Angel was in the living 518Please respect copyright.PENANAGq4B6tRBOi
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 518Please respect copyright.PENANAWkdqbka76d
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.518Please respect copyright.PENANAzDlHspDrUK
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.518Please respect copyright.PENANAyxs0L2nXIe
"How was what?" Angel asked.518Please respect copyright.PENANARYrz2lOMmg
"Getting to know Leo?"518Please respect copyright.PENANAU2DB7cNzql
Angel could have sworn 518Please respect copyright.PENANAhjPO4sFG4z
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 518Please respect copyright.PENANAjTF07akB3M
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.518Please respect copyright.PENANAYB1aS5hLK6
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.518Please respect copyright.PENANAespFh07Qy7
"Really?" Amanda looked a518Please respect copyright.PENANAX8jrCSncEG
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 518Please respect copyright.PENANAFU2jiWa5cE
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 518Please respect copyright.PENANAKPQUwOM3gz
have offended you?" 518Please respect copyright.PENANAc8ZDl0KkNV
"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."518Please respect copyright.PENANAt5FmsvkoCH
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"518Please respect copyright.PENANAOrwEVipKda
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."518Please respect copyright.PENANAESsnRtdbqc
"Awww, you're so 518Please respect copyright.PENANAskiWdZ6IER
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can518Please respect copyright.PENANA1S0JEPRrQ7
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 518Please respect copyright.PENANA2pEv81mynV
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 518Please respect copyright.PENANA4rVJ6Cb5mJ
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."518Please respect copyright.PENANAC9xyBnmjeC
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."518Please respect copyright.PENANAHUxWC238sE
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"518Please respect copyright.PENANAUAzsqnEIgR
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."518Please respect copyright.PENANAfBHtRDHfCO
Amanda gave Angel the 518Please respect copyright.PENANArmD9hCZpNz
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 518Please respect copyright.PENANAoASFgp4vqH
to deal with writing. It suits you."518Please respect copyright.PENANAbwVJjyxR2w
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.518Please respect copyright.PENANA0iYVXZSejp
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."518Please respect copyright.PENANA1SzWYzoLz1
"What is it?" Angel asked.518Please respect copyright.PENANA5bxnVnoqLq
"You seem to be one 518Please respect copyright.PENANAk0odh58PdF
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,518Please respect copyright.PENANAVb2bYSVv8V
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."518Please respect copyright.PENANAuv7PwkfIGZ
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.518Please respect copyright.PENANABIfFWFDZqV
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.518Please respect copyright.PENANAqOgtvbIDfV
"What?"518Please respect copyright.PENANAiZypW6EzfN
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.518Please respect copyright.PENANARk77jpoX2A
Leo who had just come in518Please respect copyright.PENANAn7YNCVt72i
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 518Please respect copyright.PENANAFLvDxgYZBX
just at the entrance of the living room.518Please respect copyright.PENANAi3b6ck4nN5
"What did you just say 518Please respect copyright.PENANAVOqHUqu2V0
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached518Please respect copyright.PENANAIX2dPgZb78
the two women on the wheelchairs.518Please respect copyright.PENANA71dTBitpJN
Amanda turned her 518Please respect copyright.PENANAtQdJ38HBjk
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 518Please respect copyright.PENANAXyOSkAYqfL
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 518Please respect copyright.PENANAzN4tM9RuIw
themselves."518Please respect copyright.PENANAl8RE6X7hny
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"518Please respect copyright.PENANAi8T9kJS9xN
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"518Please respect copyright.PENANAC05ua5GVtS
Leo couldn't believe 518Please respect copyright.PENANAkD2lhHg4mI
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 518Please respect copyright.PENANADWl58iy3SK
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.518Please respect copyright.PENANA9TDpiBueWv
"Haven't you thought 518Please respect copyright.PENANA79CzamAY9z
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 518Please respect copyright.PENANA3yNoHNxZAT
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a518Please respect copyright.PENANA0CsXfhLVhK
job of her own?"518Please respect copyright.PENANA318WQXF3O1
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."518Please respect copyright.PENANAgIIKqxVBrr
"You deserve better, my 518Please respect copyright.PENANAIcX6WoeHgA
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 518Please respect copyright.PENANAXwIX3NjE14
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."518Please respect copyright.PENANAAlJ6u1m7WR
