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“Angel just ruined everything for me,” said Leo as he38Please respect copyright.PENANAqn69IE0Uly
came to stand next to Eric by the bar counter.38Please respect copyright.PENANA0BXuW3tj0g
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“What do you mean she’s ruined everything?” Eric asked.38Please respect copyright.PENANA9LkwO5Qbrw
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“Carly and I were supposed to run away together, but it’s like she caught on to38Please respect copyright.PENANAXEhRMnI593
us.” Leo shook his head. “That’s why she stayed behind with Carly. She says she38Please respect copyright.PENANA0oYMRaKQiZ
doesn’t want Marco to suspect anything.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAYc84RXUvz2
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Eric shrugged his shoulders. “Angel does have a point,” he said. “We don’t need38Please respect copyright.PENANACQ9AtVi0JH
Marco knowing that the two of you are dating. He might tell his father, who, in38Please respect copyright.PENANAaMJk6xXoli
turn, will tell your dad. Well, you know how this vicious cycle goes.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAvoetUhNfYH
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Leo sighed. “You do have a point.” He turned to his cousin. “Go on. I know you38Please respect copyright.PENANAo36KUNfvTS
want to say it.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAoqQ3jeq3n8
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“Say what?” Eric asked without looking at Leo.38Please respect copyright.PENANAuNkJ2Dip1f
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Leo sighed again, deeply this time. “That she has my best interest at heart.”38Please respect copyright.PENANA1TvAjg8K1f
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Eric looked at Leo, this time with a beaming smile on his face. “Of course,38Please respect copyright.PENANAmjXhZ2O07d
because that’s just how she is.”38Please respect copyright.PENANADcMItOElIr
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“Can you stop smiling like that?” Leo looked irritated. Eric’s smile shone38Please respect copyright.PENANA5O6dIGa1Qi
brightly like the sun. Leo felt blinded as he turned to look away. “You’ve had38Please respect copyright.PENANACOQsNBXdhj
your fun.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAhshp7gkkMI
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“I just want to rub it in. Before we went into the garden, I was about to tell38Please respect copyright.PENANAX4ZZstQlhS
you the same thing, but it slipped my mind. It’s good that Angel thought way38Please respect copyright.PENANAcmj1DrSx2F
ahead and talked to Carly about it.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAh4iUQ9qv4l
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Leo felt dumb. None of that came to mind, and he felt like slapping himself for38Please respect copyright.PENANAY5f6LKSaBt
being so stupid and careless. He hoped Marco wasn’t paying enough attention at38Please respect copyright.PENANAROi0jMZ2CO
first for him to realize there was anything between him and Carly. It seems he38Please respect copyright.PENANAPFFTRLSoCe
has Angel to thank, but Leo was too embarrassed to think of doing so.38Please respect copyright.PENANAmXtU4atf94
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“Do they serve milkshakes here?” Leo asked, trying to rid himself of his38Please respect copyright.PENANAfUouL7gEJK
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“Yeah, I already asked,” answered Eric. “They serve non-alcoholic drinks as38Please respect copyright.PENANAg4BeEDtwEV
well, in case there’s anyone who needs one.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAZydbgQdMbi
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“I’ll go over to the table and ask what drinks they want. Do they have snacks38Please respect copyright.PENANAurVR1n31XX
too?”38Please respect copyright.PENANAo4g9eAdTjj
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Leo left the counter and found Carly where he had left her. She was slowly38Please respect copyright.PENANAxwk5yep1FX
looking around, taking in the view of the place. There were bright bulbs38Please respect copyright.PENANASxsDFqMj34
hanging over the area, and she apparently stood out with her beautiful dress.38Please respect copyright.PENANARUPhi2IpwH
If they weren’t around so many people, he wasn’t going to hesitate to kiss and38Please respect copyright.PENANA9DJAqJsxAv
caress her. He smiled at her instead and gestured with his head to her, saying38Please respect copyright.PENANAgVjke1l6NI
that they should join Angel and the others.38Please respect copyright.PENANAnULCTAR7Lj
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Trina and Kim stood by the fountain as they watched Leo approach the table38Please respect copyright.PENANAyDXtFDd5J3
where Angel, Oliver, and the Asian man sat. Carly joined him soon afterwards.38Please respect copyright.PENANA26pvxuSHXP
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“How long do you think we’ll stay here until he decides to see his lover?”38Please respect copyright.PENANATw5UFtv0PY
Trina asked as she sat at the edge of the pool basin of the fountain.38Please respect copyright.PENANAJKIrtg0T7b
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“I don’t know,” said Kim, who remained standing. “Don’t tell me you’re already38Please respect copyright.PENANAFze5EAp6tE
tired.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAyHjO45R4RY
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“Oh, no, it’s not that. They are there enjoying themselves when I’m in need of38Please respect copyright.PENANAO90SNtn7WJ
a drink right now.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAr0tG4RNyQy
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Kim rolled her eyes. “We can go there and take a seat, but we should sit out of38Please respect copyright.PENANATLCz7cysSb
their sight.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAxTqF9DB8Cz
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“Good idea. Let’s wait for Eric at the counter. Leo looks like he’s checking to38Please respect copyright.PENANAXk2VXnTiOS
see what everyone needs because he hasn’t sat down. They will easily see us if38Please respect copyright.PENANAFt7lAG7z2H
they aren’t at their table.”38Please respect copyright.PENANATIfanqrKWw
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Kim agreed with Trina. They continued to watch Leo as he made his way back to38Please respect copyright.PENANAKWA0yp8I78
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Meanwhile, Miranda, who had been watching over the balcony, followed Leo’s38Please respect copyright.PENANAwQk51Bb39F
movements. She kept telling herself that she needed to get down there. If she38Please respect copyright.PENANAtrQvJu7cID
so much as stepped out of the room, no doubt Red Lion would have her head, and38Please respect copyright.PENANAUIHM4NmYLT
whatever the meeting was all about, she wasn’t going to be a part of it.38Please respect copyright.PENANANWwC7EsQte
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She huffed. If that was the consequence, she was going to have to deal with it.38Please respect copyright.PENANAqDEdiQrLHS
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Without giving much of a second thought, Miranda turned around and went back38Please respect copyright.PENANAMgEYD6jR4p
inside the room. The football game they were watching was on a half-time break,38Please respect copyright.PENANATkm9QECRSb
and the three men were there, talking aloud about the game. She approached38Please respect copyright.PENANArMC6iVxxXs
them, and to get their attention, she loudly cleared her throat.38Please respect copyright.PENANAzoKH7HOh0F
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The three men all stopped talking and turned to look at Miranda. For a moment,38Please respect copyright.PENANAVvYB2hWoCb
she gulped as her eyes landed on the terrifying face of Red Lion, who didn’t38Please respect copyright.PENANAQfRIV6aAZH
like the fact that she had disturbed them. She had to be quick with what she38Please respect copyright.PENANAfwN2ya8YgU
wanted to say, as she was running on Red Lion’s patience.38Please respect copyright.PENANAgw7KF1J1S0
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“I’ll be stepping out for a bit,” Miranda announced.38Please respect copyright.PENANA47hcwTjyKh
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There was a brief silence in the room as the three men continued to look at38Please respect copyright.PENANAc8ugJ74seo
Miranda, expressionless. Red Lion moved in his seat, and Miranda feared that he38Please respect copyright.PENANACmj4gi4n8e
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“I don’t think going out is the best thing to do right now,” he said. “We’re38Please respect copyright.PENANAN27nNJcZwW
waiting on someone, aren’t we?”38Please respect copyright.PENANAhOKmjc6ofe
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“Yeah, we are, but this person isn’t showing up anyway. You’ll let me know when38Please respect copyright.PENANABUoLnhSf8D
he gets here. I really need to step out.”38Please respect copyright.PENANA6CadVRObZo
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Red Lion continued to look at her. Walters now had a scared look on his face.38Please respect copyright.PENANAbFxRxpqX1w
He wished he could intervene, but things haven’t escalated between the two, so38Please respect copyright.PENANAPKSXA81qcT
it was hopeless to do so.38Please respect copyright.PENANAdeo85ztqoT
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“Whatever,” said Red Lion as he leaned back on the couch. “You get back here in38Please respect copyright.PENANAWwGCYr2Cfw
thirty minutes. If our host gets here before you, you better hurry back when38Please respect copyright.PENANAatk3J5iY8N
Walters calls.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAimi6GGTY7F
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Miranda felt relieved. She thought she wasn’t going to be let go so easily.38Please respect copyright.PENANARVXPGgJg3a
Moreover, the time Red Lion gave her was too little. However, she had to make38Please respect copyright.PENANAPWxWEn7Uo9
use of this as much as possible, even if it meant seeing Leo down there for a38Please respect copyright.PENANAOemOgZQh6j
minute.38Please respect copyright.PENANAyFhAvU0g7i
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“I will,” said Miranda. She didn’t waste any time as she made her way for the38Please respect copyright.PENANAdvs6xrm3SZ
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As soon as she walked out of the room, Hugo turned to Red Lion and asked, “Are38Please respect copyright.PENANAXK4QjQPtYa
you sure letting her go out like that is a good idea? Our host can walk in at38Please respect copyright.PENANAlgYToFO4Ra
