Angel was in the living 937Please respect copyright.PENANAx0zH3TKWtb
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 937Please respect copyright.PENANAa6gjN3mLYr
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.937Please respect copyright.PENANADOJVJLg8Zw
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.937Please respect copyright.PENANAIJI5NCE8y1
"How was what?" Angel asked.937Please respect copyright.PENANAEm15JTHRhQ
"Getting to know Leo?"937Please respect copyright.PENANApwT9x8QmpQ
Angel could have sworn 937Please respect copyright.PENANA6nyc1HUVNn
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 937Please respect copyright.PENANAgh6ePwTXdE
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.937Please respect copyright.PENANA3uIzO5KcOD
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.937Please respect copyright.PENANAAxTdEgensd
"Really?" Amanda looked a937Please respect copyright.PENANATRIlZOZGEk
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 937Please respect copyright.PENANAJgkNZsUJO0
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 937Please respect copyright.PENANAz386P83UVN
have offended you?" 937Please respect copyright.PENANAIo5GjtDk7P
"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."937Please respect copyright.PENANAbKUgHgKSOb
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAfh2p8zqRDx
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."937Please respect copyright.PENANAMLEOYYjY8f
"Awww, you're so 937Please respect copyright.PENANA2NgZZQQxxU
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can937Please respect copyright.PENANAUlWJQb7sj8
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 937Please respect copyright.PENANAMA23Ev9rv9
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 937Please respect copyright.PENANA1n8sPCypWk
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."937Please respect copyright.PENANAq1kl8SRsFe
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."937Please respect copyright.PENANAFwUbGpvEt5
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAMwTMaTAEmB
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."937Please respect copyright.PENANAJPjFxrDTu4
Amanda gave Angel the 937Please respect copyright.PENANA4vcNrW4wUc
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 937Please respect copyright.PENANAxL4MVXGx3L
to deal with writing. It suits you."937Please respect copyright.PENANADQtRN13ZMV
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.937Please respect copyright.PENANA8D8fU0C9Ul
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."937Please respect copyright.PENANAiIO9zPUN0t
"What is it?" Angel asked.937Please respect copyright.PENANAgkmD0hVkZ7
"You seem to be one 937Please respect copyright.PENANAkOSJ4c0bGd
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,937Please respect copyright.PENANAQtb5lRj8Me
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."937Please respect copyright.PENANAeV8g9q6RAI
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.937Please respect copyright.PENANAl3mGxpIKrr
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.937Please respect copyright.PENANAyaMlBk3b2n
"What?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAMK3026e5yw
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.937Please respect copyright.PENANAgrFSjja2W2
Leo who had just come in937Please respect copyright.PENANAD6L0KIoGy6
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 937Please respect copyright.PENANALlmKj8oIPg
just at the entrance of the living room.937Please respect copyright.PENANAPLIo6nlflL
"What did you just say 937Please respect copyright.PENANAYzsjk9pZY6
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached937Please respect copyright.PENANAx1xhbZ092U
the two women on the wheelchairs.937Please respect copyright.PENANAADvEUoqSlL
Amanda turned her 937Please respect copyright.PENANAcuOoI5HFwM
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 937Please respect copyright.PENANA0H3of8aovd
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 937Please respect copyright.PENANA3mUT8nFESX
themselves."937Please respect copyright.PENANAzIsNXtTRB6
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"937Please respect copyright.PENANA5SW5iA2Bcv
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"937Please respect copyright.PENANATHacfXasAG
Leo couldn't believe 937Please respect copyright.PENANAIx0qXo5vx2
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 937Please respect copyright.PENANAToVFz6eNma
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.937Please respect copyright.PENANA5Pb3RI3vpY
"Haven't you thought 937Please respect copyright.PENANAb51YDvuNQo
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 937Please respect copyright.PENANAd3bkbLCCCA
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a937Please respect copyright.PENANATmRi3TwGAV
job of her own?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAeRBa1EmeH4
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."937Please respect copyright.PENANAsJl4G0RdS0
"You deserve better, my 937Please respect copyright.PENANAiivkO91gXq
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 937Please respect copyright.PENANAZcD8T13J7l
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."937Please respect copyright.PENANAAxhZPpkBGw
