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“Angel just ruined everything for me,” said Leo as he29Please respect copyright.PENANAIHOCz7hLfL
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“What do you mean she’s ruined everything?” Eric asked.29Please respect copyright.PENANA5zCKhPLfO3
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“Carly and I were supposed to run away together, but it’s like she caught on to29Please respect copyright.PENANA1f53D8yxJZ
us.” Leo shook his head. “That’s why she stayed behind with Carly. She says she29Please respect copyright.PENANAPDIs39Lc1J
doesn’t want Marco to suspect anything.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAwRA7qtcA2l
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Eric shrugged his shoulders. “Angel does have a point,” he said. “We don’t need29Please respect copyright.PENANAxB25yskFB4
Marco knowing that the two of you are dating. He might tell his father, who, in29Please respect copyright.PENANArF0crQcEwR
turn, will tell your dad. Well, you know how this vicious cycle goes.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAvt0trRRfgr
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Leo sighed. “You do have a point.” He turned to his cousin. “Go on. I know you29Please respect copyright.PENANAtgiOWhWSzJ
want to say it.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAyQimuJlEo6
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“Say what?” Eric asked without looking at Leo.29Please respect copyright.PENANA0ugTqeAkvC
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Leo sighed again, deeply this time. “That she has my best interest at heart.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAWLRxBm1rNC
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Eric looked at Leo, this time with a beaming smile on his face. “Of course,29Please respect copyright.PENANACLaxuctNND
because that’s just how she is.”29Please respect copyright.PENANA7EFG0NzFit
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“Can you stop smiling like that?” Leo looked irritated. Eric’s smile shone29Please respect copyright.PENANAVMawZR3MCP
brightly like the sun. Leo felt blinded as he turned to look away. “You’ve had29Please respect copyright.PENANAkdAPwaN1KP
your fun.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAj9jqy8oiQK
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“I just want to rub it in. Before we went into the garden, I was about to tell29Please respect copyright.PENANAwN7rriywEx
you the same thing, but it slipped my mind. It’s good that Angel thought way29Please respect copyright.PENANAwEgjU9DRIQ
ahead and talked to Carly about it.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAvgx1X9Viee
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Leo felt dumb. None of that came to mind, and he felt like slapping himself for29Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1ts21DZ1Y
being so stupid and careless. He hoped Marco wasn’t paying enough attention at29Please respect copyright.PENANAe8fjcCWfoW
first for him to realize there was anything between him and Carly. It seems he29Please respect copyright.PENANAxycndwieZH
has Angel to thank, but Leo was too embarrassed to think of doing so.29Please respect copyright.PENANADgyISbRCKr
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“Do they serve milkshakes here?” Leo asked, trying to rid himself of his29Please respect copyright.PENANAfpAuoxwHeD
thoughts.29Please respect copyright.PENANAh5fAlurhVA
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“Yeah, I already asked,” answered Eric. “They serve non-alcoholic drinks as29Please respect copyright.PENANAVPDGjAF0rR
well, in case there’s anyone who needs one.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAX8jAyHt3MK
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“I’ll go over to the table and ask what drinks they want. Do they have snacks29Please respect copyright.PENANASOrPNpftzM
too?”29Please respect copyright.PENANAYf2x3quvoa
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Leo left the counter and found Carly where he had left her. She was slowly29Please respect copyright.PENANAsumAaVybNz
looking around, taking in the view of the place. There were bright bulbs29Please respect copyright.PENANAJep6RIQyDC
hanging over the area, and she apparently stood out with her beautiful dress.29Please respect copyright.PENANASGOZyNGQ8N
If they weren’t around so many people, he wasn’t going to hesitate to kiss and29Please respect copyright.PENANApjFjGE2nDQ
caress her. He smiled at her instead and gestured with his head to her, saying29Please respect copyright.PENANATNIe8Yw66H
that they should join Angel and the others.29Please respect copyright.PENANAlzPqmTGXra
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Trina and Kim stood by the fountain as they watched Leo approach the table29Please respect copyright.PENANA7P1ujJnN4l
where Angel, Oliver, and the Asian man sat. Carly joined him soon afterwards.29Please respect copyright.PENANAF5mVhX5cK0
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“How long do you think we’ll stay here until he decides to see his lover?”29Please respect copyright.PENANARaQrntdOYH
Trina asked as she sat at the edge of the pool basin of the fountain.29Please respect copyright.PENANAnoeTUPNNZL
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“I don’t know,” said Kim, who remained standing. “Don’t tell me you’re already29Please respect copyright.PENANA0G4sBhGkm0
tired.”29Please respect copyright.PENANASsQcUo1mbt
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“Oh, no, it’s not that. They are there enjoying themselves when I’m in need of29Please respect copyright.PENANAiIGxmzPeXS
a drink right now.”29Please respect copyright.PENANA1VVx1YljSS
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Kim rolled her eyes. “We can go there and take a seat, but we should sit out of29Please respect copyright.PENANAE7QKZXKwpF
their sight.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAXPmLOdTSQQ
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“Good idea. Let’s wait for Eric at the counter. Leo looks like he’s checking to29Please respect copyright.PENANAXJLVkfHYpn
see what everyone needs because he hasn’t sat down. They will easily see us if29Please respect copyright.PENANABlwk4DoDdu
they aren’t at their table.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAjKPwehIZW7
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Kim agreed with Trina. They continued to watch Leo as he made his way back to29Please respect copyright.PENANAQSDPlomPCW
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Meanwhile, Miranda, who had been watching over the balcony, followed Leo’s29Please respect copyright.PENANAMxDpNLWfKY
movements. She kept telling herself that she needed to get down there. If she29Please respect copyright.PENANAZwdK2Gg8qG
so much as stepped out of the room, no doubt Red Lion would have her head, and29Please respect copyright.PENANAF0CAbSBl7S
whatever the meeting was all about, she wasn’t going to be a part of it.29Please respect copyright.PENANAmsvtMiyXIJ
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She huffed. If that was the consequence, she was going to have to deal with it.29Please respect copyright.PENANAoNZp3mcx0k
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Without giving much of a second thought, Miranda turned around and went back29Please respect copyright.PENANAfnw04lnNCX
inside the room. The football game they were watching was on a half-time break,29Please respect copyright.PENANAd0xdx94N68
and the three men were there, talking aloud about the game. She approached29Please respect copyright.PENANAN2wzLEatwD
them, and to get their attention, she loudly cleared her throat.29Please respect copyright.PENANATAYFdUnQ8e
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The three men all stopped talking and turned to look at Miranda. For a moment,29Please respect copyright.PENANAZsKiIIYrV8
she gulped as her eyes landed on the terrifying face of Red Lion, who didn’t29Please respect copyright.PENANAa2LSznloTk
like the fact that she had disturbed them. She had to be quick with what she29Please respect copyright.PENANAe7RXkgXhiL
wanted to say, as she was running on Red Lion’s patience.29Please respect copyright.PENANAOBFaXizsAk
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“I’ll be stepping out for a bit,” Miranda announced.29Please respect copyright.PENANAyd6s6EjRRG
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There was a brief silence in the room as the three men continued to look at29Please respect copyright.PENANAqgt48VsatV
Miranda, expressionless. Red Lion moved in his seat, and Miranda feared that he29Please respect copyright.PENANA8eLvGuRMoh
would speak first.29Please respect copyright.PENANA9kqAyBXm8S
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“I don’t think going out is the best thing to do right now,” he said. “We’re29Please respect copyright.PENANAhGQdaeqeKC
waiting on someone, aren’t we?”29Please respect copyright.PENANAeGMZ4GcUhF
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“Yeah, we are, but this person isn’t showing up anyway. You’ll let me know when29Please respect copyright.PENANAeN6dbDZpiw
he gets here. I really need to step out.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAI4aPAYFyUW
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Red Lion continued to look at her. Walters now had a scared look on his face.29Please respect copyright.PENANAd4Rf4rwEfF
He wished he could intervene, but things haven’t escalated between the two, so29Please respect copyright.PENANAGJp5kttsTq
it was hopeless to do so.29Please respect copyright.PENANApk8Cn09j82
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“Whatever,” said Red Lion as he leaned back on the couch. “You get back here in29Please respect copyright.PENANA5GncV54ji8
thirty minutes. If our host gets here before you, you better hurry back when29Please respect copyright.PENANAL2UopmTBPb
Walters calls.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAQhaEDeuM1u
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Miranda felt relieved. She thought she wasn’t going to be let go so easily.29Please respect copyright.PENANA2yXSlpLLQK
Moreover, the time Red Lion gave her was too little. However, she had to make29Please respect copyright.PENANAumgsZEWH4V
use of this as much as possible, even if it meant seeing Leo down there for a29Please respect copyright.PENANAGonBtVnAlC
minute.29Please respect copyright.PENANAAkVAW2jj7D
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“I will,” said Miranda. She didn’t waste any time as she made her way for the29Please respect copyright.PENANA4JAOXO2zVA
door.29Please respect copyright.PENANAuLCKiPL5Pp
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As soon as she walked out of the room, Hugo turned to Red Lion and asked, “Are29Please respect copyright.PENANAlTCHM5NKh1
you sure letting her go out like that is a good idea? Our host can walk in at29Please respect copyright.PENANA6fOL8QuQQ0