any moment.”38Please respect copyright.PENANApwhBrJeAd3
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“True, but it’s better than her staying out on the balcony while we wait,” Red38Please respect copyright.PENANA8k1guI0wAm
Lion answered. “If you ask me, I would step out too if it wasn’t for the football38Please respect copyright.PENANAe1kVtZzFe0
game. But I was serious about my threat, so she better be here before he does.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAr9wOZxMIp2
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Walters didn’t say anything as he briefly looked at Red Lion before looking up38Please respect copyright.PENANAVAkcHO6W8o
at the TV. Red Lion wasn’t kidding when he said he was in a good mood, Walters38Please respect copyright.PENANAxzTiLz9SAN
thought to himself. Knowing Red Lion, he wasn’t going to let Miranda walk out38Please respect copyright.PENANAWso1MShaxY
of here. Something must have really put Red Lion into a good mood today, or38Please respect copyright.PENANA9CUCcLPtsc
else he wouldn’t have done what he did.38Please respect copyright.PENANAJFKiFsUiF6
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Leo and Eric came to join the others at the table with their drinks, and Eric,38Please respect copyright.PENANAhrS8HLhgUq
on the other hand, carried a plate full of nachos and cheese. Oliver was so38Please respect copyright.PENANATpAp8zBo5T
delighted to see the plate of snacks that he couldn’t wait to eat them. Angel38Please respect copyright.PENANA6xPT997w5x
had to warn him not to eat too much, or else he might have a bad tummy ache the38Please respect copyright.PENANA2xCQeiDxKO
next day.38Please respect copyright.PENANAeMMAVhCakr
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“I wouldn’t waste my breath warning the guy,” said Eric as he sat down on the38Please respect copyright.PENANAmN9A7eM8B0
empty chair next to Angel after serving her a soda. “It’s a Friday, and he38Please respect copyright.PENANAdNPRD9Vc4g
likes to act like he can do whatever he wants.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAi5mZxw0eau
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Oliver, who sat on Angel’s other side, didn’t answer him as he took his mango38Please respect copyright.PENANAnXRdanv2iu
milkshake and put the straw in his mouth. Angel, on the other hand, looked at38Please respect copyright.PENANAU7RSRrr0vX
Eric and shook her head.38Please respect copyright.PENANAV5LjoSbgiZ
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Leo placed his glass of beer and Carly’s cocktail before taking his seat in38Please respect copyright.PENANAjky9WfCsCB
between them. He also served Marco a bottle of the cider that he wanted. Marco38Please respect copyright.PENANAQAAPJMvmtB
thanked him as Leo sat down.38Please respect copyright.PENANAfXbTEEpRXo
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“Hey, Marco,” said Angel as she turned to look at him, looking over Oliver, who38Please respect copyright.PENANAaT7Zl4oGhw
sat in between them. “Have you ever been here before? In America, I mean.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAtbdf7EwTkR
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“Oh, yes, I’ve come here several times,” answered Marco. “I usually come here38Please respect copyright.PENANAQpU14cl5XT
with dad on business trips. Inheriting the family business can be tiring,38Please respect copyright.PENANAKysvALy00z
especially when they’re showing you the ropes. You just have to be there, even38Please respect copyright.PENANAmObL5HwJU5
when you don’t want to. I bet Leo can testify to that.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAKd6lWYwZrK
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“He’s right,” said Leo, finding it hard to argue with him.38Please respect copyright.PENANAB88caVpQAK
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“Wait, does that mean I might inherit mum’s business of running the massage38Please respect copyright.PENANAf65LcgWyPy
parlors when I’m older?” Oliver asked as he took a nacho and dipped it in38Please respect copyright.PENANAVCLeJVOcfV
cheese.38Please respect copyright.PENANAENudM36PQX
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Everyone at the table grew quiet as they looked at Oliver. At the same time,38Please respect copyright.PENANAYtQzDxsWgz
they all burst into laughter.38Please respect copyright.PENANARZcT9ZGjiE
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“Maybe,” said Eric. He tried his best to stop laughing, but it was of no use.38Please respect copyright.PENANAYcqlnXElTa
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“No fair,” said Oliver after chewing on his nacho. “You were the one who was38Please respect copyright.PENANAZxHgyFGL5i
supposed to inherit it, not me.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAT4zr7o9aqx
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“Sorry, but I’m more into other businesses, lil’ bro.”38Please respect copyright.PENANARiIotPUlT0
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“Don’t take it like that, Oliver,” said Marco. “Beauty parlors aren’t that bad.38Please respect copyright.PENANAhvqnqpICB3
Moreover, many rich people love going to such places. So you’ll probably make a38Please respect copyright.PENANAiN837Tc8Z9
lot more money in the future.”38Please respect copyright.PENANA253afrySVy
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“Besides, if you’re interested in other things, I’m sure your mum will38Please respect copyright.PENANAPlpahMx0MF
understand,” said Angel.38Please respect copyright.PENANAZx9yCyxQ8z
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“If you like, you and I can run them together,” said Carly. “That’s if you plan38Please respect copyright.PENANA9XPITpHf1C
on running them.”38Please respect copyright.PENANARLkIwy1bJU
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“And I can be more of an investor,” said Marco.38Please respect copyright.PENANACO2vhL8h3S
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“I still have a whole life ahead of me,” said Oliver as he shrugged his38Please respect copyright.PENANA28ytgt9Jy6
shoulders. “I’ll see if I can handle it.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAnYqUSkcwDv
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All the grown-ups at the table looked at the young boy, somewhat surprised at38Please respect copyright.PENANA1TsKqmruGl
his answer. They all stayed that way for a brief moment before Leo stretched38Please respect copyright.PENANATZw3rcpIc2
out his hand to get a nacho.38Please respect copyright.PENANAc9mTRGJ3xF
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“Good enough response for me,” he said. He put the nacho in his mouth38Please respect copyright.PENANApdJCgFhEXl
afterwards.38Please respect copyright.PENANAYqg7vbLnn5
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“I swear, sometimes I feel he’s older for his age,” said Eric as he shook his38Please respect copyright.PENANA6MQlayhLXA
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“Aren’t all kids nowadays?” Angel asked with a smile.38Please respect copyright.PENANAzjUUib3SH2
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“Just like Leo said, a very wise response,” said Marco as he looked at Oliver38Please respect copyright.PENANAbvA82guRQ5
admirably. “Hopefully, you do inherit, and we will become business partners in38Please respect copyright.PENANA33i1gFBebp
the future.”38Please respect copyright.PENANArRZAjBge6u
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“Yeah, let’s not push him for now,” said Carly. “He’ll sort all of that out38Please respect copyright.PENANAs76nZGXcUz
later, when he’s older.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAZXh4C0MObk
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“Well, sometimes you don’t really have much of a choice. Isn’t that right,38Please respect copyright.PENANAeRV4mEVI9T
Leo?” Marco asked, his eyes fixed on Leo.38Please respect copyright.PENANAi8kLWwbxjW
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Leo slowly stopped chewing as he looked at Marco. He didn’t know if answering38Please respect copyright.PENANAZK7Kc1nRTa
Marco would be a good idea, but he only gestured with his head to acknowledge38Please respect copyright.PENANARsrtVBkZwC
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Angel was sipping on her drink when her eyes wandered away from the area in the38Please respect copyright.PENANA5Cmkp5iVLl
bar and to the fountain. She had a feeling Trina and Kim had been standing38Please respect copyright.PENANAWKiQEgbZGY
there for a while. When she found there were only a couple looking at the38Please respect copyright.PENANA1zbE8VM8FX
fountain, she started to worry. Could they have given up and left? Kim didn’t38Please respect copyright.PENANACNBypOIbcF
seem like the kind of person who would give up on anything, Angel thought.38Please respect copyright.PENANA0fT3KhRkOe
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She was lucky enough to see Kim and Trina approach the open bar, and she had a38Please respect copyright.PENANAi99b4l3zzY
clear view of them. Leo sat with his back facing them, but she feared Eric and38Please respect copyright.PENANAKyixghmULJ
Oliver would see them. Angel had to think of something to turn their eyes38Please respect copyright.PENANA5VlKlIXjiq
elsewhere. What should she do?38Please respect copyright.PENANAqLNT0YYUPr
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She turned to Oliver, and he seemed distracted as he was eating the nachos38Please respect copyright.PENANAnfbxlu9Kwe
hungrily. Turning to Eric, she found him somewhat staring at her.38Please respect copyright.PENANAzPsgFJx8mZ
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“What is it?” she asked him.38Please respect copyright.PENANAWS72asGKhp
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“Oh, nothing,” he said, somewhat looking a little embarrassed that he was38Please respect copyright.PENANAkQB6m9c1vv
caught looking at her. “You’re looking really pretty tonight, that’s all.”38Please respect copyright.PENANARxlyn1H2Jm
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Angel noticed Kim and Trina enter the bar area through the corner of her eye.38Please respect copyright.PENANA6cKA9YxRYV
She couldn’t turn to look at them. That would only get Eric to look, and he38Please respect copyright.PENANADAexhYth5f
would spot them eventually. She had to keep eye contact with him for as long as38Please respect copyright.PENANAnQrcRF8zQh
necessary.38Please respect copyright.PENANAnoom86tZRl
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“Thank you,” said Angel, smiling at him. “Picking this outfit wasn’t easy, you38Please respect copyright.PENANAWqdbUTxbKy
know.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAOTnBQUpJ6o
