Angel was in the living 519Please respect copyright.PENANAf6JG6kQ1Bw
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 519Please respect copyright.PENANAIyzqcENyIu
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.519Please respect copyright.PENANAhwVbO6hwWZ
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.519Please respect copyright.PENANASg7jr49mMz
"How was what?" Angel asked.519Please respect copyright.PENANA4CNiyQ59jX
"Getting to know Leo?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAsRyrk1NyVE
Angel could have sworn 519Please respect copyright.PENANATBjFgCrePv
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 519Please respect copyright.PENANAFLs9RwueWJ
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.519Please respect copyright.PENANAc8SwGdYGLF
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.519Please respect copyright.PENANAemB5RunTOA
"Really?" Amanda looked a519Please respect copyright.PENANAhX6Xt0ghGn
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 519Please respect copyright.PENANAM4l2XYi4ct
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 519Please respect copyright.PENANAwyoVGQIq6O
have offended you?" 519Please respect copyright.PENANAfik8SvWZD1
"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."519Please respect copyright.PENANA83yX9QYStK
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAuVhxxI0ZuR
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."519Please respect copyright.PENANAW28dm7r257
"Awww, you're so 519Please respect copyright.PENANAk90lgGhVhE
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can519Please respect copyright.PENANAMffs7IMJQ9
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 519Please respect copyright.PENANAqzpmkmT6dw
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 519Please respect copyright.PENANALZp2q6K472
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."519Please respect copyright.PENANALj8wzq4OIa
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."519Please respect copyright.PENANAdB034i5eTt
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAMpVDYuUVHt
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."519Please respect copyright.PENANASNk64aA4S7
Amanda gave Angel the 519Please respect copyright.PENANArHbBuHA0m3
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 519Please respect copyright.PENANAtPVyZw9qhk
to deal with writing. It suits you."519Please respect copyright.PENANAiIPBK7e6EN
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.519Please respect copyright.PENANAu0mrYulVsZ
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."519Please respect copyright.PENANARpCXaQ3MKR
"What is it?" Angel asked.519Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZkNyRIXzd
"You seem to be one 519Please respect copyright.PENANAAoJrjLUW7A
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,519Please respect copyright.PENANALb9AqTh0cG
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."519Please respect copyright.PENANACOU42zC2Co
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.519Please respect copyright.PENANAuK46hU13Ov
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.519Please respect copyright.PENANAVVAG7NZHOA
"What?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAIdfvofmyWP
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.519Please respect copyright.PENANAJOgM6cSftd
Leo who had just come in519Please respect copyright.PENANAwxWzNAYtPS
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 519Please respect copyright.PENANAWBypDoRqeB
just at the entrance of the living room.519Please respect copyright.PENANAlhzBIfjr1V
"What did you just say 519Please respect copyright.PENANAq7QEjc8bFH
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached519Please respect copyright.PENANAWEvExL9TBm
the two women on the wheelchairs.519Please respect copyright.PENANAqyNuX8CHkz
Amanda turned her 519Please respect copyright.PENANAfZUea4yhdD
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 519Please respect copyright.PENANAmjxncHtLwl
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 519Please respect copyright.PENANAR7dcj5PdQS
themselves."519Please respect copyright.PENANApR9LWAGSCa
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAkeoETx2lrY
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAYV1agVe13q
Leo couldn't believe 519Please respect copyright.PENANA4fBEBRUT1b
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 519Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7BIFZqVgw
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.519Please respect copyright.PENANADG0gRpUPJQ
"Haven't you thought 519Please respect copyright.PENANADRn1ubVU0g
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 519Please respect copyright.PENANAYT6PeE582y
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a519Please respect copyright.PENANAbO31jy5jri
job of her own?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAtiBNJgdEAJ
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."519Please respect copyright.PENANAVMRrAQSjyt
"You deserve better, my 519Please respect copyright.PENANAWw7zLQIWom
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 519Please respect copyright.PENANAhnLklwT5jg
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."519Please respect copyright.PENANAp1hsdopc9j