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."518Please respect copyright.PENANAkk84WxDydZ
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."518Please respect copyright.PENANAknbFl3KbiV
"What makes you so sure?"518Please respect copyright.PENANAuKTsV6A588
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."518Please respect copyright.PENANALUIPGUOdqx
"Mum won't though."518Please respect copyright.PENANAjJaqcozuam
"Does she run the 518Please respect copyright.PENANAPW4b0vSbNv
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 518Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZyK61FDSw
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 518Please respect copyright.PENANArugy5QHrIs
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."518Please respect copyright.PENANALyCgVu7CjS
Leo knew his grandmother518Please respect copyright.PENANA220LGzveoz
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 518Please respect copyright.PENANANZk9LXQfP0
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 518Please respect copyright.PENANAeVhycesFkF
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 518Please respect copyright.PENANAQNuOtBT3ZS
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.518Please respect copyright.PENANAzo4ErBmm7F
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.518Please respect copyright.PENANA9BWIpnqNW1
"Don't say any of this 518Please respect copyright.PENANA6cJisDvqvV
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 518Please respect copyright.PENANAGSHwQ9UmfA
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 518Please respect copyright.PENANAkBcI3CL3Qb
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 518Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0vxHnfFEt
have to convince her a little more than I have to."518Please respect copyright.PENANAEHCWhIfAwk
Angel gulped. It felt 518Please respect copyright.PENANAsBwM2sQoXu
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only518Please respect copyright.PENANA1zM9Ffndyu
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.518Please respect copyright.PENANAPYeDDx89Sj
Leo made his way out of 518Please respect copyright.PENANA7pJRwWOpFy
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 518Please respect copyright.PENANAnNJ1zJXNMq
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 518Please respect copyright.PENANA0pTm0ztGbz
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 518Please respect copyright.PENANA36C14hOe3I
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.518Please respect copyright.PENANAIxcXkNazK0
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"518Please respect copyright.PENANAGOHiJd7Vpl
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."518Please respect copyright.PENANAHR0zLWbrts
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."518Please respect copyright.PENANA7AtJGL37SD
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.518Please respect copyright.PENANAMWobmlAXpD
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.518Please respect copyright.PENANAEdImF0fUR6
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.518Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZG7JAer6h
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."518Please respect copyright.PENANAE6UW9BPdsb
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."518Please respect copyright.PENANA8YkzNAOkbo
"I'm talking about Kim."518Please respect copyright.PENANAnEfCaS0QFM
Angel didn't know if it 518Please respect copyright.PENANAhGiYNIeWdf
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 518Please respect copyright.PENANAecvudtAF7Z
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It518Please respect copyright.PENANAtezQYDyikC
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 518Please respect copyright.PENANAfmwBVIUMge
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 518Please respect copyright.PENANAGwoa6rtp7B
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 518Please respect copyright.PENANANBdM2XT6tI
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 518Please respect copyright.PENANAW7osTjqGCt
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 518Please respect copyright.PENANA8Aenzw996M
certain things?518Please respect copyright.PENANASzxnNgMY28
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.518Please respect copyright.PENANAE7UmnK6IrZ
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.518Please respect copyright.PENANAKVkAlS9z2H
Angel felt like covering518Please respect copyright.PENANAVgHb2fC7r1
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 518Please respect copyright.PENANAjljJLywQds
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 518Please respect copyright.PENANAQSCFfoiU58
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 518Please respect copyright.PENANAiRFrcGHAEH
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.518Please respect copyright.PENANATSg3CXDSGP
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.518Please respect copyright.PENANAkND7d5lnHK
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.518Please respect copyright.PENANAdhFTSCZGJQ
Angel felt her heart 518Please respect copyright.PENANATnOfbHl8D0
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if518Please respect copyright.PENANABhJ2OnmQ38