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“Nah, I think it was,” said Eric. “I’m betting that you didn’t have to try on38Please respect copyright.PENANANn2X66Mjib
any other dress. This one was just perfect.”38Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZnQiMssg3
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Carly, who looked at the two, smiled. “He’s not wrong there,” she said.38Please respect copyright.PENANAHx46Pc56WO
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Leo felt like throwing up in his drink as he had a clear sight of Eric flirting38Please respect copyright.PENANAXzVs1x9Cgb
with Angel. He wished he could tell them to get a room, but he knew better than38Please respect copyright.PENANAvX4gKjIF5g
to say it when he was flirting with Carly some time ago.38Please respect copyright.PENANAs8KbBUxXGM
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Angel saw through the corner of her eye that Kim and Trina had entered the bar38Please respect copyright.PENANA8s1P1hpIQD
area and were now looking around for a table on the other side. It was best for38Please respect copyright.PENANA1kcsi4AsgX
them to get a table where they couldn’t be seen. As soon as they were out of38Please respect copyright.PENANAd54JQbhfiI
sight, Angel couldn’t help but feel relieved. She went on ahead to pick a38Please respect copyright.PENANAzvylIwAESE
nacho, dip it in cheese, and eat it.38Please respect copyright.PENANAvbC84mPy3s
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“That was close,” said Trina. “For a moment, I thought Eric was going to see38Please respect copyright.PENANAroA2f00p1f
us.”38Please respect copyright.PENANASfeQLQQucy
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“We better count ourselves lucky,” said Kim.38Please respect copyright.PENANAPFpWHAldCC
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“If we weren’t on opposite sides, I would thank Angel for distracting him. I38Please respect copyright.PENANAe8dxhovzjT
have a feeling she saw us and wasn’t into the idea of Eric seeing us too.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAek9HNQ7pPG
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Kim didn’t argue there. She somewhat agreed with Trina. She looked toward the38Please respect copyright.PENANAqeDvqfNmJ7
bar. Luckily enough, it was circular in shape with a bar shelve in the38Please respect copyright.PENANABvtQ267Ple
circumference, blocking the view of the other side. Therefore, she could see38Please respect copyright.PENANAdg9BcAl0Db
neither them nor them doing the same. Moreover, she could easily go over to the38Please respect copyright.PENANACOo8xJ23VI
counter for a drink.38Please respect copyright.PENANAkAN0b7cmzi
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“We should really think things through, Kim,” said Trina as she looked over at38Please respect copyright.PENANAdrIWLO6BJD
the bar, realizing that the others were out of sight. “Is staying here really38Please respect copyright.PENANAMX8JwqsSMc
worth it? I doubt if he is going to meet his lover with the company that he38Please respect copyright.PENANAFiVZZeO1Gi
has.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAPUWByCPr97
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“You’ve been in doubt all this time,” said Kim. “Why don’t you just give up and38Please respect copyright.PENANAdTSAxcYPg5
leave? I’m not going to stop you.”38Please respect copyright.PENANA8GFfVorn4F
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“The reason I am here is that I’m afraid that you might mess this up. Your38Please respect copyright.PENANA1O4pDtVG0h
obsession over Leo leaving you for someone else is really starting to get over38Please respect copyright.PENANAJpTArPLF3r
your head. If you aren’t careful, you might hurt yourself more than you are38Please respect copyright.PENANALDEs4UaGUS
already doing right now.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAcEcnCRGQq1
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Kim looked at her best friend, feeling infuriated by what she said. She didn’t38Please respect copyright.PENANA6taNAKiGg4
want to lash out and tried to find a better way to respond.38Please respect copyright.PENANA6sc8fwbANa
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“Like I said before, if you want to, you can leave,” said Kim.38Please respect copyright.PENANA4unLrt0bo8
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“I’m not leaving without you,” said Trina. “And besides, when we came in here,38Please respect copyright.PENANAXICypftNap
I saw Eric flirting with Angel. I wonder if he really does like her.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAAPTx5zix6m
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A sudden laugh came out of Kim’s mouth. Tears almost filled her eyes. “You’re38Please respect copyright.PENANAGW3BXPnwAk
just as jealous as I am,” she said.38Please respect copyright.PENANAglo40Crfe5
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“Well, I’m not like you,” said Trina as she folded her arms. “You’re making38Please respect copyright.PENANA2qpsngLKOH
things worse for yourself, and it will end up being a obsession.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAglQ4YaN3EQ
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Kim shook her head. “I know, but I won’t let this go far. Once I get to see38Please respect copyright.PENANA8G2ISg8jcp
Leo’s lover, I’ll let this go.”38Please respect copyright.PENANA3pTvr0fmn1
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Trina raised an eyebrow. “Will you? I know you, Kim. Leo has been the only man38Please respect copyright.PENANAoX9YmQQ2gC
you’ve been in love with since we were kids, and him breaking up with you and38Please respect copyright.PENANAGK4cEjmwjK
calling off the wedding was a heavy toll. I don’t think you’ll be able to let38Please respect copyright.PENANAj85wGJjGwL
go of him that easily.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAvto8hnj02r
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“Are you trying to say I am psycho?” Kim didn’t like where their conversation38Please respect copyright.PENANADeU2CPtNw5
was going.38Please respect copyright.PENANABWNc2KLJlp
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Trina swallowed, thinking over her words before she spoke them out. “All I’m38Please respect copyright.PENANAe70uG68jAj
saying is that it’s time to let Leo go. Thinking about him and his new lover38Please respect copyright.PENANAHYbFHC6kfU
isn’t going to do you any good.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAbG7TquPHDD
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Kim sighed. She stretched out her hand over the table and beckoned to Trina to38Please respect copyright.PENANAZOBOCGa3ic
give her hers. Trina did likewise, and Kim held her friend’s hand tightly.38Please respect copyright.PENANAzrgC6hUKPc
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“Okay, after tonight, I’ll try and let go of Leo,” said Kim.38Please respect copyright.PENANAIduS18W5uP
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“Why not now?” Trina asked. “Don’t tell me you’re going to follow through with38Please respect copyright.PENANAkUFxUs1z3A
your promise after you see this lover of his.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAywyvlhlp7V
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Kim didn’t answer, and Trina rolled her eyes. “Fine,” Trina said. “After38Please respect copyright.PENANANQieK5mW4M
tonight, I shouldn’t hear about Leo ever again.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAMc4rVkWTup
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“But what if we don’t see her?” Kim asked.38Please respect copyright.PENANAgtpWSkilUm
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“You forget him anyway,” said Trina, pulling her hand away. “I’m going to get38Please respect copyright.PENANAtR4HGR3OW7
us some drinks.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAGIHmlnAEsi
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Trina quickly stood up and left the table. Kim looked on at her best friend and38Please respect copyright.PENANAAUeOnt4irv
knew she had pissed her off. She wished she could assure Trina that she was38Please respect copyright.PENANALybpLPVuqA
going to forget Leo after this, but even she knew that was far from impossible.38Please respect copyright.PENANAmFAZN1By6p
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Miranda rushed out of the elevator and ran into the garden like a mad woman.38Please respect copyright.PENANAEqEPLwFnml
Along the way, she pushed people aside. To some, she apologized, but to others,38Please respect copyright.PENANANjWAGnepuu
she didn’t even give them a second thought.38Please respect copyright.PENANAWbUY5YaZOV
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There was only one way to the garden, and that was through the western wing38Please respect copyright.PENANA5MVshcY8xj
since the doors to the east wing weren’t open, said a woman she had met in the38Please respect copyright.PENANAfN6JsWGyx9
elevator who was going downstairs and who had lived in the hotel for a long38Please respect copyright.PENANAPIKIah9WkQ
time. Thankful for the information, Miranda had to rush. She only had a few38Please respect copyright.PENANABfzlJX52wN
minutes left, but all she needed was to see Leo.38Please respect copyright.PENANAvlScdP8Tu5
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She had just bypassed the fountain, heading towards the open bar, but then she38Please respect copyright.PENANAnH4rTcwroR
stopped herself short. She had to see where Leo was sitting first; he might as38Please respect copyright.PENANAeFAXkzLDYT
well have Carly seated right beside him, and Carly would no doubt see her if38Please respect copyright.PENANAwY4xeN71QT
she wasn’t too careful.38Please respect copyright.PENANAT92PiTqBBU
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She didn’t have to look any further, as she saw Leo at the table with Carly38Please respect copyright.PENANAvO4IhYT2Bo
beside him along with other people. Leo was holding the floor for the time38Please respect copyright.PENANAWWiXRAcb6Z
being, and Miranda noticed how everyone laughed at what he said. Carly, who sat38Please respect copyright.PENANAwcUdCaEQnv
next to him, looked admirably at him. Miranda huffed. If only she could figure38Please respect copyright.PENANAaCYQKQ7rXk
out a way to get the two apart, but now wasn’t the time to think about such38Please respect copyright.PENANAq4CF0ZTAgs
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She started to approach the entrance of the bar; looking over at Leo’s table38Please respect copyright.PENANASIM8q9NSHM
and hopeful that Carly wouldn’t turn her head to see her.38Please respect copyright.PENANAzzWmMQwakD
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Miranda walked over to the counter and sat on the stool. Immediately, the38Please respect copyright.PENANAwx6Tito3M7