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."519Please respect copyright.PENANABsrN6pK3UP
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."519Please respect copyright.PENANAUcmtvLcfQO
"What makes you so sure?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAi8XCgrbB02
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."519Please respect copyright.PENANAzIxM5KuTtR
"Mum won't though."519Please respect copyright.PENANAaepAtQc2pv
"Does she run the 519Please respect copyright.PENANAQZk90DUSFp
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 519Please respect copyright.PENANAuTSA7WEjT1
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 519Please respect copyright.PENANADjOMlzQyHA
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."519Please respect copyright.PENANArnFh1jBCmK
Leo knew his grandmother519Please respect copyright.PENANAYkjivKGF2Z
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 519Please respect copyright.PENANAQG7aL9Sjgw
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 519Please respect copyright.PENANAkifZ7lHNwI
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 519Please respect copyright.PENANAlObwMNKEaD
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.519Please respect copyright.PENANAqDzExRIGMo
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.519Please respect copyright.PENANAfl1x2Or2cY
"Don't say any of this 519Please respect copyright.PENANAi5NFWQ7ckS
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 519Please respect copyright.PENANAsKTFmtRHq5
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 519Please respect copyright.PENANAXhrO0CCPM6
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 519Please respect copyright.PENANAwVX6nkBQhI
have to convince her a little more than I have to."519Please respect copyright.PENANAmS4kzwfpub
Angel gulped. It felt 519Please respect copyright.PENANA7RvopZT1sy
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only519Please respect copyright.PENANAIPUBXSDn3e
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.519Please respect copyright.PENANA8BoTMDjWRM
Leo made his way out of 519Please respect copyright.PENANAw1cYpRtYzP
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 519Please respect copyright.PENANAkQ0iNM6VTL
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 519Please respect copyright.PENANANkzpYCZDg0
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 519Please respect copyright.PENANAlv2QJcroQ4
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.519Please respect copyright.PENANAiNne4ngJoh
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"519Please respect copyright.PENANA1DRIuofAC2
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."519Please respect copyright.PENANAeVeMCA0BMI
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."519Please respect copyright.PENANADmBD4YV8Db
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.519Please respect copyright.PENANAkulkcSRgcL
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.519Please respect copyright.PENANA8oS6xqcFqV
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.519Please respect copyright.PENANA4yYzcA6Mjw
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."519Please respect copyright.PENANAiBmurfpZyw
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."519Please respect copyright.PENANAwHsaDLcMI4
"I'm talking about Kim."519Please respect copyright.PENANAEYYpuKauNG
Angel didn't know if it 519Please respect copyright.PENANAk8PO38IenS
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 519Please respect copyright.PENANAqGmWkCtWiq
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It519Please respect copyright.PENANAfuUp13G8mA
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 519Please respect copyright.PENANADKH76HbmZQ
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 519Please respect copyright.PENANAyUhFXRH73I
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 519Please respect copyright.PENANAKHqkikNhEI
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 519Please respect copyright.PENANAQUBkI5kkxu
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 519Please respect copyright.PENANAszCipgOghw
certain things?519Please respect copyright.PENANA01X9n6mWKa
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.519Please respect copyright.PENANA8evQjYW9Hb
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.519Please respect copyright.PENANADr6AMq4IRH
Angel felt like covering519Please respect copyright.PENANAJsAQAoHwhK
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 519Please respect copyright.PENANAlRo4RdCU6t
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 519Please respect copyright.PENANAnhnhjZB0pU
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 519Please respect copyright.PENANAFhpejTpNSi
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.519Please respect copyright.PENANA0vubgiQj9o
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.519Please respect copyright.PENANAQKTy8EqbKP
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.519Please respect copyright.PENANAu2WgIfbFDv
Angel felt her heart 519Please respect copyright.PENANAUcGmuhgnEh
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if519Please respect copyright.PENANAcxB9VaUWzB
