Angel was in the living 520Please respect copyright.PENANAdHUFZBTZQN
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 520Please respect copyright.PENANAxLtZRq5gEZ
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.520Please respect copyright.PENANAkEjPwZUs64
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.520Please respect copyright.PENANAt94aBbYSD1
"How was what?" Angel asked.520Please respect copyright.PENANACtQjbkqjR1
"Getting to know Leo?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAw0lBYUZTel
Angel could have sworn 520Please respect copyright.PENANAt6tzYnjuMi
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 520Please respect copyright.PENANA4XaAx0Hczr
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.520Please respect copyright.PENANA0PYdzX8rQ3
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.520Please respect copyright.PENANAI0WOztDI9n
"Really?" Amanda looked a520Please respect copyright.PENANAcRwi2M7kJZ
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 520Please respect copyright.PENANAX6tdoUddtK
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 520Please respect copyright.PENANAR78CR79AUc
have offended you?" 520Please respect copyright.PENANAfqtX3XUjlQ
"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."520Please respect copyright.PENANAJUwesLEUnH
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAVNxVdHTnOO
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."520Please respect copyright.PENANAHFqK0oW6nk
"Awww, you're so 520Please respect copyright.PENANAjo6KH2tmzz
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can520Please respect copyright.PENANAVW6HHANEus
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 520Please respect copyright.PENANAixRbM6sv7L
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 520Please respect copyright.PENANAKBiszYzP3e
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."520Please respect copyright.PENANAroLSqAftmq
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."520Please respect copyright.PENANAoMGKoiRSin
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAykNM4I6MAu
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."520Please respect copyright.PENANAIv5llqpFCF
Amanda gave Angel the 520Please respect copyright.PENANAmvBinBJO8M
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 520Please respect copyright.PENANAJULFLgCyiB
to deal with writing. It suits you."520Please respect copyright.PENANArhzjbHGYDy
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.520Please respect copyright.PENANAH8vUfpNFg3
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."520Please respect copyright.PENANAyXN7L2PDp6
"What is it?" Angel asked.520Please respect copyright.PENANAXNCy1NvZze
"You seem to be one 520Please respect copyright.PENANAG2gomvC8Vd
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,520Please respect copyright.PENANAwIgHMJWmWQ
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."520Please respect copyright.PENANARVb9vwIFSU
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.520Please respect copyright.PENANANOguR64iJp
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.520Please respect copyright.PENANAeozKmoE41w
"What?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAx7nwVdPAu9
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.520Please respect copyright.PENANAAAETjXbYud
Leo who had just come in520Please respect copyright.PENANAzb7HkOvxJ4
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 520Please respect copyright.PENANAiccmVwhIlN
just at the entrance of the living room.520Please respect copyright.PENANAUaHHpJsMcr
"What did you just say 520Please respect copyright.PENANAakdyVGtucL
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached520Please respect copyright.PENANAGN8RsceA1N
the two women on the wheelchairs.520Please respect copyright.PENANA5J9N78onll
Amanda turned her 520Please respect copyright.PENANA5tGzAdwI9w
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 520Please respect copyright.PENANAZZUtd2Xwny
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 520Please respect copyright.PENANAR0M0PtoOes
themselves."520Please respect copyright.PENANAEkLRXlSPfO
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAuduHVv6tvp
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAUwCtmmgx9L
Leo couldn't believe 520Please respect copyright.PENANAfgeePR52zc
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 520Please respect copyright.PENANAsCNrzzzTjn
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.520Please respect copyright.PENANALqQdrg3b5X
"Haven't you thought 520Please respect copyright.PENANAhOP5eIUpNT
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 520Please respect copyright.PENANA2RvMBb9USa
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a520Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6ivM6k4Dp
job of her own?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAdfGKLoS3Uh
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."520Please respect copyright.PENANA0y5ASjZeUX
"You deserve better, my 520Please respect copyright.PENANAVQQZOsY8KZ
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 520Please respect copyright.PENANAIYFyHHCYYy
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."520Please respect copyright.PENANA1OcwocBkfK
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."520Please respect copyright.PENANApr2G6YTNOF
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."520Please respect copyright.PENANAXocxqPeAwl
"What makes you so sure?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAJJQKD4hZhm
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."520Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4Io7l8xIo
"Mum won't though."520Please respect copyright.PENANA5mTdWvCFUo
"Does she run the 520Please respect copyright.PENANAMrxAkLNSbl
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 520Please respect copyright.PENANA0bRcZMXlMc
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 520Please respect copyright.PENANAwmnfBpi14z
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."520Please respect copyright.PENANAONs9SGibHr
Leo knew his grandmother520Please respect copyright.PENANAgWukKhyUsK