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."937Please respect copyright.PENANA9KvMYXnca3
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."937Please respect copyright.PENANAnS1MtpuwOh
"What makes you so sure?"937Please respect copyright.PENANA9gKN0hxsNo
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."937Please respect copyright.PENANAIhcVlzL8ua
"Mum won't though."937Please respect copyright.PENANAAYTCUSCmHm
"Does she run the 937Please respect copyright.PENANAtrITtfMkwA
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 937Please respect copyright.PENANA1VAS3v2l13
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 937Please respect copyright.PENANADnPGRYpYdN
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."937Please respect copyright.PENANAs2siWLSJyI
Leo knew his grandmother937Please respect copyright.PENANACEfcHa6pHH
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 937Please respect copyright.PENANAX2sB6XTyxD
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 937Please respect copyright.PENANA0qN0FWDpQ8
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 937Please respect copyright.PENANAECZGkSU29K
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.937Please respect copyright.PENANA4iREWEAZsy
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.937Please respect copyright.PENANAUklqqGO7gY
"Don't say any of this 937Please respect copyright.PENANAiFUxTLERel
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 937Please respect copyright.PENANAHlZmPHKLuu
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 937Please respect copyright.PENANAegNBtRuvEU
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 937Please respect copyright.PENANA6XWFdbbnov
have to convince her a little more than I have to."937Please respect copyright.PENANAs0BqqeBvgk
Angel gulped. It felt 937Please respect copyright.PENANAQghflNhI6x
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only937Please respect copyright.PENANAjQ9coXDJqq
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.937Please respect copyright.PENANAo4KDkVVeaW
Leo made his way out of 937Please respect copyright.PENANAnAfNxmgJZx
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 937Please respect copyright.PENANAQTeXPM397C
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 937Please respect copyright.PENANA9j3ZLpZnGj
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 937Please respect copyright.PENANATh7CrpM8nz
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.937Please respect copyright.PENANAbstX63EbBj
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAKn0oSlAwyr
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."937Please respect copyright.PENANAWlG6F7bWGB
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."937Please respect copyright.PENANAIujeNXeD8g
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.937Please respect copyright.PENANAjk79UqgfiZ
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.937Please respect copyright.PENANAb5gTYm94Yc
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.937Please respect copyright.PENANAsUQrxbhBBf
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."937Please respect copyright.PENANA0JIvOoVn4y
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."937Please respect copyright.PENANAFzFTNA45lW
"I'm talking about Kim."937Please respect copyright.PENANAIaGDbgZuUc
Angel didn't know if it 937Please respect copyright.PENANAq9pcNtUQ5e
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 937Please respect copyright.PENANAQKx1gIvAOq
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It937Please respect copyright.PENANAn7vqRzOQK1
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 937Please respect copyright.PENANA7mRuuPFYcH
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 937Please respect copyright.PENANA4BdxiZyZ9W
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 937Please respect copyright.PENANARHbHRxOF2Z
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 937Please respect copyright.PENANAlcj4hepVsF
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 937Please respect copyright.PENANAhrA0GBCY6M
certain things?937Please respect copyright.PENANANAXR1rvDLu
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.937Please respect copyright.PENANAmRHDxRTrhm
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.937Please respect copyright.PENANAkWw31ARNJ1
Angel felt like covering937Please respect copyright.PENANAf7Z1XV2zlG
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 937Please respect copyright.PENANAiqMbNuBYZz
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 937Please respect copyright.PENANAnkZ9aK1zwb
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 937Please respect copyright.PENANAqezFYcHZF3
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.937Please respect copyright.PENANAnZJYxsVl8e
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.937Please respect copyright.PENANAAy86oHkr8S
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.937Please respect copyright.PENANASUtEWrEzD9
Angel felt her heart 937Please respect copyright.PENANAoFZiXAOEps
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if937Please respect copyright.PENANAQsOLEiyr1A