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 518Please respect copyright.PENANAVG6Ss4IAdH
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 518Please respect copyright.PENANAfQv4P2FtZc
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 518Please respect copyright.PENANAlD2XT2v31q
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 518Please respect copyright.PENANA7KxDC5KdXB
and invited her to the wedding.518Please respect copyright.PENANA0LxlWQVNOI
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.518Please respect copyright.PENANA2Lv3z1QDfu
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.518Please respect copyright.PENANApFjDeWYrXX
Angel looked at Amanda 518Please respect copyright.PENANAkIN5CAFXDI
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 518Please respect copyright.PENANA5LW3izr6ey
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.518Please respect copyright.PENANA6SYeNKOiVf
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 518Please respect copyright.PENANARDGHAQUNUC
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they518Please respect copyright.PENANARbJCO4nuW5
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they518Please respect copyright.PENANA3WgIz6Urv9
saw Leo.518Please respect copyright.PENANAxNt39jAwAT
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"518Please respect copyright.PENANA4anA4UIKvf
"Nothing, dear," said 518Please respect copyright.PENANAXCgmT6T8aq
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother518Please respect copyright.PENANAdQMfhTs5cZ
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."518Please respect copyright.PENANA7TPf1oSqXC
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."518Please respect copyright.PENANAKgqCuzI2H6
"Have a nice day."518Please respect copyright.PENANA0LGonAo0n4
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.518Please respect copyright.PENANAt6zbM7qZ5N
Leo nodded his head in 518Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4invzfEPM
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 518Please respect copyright.PENANAP9seiNP3OA
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 518Please respect copyright.PENANAX77Ljx5eiA
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 518Please respect copyright.PENANARf0uFUKMjL
through the front door.518Please respect copyright.PENANAxgHHlAxz82
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.518Please respect copyright.PENANA54z48pPSMr
"You're unbelievable," 518Please respect copyright.PENANAN72HjNTdHF
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 518Please respect copyright.PENANAoWTRFx60db
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."518Please respect copyright.PENANAqPN9QV1xLq
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.518Please respect copyright.PENANAajRNYoIk8e
"I'm sorry for that, 518Please respect copyright.PENANAAQmu5S8FKu
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 518Please respect copyright.PENANAMnOIz8SBDq
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."518Please respect copyright.PENANAzBcVM9EYtF
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.518Please respect copyright.PENANAeW0easuVuW
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."518Please respect copyright.PENANARYFpKefn7Q
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."518Please respect copyright.PENANAI6k9pViHQ8
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."518Please respect copyright.PENANAxI3dw3EpRY
Angel slowly followed 518Please respect copyright.PENANAyP5a47fyS4
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 518Please respect copyright.PENANAAoSMxJgBIm
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her518Please respect copyright.PENANAUVghQ8Ynsw
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 518Please respect copyright.PENANArnDXDL8mzJ
must have felt awful.518Please respect copyright.PENANAd5mcwr5TsW
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.518Please respect copyright.PENANA66l8h7PFRv
***518Please respect copyright.PENANApdh39TMuBb
Eric518Please respect copyright.PENANAxGp37pfB8f
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 518Please respect copyright.PENANASf3LKKqLYK
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.518Please respect copyright.PENANAjeSMhAMxAq
He518Please respect copyright.PENANA4PMPFaNPeU
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 518Please respect copyright.PENANApJ6NNDS0Lt
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 518Please respect copyright.PENANAaSws7rE8hN
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.518Please respect copyright.PENANApAMoKqBUiN
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.518Please respect copyright.PENANA0U8ss1Ftle
Since518Please respect copyright.PENANACJO4j0Q8bh
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 518Please respect copyright.PENANAI2FZ4jSzej
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 518Please respect copyright.PENANAcOBcfrvgeO
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 518Please respect copyright.PENANA2n3WXdmMGI
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?518Please respect copyright.PENANAvzsI6RKGN7
Who518Please respect copyright.PENANAhObUKLVyzy
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 518Please respect copyright.PENANAck38iqrkRW
