Angel was in the living 549Please respect copyright.PENANAQaXTadCCHQ
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 549Please respect copyright.PENANA9m8Tn3fRkk
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.549Please respect copyright.PENANAGJp9hrU1oy
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.549Please respect copyright.PENANAdaU5Rfgqny
"How was what?" Angel asked.549Please respect copyright.PENANAzCEqLUDGId
"Getting to know Leo?"549Please respect copyright.PENANAAYpeBGnhIg
Angel could have sworn 549Please respect copyright.PENANA4GfzGI1Ta7
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 549Please respect copyright.PENANAYVhlcBzYWf
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.549Please respect copyright.PENANA8dT7KG2UvC
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.549Please respect copyright.PENANAYSxQnM2I5k
"Really?" Amanda looked a549Please respect copyright.PENANAvMOjk4FOq8
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 549Please respect copyright.PENANAZq9NtFcQ6R
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 549Please respect copyright.PENANApwjrLsOFr1
have offended you?" 549Please respect copyright.PENANAhv37cpyIDv
"Oh, no, no," Angel replied quickly. "I just felt a little discomfort in my body and felt like it was time I saw the doctor."549Please respect copyright.PENANAAvwSj9hBVr
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"549Please respect copyright.PENANAC3v7kKMmQk
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."549Please respect copyright.PENANAJjoQ9O4pye
"Awww, you're so 549Please respect copyright.PENANAHyTyVraidq
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can549Please respect copyright.PENANASfrBR6mXti
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 549Please respect copyright.PENANASlyX13PBzy
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 549Please respect copyright.PENANAGRPeroZ2ZD
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."549Please respect copyright.PENANA2cc9B0gr3i
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."549Please respect copyright.PENANAIXcBbg0F1q
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"549Please respect copyright.PENANABAq9B11rtc
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."549Please respect copyright.PENANAy957lnUcib
Amanda gave Angel the 549Please respect copyright.PENANAUTD2TmQ0D6
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 549Please respect copyright.PENANAfApqS1TuRh
to deal with writing. It suits you."549Please respect copyright.PENANAkNTHhnJdo8
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.549Please respect copyright.PENANAP4ILZ4wyQ6
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."549Please respect copyright.PENANAYTYS5C0bZE
"What is it?" Angel asked.549Please respect copyright.PENANAcmf9Zb4lKk
"You seem to be one 549Please respect copyright.PENANARWNhmmVEdh
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,549Please respect copyright.PENANAe7sLTWN2KN
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."549Please respect copyright.PENANALYmfVjd7Cu
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.549Please respect copyright.PENANADU2G7s6rr4
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.549Please respect copyright.PENANAvtolonlkIv
"What?"549Please respect copyright.PENANAurl4pcY1Kd
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.549Please respect copyright.PENANAiW1fh5WR7z
Leo who had just come in549Please respect copyright.PENANAuL4jHhJq9O
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 549Please respect copyright.PENANAYYyAc6KKnV
just at the entrance of the living room.549Please respect copyright.PENANAUPLuBxLWjQ
"What did you just say 549Please respect copyright.PENANATB8MKKmVYP
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached549Please respect copyright.PENANA0cAlKpOxyr
the two women on the wheelchairs.549Please respect copyright.PENANAFg5sFbzF7c
Amanda turned her 549Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1AGBrKL9H
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 549Please respect copyright.PENANAaqIcqGckyl
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 549Please respect copyright.PENANAuyogoGJE5u
themselves."549Please respect copyright.PENANAY0fePy58Ee
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"549Please respect copyright.PENANAFRsIqpa9ES
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"549Please respect copyright.PENANAHxbfi746th
Leo couldn't believe 549Please respect copyright.PENANA0T3CxcHoyM
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 549Please respect copyright.PENANAfHmvjtKPVL
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.549Please respect copyright.PENANAEHoIfyt509
"Haven't you thought 549Please respect copyright.PENANAt0Tu4g1JOF
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 549Please respect copyright.PENANA4sFU9k5Bjr
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a549Please respect copyright.PENANAOHydjGIBmt
job of her own?"549Please respect copyright.PENANAz4O7v4GY0F
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."549Please respect copyright.PENANAnv5gYE5S3m
"You deserve better, my 549Please respect copyright.PENANAKEXWz8Pz6m
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 549Please respect copyright.PENANAzzLaQc2Jgv
