwesQY
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“Why do you say that?” Angel asked, looking at the boy with wide eyes.284Please respect copyright.PENANAnYfS4UjMDH
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“Don’t listen to him,” said Eric. “Kids don’t know what they say nowadays.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAUkxa3M3tuE
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Leo turned to Carly, and it was then that he noticed that she hadn’t talked284Please respect copyright.PENANAW0cl2Wmehh
much at all for a while.284Please respect copyright.PENANAVJCuNUoCfL
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“Hey, Carly, are you okay?” Leo asked.284Please respect copyright.PENANA8mUqv7okc1
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Everyone turned to look at Carly. She tried to hide it with a smile, telling284Please respect copyright.PENANAKa5xknAzhH
Leo that she was alright. Angel couldn’t point out why her sister looked low,284Please respect copyright.PENANAroG2hHuMTs
but she knew she could use this to her advantage.284Please respect copyright.PENANAD2i1QQ7AS3
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“You look tired, Carly,” said Angel. “Maybe we should call it a night and head284Please respect copyright.PENANAC5z1ECupSI
home.”284Please respect copyright.PENANA99iNAjTnFC
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Carly looked at Angel, and a small smile appeared on her face. She definitely284Please respect copyright.PENANAngXrahA3DH
needed to leave. The fact that Miranda was here messed with her head a lot, and284Please respect copyright.PENANAzvegTvPTvI
she felt like being as far away from the hotel as possible. Considering that,284Please respect copyright.PENANAf4KzOSFUsq
Miranda might still be around.284Please respect copyright.PENANAlsKrtAqiYd
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“Angel is right,” said Carly. “I’m feeling rather overwhelmed. We’ve had a long284Please respect copyright.PENANAEskBgqa4qX
day, and I didn’t get enough rest.”284Please respect copyright.PENANArMyQc2qzk6
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Leo looked a little disappointed, but now that he saw Carly more clearly, she284Please respect copyright.PENANA4xL9tLMTHn
didn’t look too well at all. It looks like his plans for tonight might as well284Please respect copyright.PENANAzIJ296yYiZ
go down the drain. If Carly was feeling too tired, it was understandable that284Please respect copyright.PENANAaejLnqsZSX
she wasn’t going to enjoy his company alone with him either.284Please respect copyright.PENANAvzP8PYpIxH
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“Alright,” said Leo. “We better get going if we’re going to get Oliver’s ice284Please respect copyright.PENANAKkbbL3HtGx
cream.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAuqZ7jseLcm
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“We better check out of that room and get our stuff then,” said Eric.284Please respect copyright.PENANAw6FQ3fugU7
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“Oh, I forgot about that. Why don’t you go to the room while I go bring the car284Please respect copyright.PENANAJoDYHCzEAH
around?”284Please respect copyright.PENANAqDOqezWXe6
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“Sure.” Eric quickly stood up from his seat and started to make his way out of284Please respect copyright.PENANAvhl7VkBUxG
the bar area.284Please respect copyright.PENANAm9DC6kC9Mp
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Trina and Kim, who still sat observing Leo, noticed Eric stand up from his284Please respect copyright.PENANAhG3KoXxW9x
seat. The others were still at the table, and it was only a moment later that284Please respect copyright.PENANApnREYlG4fx
they started to stand up.284Please respect copyright.PENANAktL0hzLQyd
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“Look, they’re leaving,” said Trina.284Please respect copyright.PENANA9TPXX1ovhw
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“Do you think Leo will get this opportunity to see his lover?” Kim asked.284Please respect copyright.PENANAk7sfQShzwe
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“He can’t do that with the others tagging along,” said Trina. “Let’s watch and284Please respect copyright.PENANAIk3WiEXqTa
see.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAyFlKncbqFg
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Angel and Oliver started to make their way to the entrance of the bar when284Please respect copyright.PENANAkDjPzOYTup
Angel, through the corner of her eye, saw Kim and Trina. This was bad. From284Please respect copyright.PENANA4uTBEDA3vo
where she stood, she feared Leo might also notice them. She slowed her pace284Please respect copyright.PENANARwBaivS6Ux
with Oliver and waited for Carly and Leo to catch up. If she was lucky, Leo284Please respect copyright.PENANAT5sLX49aIa
might pass by without noticing Kim and Trina, but one can never be too sure.284Please respect copyright.PENANAJanUYcfnAZ
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Carly made her way to Angel and Oliver, with Leo following slowly behind her.284Please respect copyright.PENANA9ANpvVGsAM
Without much thought, his eyes found their way to the bar counter, and he284Please respect copyright.PENANAJbDs9rEVfb
noticed someone familiar at the other end. Only when the person turned in his284Please respect copyright.PENANA9KgdmEdAwc
direction and their eyes fell on him did he realize who it was.284Please respect copyright.PENANAHRJeVUgYtb
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“Oh, my gosh,” said Kim as she held Trina’s shoulder in a tight grip. “He’s284Please respect copyright.PENANA76c0oaSMJM
seen us.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAPXXGwukQJx