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 937Please respect copyright.PENANAvA0AGcPPl8
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 937Please respect copyright.PENANARgR6camxDn
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 937Please respect copyright.PENANATHOImtDKBn
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 937Please respect copyright.PENANAvMG4oHN0OF
and invited her to the wedding.937Please respect copyright.PENANA4IhFPxegTE
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.937Please respect copyright.PENANADZj6sf8cms
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.937Please respect copyright.PENANAIaPs273HeN
Angel looked at Amanda 937Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZU0WtymGf
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 937Please respect copyright.PENANAPZk3COeS64
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.937Please respect copyright.PENANAchRO7tPEsE
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 937Please respect copyright.PENANA6SZqMDNMym
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they937Please respect copyright.PENANAMEqRFzoPkk
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they937Please respect copyright.PENANAQbhzkN013o
saw Leo.937Please respect copyright.PENANAXk92dOrpe1
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAkdYaOjMotO
"Nothing, dear," said 937Please respect copyright.PENANA8wZCw0MhkG
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother937Please respect copyright.PENANAhzkzHvM8HV
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."937Please respect copyright.PENANAdbZGqfTwg7
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."937Please respect copyright.PENANAq4lpczOKNc
"Have a nice day."937Please respect copyright.PENANAkzeYQ32AZk
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.937Please respect copyright.PENANAKhy2bdksM3
Leo nodded his head in 937Please respect copyright.PENANAUTOO6PHE7x
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 937Please respect copyright.PENANAzmdv39P1aC
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 937Please respect copyright.PENANAqcjFunPuZC
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 937Please respect copyright.PENANAgL0qnpH9iU
through the front door.937Please respect copyright.PENANAn8VguUgiPy
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.937Please respect copyright.PENANAXpxYTShGKb
"You're unbelievable," 937Please respect copyright.PENANAEyV3kfwawL
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 937Please respect copyright.PENANAB1sVPxTTkz
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."937Please respect copyright.PENANAHzIrWiYO1I
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.937Please respect copyright.PENANAcRWdqr4ld9
"I'm sorry for that, 937Please respect copyright.PENANAxL1wGP1QX4
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 937Please respect copyright.PENANAGYyYQWE5ku
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."937Please respect copyright.PENANAaW1NtkYyEI
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.937Please respect copyright.PENANA7Id49ipJTR
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."937Please respect copyright.PENANACqNtxuCx0G
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."937Please respect copyright.PENANA4u4bXSKf2I
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."937Please respect copyright.PENANA3cDRe0Az03
Angel slowly followed 937Please respect copyright.PENANAGCswUiF3jP
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 937Please respect copyright.PENANAMZq60K3MO5
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her937Please respect copyright.PENANAc4X3tguGjH
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 937Please respect copyright.PENANAvdFm1GaQGO
must have felt awful.937Please respect copyright.PENANA3xhw7OBFPX
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.937Please respect copyright.PENANAKnFoqRUEdj
***937Please respect copyright.PENANAkoS8DMUhS4
Eric937Please respect copyright.PENANAbKejFAd9as
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 937Please respect copyright.PENANAVfb1KwDbLi
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.937Please respect copyright.PENANAoLn8UiDcdg
He937Please respect copyright.PENANAbcPvf3QATJ
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 937Please respect copyright.PENANARbWPs9rgH1
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 937Please respect copyright.PENANAXU4zMNk9Pm
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.937Please respect copyright.PENANAPcaK8RObSC
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.937Please respect copyright.PENANAy7VJ7t0NMb
Since937Please respect copyright.PENANAn08TGwbRSW
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 937Please respect copyright.PENANAJO3iin0AKA
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 937Please respect copyright.PENANAjXzg8Rq04e
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 937Please respect copyright.PENANAEpzifsfnmW
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?937Please respect copyright.PENANAGs51Byzxkg
Who937Please respect copyright.PENANAViiM5c0BOF
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 937Please respect copyright.PENANAv5iQNraqY0