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft518Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ok1XJD7KV
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.518Please respect copyright.PENANAqG2jivbPsM
He518Please respect copyright.PENANApz0W0xEWre
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 518Please respect copyright.PENANA2h9VEOCh2Z
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 518Please respect copyright.PENANAgvj9dDgaMc
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.518Please respect copyright.PENANAoINf3eOoDe
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.518Please respect copyright.PENANASFT1tlYPL1
"You've someone here to see you."518Please respect copyright.PENANAlq0wH0JOhn
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.518Please respect copyright.PENANAghwfza4ZhA
"It's Trina."518Please respect copyright.PENANA6VdeUCHCVK
Eric518Please respect copyright.PENANAUstxFjL4MI
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 518Please respect copyright.PENANABgUjCMe7fs
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 518Please respect copyright.PENANAS3Wy7REJJv
called off.518Please respect copyright.PENANAJUiVqiMkls
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.518Please respect copyright.PENANASTlwjKmJ8t
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.518Please respect copyright.PENANA7T1uZrzDaf
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.518Please respect copyright.PENANA7KnKgbjKGL
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.518Please respect copyright.PENANAzayeUKPNAJ
Trina518Please respect copyright.PENANApqvUoQwCmP
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to518Please respect copyright.PENANAR88nvpSLxu
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 518Please respect copyright.PENANAfilNWYqJuA
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 518Please respect copyright.PENANACsgXCGqOUn
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 518Please respect copyright.PENANARnWHT8GjvE
fall out sometimes but still get back together.518Please respect copyright.PENANADAjadD0EOV
Now518Please respect copyright.PENANAFvnb6d0JPc
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 518Please respect copyright.PENANANtmpW1p9wG
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 518Please respect copyright.PENANAYkvpQC2hl8
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 518Please respect copyright.PENANA2BCiY5Y1Bd
weren't friends.518Please respect copyright.PENANAg5V0ofNY5W
While518Please respect copyright.PENANABi1g0vLpiG
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 518Please respect copyright.PENANA055UFkwobc
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 518Please respect copyright.PENANAs2SWG07LU1
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 518Please respect copyright.PENANAhHdzTmtUDY
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 518Please respect copyright.PENANADV8fMn7QZy
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.518Please respect copyright.PENANAtFKBVTaI83
One518Please respect copyright.PENANAOLAKOpiqJw
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 518Please respect copyright.PENANAJhubdrtNfQ
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 518Please respect copyright.PENANAsYbQevI6Fd
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 518Please respect copyright.PENANABsK0h5O9Bp
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 518Please respect copyright.PENANAEKlpKMIR7a
one.518Please respect copyright.PENANAXevd6gPom8
Not until he met Angel.518Please respect copyright.PENANA9EBpSAizxe
Trina518Please respect copyright.PENANAuC9vg54IDO
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 518Please respect copyright.PENANAVBuFUsj8a6
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.518Please respect copyright.PENANA445UUoZ21k
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"518Please respect copyright.PENANALQlQcERLpg
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."518Please respect copyright.PENANAdgvrkoMAss
Trina518Please respect copyright.PENANAlWB3xdvsIM
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 518Please respect copyright.PENANAufJ2t5b88C
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 518Please respect copyright.PENANAySXV4k6NXW
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 518Please respect copyright.PENANAg78TqCi3ia
beautiful.518Please respect copyright.PENANAFAWutREUmx
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.518Please respect copyright.PENANAhYmp4EOTez
"Then518Please respect copyright.PENANAOLEhiCBC1r
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 518Please respect copyright.PENANA2cW215GkMn
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 518Please respect copyright.PENANAlUfRL3TEaO
side to try and work things out."518Please respect copyright.PENANAfP7r8eCryK
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."518Please respect copyright.PENANAwDwJygQSv4
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."518Please respect copyright.PENANAQllzo7tSHM
"Ya, me too."518Please respect copyright.PENANAdP2YS7uJqS
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."518Please respect copyright.PENANATk1yy6bYSZ
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.518Please respect copyright.PENANAKguiNB0vRO