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."549Please respect copyright.PENANARpqgVIPjch
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."549Please respect copyright.PENANANp9OVtWTDs
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."549Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9dnYmnwEy
"What makes you so sure?"549Please respect copyright.PENANA3oR6dQgvfm
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."549Please respect copyright.PENANAPEk0ApWFEw
"Mum won't though."549Please respect copyright.PENANADjSDehI3Ba
"Does she run the 549Please respect copyright.PENANAmzduktoVjB
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 549Please respect copyright.PENANANBUqrghKJ8
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 549Please respect copyright.PENANASkSVkbDLc3
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."549Please respect copyright.PENANA2CrwvWUBn8
Leo knew his grandmother549Please respect copyright.PENANA8igHPNjsuB
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 549Please respect copyright.PENANAfTuMaxmYB3
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 549Please respect copyright.PENANA9tuVdCPFux
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 549Please respect copyright.PENANAYhVo1a9I9s
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.549Please respect copyright.PENANAZvnV1yep9K
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.549Please respect copyright.PENANAEQWjyfiJNC
"Don't say any of this 549Please respect copyright.PENANAB2jPypWcfz
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 549Please respect copyright.PENANAn9HhUGXOTi
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 549Please respect copyright.PENANACkUsHXcO1i
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 549Please respect copyright.PENANAURi5gm1hZU
have to convince her a little more than I have to."549Please respect copyright.PENANAUPrgTv2b8V
Angel gulped. It felt 549Please respect copyright.PENANAVozNlyPQOl
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only549Please respect copyright.PENANAf167RGDYhC
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.549Please respect copyright.PENANAvErdR8PRIa
Leo made his way out of 549Please respect copyright.PENANA23PzhPyZPD
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 549Please respect copyright.PENANAUR1ZKYqaDH
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 549Please respect copyright.PENANAVZNn0UzpM4
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 549Please respect copyright.PENANAmMu1xDc3ot
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.549Please respect copyright.PENANAjRlBsGGjI1
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"549Please respect copyright.PENANAc46BSruQL8
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."549Please respect copyright.PENANAZTFwURv3CZ
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."549Please respect copyright.PENANAx3CxLdx9L4
But Leo went up the stairs without giving her a chance to finish. Mrs McDonell looked on at his son as he went to his room.549Please respect copyright.PENANAzXcmDi0eEM
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.549Please respect copyright.PENANAl2luWdKmIJ
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.549Please respect copyright.PENANAymOJO1swUc
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."549Please respect copyright.PENANAUSB4tslI2Z
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."549Please respect copyright.PENANAdWjkapm3MH
"I'm talking about Kim."549Please respect copyright.PENANA0Q6cPz4vN1
Angel didn't know if it 549Please respect copyright.PENANAFHr4UMrDVP
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 549Please respect copyright.PENANA9F6YuJPNym
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It549Please respect copyright.PENANAlrxn7yX7Cq
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 549Please respect copyright.PENANALJq9bGNppM
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 549Please respect copyright.PENANAao0AVBVV7x
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 549Please respect copyright.PENANAFCNcPCv5jF
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 549Please respect copyright.PENANAxWWzBPNRtw
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 549Please respect copyright.PENANAHFwIuTsBxZ
certain things?549Please respect copyright.PENANA870V2K67Tp
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.549Please respect copyright.PENANAtoewPp1hh2
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.549Please respect copyright.PENANAuX25gE159d
Angel felt like covering549Please respect copyright.PENANA66U3e4mAOr
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 549Please respect copyright.PENANA6RgykrfDgl
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 549Please respect copyright.PENANA0Vr13MmmUH
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 549Please respect copyright.PENANAty6L8t7xTD
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.549Please respect copyright.PENANARzqhl4IiNl
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.549Please respect copyright.PENANA6AeU5u2WSL
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.549Please respect copyright.PENANAf92t0VkxsX
Angel felt her heart 549Please respect copyright.PENANAV7ClybL3JK
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if549Please respect copyright.PENANAT5uCSK2MyE