bartender attended to her, and she ordered a martini. The bartender went on38Please respect copyright.PENANAYHLQ0Bn04o
ahead to make her drink as Miranda slightly turned around on her chair to look38Please respect copyright.PENANAqWeFA8tHif
at the table behind her. She had a clear view of Leo, and a smile came across38Please respect copyright.PENANALGcCCEtYUC
her face.38Please respect copyright.PENANAka9RqhHrKn
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“Seriously, ever since Albert puked on me at the work party, I told myself38Please respect copyright.PENANAaLkibQoLQq
never to drink with him again,” said Leo, concluding his funny story.38Please respect copyright.PENANA5EKhhnQS3D
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"That's why I never hang around drunk people," said Marco. "You38Please respect copyright.PENANAWZHXBERDUe
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"But haven't we ever done anything embarrassing when we are drunk?"38Please respect copyright.PENANAZHY7jmkFpU
Eric asked.38Please respect copyright.PENANABnSSBxptS8
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"Not me," Oliver answered. "I'm too young to drink."38Please respect copyright.PENANA1zRBztEXjB
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Eric sucked his teeth. "Of course, I wasn't directing the question to you,38Please respect copyright.PENANAPH6m7QavH0
silly," he said.38Please respect copyright.PENANAZdB0wj7RIs
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"I remember there was one time back at my old college when I got so drunk38Please respect copyright.PENANADroLJpdg8V
that Angel had to come by taxi to take me home," Carly shared. "We38Please respect copyright.PENANAO2zRu59w2U
were having a closing year party as a class at a friend's place. I got so38Please respect copyright.PENANAwRrThfyICo
carried away that I even fell in the pool."38Please respect copyright.PENANAmsqhYMO65A
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"A friend of hers called, and I had to arrange some dry clothes for38Please respect copyright.PENANAiyGWLuRYjz
her," said Angel as she laughed. "Seriously, Carly, you threw Mum in38Please respect copyright.PENANAly6C5ah41B
a fit when I tried to sneak you back into the house. But you ended up singing38Please respect copyright.PENANAYTsf4BvKqR
so loudly that she came rushing from her bedroom to see you in a mess."38Please respect copyright.PENANAKTZs38NHq7
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"Were you grounded, Carly?" Oliver asked as he ate some nachos.38Please respect copyright.PENANAzV8FAgLnAK
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"No, but if us young adults could still be, I definitely would have been38Please respect copyright.PENANAIYg51svoBg
grounded," said Carly. "I was punished in a way, though. Mum didn't38Please respect copyright.PENANAhhxxTAgz61
talk to me for a week."38Please respect copyright.PENANA4jWzxIPQYh
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"I remember when we were having my uncle's birthday party," said38Please respect copyright.PENANARpEeh1XzS2
Marco, "and we meant to have a nice, quiet family party. Instead, my uncle38Please respect copyright.PENANABfwBdae92g
brought in many of his unruly friends. The party turned out to be such a blast.38Please respect copyright.PENANAKO4hlboUDG
He and I had a competition to see who could drink more tequila. He passed out38Please respect copyright.PENANABvh0E4ewJ2
before he could take the last glass. I won, but at a cost. I puked in the car,38Please respect copyright.PENANAxOIl9l3l3l
and my dad was furious. From then on, I told myself I wasn't going for tequila38Please respect copyright.PENANAfYWjeK8mcq
shots ever again."38Please respect copyright.PENANA6QiZbXSOSZ
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“Trust me, the first time I had my first tequila shot in college was awful,”38Please respect copyright.PENANAxiyO7EGJiv
said Eric. “My head was spinning so much that I slept in the bar, and it took38Please respect copyright.PENANAvkzepZLhI6
my friends I had back then to carry me back to my room. Leo was also there, and38Please respect copyright.PENANAPHJeZ1TQ8g
he said I was blabbering nonsense before I blacked out.”38Please respect copyright.PENANARkprCJyfvp
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“He was complaining about some girl who couldn’t stop following him in38Please respect copyright.PENANAjTyxOzE3DC
college,” said Leo. “If she happened to be there to hear what you had said, she38Please respect copyright.PENANAY7fmi68Opu
would definitely have stayed away from you for sure.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAs7ZO7OBG2f
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Eric shook his head after taking a sip of his drink. “I highly doubt it. I did38Please respect copyright.PENANA2l58v9kkcF
some crazy things in college, but the girls still loved me anyway.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAdtN9SSJlIQ
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Marco turned to look at Angel. “What of you, Angel? Have you ever had any38Please respect copyright.PENANAkJwlYOU6lg
embarrassing moments when you were drunk?” he asked.38Please respect copyright.PENANADAWkcDUJYs
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“Before she says anything,” said Carly. “You should ask her first if she drinks38Please respect copyright.PENANAV2NjkWwc49
alcohol.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAueNzBaDu8m
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Marco, Leo, and Eric now turned their eyes on Angel with curious looks. Her38Please respect copyright.PENANADHBuCBlN6p
cheeks flushed in embarrassment as she looked down at the table. She pressed38Please respect copyright.PENANAc3hh3PSO6v
her lips together before looking at everyone, including Oliver.38Please respect copyright.PENANAUt5NB3sJHD
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"So, Angel, do you take any alcohol?” Marco asked.38Please respect copyright.PENANAEs5o9ZpjEy
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“Of course, I do,” said Angel. “Except that I like to drink wine or champagne38Please respect copyright.PENANAYsQEHwMF5J
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“I never thought someone like you would actually take alcohol,” said Eric. “But38Please respect copyright.PENANALYMZU6w4lX
your preference suits you.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAtAn49A1RJy
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“Yeah, very classy,” said Oliver.38Please respect copyright.PENANA9eUYlGaYWw
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The adults turned to look at Oliver, surprised. Oliver also looked back at them38Please respect copyright.PENANATiw21OSMzx
as though he were judging them for giving him such a look.38Please respect copyright.PENANAVvQ2HW6NfG
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“What?” he asked with a shrug of his shoulders. “I hear people who drink such38Please respect copyright.PENANACG5Bw1gkcx
are considered classy.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAYlcl98Vhit
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“Wow, someone should tell him that he shouldn’t judge people according to what38Please respect copyright.PENANAM3MKqzNvSI
they drink,” said Eric.38Please respect copyright.PENANACFOq9pTN6e
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“Well, Angel is classy, isn’t she?” Oliver asked.38Please respect copyright.PENANAR6CPpjUBxr
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Angel and Carly burst into laughter. Marco and Leo chuckled, while Eric looked38Please respect copyright.PENANAWnFpGj6sRt
like he didn’t know what to do with his brother anymore.38Please respect copyright.PENANAIpQ5ZC6HCe
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“I agree with Oliver,” said Marco. “Angel is in a class of her own.”38Please respect copyright.PENANA3vcdvF1BDr
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“That’s being too sweet, don’t you think?” Leo asked, raising an eyebrow at38Please respect copyright.PENANAFTqkgccBSc
Marco.38Please respect copyright.PENANAuz3Jtuclii
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“Well, no, I’m being really genuine here. Angel carries a certain level of38Please respect copyright.PENANABnV8rno2yL
elegance that I can describe as classy. I don’t know, but there’s much more to38Please respect copyright.PENANAFHg9DXgb4A
her than just her beauty. You’re a man, and I have no doubt you see it too.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAE9iBYzrAqm
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Everyone was silent except for Oliver, who loudly sucked at his smoothie38Please respect copyright.PENANA0OBXcG9rXa
through the straw. Angel found herself looking at Marco with her cheeks feeling38Please respect copyright.PENANAM8tAQBlAhI
like hot coals slapped across her face. Marco turned from Leo to Angel, and the38Please respect copyright.PENANAkvbT9IZmzY
corner of his lips rose to a smile. This time, his smile was gentle and38Please respect copyright.PENANA2VSkEKHwXI
sincere.38Please respect copyright.PENANA0praKDmx8q
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Leo swallowed, as he didn’t know how to respond to Marco’s statement. He saw38Please respect copyright.PENANAwklZ0RzlQh
Marco shift his attention to Angel. As much as Marco was somewhat right from38Please respect copyright.PENANAYcWAd5IGJl
Leo’s perspective, he did his best to try and not take it to heart. For some38Please respect copyright.PENANArQCeQkPfcs
reason, he couldn’t stand the way Marco looked at her, and it bothered him a38Please respect copyright.PENANArEjqDhz5ho
little. He started to wonder if Marco really liked Angel.38Please respect copyright.PENANAezleQwRKAB
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Eric felt like taking Angel by the hand and dragging her away from Marco. He38Please respect copyright.PENANAPQWEyrTeRY
shifted uncomfortably in his chair, and he thought of bringing something up to38Please respect copyright.PENANAH7HFbRzhCX
ease the tension that he felt, but nothing came to mind.38Please respect copyright.PENANA3Fr09Tnl72
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Carly couldn’t help but stare at Angel. What Marco said resonated with her, and38Please respect copyright.PENANAI5q5lNI3fl
as she stared at her sister, she could see it clearly. She always felt there38Please respect copyright.PENANAqgcHoMxLjR
was something about Angel that she couldn’t put her finger on, and it seems38Please respect copyright.PENANAA2oZCTL5B9
Marco hit the nail right on the head. Carly has not always looked up at her38Please respect copyright.PENANA5J6Eno8WRs
sister because she was older, but she always carried with her a certain essence38Please respect copyright.PENANAQaRbGaaTrX