any moment.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAyionlPd3bH
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“True, but it’s better than her staying out on the balcony while we wait,” Red29Please respect copyright.PENANALgF7uJgOnD
Lion answered. “If you ask me, I would step out too if it wasn’t for the football29Please respect copyright.PENANAY6B7I2CBU7
game. But I was serious about my threat, so she better be here before he does.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAZYbZFxNbmD
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Walters didn’t say anything as he briefly looked at Red Lion before looking up29Please respect copyright.PENANAmvxzuTLSun
at the TV. Red Lion wasn’t kidding when he said he was in a good mood, Walters29Please respect copyright.PENANA2vPhd95Djj
thought to himself. Knowing Red Lion, he wasn’t going to let Miranda walk out29Please respect copyright.PENANA4IU4LDUIZl
of here. Something must have really put Red Lion into a good mood today, or29Please respect copyright.PENANABp5fUuSw5K
else he wouldn’t have done what he did.29Please respect copyright.PENANAl94LnSCrEK
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Leo and Eric came to join the others at the table with their drinks, and Eric,29Please respect copyright.PENANAMuya8rwrVx
on the other hand, carried a plate full of nachos and cheese. Oliver was so29Please respect copyright.PENANA3KwdJvHpw8
delighted to see the plate of snacks that he couldn’t wait to eat them. Angel29Please respect copyright.PENANAj3weXwRJ9i
had to warn him not to eat too much, or else he might have a bad tummy ache the29Please respect copyright.PENANATcqaDYUbHl
next day.29Please respect copyright.PENANAeIqEAAUO8U
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“I wouldn’t waste my breath warning the guy,” said Eric as he sat down on the29Please respect copyright.PENANAjLN542Bd4M
empty chair next to Angel after serving her a soda. “It’s a Friday, and he29Please respect copyright.PENANA204wkgjR96
likes to act like he can do whatever he wants.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAFt3uKigqXd
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Oliver, who sat on Angel’s other side, didn’t answer him as he took his mango29Please respect copyright.PENANA058EjMH5Lb
milkshake and put the straw in his mouth. Angel, on the other hand, looked at29Please respect copyright.PENANAhLv1Lst0B4
Eric and shook her head.29Please respect copyright.PENANAoNl2367TtQ
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Leo placed his glass of beer and Carly’s cocktail before taking his seat in29Please respect copyright.PENANAEaDe4OMjnA
between them. He also served Marco a bottle of the cider that he wanted. Marco29Please respect copyright.PENANAjqi3bZ0lh2
thanked him as Leo sat down.29Please respect copyright.PENANAPgMZSBlc2Q
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“Hey, Marco,” said Angel as she turned to look at him, looking over Oliver, who29Please respect copyright.PENANAfSvJl75FyB
sat in between them. “Have you ever been here before? In America, I mean.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAkc2GiwsNNo
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“Oh, yes, I’ve come here several times,” answered Marco. “I usually come here29Please respect copyright.PENANAhSFjlqINMq
with dad on business trips. Inheriting the family business can be tiring,29Please respect copyright.PENANAUuRfSjcL76
especially when they’re showing you the ropes. You just have to be there, even29Please respect copyright.PENANA4mdlNcMLPi
when you don’t want to. I bet Leo can testify to that.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAD5thc7TrHc
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“He’s right,” said Leo, finding it hard to argue with him.29Please respect copyright.PENANABUZj0BX0ef
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“Wait, does that mean I might inherit mum’s business of running the massage29Please respect copyright.PENANAXC4VQKamVR
parlors when I’m older?” Oliver asked as he took a nacho and dipped it in29Please respect copyright.PENANARz5kgMxpHn
cheese.29Please respect copyright.PENANAWzeW68AVDE
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Everyone at the table grew quiet as they looked at Oliver. At the same time,29Please respect copyright.PENANA4AEYfTKxDO
they all burst into laughter.29Please respect copyright.PENANAaOAQdV42Fa
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“Maybe,” said Eric. He tried his best to stop laughing, but it was of no use.29Please respect copyright.PENANAmGKUZ6wEWh
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“No fair,” said Oliver after chewing on his nacho. “You were the one who was29Please respect copyright.PENANAIrXZZGNevT
supposed to inherit it, not me.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAduWCNlRk8F
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“Sorry, but I’m more into other businesses, lil’ bro.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAAU5QKAOI7f
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“Don’t take it like that, Oliver,” said Marco. “Beauty parlors aren’t that bad.29Please respect copyright.PENANAOwQCXeMtha
Moreover, many rich people love going to such places. So you’ll probably make a29Please respect copyright.PENANAOcJsSkmhXK
lot more money in the future.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAReMO3a9YVg
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“Besides, if you’re interested in other things, I’m sure your mum will29Please respect copyright.PENANAMaAfwDDeyM
understand,” said Angel.29Please respect copyright.PENANAPBdm6qa4tb
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“If you like, you and I can run them together,” said Carly. “That’s if you plan29Please respect copyright.PENANARpqIPYMkUu
on running them.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAOLTMuQ6TqB
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“And I can be more of an investor,” said Marco.29Please respect copyright.PENANAwzPUbcIWH4
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“I still have a whole life ahead of me,” said Oliver as he shrugged his29Please respect copyright.PENANA5viyG2LlyK
shoulders. “I’ll see if I can handle it.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAJzliVHAbKt
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All the grown-ups at the table looked at the young boy, somewhat surprised at29Please respect copyright.PENANAsfFaV8hTX6
his answer. They all stayed that way for a brief moment before Leo stretched29Please respect copyright.PENANAzpdHrY637i
out his hand to get a nacho.29Please respect copyright.PENANAzSfve88OY9
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“Good enough response for me,” he said. He put the nacho in his mouth29Please respect copyright.PENANAcIXMfabQD0
afterwards.29Please respect copyright.PENANAoRE3rkHDrC
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“I swear, sometimes I feel he’s older for his age,” said Eric as he shook his29Please respect copyright.PENANAnUPXblHzIS
head.29Please respect copyright.PENANAf8RPcd5de0
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“Aren’t all kids nowadays?” Angel asked with a smile.29Please respect copyright.PENANAoMTcCFK7Ks
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“Just like Leo said, a very wise response,” said Marco as he looked at Oliver29Please respect copyright.PENANAa8UGdfHDGy
admirably. “Hopefully, you do inherit, and we will become business partners in29Please respect copyright.PENANABhdMFf63Tc
the future.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAMhonp6Uzsc
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“Yeah, let’s not push him for now,” said Carly. “He’ll sort all of that out29Please respect copyright.PENANAcuFoCCG7Rc
later, when he’s older.”29Please respect copyright.PENANASTa44Jlv64
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“Well, sometimes you don’t really have much of a choice. Isn’t that right,29Please respect copyright.PENANAPr9hzl5Ws2
Leo?” Marco asked, his eyes fixed on Leo.29Please respect copyright.PENANAwJV9Q1CjNo
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Leo slowly stopped chewing as he looked at Marco. He didn’t know if answering29Please respect copyright.PENANAVCaPtpdrGT
Marco would be a good idea, but he only gestured with his head to acknowledge29Please respect copyright.PENANAMiGhbZiSfg
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Angel was sipping on her drink when her eyes wandered away from the area in the29Please respect copyright.PENANAtzZuaGbVQt
bar and to the fountain. She had a feeling Trina and Kim had been standing29Please respect copyright.PENANAq0vcObkUMs
there for a while. When she found there were only a couple looking at the29Please respect copyright.PENANAu9QVhGXNtQ
fountain, she started to worry. Could they have given up and left? Kim didn’t29Please respect copyright.PENANAJjchuiyIdI
seem like the kind of person who would give up on anything, Angel thought.29Please respect copyright.PENANABL8pfhGRti
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She was lucky enough to see Kim and Trina approach the open bar, and she had a29Please respect copyright.PENANAUUpLPXH69r
clear view of them. Leo sat with his back facing them, but she feared Eric and29Please respect copyright.PENANA8xdcW9uhud
Oliver would see them. Angel had to think of something to turn their eyes29Please respect copyright.PENANAFqL31D2CWA
elsewhere. What should she do?29Please respect copyright.PENANAkljYaB2Vdm
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She turned to Oliver, and he seemed distracted as he was eating the nachos29Please respect copyright.PENANAFkWBD6Nsyh
hungrily. Turning to Eric, she found him somewhat staring at her.29Please respect copyright.PENANAzL6M7VtVGU
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“What is it?” she asked him.29Please respect copyright.PENANAoTkTL78Bur
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“Oh, nothing,” he said, somewhat looking a little embarrassed that he was29Please respect copyright.PENANADcPVkGFzl1
caught looking at her. “You’re looking really pretty tonight, that’s all.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAywQU85Zt0C
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Angel noticed Kim and Trina enter the bar area through the corner of her eye.29Please respect copyright.PENANAL3Gj70Syow
She couldn’t turn to look at them. That would only get Eric to look, and he29Please respect copyright.PENANAM0rTpjkZgm
would spot them eventually. She had to keep eye contact with him for as long as29Please respect copyright.PENANAsTot5W4pte
necessary.29Please respect copyright.PENANAelrCJDefU4
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“Thank you,” said Angel, smiling at him. “Picking this outfit wasn’t easy, you29Please respect copyright.PENANAKnMKd0UN2H
know.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAZDIxxRMDr7