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 549Please respect copyright.PENANA9VsNyTR55w
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 549Please respect copyright.PENANAlChl6JeBmZ
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 549Please respect copyright.PENANASxOFkd6OSA
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 549Please respect copyright.PENANA15Whc2Hw1e
and invited her to the wedding.549Please respect copyright.PENANAhywzr52hy3
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.549Please respect copyright.PENANA9OLzE3wGjk
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.549Please respect copyright.PENANA9ohmQdSLAD
Angel looked at Amanda 549Please respect copyright.PENANArY0xnoQkYE
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAsVt1xO36TJ
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.549Please respect copyright.PENANAmmJSkL9SBl
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 549Please respect copyright.PENANAm2ochFDySX
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they549Please respect copyright.PENANARdM27WCz2c
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they549Please respect copyright.PENANAEYM37sFLCy
saw Leo.549Please respect copyright.PENANAy8LUMNM26k
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"549Please respect copyright.PENANAv3RIx0rQ6z
"Nothing, dear," said 549Please respect copyright.PENANAro7mex54fH
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother549Please respect copyright.PENANAjS2MB9RlTH
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."549Please respect copyright.PENANANAVM6PhfhJ
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."549Please respect copyright.PENANA4S3SbQJHcb
"Have a nice day."549Please respect copyright.PENANAiPQoXD2xAB
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.549Please respect copyright.PENANAsb8ex0XY8Z
Leo nodded his head in 549Please respect copyright.PENANAIyMc8blW2R
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 549Please respect copyright.PENANAA8cbltKOJW
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 549Please respect copyright.PENANAY2bTXR3z6s
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 549Please respect copyright.PENANAhJrTrclQzh
through the front door.549Please respect copyright.PENANAcEDdMgwnnc
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.549Please respect copyright.PENANAgvCr9yv3XE
"You're unbelievable," 549Please respect copyright.PENANAuHOikwsR6f
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 549Please respect copyright.PENANAYpTDTzcUJQ
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."549Please respect copyright.PENANAnt4dVbtzdY
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.549Please respect copyright.PENANA0oXcGirocP
"I'm sorry for that, 549Please respect copyright.PENANA0BY0s645YH
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAUegiAO09eI
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."549Please respect copyright.PENANATvyEMhLt5O
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.549Please respect copyright.PENANAjGA6sC1BYR
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."549Please respect copyright.PENANAAsGz1hxIUn
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."549Please respect copyright.PENANA5qNji52Ny4
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."549Please respect copyright.PENANAzOVhcfDU4G
Angel slowly followed 549Please respect copyright.PENANAealZbkro02
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 549Please respect copyright.PENANALDFMS9lF1d
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her549Please respect copyright.PENANAF369Lv36Jq
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 549Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZEertfgX7
must have felt awful.549Please respect copyright.PENANA5FY3eFOGWs
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.549Please respect copyright.PENANAUEmRASu0y4
***549Please respect copyright.PENANAE20EYjZOAi
Eric549Please respect copyright.PENANAENIAWrYiYf
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 549Please respect copyright.PENANAEEdsDWUxUi
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.549Please respect copyright.PENANA3bhnucjPzb
He549Please respect copyright.PENANAey2IjtzL1f
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 549Please respect copyright.PENANA0g2GcxQ1od
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 549Please respect copyright.PENANAX5SlGfyZu8
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.549Please respect copyright.PENANAaJDxaBCRdV
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.549Please respect copyright.PENANAwRtvIqEHLb
Since549Please respect copyright.PENANAX0lBfUPCFX
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAYM9XsKUa8P
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 549Please respect copyright.PENANAlWaJk1MGcY
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 549Please respect copyright.PENANA62RpHDKpZm
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?549Please respect copyright.PENANA3s5CohzM8V
Who549Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9QKEgvdcx
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 549Please respect copyright.PENANAqdtiojIa4k
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft549Please respect copyright.PENANAsQ0LqjRPO2
