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“Angel just ruined everything for me,” said Leo as he26Please respect copyright.PENANAQPFNZFyI0l
came to stand next to Eric by the bar counter.26Please respect copyright.PENANA3diVABZfDp
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“What do you mean she’s ruined everything?” Eric asked.26Please respect copyright.PENANAx0tEdWh0tb
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“Carly and I were supposed to run away together, but it’s like she caught on to26Please respect copyright.PENANAE8l8mamLiS
us.” Leo shook his head. “That’s why she stayed behind with Carly. She says she26Please respect copyright.PENANAUit7tAa8P4
doesn’t want Marco to suspect anything.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAb6PjFsFxqc
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Eric shrugged his shoulders. “Angel does have a point,” he said. “We don’t need26Please respect copyright.PENANADzURugbnxt
Marco knowing that the two of you are dating. He might tell his father, who, in26Please respect copyright.PENANAOuLYic423a
turn, will tell your dad. Well, you know how this vicious cycle goes.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAc7HOHGVvfg
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Leo sighed. “You do have a point.” He turned to his cousin. “Go on. I know you26Please respect copyright.PENANABYya4Y0Nzb
want to say it.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAfO3iegTd6b
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“Say what?” Eric asked without looking at Leo.26Please respect copyright.PENANAKcds3gGCEs
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Leo sighed again, deeply this time. “That she has my best interest at heart.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAtYYmpWd9Da
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Eric looked at Leo, this time with a beaming smile on his face. “Of course,26Please respect copyright.PENANAIxpSxoMXwp
because that’s just how she is.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAxKI0xFK3Yq
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“Can you stop smiling like that?” Leo looked irritated. Eric’s smile shone26Please respect copyright.PENANAl5mphEVCvN
brightly like the sun. Leo felt blinded as he turned to look away. “You’ve had26Please respect copyright.PENANAlguwGvljKi
your fun.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAldvvhUH0Nm
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“I just want to rub it in. Before we went into the garden, I was about to tell26Please respect copyright.PENANAFwHIwfwwdL
you the same thing, but it slipped my mind. It’s good that Angel thought way26Please respect copyright.PENANAtAKGJKHamj
ahead and talked to Carly about it.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAELNptQehKM
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Leo felt dumb. None of that came to mind, and he felt like slapping himself for26Please respect copyright.PENANAFvHGSalfJl
being so stupid and careless. He hoped Marco wasn’t paying enough attention at26Please respect copyright.PENANAb3TurYpIKa
first for him to realize there was anything between him and Carly. It seems he26Please respect copyright.PENANAPQtjYw2HP4
has Angel to thank, but Leo was too embarrassed to think of doing so.26Please respect copyright.PENANAmAmlvjEtQn
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“Do they serve milkshakes here?” Leo asked, trying to rid himself of his26Please respect copyright.PENANAFULZcCsZoI
thoughts.26Please respect copyright.PENANA28ymf5AZ3d
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“Yeah, I already asked,” answered Eric. “They serve non-alcoholic drinks as26Please respect copyright.PENANAGdiWz6J0TH
well, in case there’s anyone who needs one.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAioN6uJiUcN
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“I’ll go over to the table and ask what drinks they want. Do they have snacks26Please respect copyright.PENANAbBMIIAciJO
too?”26Please respect copyright.PENANAFRaA3ndZod
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Leo left the counter and found Carly where he had left her. She was slowly26Please respect copyright.PENANAQGfjGEupED
looking around, taking in the view of the place. There were bright bulbs26Please respect copyright.PENANAJj4CRZisTW
hanging over the area, and she apparently stood out with her beautiful dress.26Please respect copyright.PENANAvyy0e6lZdL
If they weren’t around so many people, he wasn’t going to hesitate to kiss and26Please respect copyright.PENANApqf6xPgdmW
caress her. He smiled at her instead and gestured with his head to her, saying26Please respect copyright.PENANAVNauc6oF6g
that they should join Angel and the others.26Please respect copyright.PENANAp9eHywoldh
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Trina and Kim stood by the fountain as they watched Leo approach the table26Please respect copyright.PENANADF0dadDp5P
where Angel, Oliver, and the Asian man sat. Carly joined him soon afterwards.26Please respect copyright.PENANA5lPg6qRsix
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“How long do you think we’ll stay here until he decides to see his lover?”26Please respect copyright.PENANAoc2YjS90tU
Trina asked as she sat at the edge of the pool basin of the fountain.26Please respect copyright.PENANAnE80foccLh
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“I don’t know,” said Kim, who remained standing. “Don’t tell me you’re already26Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ak4ic3i9p