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“Nah, I think it was,” said Eric. “I’m betting that you didn’t have to try on29Please respect copyright.PENANArUXqfOwxRM
any other dress. This one was just perfect.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAfSDCX5p9ab
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Carly, who looked at the two, smiled. “He’s not wrong there,” she said.29Please respect copyright.PENANAv0Jc66s5bb
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Leo felt like throwing up in his drink as he had a clear sight of Eric flirting29Please respect copyright.PENANA02oq0Q9Z4p
with Angel. He wished he could tell them to get a room, but he knew better than29Please respect copyright.PENANAVIOKoZGDrk
to say it when he was flirting with Carly some time ago.29Please respect copyright.PENANAbw2WT65aG6
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Angel saw through the corner of her eye that Kim and Trina had entered the bar29Please respect copyright.PENANAiz1kWKz5La
area and were now looking around for a table on the other side. It was best for29Please respect copyright.PENANAK6rurOXnNk
them to get a table where they couldn’t be seen. As soon as they were out of29Please respect copyright.PENANAxRfI4sZrna
sight, Angel couldn’t help but feel relieved. She went on ahead to pick a29Please respect copyright.PENANAyWVdwd47M5
nacho, dip it in cheese, and eat it.29Please respect copyright.PENANA7CAho4Mh22
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“That was close,” said Trina. “For a moment, I thought Eric was going to see29Please respect copyright.PENANAgiHkTSY8mb
us.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAyrST6I4jqx
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“We better count ourselves lucky,” said Kim.29Please respect copyright.PENANAAo4DLbSjx2
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“If we weren’t on opposite sides, I would thank Angel for distracting him. I29Please respect copyright.PENANAyhQWmxchp3
have a feeling she saw us and wasn’t into the idea of Eric seeing us too.”29Please respect copyright.PENANA81tMCYkSmU
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Kim didn’t argue there. She somewhat agreed with Trina. She looked toward the29Please respect copyright.PENANAzcpxAfGyla
bar. Luckily enough, it was circular in shape with a bar shelve in the29Please respect copyright.PENANAkWH8a0WEwZ
circumference, blocking the view of the other side. Therefore, she could see29Please respect copyright.PENANA42u72yalsM
neither them nor them doing the same. Moreover, she could easily go over to the29Please respect copyright.PENANAkUbxxpIXfo
counter for a drink.29Please respect copyright.PENANAdKxadoxPIm
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“We should really think things through, Kim,” said Trina as she looked over at29Please respect copyright.PENANA9NCa6bYX29
the bar, realizing that the others were out of sight. “Is staying here really29Please respect copyright.PENANAU44eDtm9aA
worth it? I doubt if he is going to meet his lover with the company that he29Please respect copyright.PENANA9NgCml0bX4
has.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAr2SRDTG87f
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“You’ve been in doubt all this time,” said Kim. “Why don’t you just give up and29Please respect copyright.PENANAmssRTgeJYy
leave? I’m not going to stop you.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAqDgBOj6jCw
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“The reason I am here is that I’m afraid that you might mess this up. Your29Please respect copyright.PENANA3iBNEo1FBm
obsession over Leo leaving you for someone else is really starting to get over29Please respect copyright.PENANA51zSQYMBtP
your head. If you aren’t careful, you might hurt yourself more than you are29Please respect copyright.PENANA32drrqohVn
already doing right now.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAT5dIvMhQKs
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Kim looked at her best friend, feeling infuriated by what she said. She didn’t29Please respect copyright.PENANAECNRK1TGPq
want to lash out and tried to find a better way to respond.29Please respect copyright.PENANAxookdDToXf
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“Like I said before, if you want to, you can leave,” said Kim.29Please respect copyright.PENANAyoXnxiNDU7
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“I’m not leaving without you,” said Trina. “And besides, when we came in here,29Please respect copyright.PENANA0VjpioAmFJ
I saw Eric flirting with Angel. I wonder if he really does like her.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAK3lyqTqDzK
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A sudden laugh came out of Kim’s mouth. Tears almost filled her eyes. “You’re29Please respect copyright.PENANAViA4ksb5aJ
just as jealous as I am,” she said.29Please respect copyright.PENANAveSv7XaPey
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“Well, I’m not like you,” said Trina as she folded her arms. “You’re making29Please respect copyright.PENANApz8MnEpnad
things worse for yourself, and it will end up being a obsession.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAhTMB1KYWkL
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Kim shook her head. “I know, but I won’t let this go far. Once I get to see29Please respect copyright.PENANAtTxLMdYqWv
Leo’s lover, I’ll let this go.”29Please respect copyright.PENANA4RhCrh3NbP
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Trina raised an eyebrow. “Will you? I know you, Kim. Leo has been the only man29Please respect copyright.PENANAwRpbrGpFdP
you’ve been in love with since we were kids, and him breaking up with you and29Please respect copyright.PENANA9KVZ7cypR0
calling off the wedding was a heavy toll. I don’t think you’ll be able to let29Please respect copyright.PENANAUDbTkxrNnI
go of him that easily.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAvxBtPa59dw
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“Are you trying to say I am psycho?” Kim didn’t like where their conversation29Please respect copyright.PENANAcr2RmYUOHF
was going.29Please respect copyright.PENANAl2YRryZ6mW
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Trina swallowed, thinking over her words before she spoke them out. “All I’m29Please respect copyright.PENANAG4bFtE2T69
saying is that it’s time to let Leo go. Thinking about him and his new lover29Please respect copyright.PENANAUpYcQrT8zA
isn’t going to do you any good.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAqRKiHS55im
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Kim sighed. She stretched out her hand over the table and beckoned to Trina to29Please respect copyright.PENANAluBOVxCQ8Y
give her hers. Trina did likewise, and Kim held her friend’s hand tightly.29Please respect copyright.PENANAVr06gmyJKU
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“Okay, after tonight, I’ll try and let go of Leo,” said Kim.29Please respect copyright.PENANA9F9DaeOejs
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“Why not now?” Trina asked. “Don’t tell me you’re going to follow through with29Please respect copyright.PENANAZoWs8yXMW2
your promise after you see this lover of his.”29Please respect copyright.PENANABihV5O0k0C
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Kim didn’t answer, and Trina rolled her eyes. “Fine,” Trina said. “After29Please respect copyright.PENANAemTGx5d74X
tonight, I shouldn’t hear about Leo ever again.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAzMjWFmc7VV
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“But what if we don’t see her?” Kim asked.29Please respect copyright.PENANAPcJMabik1f
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“You forget him anyway,” said Trina, pulling her hand away. “I’m going to get29Please respect copyright.PENANAzhq6w6GD3c
us some drinks.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAQNydPKN6Jr
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Trina quickly stood up and left the table. Kim looked on at her best friend and29Please respect copyright.PENANAENi3ptjWsw
knew she had pissed her off. She wished she could assure Trina that she was29Please respect copyright.PENANA7tJGTwEUL2
going to forget Leo after this, but even she knew that was far from impossible.29Please respect copyright.PENANAJFyMtplezk
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Miranda rushed out of the elevator and ran into the garden like a mad woman.29Please respect copyright.PENANABMdzVpE3G1
Along the way, she pushed people aside. To some, she apologized, but to others,29Please respect copyright.PENANAl044e8JORD
she didn’t even give them a second thought.29Please respect copyright.PENANAM0VUWpmRPU
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There was only one way to the garden, and that was through the western wing29Please respect copyright.PENANARJDQ2fQvxx
since the doors to the east wing weren’t open, said a woman she had met in the29Please respect copyright.PENANAJtI8CJpkJL
elevator who was going downstairs and who had lived in the hotel for a long29Please respect copyright.PENANADiuFCB9Azm
time. Thankful for the information, Miranda had to rush. She only had a few29Please respect copyright.PENANA6bz4lPu6gr
minutes left, but all she needed was to see Leo.29Please respect copyright.PENANAHDs6cAqp2f
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She had just bypassed the fountain, heading towards the open bar, but then she29Please respect copyright.PENANANmMEaBVSCC
stopped herself short. She had to see where Leo was sitting first; he might as29Please respect copyright.PENANAfHCLVRehQE
well have Carly seated right beside him, and Carly would no doubt see her if29Please respect copyright.PENANAlSX7Q1wu0a
she wasn’t too careful.29Please respect copyright.PENANAF1wAem848y
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She didn’t have to look any further, as she saw Leo at the table with Carly29Please respect copyright.PENANADamYFMHlDg
beside him along with other people. Leo was holding the floor for the time29Please respect copyright.PENANAwaX2BGp2DO
being, and Miranda noticed how everyone laughed at what he said. Carly, who sat29Please respect copyright.PENANAavwtdeV3lA
next to him, looked admirably at him. Miranda huffed. If only she could figure29Please respect copyright.PENANABsVLtUu7i2
out a way to get the two apart, but now wasn’t the time to think about such29Please respect copyright.PENANAsujDxT4VDj
things.29Please respect copyright.PENANA5lPrX0zWZb
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She started to approach the entrance of the bar; looking over at Leo’s table29Please respect copyright.PENANAuuPbqLpI9q
and hopeful that Carly wouldn’t turn her head to see her.29Please respect copyright.PENANAJnf9yzgD4P
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Miranda walked over to the counter and sat on the stool. Immediately, the29Please respect copyright.PENANAIJk0l8ttBV
bartender attended to her, and she ordered a martini. The bartender went on29Please respect copyright.PENANAAp3vYs7KH2