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 519Please respect copyright.PENANAUmTKgXqgZj
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 519Please respect copyright.PENANAzop3kMrOTC
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 519Please respect copyright.PENANASqAyl2d61e
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 519Please respect copyright.PENANALEEyWVEW78
and invited her to the wedding.519Please respect copyright.PENANAddrB5BoDhO
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.519Please respect copyright.PENANANvv3kW6Gyt
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.519Please respect copyright.PENANAWj25P91F9w
Angel looked at Amanda 519Please respect copyright.PENANANEeD29uP4S
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 519Please respect copyright.PENANAnCkKUu01ab
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.519Please respect copyright.PENANA8tIpfOn9yi
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 519Please respect copyright.PENANAJffwwzB0mg
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they519Please respect copyright.PENANA5QduoCdvs2
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they519Please respect copyright.PENANAQW1C8KQp5l
saw Leo.519Please respect copyright.PENANA6kwqM0uDBI
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"519Please respect copyright.PENANA64K5OrChID
"Nothing, dear," said 519Please respect copyright.PENANAj3DjCQq1iq
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother519Please respect copyright.PENANAn0d5KpkfkV
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."519Please respect copyright.PENANA3BJEhRU196
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."519Please respect copyright.PENANAPbIfpAUhuw
"Have a nice day."519Please respect copyright.PENANAp7JsRnJgEy
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.519Please respect copyright.PENANAxcYasf8YAn
Leo nodded his head in 519Please respect copyright.PENANAsrDD920Eo1
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 519Please respect copyright.PENANAc2uFlxasOz
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 519Please respect copyright.PENANAkoUrWxc4MX
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 519Please respect copyright.PENANAWCpAAoGLaP
through the front door.519Please respect copyright.PENANAfNixmIeZP4
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.519Please respect copyright.PENANAhBXEg6suxL
"You're unbelievable," 519Please respect copyright.PENANAfKmjMtXW38
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 519Please respect copyright.PENANAAVSXIfY75a
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."519Please respect copyright.PENANAO11WlUq8WS
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.519Please respect copyright.PENANA6z1d9G29HG
"I'm sorry for that, 519Please respect copyright.PENANArsm5U03lgU
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 519Please respect copyright.PENANAmicdAS2RZe
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."519Please respect copyright.PENANAWM352u2Wvf
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.519Please respect copyright.PENANAy1cNnML1yr
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."519Please respect copyright.PENANAsu53HnAsIR
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."519Please respect copyright.PENANAGrwdwlzJFm
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."519Please respect copyright.PENANAVtQ0n7ksMY
Angel slowly followed 519Please respect copyright.PENANAkQmaNDmzWN
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 519Please respect copyright.PENANAushh9jm69w
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her519Please respect copyright.PENANAGAYVKIPyl6
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 519Please respect copyright.PENANAhfUBwL0mrV
must have felt awful.519Please respect copyright.PENANAkdYABouPzq
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.519Please respect copyright.PENANANAkskVAmMl
***519Please respect copyright.PENANADPIQPBVqzY
Eric519Please respect copyright.PENANAjje8tMy3W1
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 519Please respect copyright.PENANAFBpHDcIxko
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.519Please respect copyright.PENANAu9g3OSQYGb
He519Please respect copyright.PENANAFX1kSOTFYl
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 519Please respect copyright.PENANARipLO5yqCa
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 519Please respect copyright.PENANAxOKhYbt65p
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.519Please respect copyright.PENANAlYDJQFHtfS
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.519Please respect copyright.PENANA1evsoonJcM
Since519Please respect copyright.PENANATCjAOo0DXu
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 519Please respect copyright.PENANASEQ5xsKkSR
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 519Please respect copyright.PENANALUK8UPR6kj
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 519Please respect copyright.PENANAigUdkA5hEa
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?519Please respect copyright.PENANAvxQ1xbWw6l
Who519Please respect copyright.PENANAB7CzRRlQxg
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 519Please respect copyright.PENANATGF84mpJ4o