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.549Please respect copyright.PENANAHfT3xdF4hc
He549Please respect copyright.PENANA6jZd8vbQLL
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 549Please respect copyright.PENANADPjREwEZPi
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 549Please respect copyright.PENANArYLWOErpgT
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.549Please respect copyright.PENANAtb64US6Cwi
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.549Please respect copyright.PENANAKJ5Jnqp6fl
"You've someone here to see you."549Please respect copyright.PENANA3CYPU3d2uR
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.549Please respect copyright.PENANAz7FOBq7AZD
"It's Trina."549Please respect copyright.PENANAsKc9bwQCDP
Eric549Please respect copyright.PENANAv1oNvk3XuQ
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 549Please respect copyright.PENANAZOBvJscYBp
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 549Please respect copyright.PENANAviJ5D85JYm
called off.549Please respect copyright.PENANAIeOHQK57ZZ
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.549Please respect copyright.PENANA2CvJQ4mder
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.549Please respect copyright.PENANA0tx6P9G0mh
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.549Please respect copyright.PENANAbKGcSyEXdB
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.549Please respect copyright.PENANAdFL7LkQdcD
Trina549Please respect copyright.PENANA7fXjIS7lyZ
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to549Please respect copyright.PENANAu8jq9MFkRF
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 549Please respect copyright.PENANA4xnXASLCsZ
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 549Please respect copyright.PENANADUBxCH7Yw0
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 549Please respect copyright.PENANAPwURUOkb4e
fall out sometimes but still get back together.549Please respect copyright.PENANAPVjCxLe5ux
Now549Please respect copyright.PENANAfGuwUbaIti
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 549Please respect copyright.PENANAML6VDbP3Yo
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 549Please respect copyright.PENANA40DNVqPNxo
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 549Please respect copyright.PENANAPtU7HCmWFv
weren't friends.549Please respect copyright.PENANAmCTfLwfYjZ
While549Please respect copyright.PENANAguMOgYpJAr
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 549Please respect copyright.PENANAflkZZDfzNo
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 549Please respect copyright.PENANAN96NkAPFTt
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 549Please respect copyright.PENANAIYp7NUxk3J
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 549Please respect copyright.PENANAS5qbFTVTH1
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.549Please respect copyright.PENANA3XZ7lJWwjV
One549Please respect copyright.PENANAcl9tswRnUH
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 549Please respect copyright.PENANARmPWLZNHlJ
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 549Please respect copyright.PENANANfqJW4RbmV
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 549Please respect copyright.PENANApKQvUL0VoQ
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 549Please respect copyright.PENANAA6C6TXPoWW
one.549Please respect copyright.PENANA6LoYuuUGIE
Not until he met Angel.549Please respect copyright.PENANANavvYJ6Ppp
Trina549Please respect copyright.PENANAE1mnqlIVtr
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 549Please respect copyright.PENANAkOym35hd2a
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.549Please respect copyright.PENANAp9voJRsltB
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"549Please respect copyright.PENANAUyUF9FIyYw
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."549Please respect copyright.PENANAGF0JCxWMek
Trina549Please respect copyright.PENANARlrA31bEGv
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 549Please respect copyright.PENANAhgeGXBjtsV
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 549Please respect copyright.PENANADb2NCILu72
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 549Please respect copyright.PENANAo8TsbIC5SD
beautiful.549Please respect copyright.PENANA3Nh0xytU4x
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.549Please respect copyright.PENANAGK3QSkGlA2
"Then549Please respect copyright.PENANAgZZ1qVuXy9
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 549Please respect copyright.PENANAkU9cLN40if
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 549Please respect copyright.PENANAr9RIsR2t5n
side to try and work things out."549Please respect copyright.PENANA6QfYYiRQSD
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."549Please respect copyright.PENANAUqSXT2OGI2
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."549Please respect copyright.PENANAJQ2BpNXlVk
"Ya, me too."549Please respect copyright.PENANAhAR6IoC23j
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."549Please respect copyright.PENANAGDtffNjOd9
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.549Please respect copyright.PENANA3RL5hIZRO8
"Do you know something, Eric?"549Please respect copyright.PENANAkF7eRmcXOC
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"549Please respect copyright.PENANAL3nGco7FFm