ahead to make her drink as Miranda slightly turned around on her chair to look29Please respect copyright.PENANAAy0bOh68sE
at the table behind her. She had a clear view of Leo, and a smile came across29Please respect copyright.PENANAWGOhnvVJLq
her face.29Please respect copyright.PENANAXR3GYQNA2x
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“Seriously, ever since Albert puked on me at the work party, I told myself29Please respect copyright.PENANAm5MRvaemMs
never to drink with him again,” said Leo, concluding his funny story.29Please respect copyright.PENANANah3ercddz
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"That's why I never hang around drunk people," said Marco. "You29Please respect copyright.PENANAN7ag3yjYqY
might find they embarrass you."29Please respect copyright.PENANANPbipeupOD
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"But haven't we ever done anything embarrassing when we are drunk?"29Please respect copyright.PENANAkRwJe5WjJN
Eric asked.29Please respect copyright.PENANAxojhtP6AYO
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"Not me," Oliver answered. "I'm too young to drink."29Please respect copyright.PENANA9uPRA3FgG3
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Eric sucked his teeth. "Of course, I wasn't directing the question to you,29Please respect copyright.PENANA462zpfx5mk
silly," he said.29Please respect copyright.PENANA4iD1aBzPLl
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"I remember there was one time back at my old college when I got so drunk29Please respect copyright.PENANA1He5KV3Po3
that Angel had to come by taxi to take me home," Carly shared. "We29Please respect copyright.PENANAzEMl9wfh9n
were having a closing year party as a class at a friend's place. I got so29Please respect copyright.PENANApIaTqGt7qA
carried away that I even fell in the pool."29Please respect copyright.PENANAXDK8qplG4b
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"A friend of hers called, and I had to arrange some dry clothes for29Please respect copyright.PENANA2vP10fsrMb
her," said Angel as she laughed. "Seriously, Carly, you threw Mum in29Please respect copyright.PENANAj2tmXWH4rm
a fit when I tried to sneak you back into the house. But you ended up singing29Please respect copyright.PENANArKpoCgMuir
so loudly that she came rushing from her bedroom to see you in a mess."29Please respect copyright.PENANAldUMUG3DMN
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"Were you grounded, Carly?" Oliver asked as he ate some nachos.29Please respect copyright.PENANApozMy1AS6G
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"No, but if us young adults could still be, I definitely would have been29Please respect copyright.PENANA8m4vuc2MDK
grounded," said Carly. "I was punished in a way, though. Mum didn't29Please respect copyright.PENANA2maLSJAbfS
talk to me for a week."29Please respect copyright.PENANA1v4EqhzntP
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"I remember when we were having my uncle's birthday party," said29Please respect copyright.PENANAZVXHYQnTkU
Marco, "and we meant to have a nice, quiet family party. Instead, my uncle29Please respect copyright.PENANAyTuPgaujjf
brought in many of his unruly friends. The party turned out to be such a blast.29Please respect copyright.PENANA3mq9yBGgED
He and I had a competition to see who could drink more tequila. He passed out29Please respect copyright.PENANAjH7Xv7j34f
before he could take the last glass. I won, but at a cost. I puked in the car,29Please respect copyright.PENANAMMU48lYAzq
and my dad was furious. From then on, I told myself I wasn't going for tequila29Please respect copyright.PENANAMF09rG8FPC
shots ever again."29Please respect copyright.PENANASxB8qugTSG
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“Trust me, the first time I had my first tequila shot in college was awful,”29Please respect copyright.PENANApGcJRwSg3O
said Eric. “My head was spinning so much that I slept in the bar, and it took29Please respect copyright.PENANARiHLLicMFS
my friends I had back then to carry me back to my room. Leo was also there, and29Please respect copyright.PENANAwI1jaRRUdS
he said I was blabbering nonsense before I blacked out.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAa2vc0gnyEx
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“He was complaining about some girl who couldn’t stop following him in29Please respect copyright.PENANAAUjS6YXfXK
college,” said Leo. “If she happened to be there to hear what you had said, she29Please respect copyright.PENANAgJ9lMuv8lS
would definitely have stayed away from you for sure.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAIV7E5E6mfl
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Eric shook his head after taking a sip of his drink. “I highly doubt it. I did29Please respect copyright.PENANA5IvIig1y61
some crazy things in college, but the girls still loved me anyway.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAfbKDcdCOBD
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Marco turned to look at Angel. “What of you, Angel? Have you ever had any29Please respect copyright.PENANAkigd4fUawU
embarrassing moments when you were drunk?” he asked.29Please respect copyright.PENANACJgyNFhaeA
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“Before she says anything,” said Carly. “You should ask her first if she drinks29Please respect copyright.PENANAkdNrRo7AaZ
alcohol.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAJOl3VEptgz
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Marco, Leo, and Eric now turned their eyes on Angel with curious looks. Her29Please respect copyright.PENANAcOcmeNBAgO
cheeks flushed in embarrassment as she looked down at the table. She pressed29Please respect copyright.PENANAqaTuSC8RvC
her lips together before looking at everyone, including Oliver.29Please respect copyright.PENANAivGNV3i3uJ
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"So, Angel, do you take any alcohol?” Marco asked.29Please respect copyright.PENANAA7AkWbfWZi
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“Of course, I do,” said Angel. “Except that I like to drink wine or champagne29Please respect copyright.PENANAP58dXcESFu
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“I never thought someone like you would actually take alcohol,” said Eric. “But29Please respect copyright.PENANANZsA3Su5wr
your preference suits you.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAQlSUjAIrDW
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“Yeah, very classy,” said Oliver.29Please respect copyright.PENANAGBUc14KC6G
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The adults turned to look at Oliver, surprised. Oliver also looked back at them29Please respect copyright.PENANAK1U8seX88H
as though he were judging them for giving him such a look.29Please respect copyright.PENANANfKG5PrYk9
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“What?” he asked with a shrug of his shoulders. “I hear people who drink such29Please respect copyright.PENANAWaNgFti0Pq
are considered classy.”29Please respect copyright.PENANA4w3YIcn97M
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“Wow, someone should tell him that he shouldn’t judge people according to what29Please respect copyright.PENANAekiHx8f1nw
they drink,” said Eric.29Please respect copyright.PENANAi6esAZdgNp
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“Well, Angel is classy, isn’t she?” Oliver asked.29Please respect copyright.PENANAeQ3h4I8Dfy
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Angel and Carly burst into laughter. Marco and Leo chuckled, while Eric looked29Please respect copyright.PENANAXNIVeTlPGd
like he didn’t know what to do with his brother anymore.29Please respect copyright.PENANA5Rhny0RHIJ
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“I agree with Oliver,” said Marco. “Angel is in a class of her own.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAQbtmJ18b21
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“That’s being too sweet, don’t you think?” Leo asked, raising an eyebrow at29Please respect copyright.PENANAHS9jW9DjfR
Marco.29Please respect copyright.PENANAqGYUazEFMC
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“Well, no, I’m being really genuine here. Angel carries a certain level of29Please respect copyright.PENANAFmSduoA9bt
elegance that I can describe as classy. I don’t know, but there’s much more to29Please respect copyright.PENANAOGx8Xd45hG
her than just her beauty. You’re a man, and I have no doubt you see it too.”29Please respect copyright.PENANALAWuhaH0pc
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Everyone was silent except for Oliver, who loudly sucked at his smoothie29Please respect copyright.PENANAzaK5t68fDk
through the straw. Angel found herself looking at Marco with her cheeks feeling29Please respect copyright.PENANA4i5ZSifvWQ
like hot coals slapped across her face. Marco turned from Leo to Angel, and the29Please respect copyright.PENANAGGmPVgJ50v
corner of his lips rose to a smile. This time, his smile was gentle and29Please respect copyright.PENANAc0OXpY7RDX
sincere.29Please respect copyright.PENANAONEhyNKsdF
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Leo swallowed, as he didn’t know how to respond to Marco’s statement. He saw29Please respect copyright.PENANAzC1U4ozZpw
Marco shift his attention to Angel. As much as Marco was somewhat right from29Please respect copyright.PENANASshaTx37Qj
Leo’s perspective, he did his best to try and not take it to heart. For some29Please respect copyright.PENANAd8ZG99alkO
reason, he couldn’t stand the way Marco looked at her, and it bothered him a29Please respect copyright.PENANA402rDTVO6Q
little. He started to wonder if Marco really liked Angel.29Please respect copyright.PENANAj7PJ7CAF4X
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Eric felt like taking Angel by the hand and dragging her away from Marco. He29Please respect copyright.PENANAbtzO5I14MZ
shifted uncomfortably in his chair, and he thought of bringing something up to29Please respect copyright.PENANA0RHAxcarjg
ease the tension that he felt, but nothing came to mind.29Please respect copyright.PENANARfsphFnpij
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Carly couldn’t help but stare at Angel. What Marco said resonated with her, and29Please respect copyright.PENANAI88CSF81XA
as she stared at her sister, she could see it clearly. She always felt there29Please respect copyright.PENANAE7yaGys67A
was something about Angel that she couldn’t put her finger on, and it seems29Please respect copyright.PENANAWPlWeCVNe8
Marco hit the nail right on the head. Carly has not always looked up at her29Please respect copyright.PENANAzRNruB2GOD
sister because she was older, but she always carried with her a certain essence29Please respect copyright.PENANAmxeDwVTOHg
that Carly’s been following blindly for years. She knew she could never be like29Please respect copyright.PENANAoJ1sXnXA2q