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Trina choked on her own words that she couldn’t speak as he saw Leo staring284Please respect copyright.PENANAPGbFAo6Zkx
back. His eyes slowly started to flame with anger. Or was it fury?284Please respect copyright.PENANA1gp4pHdJkq
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“Trina, we better go,” said Kim.284Please respect copyright.PENANAVVeXvpDjkT
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Leo couldn’t believe Trina and Kim were there by the counter, staring back at284Please respect copyright.PENANAZeoEydQnzi
him. Did they happen to be here by coincidence, or did were they here because284Please respect copyright.PENANABc4qXu2FEK
of him? He noticed how scared they looked at him, as if they had been caught284Please respect copyright.PENANALzsiFLBjeS
doing something wrong. That confirmed that they were following him. He decided284Please respect copyright.PENANAm9xVOzDiip
he was going to give them a piece of his mind.284Please respect copyright.PENANAp2v20WimOG
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Just as he was about to make his way over to them, a gentle touch fell on his284Please respect copyright.PENANAeDR8Aq47o7
shoulder, stopping him from proceeding further. He looked to the side, and he284Please respect copyright.PENANAewaDzNYD2t
found Angel standing right beside him, her hand on his shoulder. She looked at284Please respect copyright.PENANA7dFEnU9JUY
him with her soft brown eyes; they were stern yet so peaceful. There was284Please respect copyright.PENANAmcjMDX3o6z
something about her look and her presence beside him that made him slowly start284Please respect copyright.PENANAdcbF4oKB8w
to feel the anger in him dissipate like smoke.284Please respect copyright.PENANASg13ZGYX69
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She shook her head. “Not here,” she said to him in her normal tone of voice.284Please respect copyright.PENANAJAVISJgv2J
“Now is not the time to make a scene.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAE9u25QaAKI
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Leo sighed, and he felt his muscles slowly start to relax. Angel was right; now284Please respect copyright.PENANA1L6AfQf14S
wasn’t the time to throw a tantrum. He looked back at Kim, who continued to284Please respect copyright.PENANAvpzWf8j0W8
look at him, still with a scared look on her face.284Please respect copyright.PENANAjEp3KkXvgf
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"Fine," he said to Angel as he looked at her.284Please respect copyright.PENANArYcOOfB1Xa
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Angel gave a smile of relief. She turned to look at Trina and Kim, giving them284Please respect copyright.PENANAUw9IWMUDoL
a nod of her head. The two best friends looked relieved, but they knew that284Please respect copyright.PENANAYpwTyRA0Er
this wasn’t over.284Please respect copyright.PENANA60ExoqYien
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Leo turned around to head out of the bar. Fortunately, Oliver and Carly were284Please respect copyright.PENANAEbn7dtbziC
way ahead of him, so they didn't see his silent altercation with Kim and Trina.284Please respect copyright.PENANAZtCteLHv1T
He walked out of the bar with Angel following closely behind him.284Please respect copyright.PENANAVZykQd8b1U
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"Thanks for that back there," Leo said to her.284Please respect copyright.PENANAc92Mhyqtmn
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"Well, getting yourself angry wasn't going to do you or me any284Please respect copyright.PENANAMklQSJZo4w
favors," said Angel.284Please respect copyright.PENANA8Uvx7xCHc3
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Leo turned to look at her through the corner of his eye. "How long have284Please respect copyright.PENANAWiyBIFVRKA
they been there?"284Please respect copyright.PENANAWeeDqeHVT7
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Angel found no point in lying to him. "I noticed them during our dinner. I284Please respect copyright.PENANApshpgkTcMD
didn't want to tell you in front of our guests."284Please respect copyright.PENANAbXNeM1FhBK
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Leo scoffed. "It's obvious that they were following me. I guess that’s the284Please respect copyright.PENANADA4BO49BQo
reason why you didn’t want me to be alone with Carly."284Please respect copyright.PENANAQPPvquMhnR
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"I don't want them to find out about your relationship with her just yet,284Please respect copyright.PENANAwa4DvmU1Wp
so you've got to be careful from now on."284Please respect copyright.PENANAiTiMhU4j08
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A smile appeared across Leo's face. The two might have their differences, but284Please respect copyright.PENANAerPPJPrs2I
it was clear to see that Angel did care about his relationship with her sister.284Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3i1LDcOjJ
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As they continued to walk down the stone path towards the fountain where Oliver284Please respect copyright.PENANA6MScUdXs79
and Carly were, Leo tried to fight off the feeling of gratitude towards Angel.284Please respect copyright.PENANA5gCZMM6yyg
In the end, he decided to let the feeling settle in for one night, and one284Please respect copyright.PENANAJYRxb53LcB
night only.284Please respect copyright.PENANAbqVssJWYlG
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“That was a close one,” said Trina as she held her chest, breathing deeply.284Please respect copyright.PENANAN842ulAXFu
“For sure, I thought Leo was going to come charging at us.”284Please respect copyright.PENANANrac1Hf8JB