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft519Please respect copyright.PENANAr7kUgwjsT9
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.519Please respect copyright.PENANAPlViPp74OD
He519Please respect copyright.PENANAU7FogaFOyn
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 519Please respect copyright.PENANAXxYkBjOgau
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 519Please respect copyright.PENANATnCc3i7L5A
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.519Please respect copyright.PENANAdwKkymGn1h
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.519Please respect copyright.PENANAJNh85Ksdu5
"You've someone here to see you."519Please respect copyright.PENANAWbTcqHEDlJ
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.519Please respect copyright.PENANA0fmOWwKUTX
"It's Trina."519Please respect copyright.PENANAyuByREgavA
Eric519Please respect copyright.PENANAhXRHiy5AGn
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 519Please respect copyright.PENANA4OZ9MLz8A4
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 519Please respect copyright.PENANA2nLacmMCPo
called off.519Please respect copyright.PENANAeD8ewGjqpI
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.519Please respect copyright.PENANAfht3ktMtnD
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.519Please respect copyright.PENANAfofegBrHup
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.519Please respect copyright.PENANApoKylaI0Za
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.519Please respect copyright.PENANAomHc3I37ub
Trina519Please respect copyright.PENANAPx7ODqD7hR
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to519Please respect copyright.PENANA8scwUfmgAK
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 519Please respect copyright.PENANAusr3tnLd5g
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 519Please respect copyright.PENANALArdGGlsBI
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 519Please respect copyright.PENANAO6GIbsEogG
fall out sometimes but still get back together.519Please respect copyright.PENANAi1wU7OiZ02
Now519Please respect copyright.PENANALeAOVLnnoc
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 519Please respect copyright.PENANABzd5ERnigg
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 519Please respect copyright.PENANAHJNd0FnHII
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 519Please respect copyright.PENANAa8KehehqVx
weren't friends.519Please respect copyright.PENANArCaL1M0ohS
While519Please respect copyright.PENANAaMRTpzTqjJ
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 519Please respect copyright.PENANAROImUBDQVE
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 519Please respect copyright.PENANAkjB9BcDlSl
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 519Please respect copyright.PENANAfPLThlxXSx
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 519Please respect copyright.PENANA1sacmABZEX
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.519Please respect copyright.PENANAzSWTivtHpC
One519Please respect copyright.PENANARBoldUCapm
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 519Please respect copyright.PENANAfy8PAvzwbC
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 519Please respect copyright.PENANAjEHfSZwQsS
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 519Please respect copyright.PENANAb0fGSkVgpF
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 519Please respect copyright.PENANAVfiMVQRG81
one.519Please respect copyright.PENANAwgO5iyjUYi
Not until he met Angel.519Please respect copyright.PENANAfOWENFMYW0
Trina519Please respect copyright.PENANARLMXxHtkR6
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 519Please respect copyright.PENANAGMatiaNySb
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.519Please respect copyright.PENANA9h31DfhDGo
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAmnJNYpYdFg
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."519Please respect copyright.PENANA5dOsajK5sx
Trina519Please respect copyright.PENANALqX4IenM0I
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 519Please respect copyright.PENANATusaL3pGi5
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 519Please respect copyright.PENANABU4hSGvkAQ
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 519Please respect copyright.PENANAuJg2JuG3VW
beautiful.519Please respect copyright.PENANA4XiHBRuJOD
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.519Please respect copyright.PENANAt1Cbyp2DMo
"Then519Please respect copyright.PENANAkhBj9Y8QDp
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 519Please respect copyright.PENANAS9UHbaeOIT
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 519Please respect copyright.PENANAj1aZ8AdiEY
side to try and work things out."519Please respect copyright.PENANAyFs92GY2pd
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."519Please respect copyright.PENANACG6bTYrH3f
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."519Please respect copyright.PENANA3sxdZ1uVbq
"Ya, me too."519Please respect copyright.PENANAjFd1iBzxcd
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."519Please respect copyright.PENANAMdakB6GOGt
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.519Please respect copyright.PENANA1Y1FuZgVG2