Angel, but that essence always showed brightly, and Carly always admired Angel29Please respect copyright.PENANAex6oFaLklH
for it.29Please respect copyright.PENANAy3ZBZgZmT2
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“We’re out of nachos,” Oliver announced, bringing everyone out of their29Please respect copyright.PENANAZhfzodpmou
thoughts.29Please respect copyright.PENANAq0emJLQKmX
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“I’ll go get some,” said Leo, grateful for Oliver finishing the nachos. He29Please respect copyright.PENANA8cUv8HgRTN
really needed to take a breather.29Please respect copyright.PENANAfeqKZ8DvRn
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Leo picked up the empty bowl and started to make his way to the bar counter.29Please respect copyright.PENANA2s2YNOjO1h
Oliver started to say something to keep everyone busy. When Leo was just a few29Please respect copyright.PENANAVPCZSdTKhl
feet away from the bar, it was then that Angel jerked upright in her seat as29Please respect copyright.PENANAoMO4HKSIOP
though she had woken up from a bad dream.29Please respect copyright.PENANA7XXBkWelZv
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“Hey, are you okay?” Eric asked.29Please respect copyright.PENANAX0rSmN59ei
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“I’m good, thanks,” Angel replied, assuring Eric with a smile. She turned to29Please respect copyright.PENANAf0qtvK33OI
Leo, who was heading to the counter. Kim was obviously on the other side, so29Please respect copyright.PENANANaC2A6DAqG
Leo wouldn’t see them. She was worrying over nothing.29Please respect copyright.PENANAhxOjDk4FFJ
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Miranda quickly turned back in her seat to face the beer and wine bottles on29Please respect copyright.PENANAdWN4y3g1HT
the shelf behind the bar counter as she saw Leo approach. She swallowed as she29Please respect copyright.PENANAJg8WNlPP8g
felt her hands start to shake. A debate arose in her head. Should she say29Please respect copyright.PENANAZe1X9CmgCB
something to him when he comes over? Why should she? It’s not like he can29Please respect copyright.PENANAzaGywSpuWR
remember that they met at the candy store. I am just being silly, she said to29Please respect copyright.PENANAX1EQbTTd59
herself.29Please respect copyright.PENANATPltN86A64
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Leo finally reached the counter, and he happened to stand next to Miranda. When29Please respect copyright.PENANAJUgaHZquY2
Miranda saw him through the corner of her eye, she felt frightened like a mouse29Please respect copyright.PENANAgSQLxLaZmB
that scurries away when it sees the enemy. However, she tried to sit still in29Please respect copyright.PENANAzigOdWGBZb
her seat so as not to draw any attention to herself. She looked down at the29Please respect copyright.PENANA3TTOoFIr6x
glass in front of her and slowly took it. She tried to control the trembling in29Please respect copyright.PENANAdwj8hhrUkq
her hand and hoped that she wouldn’t spill the drink over or that Leo wouldn’t29Please respect copyright.PENANAGlpvTd6XWr
notice her.29Please respect copyright.PENANAXJrqNSJuUH
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Leo ordered another plate of nachos, and his eyes diverted to the side. His29Please respect copyright.PENANA6qUMzgsuKB
eyes fell on the woman beside him. He had a funny feeling that she looked29Please respect copyright.PENANAcc6Us8sJc8
familiar, but he didn’t know if he should ask. Still, it was better to mind his29Please respect copyright.PENANA2KhOVcmzXi
own business.29Please respect copyright.PENANAhP3ZsJjbO3
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Miranda felt his eyes on her, and automatically, her head turned to the side to29Please respect copyright.PENANAwHzvmoy1sr
look at Leo. After realizing what she had done, her eyes went wide with29Please respect copyright.PENANAVfyJVm9OCV
surprise.29Please respect copyright.PENANAwJnAdd8yJq
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“I remember you from somewhere,” said Leo.29Please respect copyright.PENANAtRoXDApf4J
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“Ah, yes,” said Miranda. Her surprised look seemed to have worked in her favor.29Please respect copyright.PENANANX4zhP1QmW
“At the candy store.”29Please respect copyright.PENANA07waotasVE
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“Oh, yeah, right,” said Leo as he gave a nod of his head. “I remember. You29Please respect copyright.PENANA5sOaAaVw1O
bumped into that moving shelf.”29Please respect copyright.PENANA99erVNojHw
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“That was embarrassing,” said Miranda as she laughed. “I was in a rush.”29Please respect copyright.PENANA18I504OqxM
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Leo gave her a friendly smile and nodded his head, showing that he understood.29Please respect copyright.PENANANqAY3ol14E
His gesture made Miranda almost want to shoot out of her stool like a rocket.29Please respect copyright.PENANAnYLkRqMfgO
Her heart fluttered, and she wanted to hold on to that beautiful feeling29Please respect copyright.PENANA7uXbxG1sB4
forever.29Please respect copyright.PENANAbTKN5ywgqs
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The bartender came back with the plate refilled with nachos and cheese. Leo29Please respect copyright.PENANASXo0TloSeH
took it and thanked the bartender. He turned to Miranda, and she knew that29Please respect copyright.PENANAv8i2ZbB5vU
their conversation ended here.29Please respect copyright.PENANA7YOwTWCyIY
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“It was nice seeing you again,” said Leo. “Enjoy your drink.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAQaGrQCT7em
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“Thanks,” said Miranda. She didn’t know what to say next as Leo took his leave.29Please respect copyright.PENANAPfww8MeyAZ
The thought of being just a stranger to him didn’t sit well with Miranda. She29Please respect copyright.PENANA3ypiybb7Sr
wanted to be close to him. How will she be able to do that?29Please respect copyright.PENANAYuxa7jTmv5
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Her eyes fell to the table Leo was heading to, and she saw Carly talking with29Please respect copyright.PENANAy4CryOqYpR
so much glee. She didn’t seem to have a care in the world, and it hurt Miranda29Please respect copyright.PENANAZOhJtgA9gA
that she should be the one close to Leo and not her.29Please respect copyright.PENANAnrxWcoudIf
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Carly turned her eyes to Leo, who was approaching the table, and she couldn’t29Please respect copyright.PENANAW946cCzmQ4
help but smile at him. Miranda was smart enough to turn her head so that Carly29Please respect copyright.PENANAkbiuUatngY
wouldn’t see her. Miranda knew her time was up, and she was guessing that she29Please respect copyright.PENANAdx81Yc0yFq
might have overstayed at the bar. It was time to go back upstairs. She thought29Please respect copyright.PENANAo69uvN3XSI
of looking back at Leo, but it wasn’t worth the risk. It was best for her to29Please respect copyright.PENANAxasAE2f6Jp
leave, but after she finished her martini.29Please respect copyright.PENANAJpo45wMw8q
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A few seconds before that, Trina came back to the table with two bottles of29Please respect copyright.PENANAiLxQ1EJ2EX
cider. She sat herself down and placed one bottle in front of Kim.29Please respect copyright.PENANAiRBJpjfqz5
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“Thanks,” said Kim.29Please respect copyright.PENANAq6YLN1r69S
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“Have you thought of what to do?” Trina asked. “We can’t see Leo from here.29Please respect copyright.PENANAL1Z7wzyarb
That’s if you really plan on catching Leo with his lover.”29Please respect copyright.PENANA0WYrynfQu4
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“I thought of sitting by the counter and peeping on him,” Kim suggested.29Please respect copyright.PENANAAlcJTQMCfd
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“Sounds like a good idea,” said Trina. “Even if we were to see him walking out,29Please respect copyright.PENANAsxNWYIo9AB
it would be impossible for us to see where he would go.”29Please respect copyright.PENANACy8ld01Uj8
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As the two women stood at the table, Trina stopped Kim by placing her hand on29Please respect copyright.PENANAei7KeiZTHv
Kim’s shoulder.29Please respect copyright.PENANAwqBZ4oXA8Z
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“I know you’re tired of me saying this,” said Trina, “but doing this is a bad29Please respect copyright.PENANAW7B8tRe5jW
idea. We should get out while we can.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAGJbphx7xZv
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Kim scoffed. “I gave you my word earlier, didn’t I? There is no need to repeat29Please respect copyright.PENANAhbV7w1wonA
the conversation. Let’s go.”29Please respect copyright.PENANA0UvOKS3MTX
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Trina’s hand fell away from Kim’s shoulder as Kim started to make her way to29Please respect copyright.PENANA0yb2MC32zd
the other side of the bar. Trina followed her, and coming back the way they29Please respect copyright.PENANAXL9e0E2d73
came, they stopped at the counter. From the angle at which they stood, they29Please respect copyright.PENANAxYAvIjmtfx
were able to see Leo’s table.29Please respect copyright.PENANAYRwwOHDSX5
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The two of them sat on the stools, facing each other. Trina had her back facing29Please respect copyright.PENANAxKZugqXt8e
Leo’s table, shielding Kim from plain sight if the worst happened.29Please respect copyright.PENANAdttNDmo4oa
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“I can’t see so much, so you’ll be telling me what’s going on,” said Trina.29Please respect copyright.PENANAeKHik2zjvm
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“You’re overthinking things,” said Kim. “You can take a peek and still won’t be29Please respect copyright.PENANAAd81YHona7
seen. Oh, look, Leo is coming over.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAORZu9bMh8W
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Trina turned her head slightly to see Leo approach the other side of the29Please respect copyright.PENANANaLikVRMPO
counter. He wasn’t looking in their direction, so they were at ease as they29Please respect copyright.PENANAp9Fld5cEKZ
looked on. They saw him ask the bar tender for another refill of nachos. He29Please respect copyright.PENANAu7JMK73dbb
soon looked at the woman beside him, and Kim held Trina’s hand on the bar29Please respect copyright.PENANAYEOcrdrP44
counter in anticipation.29Please respect copyright.PENANAi8bvFKt23F
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“Could it be her?” Kim asked, almost squeezing Trina’s hand.29Please respect copyright.PENANA5rMsEttm48