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Kim sighed in relief. “I hate to say this, but we really do have Angel to284Please respect copyright.PENANArIAe9fHnRW
thank,” she said. “Though I feel Leo will confront us about it.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAQmNdP3vMNa
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“Yeah, but Angel talked to him, and he calmed down in an instant.” Trina leaned284Please respect copyright.PENANA20vkoCG3UT
against the bar counter, looking for the bartender. “Leo barely listens to284Please respect copyright.PENANAKu6Pl3A81E
anyone, but he somehow listened to her. It’s best to receive his wrath284Please respect copyright.PENANADDKsYW9fLf
privately rather than in an open place where he can embarrass us. I’m going to284Please respect copyright.PENANAhV3E2Jx2Qu
order a cocktail and drink to thank Angel for saving our sorry lives. Do you284Please respect copyright.PENANAJS36ojlCQ6
want one?”284Please respect copyright.PENANARPrgVq9Qhi
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Kim gave a nod to Trina, and while her friend tried to get the attention of the284Please respect copyright.PENANA2aRggtGmUh
bartender, she couldn’t help but look at Leo with Angel walking beside him as284Please respect copyright.PENANAzU5RjhNHjz
they went further away from the bar. Memories of her and Leo started to284Please respect copyright.PENANAiqJoafBisu
surface, and she couldn’t recall once when he ever listened to her when he was284Please respect copyright.PENANAiLyjUtszjR
upset. Trina was right. Leo barely listens to anyone, except this time around,284Please respect copyright.PENANA0GWf1hDEVO
when Angel spoke to him. Her eyes fell upon Angel, who, even in that red velvet284Please respect copyright.PENANAFxunfzr4V6
dress, walked effortlessly with elegance beside Leo. Was there something about284Please respect copyright.PENANA6M4t52CvEP
Angel that Kim wasn’t aware of?284Please respect copyright.PENANATHlRyGpWls
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Miranda quickly stepped out of the elevator and ran down the hall back to the284Please respect copyright.PENANA8KTrfFmp6E
room where Red Lion and Mr. Walters were. She knew her thirty minutes were up,284Please respect copyright.PENANAKQXHLnnZHe
and she had been so distracted that she didn’t notice her phone vibrate in the284Please respect copyright.PENANAo3PGpeqlnu
pocket of her jeans. When she checked in the elevator, she found three missed284Please respect copyright.PENANAb1EBaoGCHE
calls from Mr. Walters, and she knew she was in for it.284Please respect copyright.PENANAfOD8vtZ9nF
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As soon as she reached the suite, the door flew open before she could even284Please respect copyright.PENANAyXzAVdELcS
knock. She thought the first person she would see was Red Lion, but to her284Please respect copyright.PENANAeaXu7QbxDr
relief, it was Walters.284Please respect copyright.PENANA3oJKUkRAPA
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“What took you so long?” he asked. “And why didn’t you answer my calls?”284Please respect copyright.PENANADqJHs6mAxM
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“I’m sorry,” said Miranda. “I got a little distracted. Is he here?”284Please respect copyright.PENANAOVmTHpIX7a
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“Yeah, but count yourself lucky,” said Walters as he stood aside to let Miranda284Please respect copyright.PENANA5mcgPpR0Bm
through the door. “Red Lion was going to kill you if he wanted to.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAByQ940WFCZ
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Miranda slowly stepped into the room, looking towards the living room area. Red284Please respect copyright.PENANAH1ZzDuQeqm
Lion's comrade sat on the couch. His eyes fixed on the TV screen that showed284Please respect copyright.PENANAV0LQ2wn2OP
the football game. Two more people sat on the other couch. They wore black284Please respect copyright.PENANAGZcIPp1qDW
suits, and they were of Asian descent. The two looked like bodyguards. Were284Please respect copyright.PENANAQq9X23yrwr
they here with the host who called for this meeting? Moreover, where was Red284Please respect copyright.PENANAnZFR1ESvMV
Lion?284Please respect copyright.PENANAbcyb4wxj6v
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When she entered the living room area, she heard voices coming from the284Please respect copyright.PENANAs0omSGNyZA
balcony. She saw Red Lion standing by the open doors of the balcony. Someone284Please respect copyright.PENANAyHBz6HnayG
stood in front of him, talking to him. Miranda couldn’t see who it was as the284Please respect copyright.PENANAhhWnKgoW5F
person stood on the balcony, and the doors hid him from view.284Please respect copyright.PENANAgSGvwNwaon
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Red Lion noticed Miranda's presence and turned to look at her. He surprisingly284Please respect copyright.PENANADE7aThctIV
smiled. She almost sighed in relief, for she really thought he was going to284Please respect copyright.PENANAwRiFTRDPmM
squeeze her throat for being late. He turned to the person who stood on the284Please respect copyright.PENANA3ohCdJ00OB
balcony.284Please respect copyright.PENANAstnVJLAcey
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“The young lady we were waiting on is finally here,” said Red Lion. “We can284Please respect copyright.PENANA1HKelgt6WI
begin the meeting.”284Please respect copyright.PENANAxomSmocCff
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The person on the balcony stepped into the room, and the first thing that284Please respect copyright.PENANA8NkvoC160t
caught Miranda’s eye was that the person wore a smart black suit, and there was284Please respect copyright.PENANAGWBTqHnYZt
a charming smile on his face.