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 520Please respect copyright.PENANAjmOouKvQgQ
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 520Please respect copyright.PENANAybp2qDRacu
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 520Please respect copyright.PENANAXZ2D171zil
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.520Please respect copyright.PENANAtbrH43wBAV
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.520Please respect copyright.PENANA9jCpq2q7eF
"Don't say any of this 520Please respect copyright.PENANAUAX4R9L5p9
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 520Please respect copyright.PENANAjIbApGq3ig
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 520Please respect copyright.PENANAu09IfADDSq
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 520Please respect copyright.PENANARiJGqql7HT
have to convince her a little more than I have to."520Please respect copyright.PENANASXHITs2wQr
Angel gulped. It felt 520Please respect copyright.PENANALIiZ310ko4
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only520Please respect copyright.PENANAN46ILyRaWX
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.520Please respect copyright.PENANABgFjeGek2k
Leo made his way out of 520Please respect copyright.PENANAsf5pjuadWY
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 520Please respect copyright.PENANA1olThRWekO
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 520Please respect copyright.PENANA2sR33LnoFb
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 520Please respect copyright.PENANA559ALj3NdJ
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.520Please respect copyright.PENANA0fKqJUHyqg
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAYHxepYNrRq
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."520Please respect copyright.PENANAnTVMD742oj
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."520Please respect copyright.PENANAAPAWGcuQgy
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.520Please respect copyright.PENANAt9srTwlXHI
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.520Please respect copyright.PENANAwXEMtrqsb1
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.520Please respect copyright.PENANAsHrzg0CdYn
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."520Please respect copyright.PENANAexdLu4u3vJ
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."520Please respect copyright.PENANA7Z9HH5Uiof
"I'm talking about Kim."520Please respect copyright.PENANANvF54ssYmv
Angel didn't know if it 520Please respect copyright.PENANAjwyRwMBaFX
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 520Please respect copyright.PENANAEnaHUXooY9
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It520Please respect copyright.PENANAZL95utXmPc
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 520Please respect copyright.PENANAzRWyZdCQJz
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 520Please respect copyright.PENANA49UmbBE8Mh
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 520Please respect copyright.PENANAUj5qTbraJA
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 520Please respect copyright.PENANAKb6bDJvEZL
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 520Please respect copyright.PENANA5wLy52OejM
certain things?520Please respect copyright.PENANAOyxvAHjVvv
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.520Please respect copyright.PENANAPUsCU72MsK
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.520Please respect copyright.PENANAD9tiF1mxc2
Angel felt like covering520Please respect copyright.PENANAO3DY5uDzL7
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 520Please respect copyright.PENANAfceh6fPEsj
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 520Please respect copyright.PENANAfRS6tHjwsF
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 520Please respect copyright.PENANABYAfVe3iEK
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.520Please respect copyright.PENANAfzD1QctWrt
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.520Please respect copyright.PENANAqEfQMAnjVD
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.520Please respect copyright.PENANAtyLISvGiuW
Angel felt her heart 520Please respect copyright.PENANAixHOBhvFtU
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if520Please respect copyright.PENANAm29Jv5Q5cx
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 520Please respect copyright.PENANATui00YRDZL
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 520Please respect copyright.PENANAZbeACIT8GH
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 520Please respect copyright.PENANArpH6igTS79
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 520Please respect copyright.PENANAv0y0JjF8uP
and invited her to the wedding.520Please respect copyright.PENANAX8qIzPx70W
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.520Please respect copyright.PENANABiNfadRjfo
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.520Please respect copyright.PENANAhmTnFfEtoV
Angel looked at Amanda 520Please respect copyright.PENANA41BzSCKZNu
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 520Please respect copyright.PENANAS0bIjWoAm9
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.520Please respect copyright.PENANA1MNQSNzsks
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 520Please respect copyright.PENANA0pHzdRpNHQ
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they520Please respect copyright.PENANAncklu1XRQm
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they520Please respect copyright.PENANAbIOALdm9ba
saw Leo.520Please respect copyright.PENANAjurnifrEbC
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAaJco6phnjr
"Nothing, dear," said 520Please respect copyright.PENANA8r6IkCxsEp
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother520Please respect copyright.PENANAbTXzOyyhDB
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."520Please respect copyright.PENANAdWDwrYaGCe
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."520Please respect copyright.PENANAvEqfTNkkAg
"Have a nice day."520Please respect copyright.PENANAIgzaLc1Esg