"Do you know something, Eric?"518Please respect copyright.PENANAruIJfgyHFh
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"518Please respect copyright.PENANAiKwKo6xLqW
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"518Please respect copyright.PENANAX9hg1kr4rM
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."518Please respect copyright.PENANA3NlNxjEliw
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.518Please respect copyright.PENANA3ddRUFJpe0
Eric518Please respect copyright.PENANA3KR5i395SR
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that518Please respect copyright.PENANAP2PrMkPNPk
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 518Please respect copyright.PENANApZZYTJQIjg
eyes with a corky smile on his face.518Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7krSoQl0L
"Please,518Please respect copyright.PENANAOY4XycViMb
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 518Please respect copyright.PENANAVxFAIRJKiY
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 518Please respect copyright.PENANAmq986EYFLZ
ask him?"518Please respect copyright.PENANA9oSYFaXGhD
Trina518Please respect copyright.PENANAW2PW5duZKb
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 518Please respect copyright.PENANACCj8ymlmZ1
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 518Please respect copyright.PENANA93shVgu1xs
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."518Please respect copyright.PENANAiamlvHu5Ob
Eric518Please respect copyright.PENANA6V4nn1a2sT
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 518Please respect copyright.PENANASjVEIgIe1z
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."518Please respect copyright.PENANA2WOJswRzMx
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"518Please respect copyright.PENANAW9X08UUl5B
Eric518Please respect copyright.PENANAuz17rNhqHy
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 518Please respect copyright.PENANA7jSw8xbRRJ
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 518Please respect copyright.PENANAtLChwrQaGW
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 518Please respect copyright.PENANAwevsoNYRqI
to say next.518Please respect copyright.PENANAYvMmkWQ4Tz
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"518Please respect copyright.PENANA6CYrQXIc9x
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.518Please respect copyright.PENANA4ImvWZhQsX
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"518Please respect copyright.PENANAvTIXeSA7ZP
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."518Please respect copyright.PENANAV4CGEDSe1H
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"518Please respect copyright.PENANABZg2X8CinJ
"She's518Please respect copyright.PENANAEGiUB1Rnkh
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 518Please respect copyright.PENANAvkz7ELdDAW
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.518Please respect copyright.PENANAyCPHecXaFr
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 518Please respect copyright.PENANAICCUBXrSJp
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 518Please respect copyright.PENANAtmLB4NMx7B
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 518Please respect copyright.PENANAyIlLWgL2zn
anymore.518Please respect copyright.PENANAb089zIqnuz
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.518Please respect copyright.PENANA5o5md1HijH
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"518Please respect copyright.PENANAP0X7wCrl3G
Trina518Please respect copyright.PENANAssXhOuPjcA
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 518Please respect copyright.PENANA78qd2S7MzK
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 518Please respect copyright.PENANA1DPrxGU5Dn
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 518Please respect copyright.PENANAbbad57n9Kl
massage him.518Please respect copyright.PENANAnAxMyCOuxc
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"518Please respect copyright.PENANApGaQmMmH4w
Eric518Please respect copyright.PENANAfF3YXQR0j5
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 518Please respect copyright.PENANApksAZhwl10
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 518Please respect copyright.PENANAEnjTByMbH6
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 518Please respect copyright.PENANAuKIgoBVWsE
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty518Please respect copyright.PENANAf8IUoRJz1U
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 518Please respect copyright.PENANAOJbLhRUr2F
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.518Please respect copyright.PENANAcWgTwy6GH8
He518Please respect copyright.PENANAr7JeK3uFQL
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 518Please respect copyright.PENANAFeQA21QzKP
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think518Please respect copyright.PENANAcnGlKTFfR9
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 518Please respect copyright.PENANAJZKPR9AeqE
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 518Please respect copyright.PENANA8BYYXwtVqw
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.518Please respect copyright.PENANAOHXTPUdrF4
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"518Please respect copyright.PENANAZEf78eiYyt