that Carly’s been following blindly for years. She knew she could never be like38Please respect copyright.PENANAiYtFeTiWrU
Angel, but that essence always showed brightly, and Carly always admired Angel38Please respect copyright.PENANAPzMi4e96se
for it.38Please respect copyright.PENANALZ9AW4Y0O3
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“We’re out of nachos,” Oliver announced, bringing everyone out of their38Please respect copyright.PENANAWmkfKRrgDN
thoughts.38Please respect copyright.PENANAGRAhhiztU8
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“I’ll go get some,” said Leo, grateful for Oliver finishing the nachos. He38Please respect copyright.PENANAg6522UkGGx
really needed to take a breather.38Please respect copyright.PENANA2sskVuqOb5
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Leo picked up the empty bowl and started to make his way to the bar counter.38Please respect copyright.PENANASJf4CwipIP
Oliver started to say something to keep everyone busy. When Leo was just a few38Please respect copyright.PENANABSsBNWq05h
feet away from the bar, it was then that Angel jerked upright in her seat as38Please respect copyright.PENANA9wrmgWYbF4
though she had woken up from a bad dream.38Please respect copyright.PENANAWqafbrz7nw
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“Hey, are you okay?” Eric asked.38Please respect copyright.PENANANYb7eepLxp
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“I’m good, thanks,” Angel replied, assuring Eric with a smile. She turned to38Please respect copyright.PENANAlIGUdNmhjv
Leo, who was heading to the counter. Kim was obviously on the other side, so38Please respect copyright.PENANAbf7i7eJFVE
Leo wouldn’t see them. She was worrying over nothing.38Please respect copyright.PENANApuK3RzbfyD
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Miranda quickly turned back in her seat to face the beer and wine bottles on38Please respect copyright.PENANAAHOp1lusVf
the shelf behind the bar counter as she saw Leo approach. She swallowed as she38Please respect copyright.PENANAPEWHe2NUMs
felt her hands start to shake. A debate arose in her head. Should she say38Please respect copyright.PENANAD92TvSgJ1T
something to him when he comes over? Why should she? It’s not like he can38Please respect copyright.PENANA6OrnwcAZFU
remember that they met at the candy store. I am just being silly, she said to38Please respect copyright.PENANA8YQOVZ6biw
herself.38Please respect copyright.PENANACxxVVTieIB
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Leo finally reached the counter, and he happened to stand next to Miranda. When38Please respect copyright.PENANAsEqXbzdQa1
Miranda saw him through the corner of her eye, she felt frightened like a mouse38Please respect copyright.PENANAxwTXRhebO4
that scurries away when it sees the enemy. However, she tried to sit still in38Please respect copyright.PENANALm9FExvGMC
her seat so as not to draw any attention to herself. She looked down at the38Please respect copyright.PENANAChYxxJ7zkm
glass in front of her and slowly took it. She tried to control the trembling in38Please respect copyright.PENANASmHSJ54cDJ
her hand and hoped that she wouldn’t spill the drink over or that Leo wouldn’t38Please respect copyright.PENANAP4daI6DgmU
notice her.38Please respect copyright.PENANAzUy9oziTHw
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Leo ordered another plate of nachos, and his eyes diverted to the side. His38Please respect copyright.PENANA4qHPJeTQ8p
eyes fell on the woman beside him. He had a funny feeling that she looked38Please respect copyright.PENANAtt4LlaYdaf
familiar, but he didn’t know if he should ask. Still, it was better to mind his38Please respect copyright.PENANAnszol7vs1Q
own business.38Please respect copyright.PENANA4mEkL8RHM6
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Miranda felt his eyes on her, and automatically, her head turned to the side to38Please respect copyright.PENANAUeQeoxibvc
look at Leo. After realizing what she had done, her eyes went wide with38Please respect copyright.PENANASSFYs7sYUX
surprise.38Please respect copyright.PENANAwp5ghUPVxx
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“I remember you from somewhere,” said Leo.38Please respect copyright.PENANAJQWn8AlJSX
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“Ah, yes,” said Miranda. Her surprised look seemed to have worked in her favor.38Please respect copyright.PENANAh1w94SekSN
“At the candy store.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAUx1FaUmGuw
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“Oh, yeah, right,” said Leo as he gave a nod of his head. “I remember. You38Please respect copyright.PENANADyQZe1JVb7
bumped into that moving shelf.”38Please respect copyright.PENANA7iZZVjhkhT
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“That was embarrassing,” said Miranda as she laughed. “I was in a rush.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAs8B1J0pP65
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Leo gave her a friendly smile and nodded his head, showing that he understood.38Please respect copyright.PENANAUPVPoFEa1M
His gesture made Miranda almost want to shoot out of her stool like a rocket.38Please respect copyright.PENANAg6gjhZ8iA4
Her heart fluttered, and she wanted to hold on to that beautiful feeling38Please respect copyright.PENANAE3oVQTMz5w
forever.38Please respect copyright.PENANATDAYSu7MHM
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The bartender came back with the plate refilled with nachos and cheese. Leo38Please respect copyright.PENANAwC2ay51leB
took it and thanked the bartender. He turned to Miranda, and she knew that38Please respect copyright.PENANAj6JoODqR9X
their conversation ended here.38Please respect copyright.PENANAHnK1Qyf8Ym
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“It was nice seeing you again,” said Leo. “Enjoy your drink.”38Please respect copyright.PENANA0SiQM2YJT9
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“Thanks,” said Miranda. She didn’t know what to say next as Leo took his leave.38Please respect copyright.PENANAEOqdjqo9Pj
The thought of being just a stranger to him didn’t sit well with Miranda. She38Please respect copyright.PENANANeomHtQnk1
wanted to be close to him. How will she be able to do that?38Please respect copyright.PENANAnG1n15Ptj4
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Her eyes fell to the table Leo was heading to, and she saw Carly talking with38Please respect copyright.PENANAzyewM2owcl
so much glee. She didn’t seem to have a care in the world, and it hurt Miranda38Please respect copyright.PENANAjrQInEJABr
that she should be the one close to Leo and not her.38Please respect copyright.PENANAEApHtTDFv8
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Carly turned her eyes to Leo, who was approaching the table, and she couldn’t38Please respect copyright.PENANA0jOfweRBUD
help but smile at him. Miranda was smart enough to turn her head so that Carly38Please respect copyright.PENANAlW3hSCwULh
wouldn’t see her. Miranda knew her time was up, and she was guessing that she38Please respect copyright.PENANAI5YE2D30fR
might have overstayed at the bar. It was time to go back upstairs. She thought38Please respect copyright.PENANAVY52o07UOJ
of looking back at Leo, but it wasn’t worth the risk. It was best for her to38Please respect copyright.PENANAzVK6OnUrI4
leave, but after she finished her martini.38Please respect copyright.PENANAIVBXGQZCky
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A few seconds before that, Trina came back to the table with two bottles of38Please respect copyright.PENANAIezGwrFVAF
cider. She sat herself down and placed one bottle in front of Kim.38Please respect copyright.PENANApMvpIk5KXN
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“Thanks,” said Kim.38Please respect copyright.PENANAljQRrVZI6p
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“Have you thought of what to do?” Trina asked. “We can’t see Leo from here.38Please respect copyright.PENANA4vnWHQhwXI
That’s if you really plan on catching Leo with his lover.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAE7J2vfhvKS
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“I thought of sitting by the counter and peeping on him,” Kim suggested.38Please respect copyright.PENANAbZPIVAH7dn
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“Sounds like a good idea,” said Trina. “Even if we were to see him walking out,38Please respect copyright.PENANAv8GTMybz38
it would be impossible for us to see where he would go.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAM0ICXqzUiK
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As the two women stood at the table, Trina stopped Kim by placing her hand on38Please respect copyright.PENANARUJyKUZak4
Kim’s shoulder.38Please respect copyright.PENANAezt3ojBID6
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“I know you’re tired of me saying this,” said Trina, “but doing this is a bad38Please respect copyright.PENANAVgeatoEFDa
idea. We should get out while we can.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAu09g4W6XtO
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Kim scoffed. “I gave you my word earlier, didn’t I? There is no need to repeat38Please respect copyright.PENANArsBF5ELEBH
the conversation. Let’s go.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAy5uGcy3UJK
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Trina’s hand fell away from Kim’s shoulder as Kim started to make her way to38Please respect copyright.PENANAPpju23ZcPe
the other side of the bar. Trina followed her, and coming back the way they38Please respect copyright.PENANAieeKtuiBHm
came, they stopped at the counter. From the angle at which they stood, they38Please respect copyright.PENANA0EP1xnLXuH
were able to see Leo’s table.38Please respect copyright.PENANANM0u6U3MTI
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The two of them sat on the stools, facing each other. Trina had her back facing38Please respect copyright.PENANAB7DV3rp6XK
Leo’s table, shielding Kim from plain sight if the worst happened.38Please respect copyright.PENANAXSjOeI5hMh
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“I can’t see so much, so you’ll be telling me what’s going on,” said Trina.38Please respect copyright.PENANANTM1w88Tax
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“You’re overthinking things,” said Kim. “You can take a peek and still won’t be38Please respect copyright.PENANAvNjU45skr0
seen. Oh, look, Leo is coming over.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAkeX4kJp6fD
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Trina turned her head slightly to see Leo approach the other side of the38Please respect copyright.PENANAxNv7VMu6Fl
counter. He wasn’t looking in their direction, so they were at ease as they38Please respect copyright.PENANAfj7AhYKKqP