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft937Please respect copyright.PENANAvOiVXsNMrF
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.937Please respect copyright.PENANA8FWydFfstY
He937Please respect copyright.PENANABgSyzi28y6
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 937Please respect copyright.PENANAwJ2LbJdRdl
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 937Please respect copyright.PENANASnW2StFakS
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.937Please respect copyright.PENANAPsEX7ey24F
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.937Please respect copyright.PENANADdAjrhs0Bl
"You've someone here to see you."937Please respect copyright.PENANApknp6Weqt7
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.937Please respect copyright.PENANA5jt1Q86kLw
"It's Trina."937Please respect copyright.PENANAproHke0Jnm
Eric937Please respect copyright.PENANAG2Yr8dWIR1
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 937Please respect copyright.PENANAHrMteORImZ
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 937Please respect copyright.PENANAeTDqfrBE8L
called off.937Please respect copyright.PENANAzF07AZUzx5
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.937Please respect copyright.PENANAaFhgyJIjmL
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.937Please respect copyright.PENANAL4c0VwPm1J
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.937Please respect copyright.PENANAeK6bS7RdYe
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.937Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9WwYlmOWY
Trina937Please respect copyright.PENANAmjXGTiZWfV
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to937Please respect copyright.PENANAJD1rZVdwId
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 937Please respect copyright.PENANAjkeofVl8pO
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 937Please respect copyright.PENANAO3lwZyfHLm
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 937Please respect copyright.PENANAJsPDC6a0oU
fall out sometimes but still get back together.937Please respect copyright.PENANAYTSgfWak76
Now937Please respect copyright.PENANA2J0PI0ggX6
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 937Please respect copyright.PENANAinKhl4OMMa
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 937Please respect copyright.PENANABkDSVxy9Mh
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 937Please respect copyright.PENANAU4Oq94KRHr
weren't friends.937Please respect copyright.PENANAvhaRxraCYk
While937Please respect copyright.PENANA6y4ttNhWGZ
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 937Please respect copyright.PENANAaeUchPamC3
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 937Please respect copyright.PENANA1X6gT1hde9
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 937Please respect copyright.PENANAt5QhqWeWHO
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 937Please respect copyright.PENANAl56YGxsxHz
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.937Please respect copyright.PENANA5LsQNr4r2v
One937Please respect copyright.PENANAcXYV8JZdBE
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 937Please respect copyright.PENANAXLkwsCCj4g
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 937Please respect copyright.PENANAXpHWOH5hze
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 937Please respect copyright.PENANAd1uNEx5sBW
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 937Please respect copyright.PENANAzCOCZmEREZ
one.937Please respect copyright.PENANA3LqXcr7VZL
Not until he met Angel.937Please respect copyright.PENANANw8qEznUnz
Trina937Please respect copyright.PENANASRUIpKhWCO
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 937Please respect copyright.PENANAgE77Ss577R
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.937Please respect copyright.PENANAQDFGqhbxpB
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"937Please respect copyright.PENANA1AfFKHe8GP
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."937Please respect copyright.PENANAZgG5lZL4b5
Trina937Please respect copyright.PENANAUEp0qpZObb
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 937Please respect copyright.PENANAQPSUhWqgu4
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 937Please respect copyright.PENANAp8WjL0FuqP
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 937Please respect copyright.PENANAwxDdYJSkXK
beautiful.937Please respect copyright.PENANAr8fV8BFW6Z
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.937Please respect copyright.PENANAeDSR9NNxRX
"Then937Please respect copyright.PENANAVAXxL8IDye
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 937Please respect copyright.PENANAJbH32h8ris
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 937Please respect copyright.PENANAen3yO7RL0a
side to try and work things out."937Please respect copyright.PENANA0B3BjQOJaY
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."937Please respect copyright.PENANA6rJr08YYnW
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."937Please respect copyright.PENANAFD2HcCUA7L
"Ya, me too."937Please respect copyright.PENANAvafnH71gLG
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."937Please respect copyright.PENANApi6kCyCpGB