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.520Please respect copyright.PENANAVkKN8UNF5L
Leo nodded his head in 520Please respect copyright.PENANASLjnIvk8e3
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 520Please respect copyright.PENANAIy3PRV2wuf
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 520Please respect copyright.PENANAPAqcReOhh3
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 520Please respect copyright.PENANAddnAKZ6vwN
through the front door.520Please respect copyright.PENANAznrhwuE5SX
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.520Please respect copyright.PENANAcqANgk0XfE
"You're unbelievable," 520Please respect copyright.PENANACW787G8o3w
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 520Please respect copyright.PENANALvCHVzGn4v
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."520Please respect copyright.PENANAX9GTYQBqYp
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.520Please respect copyright.PENANAcbj1itxv1T
"I'm sorry for that, 520Please respect copyright.PENANAHALrLpd3bA
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 520Please respect copyright.PENANAtAxko8AGjn
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."520Please respect copyright.PENANA6kycfeQWVn
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.520Please respect copyright.PENANA2ImkPZcvQ0
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."520Please respect copyright.PENANAOCCsW1ab3B
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."520Please respect copyright.PENANAAfDt3wMdwT
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."520Please respect copyright.PENANA22kHNkCPVo
Angel slowly followed 520Please respect copyright.PENANAHiTkAnhFpB
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 520Please respect copyright.PENANA03mNGUYLWd
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her520Please respect copyright.PENANA4AQcxyl5Fb
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 520Please respect copyright.PENANAmIlHbdc3HS
must have felt awful.520Please respect copyright.PENANALlNsmsegP2
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.520Please respect copyright.PENANAVjtilhz7Lo
***520Please respect copyright.PENANA7b1XNrgWBc
Eric520Please respect copyright.PENANADK8D1LlXb3
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 520Please respect copyright.PENANAAWBm8wXCeG
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.520Please respect copyright.PENANAZSfq5sl5sU
He520Please respect copyright.PENANANpTYFaYeZ1
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 520Please respect copyright.PENANAlgal91YjmX
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 520Please respect copyright.PENANAREDUR1cZ8P
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.520Please respect copyright.PENANAkIYznY4zZN
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.520Please respect copyright.PENANAscN4OFvWNI
Since520Please respect copyright.PENANAHICx0IUZOX
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 520Please respect copyright.PENANAq9CJWyZJup
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 520Please respect copyright.PENANAIkHJh3TiPq
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 520Please respect copyright.PENANAvMvy2wwxXn
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?520Please respect copyright.PENANAGAWooOqwQ0
Who520Please respect copyright.PENANAgg9eUBMHYP
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 520Please respect copyright.PENANAlY0d4diAqg
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft520Please respect copyright.PENANAF3whVi8L5i
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.520Please respect copyright.PENANAxXSzm7JBJY
He520Please respect copyright.PENANAAH0lE89Kul
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 520Please respect copyright.PENANA8aP9ll5XSu
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 520Please respect copyright.PENANAftgaGyHvTM
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.520Please respect copyright.PENANAaPsGFnNnun
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.520Please respect copyright.PENANAjOvoUC8bjZ
"You've someone here to see you."520Please respect copyright.PENANARJhzUUHPar
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.520Please respect copyright.PENANAvZyMNZleKX
"It's Trina."520Please respect copyright.PENANANHlSwLmboX
Eric520Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0ymrahN3a
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 520Please respect copyright.PENANAW3sIGxtGHD
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 520Please respect copyright.PENANAmhYEcZ2W4R
called off.520Please respect copyright.PENANAufsg42fK75
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.520Please respect copyright.PENANAtAShTPtcQf
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.520Please respect copyright.PENANA9IucsWlzap
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.520Please respect copyright.PENANAKizFJKvmaE
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.520Please respect copyright.PENANAElPKTlNWA8
Trina520Please respect copyright.PENANAFaxVI8RmIF
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to520Please respect copyright.PENANAW4MHO7Tt92
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 520Please respect copyright.PENANAce6nR8WgMa
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 520Please respect copyright.PENANAFIBWpFUfWl
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 520Please respect copyright.PENANAT6i30JmjZp
fall out sometimes but still get back together.520Please respect copyright.PENANAufS0g7QwjX
Now520Please respect copyright.PENANATOX6fXgiE9
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 520Please respect copyright.PENANAPUjH1Z34Nt
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 520Please respect copyright.PENANAXVmvFfhOdE
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 520Please respect copyright.PENANAxjrDC0ares
weren't friends.520Please respect copyright.PENANAE1KVN8Msy1
While520Please respect copyright.PENANA01B4SUcKKL
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 520Please respect copyright.PENANAJllQEZM3Tm