looked on. They saw him ask the bar tender for another refill of nachos. He38Please respect copyright.PENANAbFDlFXMlLu
soon looked at the woman beside him, and Kim held Trina’s hand on the bar38Please respect copyright.PENANA55KhRelAEu
counter in anticipation.38Please respect copyright.PENANAIKBDB8nzUP
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“Could it be her?” Kim asked, almost squeezing Trina’s hand.38Please respect copyright.PENANApbB6ImOWbv
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Trina looked at the woman beside Leo as she turned to look at him. She shook38Please respect copyright.PENANAce7CbVxkdd
her head. “I don’t think so,” said Trina.38Please respect copyright.PENANA0Zrk5Jbrfv
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They watched as Leo talked with the woman briefly, and as soon as he took the bowl38Please respect copyright.PENANAct4pUSLM1D
of nachos, he addressed the woman and went back to his table. Trina shook her38Please respect copyright.PENANA560NCH1wIW
head.38Please respect copyright.PENANARvvtBGevr3
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“She’s not the one,” said Trina. “They looked like they knew each other, but38Please respect copyright.PENANA2wqgua9Mcl
not at that intimate level.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAtcF8M8R2xG
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“Are you sure?” Kim asked. “Because he was smiling at her.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAS4H8Q44kkh
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Trina rolled her eyes before turning them at her friend. “Does every smile he38Please respect copyright.PENANApXbYAViVeZ
gives everyone mean that he is flirting with them?” she asked. “He looks like38Please respect copyright.PENANACFXfmRmBcp
he was being friendly to me.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAEXHS6q5ut4
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“What if she’s the one and they were communicating in some way through code?”38Please respect copyright.PENANA3b5UVwQvj3
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Trina raised an eyebrow at her. Kim knew she was taking things a little far and38Please respect copyright.PENANAJZXk2mkJP8
looked the other way, taking a sip from her bottle and feeling embarrassed.38Please respect copyright.PENANAivrEATGiRL
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Angel stared at her empty glass of soda, concluding that she needed to refill.38Please respect copyright.PENANAV5NDV8bvhD
She excused herself from the table and started to make her way to the bar38Please respect copyright.PENANAvcwBgHN5y7
counter.38Please respect copyright.PENANAyvDGwHbtb5
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Miranda finished her martini in one huge gulp. She placed the glass on the38Please respect copyright.PENANAEkFDB0kzuA
counter, leaving the bill under the glass. After she stepped down from her38Please respect copyright.PENANAqicgHmBdkS
stool, she turned around and came shoulder to shoulder with someone.38Please respect copyright.PENANAe1OVwODBl4
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“Oh, sorry about that,” said a beautiful woman in a stunning red velvet dress.38Please respect copyright.PENANAbtBWSU6M65
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Miranda almost panicked, for she thought the person she had bumped into was38Please respect copyright.PENANA4Hioalo0A1
someone familiar. However, looking closely, she realized that it was Angel,38Please respect copyright.PENANAGDaB2r9jdc
Carly’s older sister. Miranda knew Angel didn’t know about her, but Miranda38Please respect copyright.PENANAgZ9Hc0o4R2
knew who she was. In the past, when she and Carly used to work together, Carly38Please respect copyright.PENANA3t2Lt2cLAw
had shown Angel’s pictures to her a few times. Miranda acknowledged that the38Please respect copyright.PENANAzOH8kNIQJu
sisters had looks that could kill, but there was something about Angel’s beauty38Please respect copyright.PENANAN2KpKU6wkx
that was different from Carly’s.38Please respect copyright.PENANAaK3BTSO9FN
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“Oh, it’s nothing,” said Miranda.38Please respect copyright.PENANAAEPw3hn4gZ
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Angel smiled at her before turning her attention to the bartender. Miranda38Please respect copyright.PENANAP6qA22ev87
turned around to head out of the bar when she froze in her tracks. She felt38Please respect copyright.PENANAGpqdsN9wXy
caught in a trap as she looked ahead. This is bad.38Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0ttCW4QDo
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Carly’s eyes fell on Miranda as she looked over to the bar to check on her38Please respect copyright.PENANABcA2z2RReX
sister. Miranda happened to be right in her line of vision. Carly’s eyes38Please respect copyright.PENANArNq2oI5oSf
widened with fear as thoughts started to run through her head. What was Miranda38Please respect copyright.PENANAwTwj0lQnHS
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Angel thanked the bartender after refilling her glass, and when she turned38Please respect copyright.PENANAgs4ybNG46E
around, the woman whom she bumped into stood still like a statue. Angel read38Please respect copyright.PENANAqg6wUKS74B
her body language, and she realized that the person seemed to be in some kind38Please respect copyright.PENANAZujLG4923c
of shock. She noticed the woman looking towards the table where her sister and38Please respect copyright.PENANAOQ3elIPvPf
the others were. Moreover, she saw Carly look at the woman with the same38Please respect copyright.PENANAA1q85Ij6Yf
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Angel raised an eyebrow. She was just about to touch the woman’s shoulder to38Please respect copyright.PENANAuejoK328Wg
get her attention, but she thought better of it.38Please respect copyright.PENANAq7oO9e95cZ
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“Hey, are you okay?” Angel asked.38Please respect copyright.PENANA9UtmsiMr5Y
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Miranda jolted back to reality and turned to look at Angel. She nervously38Please respect copyright.PENANAChlNK7vM9g
chuckled. “Uh, yes, I’m fine, thanks,” said Miranda. “I thought I saw someone I38Please respect copyright.PENANAx1Cp44WcBY
knew, but I was mistaken. I should go now.”38Please respect copyright.PENANA0v83QVQQoL
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Before Angel could say anything, Miranda quickly made her way out of the bar.38Please respect copyright.PENANA0ynPwGsDdw
Those who were wondering what took Angel so long turned to the bar counter and38Please respect copyright.PENANAdalWup5vAZ
saw the woman quickly walk away from Angel. Angel looked at the young woman,38Please respect copyright.PENANAghSPfQpsh7
and she turned her attention back to the table, specifically on Carly. Carly38Please respect copyright.PENANAHttuSbMYGr
didn’t turn her head right away as she looked at her sister. She didn’t want to38Please respect copyright.PENANApD6yTHdTqR
look like she knew Miranda, and it was best to act natural. Angel went back to38Please respect copyright.PENANAD0gArzXg0X
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“What was that about?” Eric asked.38Please respect copyright.PENANAbfLd0XN1jV
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“Oh, she thought she recognized someone, but she was mistaken,” said Angel as38Please respect copyright.PENANA87lwvwse0T
she sat back down on her seat, placing her glass on the table.38Please respect copyright.PENANAkwXR1TYFQ0
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“She must have meant me,” said Leo. Carly looked at him, surprised at his38Please respect copyright.PENANAvMNtCE3dxe
statement. “Remember the time we went to that candy store a few days ago?” He38Please respect copyright.PENANArEhxkQ6Baj
looked at Eric. “She was the one who bumped into that moving shelf.”38Please respect copyright.PENANABfyRRSmH73
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“Oh, I see,” said Angel. “But she said she didn’t recognize anyone.”38Please respect copyright.PENANATFMKhXasB8
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“Obviously she was nervous because of Leo again,” said Eric. “I bet the reason38Please respect copyright.PENANAiReUV5uzDp
she bumped into that shelf was because of your scary looks.”38Please respect copyright.PENANADC0G3HEV7z
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Angel shook her head. “Not this again,” she said.38Please respect copyright.PENANA9hKQaX0X10
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“Mind you,” Leo started to say, “when I went over to the bar, I actually talked38Please respect copyright.PENANAsaaVMba3ZC
to her. She didn’t seem nervous to me.”38Please respect copyright.PENANANDvAVQbQkQ
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“She obviously fell for your good looks, not the scary one as Eric had put it,”38Please respect copyright.PENANAOI9w2kQJB1
said Marco.38Please respect copyright.PENANA6gA6MU76cm
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“You really are a bully, Eric,” said Oliver. “It’s not Leo’s fault that he is38Please respect copyright.PENANA6x18uzqOlE
more handsome than you.”38Please respect copyright.PENANA7Qd0YinMdJ
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Marcos and Angel laughed at Eric. Eric, on the other hand, felt like hitting38Please respect copyright.PENANAKKR8OL9qvG
his brother on the head. Carly had been silent the whole time as thoughts ran38Please respect copyright.PENANAn5c0N7fAoH
through her head. Miranda actually had a talk with Leo, and that scared her.38Please respect copyright.PENANA3IGHuVKOt2
Could she have told Leo that she was also there at his bachelor party?38Please respect copyright.PENANAK4IV6Uc88c
Moreover, they met days ago at the candy store, and she finds herself here at38Please respect copyright.PENANAsXgSs82JQ8
the hotel. Why did Carly feel like she was suddenly in jeopardy?38Please respect copyright.PENANAicUSP6nt79
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Angel wiped away the tears from her eyes, and she soon looked at Carly, who38Please respect copyright.PENANAYoBRLJ9Afj
looked lost in thought. She couldn’t help but wonder what her sister was38Please respect copyright.PENANAMjnIKuflGa
thinking about.38Please respect copyright.PENANAWvdlscrUVC
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“You, Oliver, have really cracked me up today,” said Marco as he continued to38Please respect copyright.PENANAbQR42NodHS
laugh. “I can’t wait for us to hang out like this again.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAoPpzZQXjzT
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Oliver beamed at Marco happily, while Eric felt like slapping that look off his38Please respect copyright.PENANAh1CwUCK5HV