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.937Please respect copyright.PENANAZa6PAcZ9gJ
"Do you know something, Eric?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAme0mXSWqe0
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAyI5SSrUj7q
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAp8GdHhI1HO
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."937Please respect copyright.PENANAq6lFtAG25Z
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.937Please respect copyright.PENANAc5Vdo7pvhV
Eric937Please respect copyright.PENANAbK1ccdqCJz
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that937Please respect copyright.PENANAaC3IruETlj
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 937Please respect copyright.PENANAsFdt0W3Lvk
eyes with a corky smile on his face.937Please respect copyright.PENANAuGkGuJbrVL
"Please,937Please respect copyright.PENANAaibPxrLMgn
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 937Please respect copyright.PENANAc02zPlGmkj
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 937Please respect copyright.PENANAfSiNdH2sKs
ask him?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAMFYkvneGqh
Trina937Please respect copyright.PENANAQR8UFqkmrn
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 937Please respect copyright.PENANA93cxK9iJhN
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 937Please respect copyright.PENANA0F32zYvWCi
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."937Please respect copyright.PENANAVIsoHCr3T5
Eric937Please respect copyright.PENANAwC7K7rpuQA
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 937Please respect copyright.PENANAkxFwXxbxfI
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."937Please respect copyright.PENANAwrd9iO6r3R
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAxUqhpxw0xo
Eric937Please respect copyright.PENANACgKPe1in4y
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 937Please respect copyright.PENANAwa87JL9ftH
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 937Please respect copyright.PENANAR6ecFO2zUt
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 937Please respect copyright.PENANAmd1aqsyxJN
to say next.937Please respect copyright.PENANAkbGBjg38AI
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAirZKr8qN6v
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.937Please respect copyright.PENANAoHoJrIhSbC
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAPjbxrNIZdm
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."937Please respect copyright.PENANAsI27oT8S0o
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAcAdNF34sav
"She's937Please respect copyright.PENANAvLhmBtK5Bq
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 937Please respect copyright.PENANA5eaJSGjIrz
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.937Please respect copyright.PENANApKHpWqwYPB
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 937Please respect copyright.PENANA7sVR5xyKh9
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 937Please respect copyright.PENANAgJJpiRUxSE
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 937Please respect copyright.PENANApSEanPItz7
anymore.937Please respect copyright.PENANAGagjIAFwo4
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.937Please respect copyright.PENANAfI9klr95pk
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAX2qakR0FE7
Trina937Please respect copyright.PENANAzgWRvKE6Cf
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 937Please respect copyright.PENANAqymFUrxUiE
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 937Please respect copyright.PENANAJNhGajQfjZ
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 937Please respect copyright.PENANAG4u5sQoykE
massage him.937Please respect copyright.PENANADHkVjd51B9
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"937Please respect copyright.PENANA5T4xpyevqy
Eric937Please respect copyright.PENANAkqZf4p7d6O
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 937Please respect copyright.PENANAMBpBW2QXT9
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 937Please respect copyright.PENANAKbZ5Smeee0
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 937Please respect copyright.PENANAdUdC9w5mip
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty937Please respect copyright.PENANAg61sekb4sQ
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 937Please respect copyright.PENANAHLgiUBbxEo
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.937Please respect copyright.PENANAC97NOAT5K3
He937Please respect copyright.PENANAq7dmMaCJm6
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 937Please respect copyright.PENANAD0q61HUSb5
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think937Please respect copyright.PENANA0lT8TF6i8t
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 937Please respect copyright.PENANAE16IZxjQDc
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 937Please respect copyright.PENANABfXgoqe3A2
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.937Please respect copyright.PENANA1uv9qHF00z
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAL5Yz98dUSF
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."937Please respect copyright.PENANAws1UwxNFGh