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 520Please respect copyright.PENANAxAPoc5Ftq8
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 520Please respect copyright.PENANAniGGPhNVCL
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 520Please respect copyright.PENANA3Nav9ttfri
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.520Please respect copyright.PENANA2DL7ol71Gx
One520Please respect copyright.PENANAf27513tKUC
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 520Please respect copyright.PENANAzCbgxPHV1Q
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 520Please respect copyright.PENANAau7BgTnD3U
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 520Please respect copyright.PENANAC1GKs6qud2
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 520Please respect copyright.PENANAGB6LjfxRgu
one.520Please respect copyright.PENANAUL13IGU29d
Not until he met Angel.520Please respect copyright.PENANAOi7lrtbhF9
Trina520Please respect copyright.PENANAPhH7api0Eb
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 520Please respect copyright.PENANARYDZAV0oxC
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.520Please respect copyright.PENANAaL3Q1HpvwY
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAhoV6Q9hehJ
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."520Please respect copyright.PENANAcNHPmJUa1c
Trina520Please respect copyright.PENANAljbsD2A3g0
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 520Please respect copyright.PENANA6y8WpTOm3u
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 520Please respect copyright.PENANAIcNNU2A7AW
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 520Please respect copyright.PENANA6vryNtWLB2
beautiful.520Please respect copyright.PENANAOQNM7BnNWi
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.520Please respect copyright.PENANAZLYyH0ehoY
"Then520Please respect copyright.PENANA53jX3n3b2e
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 520Please respect copyright.PENANAHBYjcq612Q
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 520Please respect copyright.PENANAvyUF7ZVrwi
side to try and work things out."520Please respect copyright.PENANA9WMyAnYC2s
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."520Please respect copyright.PENANA6vCtLF9POu
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."520Please respect copyright.PENANAsC3zE07gLu
"Ya, me too."520Please respect copyright.PENANA5Tp7QuIpue
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."520Please respect copyright.PENANA3sVLIiDAIg
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.520Please respect copyright.PENANAE5fgOUv4bz
"Do you know something, Eric?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAGGIh8cx1kR
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAtbUmFAgxsX
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAL7SLX6Vy0h
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."520Please respect copyright.PENANA5CukT5aa1m
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.520Please respect copyright.PENANAS0fQmxQ081
Eric520Please respect copyright.PENANAtl00daTvn9
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that520Please respect copyright.PENANAnoCkkIvxCA
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 520Please respect copyright.PENANAPaxzwaoee1
eyes with a corky smile on his face.520Please respect copyright.PENANAmJGSRLXwI8
"Please,520Please respect copyright.PENANAqyXrM0W0vz
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 520Please respect copyright.PENANAaXkBbbucTw
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 520Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ko7LfM9Vk
ask him?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAVUwJglPt1V
Trina520Please respect copyright.PENANAijMC9K1aOv
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 520Please respect copyright.PENANArWHEcKKFaF
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 520Please respect copyright.PENANAmshI4qRbCr
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."520Please respect copyright.PENANAOuizdGUrWp
Eric520Please respect copyright.PENANAchCD81bQ2Y
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 520Please respect copyright.PENANAtqaoYvhTcH
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."520Please respect copyright.PENANAnXYljilo1t
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAxfoRV6IW4Q
Eric520Please respect copyright.PENANAnhsh2OJo57
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 520Please respect copyright.PENANAocFU9C1LuI
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 520Please respect copyright.PENANAS8wF4jPWYW
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 520Please respect copyright.PENANAsMFqj4KqNC
to say next.520Please respect copyright.PENANAsMTcgpvJMR
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAz6PvjFt8Ds
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.520Please respect copyright.PENANAb7RMKBSzDK
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"520Please respect copyright.PENANA49Uinegdct
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."520Please respect copyright.PENANArjk7oEzACr
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"520Please respect copyright.PENANASe1CQYotX6
"She's520Please respect copyright.PENANAwkAqInrrC7
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 520Please respect copyright.PENANAGi5AhSBuWd
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.520Please respect copyright.PENANAjACPLwsMeh
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 520Please respect copyright.PENANAM2gQUMbIXd
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 520Please respect copyright.PENANALB27JZmaZ2
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 520Please respect copyright.PENANA7GUfNzTc60
anymore.520Please respect copyright.PENANABUJQ6Xyc4K
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.520Please respect copyright.PENANA1YbRASpitv
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"520Please respect copyright.PENANALBRtYahfww
Trina520Please respect copyright.PENANAB3gbnUWibF
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 520Please respect copyright.PENANArFpMPE3fl3