brother’s face.38Please respect copyright.PENANAp77uZW557U
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“Yeah, Oliver has really cracked me up too,” said Angel as she turned to smile38Please respect copyright.PENANAyvbyRh5bX3
at Oliver.38Please respect copyright.PENANAENB3HnAC7A
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“I hate to wrap things up here,” said Marco, “but I’m done for the night.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAjp2TRAmYib
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“Oh, that’s a shame,” said Eric. “We were really having fun.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAlPIczRjEZl
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“Don’t you think it’s also getting late?” Angel asked the others. “We better be38Please respect copyright.PENANAvAivwQa9ul
heading out too.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAtU7slHMoPU
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Leo gave Angel a look. He still didn’t get the chance to be alone with Carly.38Please respect copyright.PENANABgo9zhQhNS
When Marco said he was leaving, he thought he had the opportunity. He turned to38Please respect copyright.PENANAprg5pGBXaw
look at Carly beside him, and she seemed to look lost in her own world.38Please respect copyright.PENANAXHq85qPx6y
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“We should,” said Oliver. “I want us to pass somewhere and get ice cream on our38Please respect copyright.PENANAFeBGYMlRne
way home.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAG9IdwUuufi
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“Uh, wait a minute,” said Leo. “Some of us would like to spend a little time38Please respect copyright.PENANALFxB9oKbSL
here.”38Please respect copyright.PENANALu2eAYMVTq
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Angel threw Leo a look, knowing what he was playing at. She wanted to leave38Please respect copyright.PENANAsLJYwT6rpr
because the possibility of Leo seeing Kim and Trina was high, and she didn’t38Please respect copyright.PENANAk1ZhgJ50mk
want to risk it. Moreover, if Kim does see Leo spending his time alone with38Please respect copyright.PENANAp42R9Y8SWl
Carly, she will realize without a doubt that Carly is Leo’s lover. If only she38Please respect copyright.PENANAzP400jCnBS
could tell Leo without making him so upset, she thought to herself.38Please respect copyright.PENANAhAPtI5UcfW
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“Leo’s right,” said Eric, looking over at Leo. “I would like to stay here for a38Please respect copyright.PENANAFSoUgtB52s
little longer.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAMuA6F17BoW
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Angel sighed, but not the kind that anyone would notice. It looks like she lost38Please respect copyright.PENANAnUJnB7vSeq
this one. She just has to find a way to work around it.38Please respect copyright.PENANASiXmSoiC6C
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“Well, then I’ll leave you to enjoy yourselves,” said Marco as he stood up from38Please respect copyright.PENANA1fKWFDvdph
his seat. “Before I forget,” he said as he turned to Angel. “I would love to38Please respect copyright.PENANA32pukOgMR5
get your number, Angel.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAmculDzq38T
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Angel almost forgot about that, and she blushed immediately when Marco asked her.38Please respect copyright.PENANAext38jZ2wv
She watched him pull out his phone. He turned his eyes on her, giving her his38Please respect copyright.PENANAjw1zfcZ3XF
full attention. Angel hesitated for a bit before giving out her number, and he38Please respect copyright.PENANAl1cOrOgsPg
typed it down on his phone. Eric and Leo looked on, wondering why Marco looked38Please respect copyright.PENANAG53hFvElAF
so eager to get her number. Carly wasn’t paying much attention, so she couldn’t38Please respect copyright.PENANA3ssgSaWXLF
care less.38Please respect copyright.PENANA65o3NUYOms
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“I really enjoyed my time with you,” said Marco, pocketing his phone away. “We38Please respect copyright.PENANAMEy9kpu5wf
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“Sure,” said Eric, putting up a smile for Marco, which proved to be very38Please respect copyright.PENANAuDu8t1P692
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Marco wished everyone a good night, and everyone responded back. Even Carly,38Please respect copyright.PENANAsCal8EdhBa
who looked absent-minded, said goodnight. Before leaving, Marco gave Angel a38Please respect copyright.PENANAmWVsf13XmK
wink, telling her to expect a message from him anytime soon. Angel only smiled,38Please respect copyright.PENANAh8wXsfXpvG
feeling embarrassed that he said that in front of everyone.38Please respect copyright.PENANASP7L0DZY47
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“Marco really likes you, Angel,” said Oliver after Marco had left the bar.38Please respect copyright.PENANA990SOUzzte
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“Why do you say that?” Angel asked, looking at the boy with wide eyes.38Please respect copyright.PENANAZbCAjtO5bE
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“Don’t listen to him,” said Eric. “Kids don’t know what they say nowadays.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAjOyvGRmz1m
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Leo turned to Carly, and it was then that he noticed that she hadn’t talked38Please respect copyright.PENANAeVpnIjlYwv
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“Hey, Carly, are you okay?” Leo asked.38Please respect copyright.PENANAyXYzP047nN
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Everyone turned to look at Carly. She tried to hide it with a smile, telling38Please respect copyright.PENANA4yzLIkzWlW
Leo that she was alright. Angel couldn’t point out why her sister looked low,38Please respect copyright.PENANAtyB99IYAv8
but she knew she could use this to her advantage.38Please respect copyright.PENANAGnjWYcfzMh
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“You look tired, Carly,” said Angel. “Maybe we should call it a night and head38Please respect copyright.PENANA0iiFcLkpJB
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Carly looked at Angel, and a small smile appeared on her face. She definitely38Please respect copyright.PENANAYGQ9uDeYLL
needed to leave. The fact that Miranda was here messed with her head a lot, and38Please respect copyright.PENANAdpMUIXYluv
she felt like being as far away from the hotel as possible. Considering that,38Please respect copyright.PENANAbX9GL1567e
Miranda might still be around.38Please respect copyright.PENANAoS7oBzNTaN
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“Angel is right,” said Carly. “I’m feeling rather overwhelmed. We’ve had a long38Please respect copyright.PENANAErXSZ8vACD
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Leo looked a little disappointed, but now that he saw Carly more clearly, she38Please respect copyright.PENANAlNIzSYNRBF
didn’t look too well at all. It looks like his plans for tonight might as well38Please respect copyright.PENANAPOE4R9eXDt
go down the drain. If Carly was feeling too tired, it was understandable that38Please respect copyright.PENANAAozlrCUgkE
she wasn’t going to enjoy his company alone with him either.38Please respect copyright.PENANAEaOmacSTii
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“Alright,” said Leo. “We better get going if we’re going to get Oliver’s ice38Please respect copyright.PENANApr37tL6ENs
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“We better check out of that room and get our stuff then,” said Eric.38Please respect copyright.PENANAiTk1Z3dsBR
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“Oh, I forgot about that. Why don’t you go to the room while I go bring the car38Please respect copyright.PENANALrGRdqbXGY
around?”38Please respect copyright.PENANAtSHk0e1GSu
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“Sure.” Eric quickly stood up from his seat and started to make his way out of38Please respect copyright.PENANA73WOIa9AfU
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Trina and Kim, who still sat observing Leo, noticed Eric stand up from his38Please respect copyright.PENANAGooDIahiJ9
seat. The others were still at the table, and it was only a moment later that38Please respect copyright.PENANAXBH6OFo25S
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“Look, they’re leaving,” said Trina.38Please respect copyright.PENANAHDxQmSjHKz
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“Do you think Leo will get this opportunity to see his lover?” Kim asked.38Please respect copyright.PENANAaN3VZkCr5S
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“He can’t do that with the others tagging along,” said Trina. “Let’s watch and38Please respect copyright.PENANAWvz9gmCrlg
see.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAn47yAkwGny
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Angel and Oliver started to make their way to the entrance of the bar when38Please respect copyright.PENANAnIci8YMwAy
Angel, through the corner of her eye, saw Kim and Trina. This was bad. From38Please respect copyright.PENANAurSYmFckPy
where she stood, she feared Leo might also notice them. She slowed her pace38Please respect copyright.PENANAXlOiuelH1Y
with Oliver and waited for Carly and Leo to catch up. If she was lucky, Leo38Please respect copyright.PENANAtC78JsV7fn
might pass by without noticing Kim and Trina, but one can never be too sure.38Please respect copyright.PENANAL3i9CXIfh9
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Carly made her way to Angel and Oliver, with Leo following slowly behind her.38Please respect copyright.PENANApl4vCF3zed
Without much thought, his eyes found their way to the bar counter, and he38Please respect copyright.PENANAFB86xH9v0i
noticed someone familiar at the other end. Only when the person turned in his38Please respect copyright.PENANAeEU4smIxoI
direction and their eyes fell on him did he realize who it was.38Please respect copyright.PENANA60MlTKplpo
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“Oh, my gosh,” said Kim as she held Trina’s shoulder in a tight grip. “He’s38Please respect copyright.PENANAvOj5SDfH4M
seen us.”38Please respect copyright.PENANALNQl90HzX4
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Trina choked on her own words that she couldn’t speak as he saw Leo staring38Please respect copyright.PENANAB7KUrS5RRY
back. His eyes slowly started to flame with anger. Or was it fury?38Please respect copyright.PENANA0HaKO7RWyE
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“Trina, we better go,” said Kim.38Please respect copyright.PENANA6gezZEqIsE