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Trina looked at the woman beside Leo as she turned to look at him. She shook29Please respect copyright.PENANAL8yUBrFJHu
her head. “I don’t think so,” said Trina.29Please respect copyright.PENANAem8irW5ip3
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They watched as Leo talked with the woman briefly, and as soon as he took the bowl29Please respect copyright.PENANAMyxFmGIp8p
of nachos, he addressed the woman and went back to his table. Trina shook her29Please respect copyright.PENANACoN1rqaSdV
head.29Please respect copyright.PENANAmkz9pqaLPI
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“She’s not the one,” said Trina. “They looked like they knew each other, but29Please respect copyright.PENANAUXRypFhuow
not at that intimate level.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAOpmWudNmRq
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“Are you sure?” Kim asked. “Because he was smiling at her.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAIwkQdRDRji
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Trina rolled her eyes before turning them at her friend. “Does every smile he29Please respect copyright.PENANAi0sFsThahS
gives everyone mean that he is flirting with them?” she asked. “He looks like29Please respect copyright.PENANASMzMGAn05I
he was being friendly to me.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAVVdUswCftm
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“What if she’s the one and they were communicating in some way through code?”29Please respect copyright.PENANAtBtO8txqHf
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Trina raised an eyebrow at her. Kim knew she was taking things a little far and29Please respect copyright.PENANAskab6sm3W7
looked the other way, taking a sip from her bottle and feeling embarrassed.29Please respect copyright.PENANAttptZmw3U5
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Angel stared at her empty glass of soda, concluding that she needed to refill.29Please respect copyright.PENANAUahbCRdnZo
She excused herself from the table and started to make her way to the bar29Please respect copyright.PENANA2OLBMD69uJ
counter.29Please respect copyright.PENANA4lPHAy2bpi
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Miranda finished her martini in one huge gulp. She placed the glass on the29Please respect copyright.PENANAOZyPjHqXrR
counter, leaving the bill under the glass. After she stepped down from her29Please respect copyright.PENANAsJvvzAzT49
stool, she turned around and came shoulder to shoulder with someone.29Please respect copyright.PENANAM8CGOnvAEn
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“Oh, sorry about that,” said a beautiful woman in a stunning red velvet dress.29Please respect copyright.PENANAhHV1Pu8f96
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Miranda almost panicked, for she thought the person she had bumped into was29Please respect copyright.PENANAMvDAGcpeRg
someone familiar. However, looking closely, she realized that it was Angel,29Please respect copyright.PENANAeVJRVBMPWC
Carly’s older sister. Miranda knew Angel didn’t know about her, but Miranda29Please respect copyright.PENANAvZMUvV5qdB
knew who she was. In the past, when she and Carly used to work together, Carly29Please respect copyright.PENANA58TRvVUwWF
had shown Angel’s pictures to her a few times. Miranda acknowledged that the29Please respect copyright.PENANAvgYxQzJMGY
sisters had looks that could kill, but there was something about Angel’s beauty29Please respect copyright.PENANAGzloLmmYJJ
that was different from Carly’s.29Please respect copyright.PENANAu9UItpDxDd
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“Oh, it’s nothing,” said Miranda.29Please respect copyright.PENANA7iYKTBJ5Oj
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Angel smiled at her before turning her attention to the bartender. Miranda29Please respect copyright.PENANA79HPhGosEY
turned around to head out of the bar when she froze in her tracks. She felt29Please respect copyright.PENANAFEbPUgD7W0
caught in a trap as she looked ahead. This is bad.29Please respect copyright.PENANABqu1e1h4up
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Carly’s eyes fell on Miranda as she looked over to the bar to check on her29Please respect copyright.PENANA54unSumo1C
sister. Miranda happened to be right in her line of vision. Carly’s eyes29Please respect copyright.PENANAYI1USrFkdH
widened with fear as thoughts started to run through her head. What was Miranda29Please respect copyright.PENANAYqKDnkjUZZ
doing here?29Please respect copyright.PENANAi4FYQsA61E
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Angel thanked the bartender after refilling her glass, and when she turned29Please respect copyright.PENANAMXpwbNZirB
around, the woman whom she bumped into stood still like a statue. Angel read29Please respect copyright.PENANAW4k6FhpsHw
her body language, and she realized that the person seemed to be in some kind29Please respect copyright.PENANASMhhCSAJKP
of shock. She noticed the woman looking towards the table where her sister and29Please respect copyright.PENANANQYyE4HROe
the others were. Moreover, she saw Carly look at the woman with the same29Please respect copyright.PENANAaZVQbKo4nc
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Angel raised an eyebrow. She was just about to touch the woman’s shoulder to29Please respect copyright.PENANAuKt9sxciCr
get her attention, but she thought better of it.29Please respect copyright.PENANAxn3nT4ldpE
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“Hey, are you okay?” Angel asked.29Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7GLUmBlKC
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Miranda jolted back to reality and turned to look at Angel. She nervously29Please respect copyright.PENANA0gvBuQga53
chuckled. “Uh, yes, I’m fine, thanks,” said Miranda. “I thought I saw someone I29Please respect copyright.PENANAZDczhmGiSS
knew, but I was mistaken. I should go now.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAced6ox07vW
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Before Angel could say anything, Miranda quickly made her way out of the bar.29Please respect copyright.PENANAS8WaDUGIe6
Those who were wondering what took Angel so long turned to the bar counter and29Please respect copyright.PENANAKaTsohT5IJ
saw the woman quickly walk away from Angel. Angel looked at the young woman,29Please respect copyright.PENANAaTQBruX7mc
and she turned her attention back to the table, specifically on Carly. Carly29Please respect copyright.PENANAhJTfOFLhxX
didn’t turn her head right away as she looked at her sister. She didn’t want to29Please respect copyright.PENANAixLx3xPZCr
look like she knew Miranda, and it was best to act natural. Angel went back to29Please respect copyright.PENANACJUBQWu2PI
the table.29Please respect copyright.PENANAgXMmHWTcxr
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“What was that about?” Eric asked.29Please respect copyright.PENANAXrPMQgOEeo
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“Oh, she thought she recognized someone, but she was mistaken,” said Angel as29Please respect copyright.PENANA11Ikq1E9LS
she sat back down on her seat, placing her glass on the table.29Please respect copyright.PENANAsiecxVPRxr
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“She must have meant me,” said Leo. Carly looked at him, surprised at his29Please respect copyright.PENANAjZ2CVNG1uC
statement. “Remember the time we went to that candy store a few days ago?” He29Please respect copyright.PENANAdaB9zOcxsJ
looked at Eric. “She was the one who bumped into that moving shelf.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAATANHNVfmP
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“Oh, I see,” said Angel. “But she said she didn’t recognize anyone.”29Please respect copyright.PENANASBZZegRR7u
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“Obviously she was nervous because of Leo again,” said Eric. “I bet the reason29Please respect copyright.PENANA5ww0GC8yhU
she bumped into that shelf was because of your scary looks.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAiPNV10FjE8
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Angel shook her head. “Not this again,” she said.29Please respect copyright.PENANA0MFyamSMRX
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“Mind you,” Leo started to say, “when I went over to the bar, I actually talked29Please respect copyright.PENANAyhYkknkS3L
to her. She didn’t seem nervous to me.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAhsaDOWRZte
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“She obviously fell for your good looks, not the scary one as Eric had put it,”29Please respect copyright.PENANArTGp8clGey
said Marco.29Please respect copyright.PENANALUxaE91mk6
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“You really are a bully, Eric,” said Oliver. “It’s not Leo’s fault that he is29Please respect copyright.PENANAdR4Ze9HZia
more handsome than you.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAEqtW5I13Z4
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Marcos and Angel laughed at Eric. Eric, on the other hand, felt like hitting29Please respect copyright.PENANAdowDmSNCF5
his brother on the head. Carly had been silent the whole time as thoughts ran29Please respect copyright.PENANAEdUbrr2wp8
through her head. Miranda actually had a talk with Leo, and that scared her.29Please respect copyright.PENANAGY3oUnr8Of
Could she have told Leo that she was also there at his bachelor party?29Please respect copyright.PENANAqtBklPFE4m
Moreover, they met days ago at the candy store, and she finds herself here at29Please respect copyright.PENANABiTv3MTLYv
the hotel. Why did Carly feel like she was suddenly in jeopardy?29Please respect copyright.PENANAu2U1EEPuXv
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Angel wiped away the tears from her eyes, and she soon looked at Carly, who29Please respect copyright.PENANAvG8M83Pe6U
looked lost in thought. She couldn’t help but wonder what her sister was29Please respect copyright.PENANAfCFlrC8HY1
thinking about.29Please respect copyright.PENANAgeUVPWJGae
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“You, Oliver, have really cracked me up today,” said Marco as he continued to29Please respect copyright.PENANA9JJeOugsvb
laugh. “I can’t wait for us to hang out like this again.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAjWA8ERysWA
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Oliver beamed at Marco happily, while Eric felt like slapping that look off his29Please respect copyright.PENANATbqYBa6idN
brother’s face.29Please respect copyright.PENANAjRw4Ndo5DI
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“Yeah, Oliver has really cracked me up too,” said Angel as she turned to smile29Please respect copyright.PENANAJNXh4S7tjn
at Oliver.29Please respect copyright.PENANAOzy3LfoNEJ