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"549Please respect copyright.PENANA4FoCVJItNa
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."549Please respect copyright.PENANAdTxVeTtZGR
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.549Please respect copyright.PENANANnmX1aT9hD
Eric549Please respect copyright.PENANAx4P7Zqg6BJ
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that549Please respect copyright.PENANAwbUdOxCjVC
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 549Please respect copyright.PENANACLjnDUcYGe
eyes with a corky smile on his face.549Please respect copyright.PENANAXUlCvn0wy3
"Please,549Please respect copyright.PENANA0oZqOyuxou
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 549Please respect copyright.PENANAOkM8LO2Ai2
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 549Please respect copyright.PENANAhLfyYK24nU
ask him?"549Please respect copyright.PENANA5Dhaf49z6R
Trina549Please respect copyright.PENANAGcdN61mW9d
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 549Please respect copyright.PENANACL2pHq6ZYp
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 549Please respect copyright.PENANAAQ9QUZFlTa
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."549Please respect copyright.PENANAXjrfnevRJA
Eric549Please respect copyright.PENANA9gXaJ3j7sV
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 549Please respect copyright.PENANAy8AM4bPTJq
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."549Please respect copyright.PENANAybgSe9Q6ba
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"549Please respect copyright.PENANA5ldZOSycZD
Eric549Please respect copyright.PENANAucTN5i0Y9p
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 549Please respect copyright.PENANAERaW3mWyeX
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 549Please respect copyright.PENANAr612evX6QB
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 549Please respect copyright.PENANA0OXU6FQxG6
to say next.549Please respect copyright.PENANATR8u18EASO
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"549Please respect copyright.PENANATb2uVXySiu
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.549Please respect copyright.PENANAnRlfyqO3TB
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"549Please respect copyright.PENANAeGe6UIyz9t
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."549Please respect copyright.PENANAX7JivuLZbj
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"549Please respect copyright.PENANAaw1saGt4PS
"She's549Please respect copyright.PENANAgmr1xh8spp
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 549Please respect copyright.PENANA1Aw5BG6iYE
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.549Please respect copyright.PENANAY4i6FJdTeR
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 549Please respect copyright.PENANAJgCAVK0WX7
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 549Please respect copyright.PENANAG9jj7ew3nA
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 549Please respect copyright.PENANAeKAbpZhH3K
anymore.549Please respect copyright.PENANAhAIDiEd4IC
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.549Please respect copyright.PENANA9D8K5LuOCz
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"549Please respect copyright.PENANA84q0E05TXI
Trina549Please respect copyright.PENANABRO5HWOy6r
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 549Please respect copyright.PENANA9pGfDCW5qC
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 549Please respect copyright.PENANAajx5rVJwTr
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 549Please respect copyright.PENANA487KjFCbnO
massage him.549Please respect copyright.PENANAzMY9gh2PpQ
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"549Please respect copyright.PENANAX6hCVJTj2Z
Eric549Please respect copyright.PENANAWILf7EX1lH
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 549Please respect copyright.PENANAqQLyqnKCg9
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 549Please respect copyright.PENANAGZ8dLrEi7g
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 549Please respect copyright.PENANAGYMuAjbr8k
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty549Please respect copyright.PENANALvyaQ4UBbI
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 549Please respect copyright.PENANA3qKi4WitF8
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.549Please respect copyright.PENANA73PFNwp8FT
He549Please respect copyright.PENANAeUSfM30FlD
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 549Please respect copyright.PENANAtCEE5fQAJY
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think549Please respect copyright.PENANAgpxjlwn4Wa
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 549Please respect copyright.PENANAljAZffW3G9
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 549Please respect copyright.PENANAfW5CspWJ3B
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.549Please respect copyright.PENANAml4rPz4GO9
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"549Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZiWSxaVbs
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."549Please respect copyright.PENANAHOwQVcLIVX
"I am here now, so why don't you relax a little bit." Trina bended over and whispered in his ear, "I really missed you though."549Please respect copyright.PENANAEB9rmTB3wU