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Leo couldn’t believe Trina and Kim were there by the counter, staring back at38Please respect copyright.PENANAq9jpteg15m
him. Did they happen to be here by coincidence, or did were they here because38Please respect copyright.PENANAcun5UMYtca
of him? He noticed how scared they looked at him, as if they had been caught38Please respect copyright.PENANA9aoCBDvVce
doing something wrong. That confirmed that they were following him. He decided38Please respect copyright.PENANAqeaO7jmabU
he was going to give them a piece of his mind.38Please respect copyright.PENANAluQlNUqjmE
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Just as he was about to make his way over to them, a gentle touch fell on his38Please respect copyright.PENANAzl5YeRVOEp
shoulder, stopping him from proceeding further. He looked to the side, and he38Please respect copyright.PENANALSvIu72EHO
found Angel standing right beside him, her hand on his shoulder. She looked at38Please respect copyright.PENANAI9pxHSDzlS
him with her soft brown eyes; they were stern yet so peaceful. There was38Please respect copyright.PENANAwzATSoEN2b
something about her look and her presence beside him that made him slowly start38Please respect copyright.PENANAs132PN2NGV
to feel the anger in him dissipate like smoke.38Please respect copyright.PENANAcSY2oDxYg3
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She shook her head. “Not here,” she said to him in her normal tone of voice.38Please respect copyright.PENANAEtKqYLdwNa
“Now is not the time to make a scene.”38Please respect copyright.PENANA3JwVZMtO3Q
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Leo sighed, and he felt his muscles slowly start to relax. Angel was right; now38Please respect copyright.PENANA3KAm3Sk6fH
wasn’t the time to throw a tantrum. He looked back at Kim, who continued to38Please respect copyright.PENANA9sQx1Qe77c
look at him, still with a scared look on her face.38Please respect copyright.PENANAtZMUtvFJA6
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"Fine," he said to Angel as he looked at her.38Please respect copyright.PENANAGLv1wzPpzd
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Angel gave a smile of relief. She turned to look at Trina and Kim, giving them38Please respect copyright.PENANAmXgP6Wlggr
a nod of her head. The two best friends looked relieved, but they knew that38Please respect copyright.PENANAMSoR6y2VyY
this wasn’t over.38Please respect copyright.PENANAcnsHwPhTNK
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Leo turned around to head out of the bar. Fortunately, Oliver and Carly were38Please respect copyright.PENANAoHYzBAywwh
way ahead of him, so they didn't see his silent altercation with Kim and Trina.38Please respect copyright.PENANABDNxaYoBMu
He walked out of the bar with Angel following closely behind him.38Please respect copyright.PENANAYsO7zRuJ2i
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"Thanks for that back there," Leo said to her.38Please respect copyright.PENANAy0EmITnK2F
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"Well, getting yourself angry wasn't going to do you or me any38Please respect copyright.PENANApIPoRbDKFL
favors," said Angel.38Please respect copyright.PENANAwdftsfieli
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Leo turned to look at her through the corner of his eye. "How long have38Please respect copyright.PENANAOTfGl2txpo
they been there?"38Please respect copyright.PENANAntzClRTdJ1
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Angel found no point in lying to him. "I noticed them during our dinner. I38Please respect copyright.PENANARswg54lw36
didn't want to tell you in front of our guests."38Please respect copyright.PENANAPsPPO0r5IE
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Leo scoffed. "It's obvious that they were following me. I guess that’s the38Please respect copyright.PENANAIwMYpPsCcI
reason why you didn’t want me to be alone with Carly."38Please respect copyright.PENANARinoIb1xHA
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"I don't want them to find out about your relationship with her just yet,38Please respect copyright.PENANAJN5CFTgIpc
so you've got to be careful from now on."38Please respect copyright.PENANAZhrm1vOnat
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A smile appeared across Leo's face. The two might have their differences, but38Please respect copyright.PENANAc9gAAAmRaN
it was clear to see that Angel did care about his relationship with her sister.38Please respect copyright.PENANA2QZLK9eSVw
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As they continued to walk down the stone path towards the fountain where Oliver38Please respect copyright.PENANAE96lYrVCqa
and Carly were, Leo tried to fight off the feeling of gratitude towards Angel.38Please respect copyright.PENANA22WQS2aF9H
In the end, he decided to let the feeling settle in for one night, and one38Please respect copyright.PENANAAEwxio1qTY
night only.38Please respect copyright.PENANAgmMQ0amUdh
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“That was a close one,” said Trina as she held her chest, breathing deeply.38Please respect copyright.PENANA1QDLRTHHgp
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Kim sighed in relief. “I hate to say this, but we really do have Angel to38Please respect copyright.PENANATaa0dgz471
thank,” she said. “Though I feel Leo will confront us about it.”38Please respect copyright.PENANA1pbJgL6pB5
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“Yeah, but Angel talked to him, and he calmed down in an instant.” Trina leaned38Please respect copyright.PENANAo5Lw6TADBJ
against the bar counter, looking for the bartender. “Leo barely listens to38Please respect copyright.PENANAH0FvzzRd2h
anyone, but he somehow listened to her. It’s best to receive his wrath38Please respect copyright.PENANAqpoAviMXAV
privately rather than in an open place where he can embarrass us. I’m going to38Please respect copyright.PENANAAgTaoCVqnR
order a cocktail and drink to thank Angel for saving our sorry lives. Do you38Please respect copyright.PENANAQhdeEombjv
want one?”38Please respect copyright.PENANAlE58LOKDe8
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Kim gave a nod to Trina, and while her friend tried to get the attention of the38Please respect copyright.PENANAqU8cEu8xDb
bartender, she couldn’t help but look at Leo with Angel walking beside him as38Please respect copyright.PENANAC3zyzPbsLE
they went further away from the bar. Memories of her and Leo started to38Please respect copyright.PENANAqz0k1mClYP
surface, and she couldn’t recall once when he ever listened to her when he was38Please respect copyright.PENANAaIUgF5vPcr
upset. Trina was right. Leo barely listens to anyone, except this time around,38Please respect copyright.PENANAuhxUB6f3qc
when Angel spoke to him. Her eyes fell upon Angel, who, even in that red velvet38Please respect copyright.PENANAALDtIoAqMV
dress, walked effortlessly with elegance beside Leo. Was there something about38Please respect copyright.PENANA9SD1ix1O5Y
Angel that Kim wasn’t aware of?38Please respect copyright.PENANAIaq8uohhx5
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Miranda quickly stepped out of the elevator and ran down the hall back to the38Please respect copyright.PENANAl2HYhN1Ezj
room where Red Lion and Mr. Walters were. She knew her thirty minutes were up,38Please respect copyright.PENANAjxXP310Y3m
and she had been so distracted that she didn’t notice her phone vibrate in the38Please respect copyright.PENANA0ETsLw6J2m
pocket of her jeans. When she checked in the elevator, she found three missed38Please respect copyright.PENANATx9AWvp7DI
calls from Mr. Walters, and she knew she was in for it.38Please respect copyright.PENANARgRcc8gqpD
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As soon as she reached the suite, the door flew open before she could even38Please respect copyright.PENANAVVvtgNwMmy
knock. She thought the first person she would see was Red Lion, but to her38Please respect copyright.PENANA393qS9kEHE
relief, it was Walters.38Please respect copyright.PENANAoityM0XTXV
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“What took you so long?” he asked. “And why didn’t you answer my calls?”38Please respect copyright.PENANAzXuHs1Kamt
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“I’m sorry,” said Miranda. “I got a little distracted. Is he here?”38Please respect copyright.PENANAc0ol7g6E3D
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“Yeah, but count yourself lucky,” said Walters as he stood aside to let Miranda38Please respect copyright.PENANA4ueRj4Cekk
through the door. “Red Lion was going to kill you if he wanted to.”38Please respect copyright.PENANAwFunusEhig
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Miranda slowly stepped into the room, looking towards the living room area. Red38Please respect copyright.PENANArNXXYIOVvN
Lion's comrade sat on the couch. His eyes fixed on the TV screen that showed38Please respect copyright.PENANAVLmWY9dHkT
the football game. Two more people sat on the other couch. They wore black38Please respect copyright.PENANAoYHqhieG9i
suits, and they were of Asian descent. The two looked like bodyguards. Were38Please respect copyright.PENANAZwVjkKQaOl
they here with the host who called for this meeting? Moreover, where was Red38Please respect copyright.PENANAHjSEqUFGUm
Lion?38Please respect copyright.PENANA3XhnybGr6K
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When she entered the living room area, she heard voices coming from the38Please respect copyright.PENANAN14IOT58rt
balcony. She saw Red Lion standing by the open doors of the balcony. Someone38Please respect copyright.PENANAlnNilHL0Sx
stood in front of him, talking to him. Miranda couldn’t see who it was as the38Please respect copyright.PENANAWUkplmWCbH
person stood on the balcony, and the doors hid him from view.38Please respect copyright.PENANAzksy0uYSB8
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Red Lion noticed Miranda's presence and turned to look at her. He surprisingly38Please respect copyright.PENANAAfe9rgrEtB
smiled. She almost sighed in relief, for she really thought he was going to38Please respect copyright.PENANAIBYEgRhlOe
squeeze her throat for being late. He turned to the person who stood on the38Please respect copyright.PENANAlTmjkD14ic
balcony.38Please respect copyright.PENANANRO66E6JRM
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“The young lady we were waiting on is finally here,” said Red Lion. “We can38Please respect copyright.PENANAu2qWCRQ0Fw
begin the meeting.”38Please respect copyright.PENANA27lZPK7fDW
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The person on the balcony stepped into the room, and the first thing that38Please respect copyright.PENANArpRstAK4BN
caught Miranda’s eye was that the person wore a smart black suit, and there was38Please respect copyright.PENANAWT6mFaTsI2
a charming smile on his face.