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 520Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZYyPsqchz
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 520Please respect copyright.PENANAJlcPB59pwX
massage him.520Please respect copyright.PENANA56QskC7Y1t
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAVeTb9bus1D
Eric520Please respect copyright.PENANARqYJnpyt02
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 520Please respect copyright.PENANAd11eph6ciU
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 520Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2XsytIYuH
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 520Please respect copyright.PENANANTpdardlXR
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty520Please respect copyright.PENANA9EYw2SN9RW
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 520Please respect copyright.PENANATX4Gyzr5y4
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.520Please respect copyright.PENANALOmRWcnxmc
He520Please respect copyright.PENANAd1fQXUUFrO
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 520Please respect copyright.PENANAndoEACRZBp
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think520Please respect copyright.PENANAsUklJnJZ78
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 520Please respect copyright.PENANArIOhL62xsh
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 520Please respect copyright.PENANAUMfxe6fksC
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.520Please respect copyright.PENANAanCscPwr6k
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"520Please respect copyright.PENANA3NJ2msy7Vr
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."520Please respect copyright.PENANASE4QuCmXXT
"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."520Please respect copyright.PENANAGwEjVr3RMP
Eric520Please respect copyright.PENANAjqZ1BPfRZ4
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his520Please respect copyright.PENANAIcdJSU9wxd
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.520Please respect copyright.PENANAVN3aX6FM4W
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"520Please respect copyright.PENANA9iS3BRQKfb
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."520Please respect copyright.PENANAsNPC9IFtPg
"Oh,520Please respect copyright.PENANAjeczBZuWiU
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair520Please respect copyright.PENANASzNL5bfcpy
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 520Please respect copyright.PENANAoc8tJ5Z4PL
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.520Please respect copyright.PENANANv5p27siDA
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.520Please respect copyright.PENANAqAThLtgEWD
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.520Please respect copyright.PENANAhDYUBrKTO6
Trina520Please respect copyright.PENANARp6z2L3RVR
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him520Please respect copyright.PENANAU7SVCRosUw
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.520Please respect copyright.PENANAjREDp9fqQE
Leo520Please respect copyright.PENANAXRyOdVY94G
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 520Please respect copyright.PENANAuMwV4GahgN
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.520Please respect copyright.PENANAjxnEsF7O7l
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.520Please respect copyright.PENANAobKShYC8h6
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.520Please respect copyright.PENANAgVf9McFMbp
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"520Please respect copyright.PENANA2aSptK7bS6
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."520Please respect copyright.PENANApT89OA3fnj
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.520Please respect copyright.PENANAUUAYwCS92t
"I was just leaving," said Trina.520Please respect copyright.PENANAUGLos8eVMp
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."520Please respect copyright.PENANAkLiweXFYNr
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.520Please respect copyright.PENANAAPoOggYbVE
With520Please respect copyright.PENANAAqyhG9iwYu
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood520Please respect copyright.PENANA4wK8o8c0QV
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.520Please respect copyright.PENANAQJqif0ia6h
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.520Please respect copyright.PENANAoOHChDqUhf
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.520Please respect copyright.PENANAUIwWtu8Ghu
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.520Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3Ijw0kwhJ
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."520Please respect copyright.PENANAxgHblnySqe
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."520Please respect copyright.PENANANK42rdjdSn
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."520Please respect copyright.PENANAZWgAIGtJym
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."520Please respect copyright.PENANA8QV5HialR3
"Well, you would someday."520Please respect copyright.PENANAWM7Ckt7I2B
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAQCxDmMEpBQ
"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?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAqQcy13yiVU
"That would be fine by me."520Please respect copyright.PENANA7p7noeJOTt
"Oh,520Please respect copyright.PENANA8OTXvLYRNB
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 520Please respect copyright.PENANAGBTsUTqEL9
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 520Please respect copyright.PENANA1GWQ3OFas4
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 520Please respect copyright.PENANAJvzmRDVxyV
you broke things off with her."520Please respect copyright.PENANAFOOXPKE0zK
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."520Please respect copyright.PENANAW83FF3gZrn
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."520Please respect copyright.PENANApLonh5a6JO
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."520Please respect copyright.PENANAiNOWJxdpis