"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."937Please respect copyright.PENANAto75wMqMU7
Eric937Please respect copyright.PENANAdxZyNdgiTN
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his937Please respect copyright.PENANA6znMi6bVb6
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.937Please respect copyright.PENANAakkH4IuC5J
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAkm9Ub3Lif5
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."937Please respect copyright.PENANAmDq9tSMwR5
"Oh,937Please respect copyright.PENANAgLPXIf87Se
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair937Please respect copyright.PENANAER32uW7oDl
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 937Please respect copyright.PENANAh0yEqmnpQe
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.937Please respect copyright.PENANAsa7dI9kYFx
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.937Please respect copyright.PENANAelLL9yJfQc
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.937Please respect copyright.PENANAfPq4wJqD0G
Trina937Please respect copyright.PENANAH0gscH4MJG
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him937Please respect copyright.PENANAawIXakroby
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.937Please respect copyright.PENANAhwuiBeyMkP
Leo937Please respect copyright.PENANAjOdR4KZRSM
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 937Please respect copyright.PENANA1ooBGZrOeH
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.937Please respect copyright.PENANANeAm5BLnPq
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.937Please respect copyright.PENANAA4opKbzZgr
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.937Please respect copyright.PENANAPPPxOpUC6o
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAZjdXqgzjDj
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."937Please respect copyright.PENANAyxtfEELFzt
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.937Please respect copyright.PENANAH9Dtrc3M5W
"I was just leaving," said Trina.937Please respect copyright.PENANAF2v6c0oowW
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."937Please respect copyright.PENANAZEkNvqqDkt
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.937Please respect copyright.PENANA9fhGYehIGr
With937Please respect copyright.PENANAZzLYjxKjoT
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood937Please respect copyright.PENANApPV1s0zjcY
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.937Please respect copyright.PENANAsL9aGspdKR
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.937Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1cykRgbAL
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.937Please respect copyright.PENANAVWWZUfnD1D
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.937Please respect copyright.PENANAn5YJeyfCIs
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."937Please respect copyright.PENANATAo50Iolx5
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."937Please respect copyright.PENANAkjxvrlSDiy
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."937Please respect copyright.PENANAzGSiPy6OIJ
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."937Please respect copyright.PENANAjV9zPSakCQ
"Well, you would someday."937Please respect copyright.PENANA85hLwTLWxq
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAypJ6LELSnX
"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?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAiQ8yQ1wUQn
"That would be fine by me."937Please respect copyright.PENANA44CoNvg08i
"Oh,937Please respect copyright.PENANA6cQHYLw5DM
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 937Please respect copyright.PENANAhWIgT3BJbk
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 937Please respect copyright.PENANAcBfmhzZtXk
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 937Please respect copyright.PENANAohrdQkbHQ4
you broke things off with her."937Please respect copyright.PENANAuXllY4VNCg
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."937Please respect copyright.PENANAEAcgIFmffs
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."937Please respect copyright.PENANAdwZTXzRMJt
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."937Please respect copyright.PENANAxk8v5EfLzq
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."937Please respect copyright.PENANAePSoHi7Nuk
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.937Please respect copyright.PENANAoMVmeYNpnA
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."937Please respect copyright.PENANAhwDSSEYkdR
Leo937Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZPl2oDIOW
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 937Please respect copyright.PENANAyTpg1t1IO4
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 937Please respect copyright.PENANA5MeWUjB7mt
her.937Please respect copyright.PENANAxNdhG2GELD
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.937Please respect copyright.PENANAuhqsxCRz7G
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.937Please respect copyright.PENANAszH2Jw4YR3
Eric937Please respect copyright.PENANAh5vYo6kHEN
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 937Please respect copyright.PENANAOMIkrjVo8U