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."518Please respect copyright.PENANAbi6OMzA33L
"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."518Please respect copyright.PENANAJVmxnnRlCZ
Eric518Please respect copyright.PENANAFWaotTxsy3
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his518Please respect copyright.PENANAX9nQZZNivf
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.518Please respect copyright.PENANAZShXNGzXXO
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"518Please respect copyright.PENANAhzT9prjzHk
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."518Please respect copyright.PENANA7KF3JxVixS
"Oh,518Please respect copyright.PENANA9kDZCoTmzJ
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair518Please respect copyright.PENANALmetzdTGZW
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 518Please respect copyright.PENANAT0KA9sjG8J
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.518Please respect copyright.PENANAzMpcqaZuME
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.518Please respect copyright.PENANAYAFexXk28A
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.518Please respect copyright.PENANArpzd2Anr3X
Trina518Please respect copyright.PENANADdrtzA5R4P
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him518Please respect copyright.PENANATgacwn64iS
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.518Please respect copyright.PENANAGK8I11OBYx
Leo518Please respect copyright.PENANA8CZIje1xbk
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 518Please respect copyright.PENANAA2ko8z0K28
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.518Please respect copyright.PENANATgcnhrxGYm
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.518Please respect copyright.PENANAWOK8hRmyFv
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.518Please respect copyright.PENANANbjRugptB2
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"518Please respect copyright.PENANAWJrb0nnMEk
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."518Please respect copyright.PENANAJjJM9mA4wO
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.518Please respect copyright.PENANAf8yDEY46V3
"I was just leaving," said Trina.518Please respect copyright.PENANAK3AbCjkO4j
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."518Please respect copyright.PENANAgHAC83DCM3
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.518Please respect copyright.PENANABOYMH9DIFy
With518Please respect copyright.PENANAbzBu7pmUgD
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood518Please respect copyright.PENANAakQsnQr7Qb
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.518Please respect copyright.PENANAAhzHseF9kb
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.518Please respect copyright.PENANAMfcKhfpzhw
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.518Please respect copyright.PENANAtdZckutdbm
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.518Please respect copyright.PENANAtI0xcbBRM0
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."518Please respect copyright.PENANA7GBODIkJTQ
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."518Please respect copyright.PENANA5JGGZUWnD4
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."518Please respect copyright.PENANAjWnbzWEzUP
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."518Please respect copyright.PENANAfL71Qo9aNe
"Well, you would someday."518Please respect copyright.PENANAEH0eUSyhar
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"518Please respect copyright.PENANA5uxUJ8ij3Z
"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?"518Please respect copyright.PENANADVrdLjiQs0
"That would be fine by me."518Please respect copyright.PENANAWIpZZ07Wkd
"Oh,518Please respect copyright.PENANAlkgqMaV4sU
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 518Please respect copyright.PENANAfy0ucxczFb
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 518Please respect copyright.PENANA96FS1wxTCp
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 518Please respect copyright.PENANAtxMciJ3rbw
you broke things off with her."518Please respect copyright.PENANA0WSvHXPKpT
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."518Please respect copyright.PENANAojnqBixZ4S
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."518Please respect copyright.PENANAwlBojAJEJS
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."518Please respect copyright.PENANAMRKqdF5P1m
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."518Please respect copyright.PENANAIqwKZM0ggP
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.518Please respect copyright.PENANAom1p8FRwA5
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."518Please respect copyright.PENANA0grc7HIErw
Leo518Please respect copyright.PENANA0OOIfbmEmF
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 518Please respect copyright.PENANAABPnhkchsI
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 518Please respect copyright.PENANArZGrCuN4BT
her.518Please respect copyright.PENANAj2F2A3SOmb
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.518Please respect copyright.PENANArA2r1ahTme
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.518Please respect copyright.PENANAe8beHDHkjF
Eric518Please respect copyright.PENANAa1frp76CCE
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 518Please respect copyright.PENANAXf9bd72fBE