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."520Please respect copyright.PENANANUYb0lvHuf
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.520Please respect copyright.PENANA9g5pUbgp5R
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."520Please respect copyright.PENANAVweHvxwfCD
Leo520Please respect copyright.PENANAx4cPECvyFg
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 520Please respect copyright.PENANAYZDVm8C9Kh
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 520Please respect copyright.PENANAehwC9ShfsY
her.520Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZEM8rWEJA
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.520Please respect copyright.PENANAzxITNSOhKT
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.520Please respect copyright.PENANADgBfb4k7Cj
Eric520Please respect copyright.PENANAG6XJMbmxeB
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 520Please respect copyright.PENANAOwXxFeHtEZ
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 520Please respect copyright.PENANA8uXPCNqAwH
thinking about Angel just now."520Please respect copyright.PENANArHYmxANVNF
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."520Please respect copyright.PENANATqUQNTWXDL
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAtiMuPk8LJz
Leo520Please respect copyright.PENANAt1UwQansLs
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 520Please respect copyright.PENANA9c3M5YZB0Z
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 520Please respect copyright.PENANARTy7LYpJsj
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.520Please respect copyright.PENANAEb4WiXCBX4
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAGoJcmXS7pc
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.520Please respect copyright.PENANAaS9lXYQDZM
"Because,520Please respect copyright.PENANAlq45IZurh5
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 520Please respect copyright.PENANAMkwXxccx4C
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 520Please respect copyright.PENANAyeKgI9QFIT
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're520Please respect copyright.PENANARYcK7Eksn3
in a sense of emergency to release it."520Please respect copyright.PENANAXyO02DBbAb
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."520Please respect copyright.PENANA1y82Znev7d
"Of520Please respect copyright.PENANAAwz6iWuKcc
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 520Please respect copyright.PENANAj3TvIjgBFK
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 520Please respect copyright.PENANAkVxFvVzMdl
darling, Angel."520Please respect copyright.PENANAkChNkLXhud
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."520Please respect copyright.PENANA1yV9Ch4Qwt
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.520Please respect copyright.PENANAn4iwDa6PLs
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.520Please respect copyright.PENANAOdhYCmoKCI
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.520Please respect copyright.PENANAYnKwkSyX52
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."520Please respect copyright.PENANAfNohMwjijf
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."520Please respect copyright.PENANAmk9GsH5V8T
"Grandma520Please respect copyright.PENANA96wcOlIssA
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 520Please respect copyright.PENANALuJkVBlM6v
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."520Please respect copyright.PENANAXWYbEtqUge
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"520Please respect copyright.PENANAv2eq9V7lyU
Leo520Please respect copyright.PENANA16re4dRQu0
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 520Please respect copyright.PENANA1Ufiww8r9u
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a520Please respect copyright.PENANA4HwHXjHIX7
word to anyone.520Please respect copyright.PENANA6dnhOJVsST
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."520Please respect copyright.PENANAcNJEitNDYa
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."520Please respect copyright.PENANAtr4s3VgbRQ
"Yep,520Please respect copyright.PENANAHm9phH7EFg
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I520Please respect copyright.PENANANnbKy6PQX4
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.520Please respect copyright.PENANAuMuz6v02Vx
"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.520Please respect copyright.PENANAjxw52BTg2z
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."520Please respect copyright.PENANAoMyWRWwVzY
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."520Please respect copyright.PENANASijVOSGtNX
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."520Please respect copyright.PENANARsLr61mfYE
Eric520Please respect copyright.PENANAnttQ13H7s9
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 520Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6YQPbKVIq
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 520Please respect copyright.PENANA8JVMroXogB
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."520Please respect copyright.PENANAJe3rZOL2Yv
Leo520Please respect copyright.PENANAc0gKAAyged
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 520Please respect copyright.PENANAtZySZ3ihmG
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 520Please respect copyright.PENANAcJ6YYALNXm
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.520Please respect copyright.PENANAS1ATZWQOq2
He520Please respect copyright.PENANAl9JyZEsPcm
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 520Please respect copyright.PENANAZkapniWJhZ
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 520Please respect copyright.PENANA0lWhB5ThhU
desk that he had to look at today.520Please respect copyright.PENANA59jStWniKe
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?520Please respect copyright.PENANAWDacp78mWD
Leo520Please respect copyright.PENANA8NIAUJPI3c
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 520Please respect copyright.PENANAfpFxvDm486
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.520Please respect copyright.PENANAjp96fRhiHh
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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