"Do you know something, Eric?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAP3cBEeuW4X
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"519Please respect copyright.PENANArzxygMDXbv
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"519Please respect copyright.PENANADWHWBC9Dr8
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."519Please respect copyright.PENANAme1P4xMd2J
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.519Please respect copyright.PENANAxzeW6lNiVh
Eric519Please respect copyright.PENANA78KtlOGlzl
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that519Please respect copyright.PENANAlCDN7dfixc
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 519Please respect copyright.PENANA4oYAQd833M
eyes with a corky smile on his face.519Please respect copyright.PENANABFUnX1hDpZ
"Please,519Please respect copyright.PENANAHgF2I8HuIH
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 519Please respect copyright.PENANAoJ4pLh3GQ6
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 519Please respect copyright.PENANAUgmuxvKRHw
ask him?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAFaVbuEGsQ3
Trina519Please respect copyright.PENANA43Fw1bsFGV
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 519Please respect copyright.PENANAOA1JbO6Gos
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 519Please respect copyright.PENANAKRUn8ss3Du
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."519Please respect copyright.PENANAj8VJeJMAsV
Eric519Please respect copyright.PENANADTXPtIqP9c
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 519Please respect copyright.PENANABzz3OCwZ1V
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."519Please respect copyright.PENANAqi4yMmvcUf
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAtBxEgC0vpG
Eric519Please respect copyright.PENANAGo2Jm2hlTU
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 519Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZUN0zIOM3
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 519Please respect copyright.PENANAPSwaiiEfoa
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 519Please respect copyright.PENANAB4T8nJYkP5
to say next.519Please respect copyright.PENANA7WJUxQS0ZP
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAYNELDHPG65
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.519Please respect copyright.PENANAA6M4QmB8TR
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"519Please respect copyright.PENANA3FVLon6gmG
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."519Please respect copyright.PENANAtbSY3IN78e
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"519Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZbbD3E7Q7
"She's519Please respect copyright.PENANAzTiCr8pZwp
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 519Please respect copyright.PENANA0gembyUUjI
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.519Please respect copyright.PENANAx3aZ7ILVeJ
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 519Please respect copyright.PENANAmuPM4V6V4X
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 519Please respect copyright.PENANA4PAmDFzE1a
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 519Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1BKtC5cLg
anymore.519Please respect copyright.PENANAHSrBiEQwNN
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.519Please respect copyright.PENANAqA8gZtSm8C
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAMDWfYypEuv
Trina519Please respect copyright.PENANAv532MBgenr
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 519Please respect copyright.PENANA2YWj1aTQlf
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 519Please respect copyright.PENANAfW87z0UCkT
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 519Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3QKecaGXR
massage him.519Please respect copyright.PENANASJ2McDtkAe
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"519Please respect copyright.PENANA0eUviKazZF
Eric519Please respect copyright.PENANAGnqROXpmfl
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 519Please respect copyright.PENANAt8l5Wuzkfp
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 519Please respect copyright.PENANAVRRySn4LpD
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 519Please respect copyright.PENANAsZ6Pxl2ff3
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty519Please respect copyright.PENANA92hDFdpJI2
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 519Please respect copyright.PENANAIEcN784BC0
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.519Please respect copyright.PENANA5UXWNthoSr
He519Please respect copyright.PENANANhPjJIvM7O
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 519Please respect copyright.PENANAmL7A7ZnVmu
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think519Please respect copyright.PENANAUxLYYi9HRY
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 519Please respect copyright.PENANAFbbCp0sIAv
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 519Please respect copyright.PENANAYdv0IchXy8
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.519Please respect copyright.PENANA2rtyDZ9Qid
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAdkt6KoNsmQ