Eric549Please respect copyright.PENANAXSxpvMDpMN
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his549Please respect copyright.PENANAxpH8QdQR8Q
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.549Please respect copyright.PENANACRJu4W64tL
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"549Please respect copyright.PENANA8IVX9mA4lf
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."549Please respect copyright.PENANA7qzvYaWFAG
"Oh,549Please respect copyright.PENANAN6BuLPxEyw
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair549Please respect copyright.PENANAbXeTGr28KG
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 549Please respect copyright.PENANAZweOjYai5p
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.549Please respect copyright.PENANA4Dki6UdH33
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.549Please respect copyright.PENANANfTMtgjrAJ
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.549Please respect copyright.PENANACNAni6zsDj
Trina549Please respect copyright.PENANAKLOhpRHqja
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him549Please respect copyright.PENANAalC50RYy7N
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.549Please respect copyright.PENANAtiWVm3g4vR
Leo549Please respect copyright.PENANAnzNFq9GcXF
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 549Please respect copyright.PENANAZIHGsuhzx5
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.549Please respect copyright.PENANARDAl4UEiRf
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.549Please respect copyright.PENANATENMfeE7G6
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.549Please respect copyright.PENANAwnag2lKmHf
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"549Please respect copyright.PENANASBRdHhK4Bh
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."549Please respect copyright.PENANA8UfLKiAX5O
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.549Please respect copyright.PENANA6GdjhRFvWC
"I was just leaving," said Trina.549Please respect copyright.PENANAfeTwXZP6zM
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."549Please respect copyright.PENANAoj64qlPova
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.549Please respect copyright.PENANAuWEXiBwiQf
With549Please respect copyright.PENANACW1mN9m7Bx
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood549Please respect copyright.PENANALr9UtRw0Y0
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.549Please respect copyright.PENANAc3yXf2HuPh
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.549Please respect copyright.PENANABjYAFR0kl0
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.549Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ok4rV35RN
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.549Please respect copyright.PENANAerS1YPSQNI
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."549Please respect copyright.PENANApKEfHywZwZ
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."549Please respect copyright.PENANAHtJBYYr8nI
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."549Please respect copyright.PENANAqMPefK2yRF
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."549Please respect copyright.PENANALmnQgsfOQ1
"Well, you would someday."549Please respect copyright.PENANA9GS2KQAroC
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"549Please respect copyright.PENANA9YLv8DE4ER
"I mean, you won't be able to hide your love for Carly forever. What if after a year, you two decide to get married?"549Please respect copyright.PENANAezec9MOVzb
"That would be fine by me."549Please respect copyright.PENANAszGxFqTPHh
"Oh,549Please respect copyright.PENANAwvY7wsMntt
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 549Please respect copyright.PENANAt4NCm4DEAI
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 549Please respect copyright.PENANA5PEj6wdxe2
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 549Please respect copyright.PENANAIWq3YJp09r
you broke things off with her."549Please respect copyright.PENANAVnX4CiXAUL
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."549Please respect copyright.PENANAQzkdwPSpYQ
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."549Please respect copyright.PENANAoESI8W1uxx
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."549Please respect copyright.PENANA81ubk9wvu6
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."549Please respect copyright.PENANAsnpBM1PMzu
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.549Please respect copyright.PENANAUYOnzNE5sn
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."549Please respect copyright.PENANAwOvUfbjSKA
Leo549Please respect copyright.PENANA9fHAEAxMGa
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 549Please respect copyright.PENANAkEPYeJNpXr
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 549Please respect copyright.PENANASNvxmAW5bQ
her.549Please respect copyright.PENANAhVvIPOcqLO
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.549Please respect copyright.PENANAWI6q0V2Ze4
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.549Please respect copyright.PENANAZoOKYm4fsu
Eric549Please respect copyright.PENANAh1a4xXF3f9
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 549Please respect copyright.PENANA41yNQxhWbd
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 549Please respect copyright.PENANAhhB6GEiEUj