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 518Please respect copyright.PENANA3gRRPn3wFV
thinking about Angel just now."518Please respect copyright.PENANAg5lgNsxu3k
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."518Please respect copyright.PENANAbsNqXitmR3
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"518Please respect copyright.PENANAa3DgtMvilZ
Leo518Please respect copyright.PENANAh00GPrkABX
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 518Please respect copyright.PENANAGlec6Oau8h
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 518Please respect copyright.PENANA6c2F34Zmkh
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.518Please respect copyright.PENANAPcdrB0sMLf
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"518Please respect copyright.PENANAVh7lgjjD64
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.518Please respect copyright.PENANA2cq6aMhcMZ
"Because,518Please respect copyright.PENANAQntHKCd2Ih
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 518Please respect copyright.PENANAfp30pVksiS
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 518Please respect copyright.PENANARIagz9SInI
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're518Please respect copyright.PENANAGFenqMLj4n
in a sense of emergency to release it."518Please respect copyright.PENANA3TVG5N8SZc
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."518Please respect copyright.PENANAykBpVwKwIX
"Of518Please respect copyright.PENANApDue2KAgBa
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 518Please respect copyright.PENANAsJnU88uzwK
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 518Please respect copyright.PENANAtpdFWZrR4Z
darling, Angel."518Please respect copyright.PENANAO6hsxmTf9E
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."518Please respect copyright.PENANAC36G0XmNRd
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.518Please respect copyright.PENANA96QV4qFdy9
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.518Please respect copyright.PENANAdhlS2KmJT8
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.518Please respect copyright.PENANAXl2b2fUE6w
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."518Please respect copyright.PENANAHObNyD3ZMO
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."518Please respect copyright.PENANAhx2toA1wZx
"Grandma518Please respect copyright.PENANAE2aY8t8Z09
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 518Please respect copyright.PENANAdzcK7kNmHe
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."518Please respect copyright.PENANAUgpk6FTRFd
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"518Please respect copyright.PENANAbJzQCoPMyu
Leo518Please respect copyright.PENANAXoey04WPgg
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 518Please respect copyright.PENANANatqLkQs2E
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a518Please respect copyright.PENANAPpBpcoOq5m
word to anyone.518Please respect copyright.PENANAsKbedspWZz
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."518Please respect copyright.PENANAqfp2ymCx59
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."518Please respect copyright.PENANAeN27RVZD5a
"Yep,518Please respect copyright.PENANA9lVLzkxSbc
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I518Please respect copyright.PENANAwsWKpef9lg
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.518Please respect copyright.PENANAbgiPUuwDVK
"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.518Please respect copyright.PENANAJYe9x82TtK
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."518Please respect copyright.PENANA2jfkMGkL5M
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."518Please respect copyright.PENANAKacYmUeaTJ
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."518Please respect copyright.PENANAejaYvQ4y4C
Eric518Please respect copyright.PENANALyQvzpHJag
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 518Please respect copyright.PENANAwyRxacNDgc
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 518Please respect copyright.PENANA81PE3AmwJ4
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."518Please respect copyright.PENANAGAB7kUaUhU
Leo518Please respect copyright.PENANAn5UR0Hy2JZ
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 518Please respect copyright.PENANA6D2VencANU
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 518Please respect copyright.PENANA2n290Qqhr0
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.518Please respect copyright.PENANAEJyHsx0YfL
He518Please respect copyright.PENANA8hmrKYNFnL
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 518Please respect copyright.PENANAOla2gbIYCc
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 518Please respect copyright.PENANAdqtR5zh5ah
desk that he had to look at today.518Please respect copyright.PENANAZlRmbzWTGn
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?518Please respect copyright.PENANAxzbezkts2k
Leo518Please respect copyright.PENANACqNMROHbfk
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 518Please respect copyright.PENANAqMzWNVL3iV
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.518Please respect copyright.PENANAeyt8ifavk8
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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