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."519Please respect copyright.PENANACnVKVaP42E
"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."519Please respect copyright.PENANAcEAwPWY1fQ
Eric519Please respect copyright.PENANAkLvOpCketv
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his519Please respect copyright.PENANASRQWPrRVOA
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.519Please respect copyright.PENANA2iz9f3yl3C
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAVlBTXCa3jl
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."519Please respect copyright.PENANAf5VZ4RKeuF
"Oh,519Please respect copyright.PENANAm0fDSp6zTE
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair519Please respect copyright.PENANAICZ4NuU2c1
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 519Please respect copyright.PENANAMeNbk3VfyY
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.519Please respect copyright.PENANATuCSZZJMIN
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.519Please respect copyright.PENANAoTAFWgee0U
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.519Please respect copyright.PENANAiNvXSV50ii
Trina519Please respect copyright.PENANAfaVE2rSUAT
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him519Please respect copyright.PENANAlSk9zcbeBq
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.519Please respect copyright.PENANAIXdCANowPS
Leo519Please respect copyright.PENANAjgAkrSmOZz
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 519Please respect copyright.PENANATFEz2tU2pX
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.519Please respect copyright.PENANAd1WmPI2UlL
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.519Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2Dl9c8TST
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.519Please respect copyright.PENANAobdPcH7dSu
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAzSE2zEE4wg
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."519Please respect copyright.PENANALz2RkBsomU
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.519Please respect copyright.PENANAoCh9T1j8lm
"I was just leaving," said Trina.519Please respect copyright.PENANAD9hX8Al1LV
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."519Please respect copyright.PENANAZJawFufddo
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.519Please respect copyright.PENANAegCPDs8Ak8
With519Please respect copyright.PENANAWyTXA6aFSm
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood519Please respect copyright.PENANAXpXQEmG4ZC
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.519Please respect copyright.PENANASecuWpda2G
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.519Please respect copyright.PENANAvdfGX4XUgt
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.519Please respect copyright.PENANA46ludGzTUt
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.519Please respect copyright.PENANAtw7Vig9knr
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."519Please respect copyright.PENANAkEiPUAnUaI
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."519Please respect copyright.PENANAvgAZ1CYjcP
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."519Please respect copyright.PENANAOlgCOVJp8Q
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."519Please respect copyright.PENANAQiZBlvf3Fa
"Well, you would someday."519Please respect copyright.PENANAH21llLJ2Kk
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAhLjaQXGpB5
"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?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAWjtMkXnCwd
"That would be fine by me."519Please respect copyright.PENANA8Sxm9gl7bg
"Oh,519Please respect copyright.PENANASHja7rRtu9
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 519Please respect copyright.PENANA318XRHasDm
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 519Please respect copyright.PENANA3YHU6As6ib
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 519Please respect copyright.PENANAHfurjb0IP2
you broke things off with her."519Please respect copyright.PENANADUEjiD8zHM
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."519Please respect copyright.PENANAl5RWrms46F
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."519Please respect copyright.PENANA8DyH1XFsjR
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."519Please respect copyright.PENANAokiDg3OM8T
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."519Please respect copyright.PENANACILQvME3mZ
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.519Please respect copyright.PENANALfSDKNsBNb
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."519Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8RMw4zKsm
Leo519Please respect copyright.PENANAfJeRZPQVQy
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 519Please respect copyright.PENANAfnHH6bNb6j
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 519Please respect copyright.PENANAgL8ukFBzX2
her.519Please respect copyright.PENANAQj0XmC7OOn
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.519Please respect copyright.PENANAJHPa1lUyOW
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.519Please respect copyright.PENANAW3TIwCOWH8
Eric519Please respect copyright.PENANA91xa3mndav
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 519Please respect copyright.PENANAi2InW0jvmo