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“I hate to wrap things up here,” said Marco, “but I’m done for the night.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAB9ErhmMMPY
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“Oh, that’s a shame,” said Eric. “We were really having fun.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAExxtDWzvQA
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“Don’t you think it’s also getting late?” Angel asked the others. “We better be29Please respect copyright.PENANAfEQkqHjpop
heading out too.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAoVXlExyvef
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Leo gave Angel a look. He still didn’t get the chance to be alone with Carly.29Please respect copyright.PENANA5thiYdS4co
When Marco said he was leaving, he thought he had the opportunity. He turned to29Please respect copyright.PENANAW3HlNjBsqY
look at Carly beside him, and she seemed to look lost in her own world.29Please respect copyright.PENANA8AOYfHO2wI
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“We should,” said Oliver. “I want us to pass somewhere and get ice cream on our29Please respect copyright.PENANAeUVRYfJ2DX
way home.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAPcEmYcIIK6
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“Uh, wait a minute,” said Leo. “Some of us would like to spend a little time29Please respect copyright.PENANAvdLSmASbuD
here.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAYtXpbNPbvS
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Angel threw Leo a look, knowing what he was playing at. She wanted to leave29Please respect copyright.PENANA8eGwXtZ5yM
because the possibility of Leo seeing Kim and Trina was high, and she didn’t29Please respect copyright.PENANAyQobW1HQrC
want to risk it. Moreover, if Kim does see Leo spending his time alone with29Please respect copyright.PENANA406gdElIGI
Carly, she will realize without a doubt that Carly is Leo’s lover. If only she29Please respect copyright.PENANABtsAgzEbsJ
could tell Leo without making him so upset, she thought to herself.29Please respect copyright.PENANALmCNi890Ac
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“Leo’s right,” said Eric, looking over at Leo. “I would like to stay here for a29Please respect copyright.PENANApAIwHblJ1H
little longer.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAzzqeX8VaTF
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Angel sighed, but not the kind that anyone would notice. It looks like she lost29Please respect copyright.PENANAiJIeOe6eNj
this one. She just has to find a way to work around it.29Please respect copyright.PENANAEDvCk5zYCG
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“Well, then I’ll leave you to enjoy yourselves,” said Marco as he stood up from29Please respect copyright.PENANADl9WUoGOSQ
his seat. “Before I forget,” he said as he turned to Angel. “I would love to29Please respect copyright.PENANAkvnqjytuNH
get your number, Angel.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAcZh18ZyHGd
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Angel almost forgot about that, and she blushed immediately when Marco asked her.29Please respect copyright.PENANA7qWBDLQubP
She watched him pull out his phone. He turned his eyes on her, giving her his29Please respect copyright.PENANAVRaeSa9mw8
full attention. Angel hesitated for a bit before giving out her number, and he29Please respect copyright.PENANAaXKUspPQoW
typed it down on his phone. Eric and Leo looked on, wondering why Marco looked29Please respect copyright.PENANAmaYaCxjdyy
so eager to get her number. Carly wasn’t paying much attention, so she couldn’t29Please respect copyright.PENANAibn8Wh2Oop
care less.29Please respect copyright.PENANAzylYf3XiWL
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“I really enjoyed my time with you,” said Marco, pocketing his phone away. “We29Please respect copyright.PENANAftf2NVIEaL
should do this sometime soon.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAuPS5W3vFaK
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“Sure,” said Eric, putting up a smile for Marco, which proved to be very29Please respect copyright.PENANAf3WUy58z85
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Marco wished everyone a good night, and everyone responded back. Even Carly,29Please respect copyright.PENANALnCcXCzmCf
who looked absent-minded, said goodnight. Before leaving, Marco gave Angel a29Please respect copyright.PENANAt9JFkd0cUy
wink, telling her to expect a message from him anytime soon. Angel only smiled,29Please respect copyright.PENANAIgYceB5M4f
feeling embarrassed that he said that in front of everyone.29Please respect copyright.PENANAVXuzh4Dmf2
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“Marco really likes you, Angel,” said Oliver after Marco had left the bar.29Please respect copyright.PENANAp4sybwPW41
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“Why do you say that?” Angel asked, looking at the boy with wide eyes.29Please respect copyright.PENANAt0sN2xl4pC
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“Don’t listen to him,” said Eric. “Kids don’t know what they say nowadays.”29Please respect copyright.PENANA4FhsKjWWwj
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Leo turned to Carly, and it was then that he noticed that she hadn’t talked29Please respect copyright.PENANAQO1TfvSl4N
much at all for a while.29Please respect copyright.PENANAheboebuVwC
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“Hey, Carly, are you okay?” Leo asked.29Please respect copyright.PENANA1rgD1I8zok
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Everyone turned to look at Carly. She tried to hide it with a smile, telling29Please respect copyright.PENANAqUzG3Bb1D4
Leo that she was alright. Angel couldn’t point out why her sister looked low,29Please respect copyright.PENANAZxt5knBrdk
but she knew she could use this to her advantage.29Please respect copyright.PENANAz0URsxlgiq
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“You look tired, Carly,” said Angel. “Maybe we should call it a night and head29Please respect copyright.PENANAioKh6ruJAD
home.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAYW3qnqYRgU
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Carly looked at Angel, and a small smile appeared on her face. She definitely29Please respect copyright.PENANAHTt6cItbej
needed to leave. The fact that Miranda was here messed with her head a lot, and29Please respect copyright.PENANAC92NUGLU10
she felt like being as far away from the hotel as possible. Considering that,29Please respect copyright.PENANAV8lwD5BvT4
Miranda might still be around.29Please respect copyright.PENANAKqwQsBvOpy
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“Angel is right,” said Carly. “I’m feeling rather overwhelmed. We’ve had a long29Please respect copyright.PENANAGwBdvE7Rgd
day, and I didn’t get enough rest.”29Please respect copyright.PENANA7iHRMDfRnj
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Leo looked a little disappointed, but now that he saw Carly more clearly, she29Please respect copyright.PENANAUnNCEzSRQl
didn’t look too well at all. It looks like his plans for tonight might as well29Please respect copyright.PENANAQN87sLrdh3
go down the drain. If Carly was feeling too tired, it was understandable that29Please respect copyright.PENANAIthYYz3H5Y
she wasn’t going to enjoy his company alone with him either.29Please respect copyright.PENANAzM1TVpDiQs
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“Alright,” said Leo. “We better get going if we’re going to get Oliver’s ice29Please respect copyright.PENANAB3dPAXQ3kt
cream.”29Please respect copyright.PENANA5UfbDdVXbD
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“We better check out of that room and get our stuff then,” said Eric.29Please respect copyright.PENANAhQmXHFuZ6e
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“Oh, I forgot about that. Why don’t you go to the room while I go bring the car29Please respect copyright.PENANAWWIrTIeEkU
around?”29Please respect copyright.PENANAQpZ6a989JO
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“Sure.” Eric quickly stood up from his seat and started to make his way out of29Please respect copyright.PENANAzNXYhRNK6H
the bar area.29Please respect copyright.PENANAUdTGTESpwn
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Trina and Kim, who still sat observing Leo, noticed Eric stand up from his29Please respect copyright.PENANAShmVQy2MkU
seat. The others were still at the table, and it was only a moment later that29Please respect copyright.PENANAjWmOEFYzqJ
they started to stand up.29Please respect copyright.PENANANKV1hxORmF
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“Look, they’re leaving,” said Trina.29Please respect copyright.PENANAaRL22jHNT7
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“Do you think Leo will get this opportunity to see his lover?” Kim asked.29Please respect copyright.PENANAktKT2lMLqD
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“He can’t do that with the others tagging along,” said Trina. “Let’s watch and29Please respect copyright.PENANAcC71udbWFV
see.”29Please respect copyright.PENANA07gJXpc4QE
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Angel and Oliver started to make their way to the entrance of the bar when29Please respect copyright.PENANAmUKbCnjCtn
Angel, through the corner of her eye, saw Kim and Trina. This was bad. From29Please respect copyright.PENANAU25XG6nXaA
where she stood, she feared Leo might also notice them. She slowed her pace29Please respect copyright.PENANAOmSlWAbCiL
with Oliver and waited for Carly and Leo to catch up. If she was lucky, Leo29Please respect copyright.PENANA5oPhH6h75C
might pass by without noticing Kim and Trina, but one can never be too sure.29Please respect copyright.PENANAkFCSFgKJAB
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Carly made her way to Angel and Oliver, with Leo following slowly behind her.29Please respect copyright.PENANAm56lHCJFWh
Without much thought, his eyes found their way to the bar counter, and he29Please respect copyright.PENANALd9dCSXAWD
noticed someone familiar at the other end. Only when the person turned in his29Please respect copyright.PENANA3UmESlBdJ3
direction and their eyes fell on him did he realize who it was.29Please respect copyright.PENANAzIiHYJQgeX
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“Oh, my gosh,” said Kim as she held Trina’s shoulder in a tight grip. “He’s29Please respect copyright.PENANA4D47lGtc1U
seen us.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAqxTxcMwtZ0
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Trina choked on her own words that she couldn’t speak as he saw Leo staring29Please respect copyright.PENANA1fnyVg3vol
back. His eyes slowly started to flame with anger. Or was it fury?29Please respect copyright.PENANAcZV7oH8Hy6
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“Trina, we better go,” said Kim.29Please respect copyright.PENANAUrHnaV02dI