thinking about Angel just now."549Please respect copyright.PENANAz0y1e85SdI
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."549Please respect copyright.PENANAyVjgWrVy2O
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"549Please respect copyright.PENANAF8NmOjQLrg
Leo549Please respect copyright.PENANA9PVIAv4KD9
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 549Please respect copyright.PENANAQM93Q1jeDI
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 549Please respect copyright.PENANAwGTvE4yNpG
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.549Please respect copyright.PENANAD1sFZOb0YQ
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"549Please respect copyright.PENANA8WOgAAE6Sl
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.549Please respect copyright.PENANAKkGgIkiaQo
"Because,549Please respect copyright.PENANAVmK4j90G3e
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 549Please respect copyright.PENANATDEQsmKTDO
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 549Please respect copyright.PENANAMG3p3qPxoS
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're549Please respect copyright.PENANA4S4edN6SzD
in a sense of emergency to release it."549Please respect copyright.PENANABLcoEmugiv
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."549Please respect copyright.PENANAD2VkNkXpV9
"Of549Please respect copyright.PENANAao3KLqdkqu
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 549Please respect copyright.PENANAcTWF5xioWT
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 549Please respect copyright.PENANAPDoYWlIqtr
darling, Angel."549Please respect copyright.PENANAuJS9VxWO2Z
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."549Please respect copyright.PENANAX2GE0If0gt
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.549Please respect copyright.PENANAAlnFttVbXX
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.549Please respect copyright.PENANAxklv8ZQ76M
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.549Please respect copyright.PENANA1Fc0EfJFKV
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."549Please respect copyright.PENANA5lIvp93cAE
Eric laughed. "Looks like she really put you in your place for sure. She didn't even have to raise a finger to do it."549Please respect copyright.PENANAVZjHKGbbrl
"Grandma549Please respect copyright.PENANA7GMbt0Nn6T
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 549Please respect copyright.PENANAaNlp0Gwj9D
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."549Please respect copyright.PENANAIGheyLfJ9x
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"549Please respect copyright.PENANAjibi2LD8G1
Leo549Please respect copyright.PENANA5sGdiJ7yjE
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 549Please respect copyright.PENANAguaMq0WSCq
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a549Please respect copyright.PENANAeRUjEhKUlJ
word to anyone.549Please respect copyright.PENANAVy9YpZgNII
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."549Please respect copyright.PENANAsxLWxJj0y4
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."549Please respect copyright.PENANA0SW1jEoCJ7
"Yep,549Please respect copyright.PENANApRC0EWZFUq
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I549Please respect copyright.PENANANWUWytE6zx
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.549Please respect copyright.PENANA6CaCBxOiGR
"Ya, you do that. I've a lot of daydreaming to do." Eric leaned back on his chair and with his hands behind his head.549Please respect copyright.PENANALY1ixCv773
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."549Please respect copyright.PENANAT05fh54yvb
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."549Please respect copyright.PENANAL3yNEDzTE8
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."549Please respect copyright.PENANA6DTzS0u22P
Eric549Please respect copyright.PENANAcvuaZ02ypU
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 549Please respect copyright.PENANAakHjbtxaeU
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 549Please respect copyright.PENANAEooKgkjEvU
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."549Please respect copyright.PENANA4DtBTVvfqa
Leo549Please respect copyright.PENANA1nSbIeatf0
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 549Please respect copyright.PENANA9QCmhNkk1g
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 549Please respect copyright.PENANAJDGdk5kaZh
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.549Please respect copyright.PENANABmiVd1FVfe
He549Please respect copyright.PENANAxxH7u9mKHH
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 549Please respect copyright.PENANAY0QLsKZmRC
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 549Please respect copyright.PENANAgsfPLilYPP
desk that he had to look at today.549Please respect copyright.PENANAIf1ZwvL7rB
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?549Please respect copyright.PENANApVrG5A6drM
Leo549Please respect copyright.PENANA6xsOSWwO0B
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 549Please respect copyright.PENANAfmBPr0tt0m
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.549Please respect copyright.PENANAhYzlhRQjGH
And it would take a lot more time for him to finally realise that he might have finally met his match.
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