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 937Please respect copyright.PENANAaU81nLvFVi
thinking about Angel just now."937Please respect copyright.PENANAOr6TERsx9P
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."937Please respect copyright.PENANAEeBcDCs2xT
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"937Please respect copyright.PENANA71QYuv6Dtb
Leo937Please respect copyright.PENANAfC6cB6BdKq
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 937Please respect copyright.PENANAN3GMMvAYvx
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 937Please respect copyright.PENANA7prUp963ed
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.937Please respect copyright.PENANA9sm4yW7GRc
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"937Please respect copyright.PENANAyCEXxEZ9G3
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.937Please respect copyright.PENANAeJQiZQEX3K
"Because,937Please respect copyright.PENANAYl0tzfaHCa
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 937Please respect copyright.PENANAu5SLKC7THk
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 937Please respect copyright.PENANAWSQo1vzChE
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're937Please respect copyright.PENANAAkAABHiR4O
in a sense of emergency to release it."937Please respect copyright.PENANAVM3vkgUdXe
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."937Please respect copyright.PENANA4fwj6KbaId
"Of937Please respect copyright.PENANAdriYlhViRN
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 937Please respect copyright.PENANAwKaGB1lbjE
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 937Please respect copyright.PENANAQLDtZZXmGv
darling, Angel."937Please respect copyright.PENANAk3V5JqDsMj
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."937Please respect copyright.PENANAUQORy3RfSr
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.937Please respect copyright.PENANADQY2gaQ1MR
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.937Please respect copyright.PENANAmHMqplbWEL
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.937Please respect copyright.PENANA0e55HzPHFr
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."937Please respect copyright.PENANAsjmq8M6Je7
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."937Please respect copyright.PENANAr2WC37CVQ7
"Grandma937Please respect copyright.PENANAc0DwPhzgj1
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 937Please respect copyright.PENANAJOTArCCEO3
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."937Please respect copyright.PENANAk5BqGvUaLl
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"937Please respect copyright.PENANASSUQxaYieJ
Leo937Please respect copyright.PENANAeXiD6n2KKT
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 937Please respect copyright.PENANAIkND2cf05b
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a937Please respect copyright.PENANATuy6TCIjcz
word to anyone.937Please respect copyright.PENANAtIA1emi0mg
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."937Please respect copyright.PENANAiiT0LcB5Yg
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."937Please respect copyright.PENANA4wL8ypoxuF
"Yep,937Please respect copyright.PENANAF8iWKedCyo
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I937Please respect copyright.PENANABEI7tnQt3C
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.937Please respect copyright.PENANA233aDjbGG8
"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.937Please respect copyright.PENANAZXFJVaiBR5
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."937Please respect copyright.PENANA5HP8TE6NS9
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."937Please respect copyright.PENANASTPxsVErtk
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."937Please respect copyright.PENANABveeRX7uOe
Eric937Please respect copyright.PENANAZtjZfTf3dS
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 937Please respect copyright.PENANAOsUN6EIR7l
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 937Please respect copyright.PENANAQdyEhQFSpz
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."937Please respect copyright.PENANAL3Jr3B3Um3
Leo937Please respect copyright.PENANAC64oiRrETH
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 937Please respect copyright.PENANA4vCLjakclb
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 937Please respect copyright.PENANAnyyMPwLf6k
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.937Please respect copyright.PENANAAtAlm41fDC
He937Please respect copyright.PENANA9e7iCqJAlJ
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 937Please respect copyright.PENANANI7GgXL2iE
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 937Please respect copyright.PENANAUc1aoSGXT6
desk that he had to look at today.937Please respect copyright.PENANApbmhDbpJ7A
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?937Please respect copyright.PENANANggSnrYQf1
Leo937Please respect copyright.PENANA1YMjEYZiJO
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 937Please respect copyright.PENANAMgDuwwDapq
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.937Please respect copyright.PENANAMNuavZwX8h
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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