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 519Please respect copyright.PENANAHfhhv30EYg
thinking about Angel just now."519Please respect copyright.PENANAfmHqV3pSPS
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."519Please respect copyright.PENANAHPuanzAWjY
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAkfrZckFgh3
Leo519Please respect copyright.PENANAw2TJWpAH6S
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 519Please respect copyright.PENANA3dJlbq62EH
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 519Please respect copyright.PENANA1h5UTWW6AZ
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.519Please respect copyright.PENANAMSU7tpU8F5
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"519Please respect copyright.PENANATNImN3gcyA
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.519Please respect copyright.PENANALrRqVM8wRX
"Because,519Please respect copyright.PENANAlHVSFphiRM
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 519Please respect copyright.PENANAzdHVamHYdb
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 519Please respect copyright.PENANA3brCj8ta9J
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're519Please respect copyright.PENANApplviwKsuU
in a sense of emergency to release it."519Please respect copyright.PENANAftE2gXVkM8
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."519Please respect copyright.PENANA7nW6aawnIR
"Of519Please respect copyright.PENANA4ybg5wycCl
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 519Please respect copyright.PENANAglmyxKEqAb
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 519Please respect copyright.PENANAKsAva4RYQy
darling, Angel."519Please respect copyright.PENANAEwVTHHt8YL
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."519Please respect copyright.PENANA2DYFlAf3KU
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.519Please respect copyright.PENANAU5upDGFoo8
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.519Please respect copyright.PENANAJeLXCIVrE0
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.519Please respect copyright.PENANAOBWUBUVuWJ
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."519Please respect copyright.PENANANRCldBQVxH
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."519Please respect copyright.PENANAt3Ai88FEqQ
"Grandma519Please respect copyright.PENANAjshEDOf24H
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 519Please respect copyright.PENANAsE5nmYi9HK
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."519Please respect copyright.PENANArGzbjvOfeR
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"519Please respect copyright.PENANAdHzMczkzmC
Leo519Please respect copyright.PENANAoGZcIlYpyW
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 519Please respect copyright.PENANARZTYHPUsb6
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a519Please respect copyright.PENANAGEKVX6mSUd
word to anyone.519Please respect copyright.PENANA8aoqtgTB8p
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."519Please respect copyright.PENANAHTM9pl1fS7
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."519Please respect copyright.PENANAo9JV4mcdQg
"Yep,519Please respect copyright.PENANAWRIoREEuRa
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I519Please respect copyright.PENANApkTQxPxJPu
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.519Please respect copyright.PENANA5ETAJJwtx2
"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.519Please respect copyright.PENANAxxKqWrR64U
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."519Please respect copyright.PENANAp4lPC23Dfb
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."519Please respect copyright.PENANA7oPjpe6NuW
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."519Please respect copyright.PENANApM001Rq6rD
Eric519Please respect copyright.PENANAmZQkNix5ul
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 519Please respect copyright.PENANA42ZUn5iI2r
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 519Please respect copyright.PENANAqIK1rjszWJ
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."519Please respect copyright.PENANAaXrSTAc99F
Leo519Please respect copyright.PENANAItb4yCEj7D
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 519Please respect copyright.PENANAd7nXOdJJn1
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 519Please respect copyright.PENANA79A0PdW6Oi
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.519Please respect copyright.PENANAj86fpulNdu
He519Please respect copyright.PENANARpYezFfzK6
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 519Please respect copyright.PENANAnS9QyGf4gT
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 519Please respect copyright.PENANAIzXa3B4Nm0
desk that he had to look at today.519Please respect copyright.PENANAZzbhFH9ZgU
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?519Please respect copyright.PENANAqDuN9ib8ab
Leo519Please respect copyright.PENANAS2pFvC2a2K
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 519Please respect copyright.PENANAjbkCNLpnHD
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.519Please respect copyright.PENANApNXWsYI3lk
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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