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Leo couldn’t believe Trina and Kim were there by the counter, staring back at29Please respect copyright.PENANAILhoLNfuUI
him. Did they happen to be here by coincidence, or did were they here because29Please respect copyright.PENANAkzFIlVvzcC
of him? He noticed how scared they looked at him, as if they had been caught29Please respect copyright.PENANAk1yV604uc3
doing something wrong. That confirmed that they were following him. He decided29Please respect copyright.PENANAYDTgAQ98bp
he was going to give them a piece of his mind.29Please respect copyright.PENANAHwHjz4BPm1
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Just as he was about to make his way over to them, a gentle touch fell on his29Please respect copyright.PENANATZOjaEDvRK
shoulder, stopping him from proceeding further. He looked to the side, and he29Please respect copyright.PENANAwlynqfuiBh
found Angel standing right beside him, her hand on his shoulder. She looked at29Please respect copyright.PENANA9axqK6ahFn
him with her soft brown eyes; they were stern yet so peaceful. There was29Please respect copyright.PENANADltA3a4q1O
something about her look and her presence beside him that made him slowly start29Please respect copyright.PENANAviglu7ylNk
to feel the anger in him dissipate like smoke.29Please respect copyright.PENANAy2LvhoJZb2
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She shook her head. “Not here,” she said to him in her normal tone of voice.29Please respect copyright.PENANAec033DgJZ5
“Now is not the time to make a scene.”29Please respect copyright.PENANA8uEUzZPUyo
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Leo sighed, and he felt his muscles slowly start to relax. Angel was right; now29Please respect copyright.PENANAfykQcnhqky
wasn’t the time to throw a tantrum. He looked back at Kim, who continued to29Please respect copyright.PENANAzudIFagsO8
look at him, still with a scared look on her face.29Please respect copyright.PENANAKrkQHtKpai
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"Fine," he said to Angel as he looked at her.29Please respect copyright.PENANAkGYNzbP3rd
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Angel gave a smile of relief. She turned to look at Trina and Kim, giving them29Please respect copyright.PENANAy90iQV968F
a nod of her head. The two best friends looked relieved, but they knew that29Please respect copyright.PENANAcuck7vUboI
this wasn’t over.29Please respect copyright.PENANAowCU7NIzCp
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Leo turned around to head out of the bar. Fortunately, Oliver and Carly were29Please respect copyright.PENANAED9XTYGDz3
way ahead of him, so they didn't see his silent altercation with Kim and Trina.29Please respect copyright.PENANAKeauJj3mRg
He walked out of the bar with Angel following closely behind him.29Please respect copyright.PENANApE1h28UK1Z
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"Thanks for that back there," Leo said to her.29Please respect copyright.PENANAL5ygPvamu7
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"Well, getting yourself angry wasn't going to do you or me any29Please respect copyright.PENANAraV9O9v9KQ
favors," said Angel.29Please respect copyright.PENANAtGD72za9Z4
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Leo turned to look at her through the corner of his eye. "How long have29Please respect copyright.PENANAuUjwYR9wWM
they been there?"29Please respect copyright.PENANAW9zIPuzVfu
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Angel found no point in lying to him. "I noticed them during our dinner. I29Please respect copyright.PENANAbr2C8cy9bc
didn't want to tell you in front of our guests."29Please respect copyright.PENANAQvYSkxkT8X
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Leo scoffed. "It's obvious that they were following me. I guess that’s the29Please respect copyright.PENANAoEMOy61AHR
reason why you didn’t want me to be alone with Carly."29Please respect copyright.PENANA1QcTpJaXB2
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"I don't want them to find out about your relationship with her just yet,29Please respect copyright.PENANAVMhJ0zxFb0
so you've got to be careful from now on."29Please respect copyright.PENANAj8tXvOD1uM
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A smile appeared across Leo's face. The two might have their differences, but29Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7VobqbhcF
it was clear to see that Angel did care about his relationship with her sister.29Please respect copyright.PENANA8EiLES5Dse
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As they continued to walk down the stone path towards the fountain where Oliver29Please respect copyright.PENANAVTmRCwKGv2
and Carly were, Leo tried to fight off the feeling of gratitude towards Angel.29Please respect copyright.PENANAJKZDWoKY74
In the end, he decided to let the feeling settle in for one night, and one29Please respect copyright.PENANAFARM5dIoXA
night only.29Please respect copyright.PENANAxOpFT9wOPs
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“That was a close one,” said Trina as she held her chest, breathing deeply.29Please respect copyright.PENANAFj1go1DONu
“For sure, I thought Leo was going to come charging at us.”29Please respect copyright.PENANASW5LiQ3vEm
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Kim sighed in relief. “I hate to say this, but we really do have Angel to29Please respect copyright.PENANAMOGNdYLPEN
thank,” she said. “Though I feel Leo will confront us about it.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAsvK77e37WT
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“Yeah, but Angel talked to him, and he calmed down in an instant.” Trina leaned29Please respect copyright.PENANANWZ3Jwo4HT
against the bar counter, looking for the bartender. “Leo barely listens to29Please respect copyright.PENANAD14jaIasBb
anyone, but he somehow listened to her. It’s best to receive his wrath29Please respect copyright.PENANAsib70t1pZJ
privately rather than in an open place where he can embarrass us. I’m going to29Please respect copyright.PENANAADeov93BxO
order a cocktail and drink to thank Angel for saving our sorry lives. Do you29Please respect copyright.PENANAqXFBrCybsh
want one?”29Please respect copyright.PENANAvZ7ts7jJBY
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Kim gave a nod to Trina, and while her friend tried to get the attention of the29Please respect copyright.PENANAxjP0rALzbU
bartender, she couldn’t help but look at Leo with Angel walking beside him as29Please respect copyright.PENANAlmayhbHX0E
they went further away from the bar. Memories of her and Leo started to29Please respect copyright.PENANADCNFyqCxnF
surface, and she couldn’t recall once when he ever listened to her when he was29Please respect copyright.PENANAgwG0Fcv4gG
upset. Trina was right. Leo barely listens to anyone, except this time around,29Please respect copyright.PENANAnfANuPbt3x
when Angel spoke to him. Her eyes fell upon Angel, who, even in that red velvet29Please respect copyright.PENANAi8J3bBRKvY
dress, walked effortlessly with elegance beside Leo. Was there something about29Please respect copyright.PENANAjwWX86kRwl
Angel that Kim wasn’t aware of?29Please respect copyright.PENANAQX7rMmQXSa
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Miranda quickly stepped out of the elevator and ran down the hall back to the29Please respect copyright.PENANAOJYFcr4xf6
room where Red Lion and Mr. Walters were. She knew her thirty minutes were up,29Please respect copyright.PENANACgoDt1F7Gh
and she had been so distracted that she didn’t notice her phone vibrate in the29Please respect copyright.PENANATH4hBwWRJz
pocket of her jeans. When she checked in the elevator, she found three missed29Please respect copyright.PENANAqKRAPNtYIg
calls from Mr. Walters, and she knew she was in for it.29Please respect copyright.PENANAGv8234XYhI
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As soon as she reached the suite, the door flew open before she could even29Please respect copyright.PENANA1vbiJgVq9K
knock. She thought the first person she would see was Red Lion, but to her29Please respect copyright.PENANAX7V3qeDjms
relief, it was Walters.29Please respect copyright.PENANAdcOqGPQU8X
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“What took you so long?” he asked. “And why didn’t you answer my calls?”29Please respect copyright.PENANAV77KilRDsS
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“I’m sorry,” said Miranda. “I got a little distracted. Is he here?”29Please respect copyright.PENANAjYhBRGm5MU
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“Yeah, but count yourself lucky,” said Walters as he stood aside to let Miranda29Please respect copyright.PENANA2gRTgH7Qpf
through the door. “Red Lion was going to kill you if he wanted to.”29Please respect copyright.PENANABaXpaedpLm
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Miranda slowly stepped into the room, looking towards the living room area. Red29Please respect copyright.PENANAEIIf75E3JZ
Lion's comrade sat on the couch. His eyes fixed on the TV screen that showed29Please respect copyright.PENANAiQeVBq6L9a
the football game. Two more people sat on the other couch. They wore black29Please respect copyright.PENANA5lHwlBsunb
suits, and they were of Asian descent. The two looked like bodyguards. Were29Please respect copyright.PENANAz7I0TbGNAg
they here with the host who called for this meeting? Moreover, where was Red29Please respect copyright.PENANAsJDDhBXoMH
Lion?29Please respect copyright.PENANAyCaVLzFs1i
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When she entered the living room area, she heard voices coming from the29Please respect copyright.PENANAXYOtZjDFan
balcony. She saw Red Lion standing by the open doors of the balcony. Someone29Please respect copyright.PENANAMEa5YV2x8t
stood in front of him, talking to him. Miranda couldn’t see who it was as the29Please respect copyright.PENANAdYM5mlrLa4
person stood on the balcony, and the doors hid him from view.29Please respect copyright.PENANABoeVDVrXyR
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Red Lion noticed Miranda's presence and turned to look at her. He surprisingly29Please respect copyright.PENANAPnFz76K1st
smiled. She almost sighed in relief, for she really thought he was going to29Please respect copyright.PENANA3eZ4lcU7lV
squeeze her throat for being late. He turned to the person who stood on the29Please respect copyright.PENANAWGkjb6tKnQ
balcony.29Please respect copyright.PENANA6qoHRVVwEM
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“The young lady we were waiting on is finally here,” said Red Lion. “We can29Please respect copyright.PENANA51sYODF6Xi
begin the meeting.”29Please respect copyright.PENANAuBRkkFKIbu
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The person on the balcony stepped into the room, and the first thing that29Please respect copyright.PENANAOfwgiNJV1E
caught Miranda’s eye was that the person wore a smart black suit, and there was29Please respect copyright.PENANAqbz5TjgBFP
a charming smile on his face.