tired.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAf4ecbWh5LW
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“Oh, no, it’s not that. They are there enjoying themselves when I’m in need of26Please respect copyright.PENANAc61QR2dxrC
a drink right now.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAn317eY9XPU
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Kim rolled her eyes. “We can go there and take a seat, but we should sit out of26Please respect copyright.PENANAu0CseaBK6S
their sight.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAM4MVVkqMJB
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“Good idea. Let’s wait for Eric at the counter. Leo looks like he’s checking to26Please respect copyright.PENANAo9oPkkmznJ
see what everyone needs because he hasn’t sat down. They will easily see us if26Please respect copyright.PENANAMTkPBNDNOm
they aren’t at their table.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAcIa0lGpD5G
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Kim agreed with Trina. They continued to watch Leo as he made his way back to26Please respect copyright.PENANAMJfPjvVRiM
the counter.26Please respect copyright.PENANAr3FUIgm4GT
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Meanwhile, Miranda, who had been watching over the balcony, followed Leo’s26Please respect copyright.PENANAyWJcJ3AExM
movements. She kept telling herself that she needed to get down there. If she26Please respect copyright.PENANAxwNOBXF25j
so much as stepped out of the room, no doubt Red Lion would have her head, and26Please respect copyright.PENANAbQWZwV6rLw
whatever the meeting was all about, she wasn’t going to be a part of it.26Please respect copyright.PENANA8LWOItESTS
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She huffed. If that was the consequence, she was going to have to deal with it.26Please respect copyright.PENANAmRmMZIP8UZ
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Without giving much of a second thought, Miranda turned around and went back26Please respect copyright.PENANABelDLDZcy7
inside the room. The football game they were watching was on a half-time break,26Please respect copyright.PENANAspz0sAUUyV
and the three men were there, talking aloud about the game. She approached26Please respect copyright.PENANA4dWD7cuWY5
them, and to get their attention, she loudly cleared her throat.26Please respect copyright.PENANA2fYEUfOrXv
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The three men all stopped talking and turned to look at Miranda. For a moment,26Please respect copyright.PENANAUOXZEb57Sp
she gulped as her eyes landed on the terrifying face of Red Lion, who didn’t26Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6yC8AyBsG
like the fact that she had disturbed them. She had to be quick with what she26Please respect copyright.PENANAcD2Ae9OD88
wanted to say, as she was running on Red Lion’s patience.26Please respect copyright.PENANAHllxDFurl0
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“I’ll be stepping out for a bit,” Miranda announced.26Please respect copyright.PENANAuSvffip3DV
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There was a brief silence in the room as the three men continued to look at26Please respect copyright.PENANADM4435Su1t
Miranda, expressionless. Red Lion moved in his seat, and Miranda feared that he26Please respect copyright.PENANAxXZqxwNQhx
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“I don’t think going out is the best thing to do right now,” he said. “We’re26Please respect copyright.PENANAMwTOYMtd7x
waiting on someone, aren’t we?”26Please respect copyright.PENANA4O5uD3wP4G
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“Yeah, we are, but this person isn’t showing up anyway. You’ll let me know when26Please respect copyright.PENANAiv1Rigogtq
he gets here. I really need to step out.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAtzbidJ0xWv
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Red Lion continued to look at her. Walters now had a scared look on his face.26Please respect copyright.PENANATAEK3RJM2e
He wished he could intervene, but things haven’t escalated between the two, so26Please respect copyright.PENANAnAsArySbOx
it was hopeless to do so.26Please respect copyright.PENANAQinsK8zEmy
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“Whatever,” said Red Lion as he leaned back on the couch. “You get back here in26Please respect copyright.PENANAZUxB4a6pwr
thirty minutes. If our host gets here before you, you better hurry back when26Please respect copyright.PENANAczDg0VT2FU
Walters calls.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAXFDelgETcx
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Miranda felt relieved. She thought she wasn’t going to be let go so easily.26Please respect copyright.PENANANxcy34V3Jv
Moreover, the time Red Lion gave her was too little. However, she had to make26Please respect copyright.PENANA5xK7t6s9MD
use of this as much as possible, even if it meant seeing Leo down there for a26Please respect copyright.PENANAFzE9pEeYSH
minute.26Please respect copyright.PENANA50xUxBxvdl
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“I will,” said Miranda. She didn’t waste any time as she made her way for the26Please respect copyright.PENANAsps0wjON8B
door.26Please respect copyright.PENANAnD3JR8slNJ
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As soon as she walked out of the room, Hugo turned to Red Lion and asked, “Are26Please respect copyright.PENANAKIdplfPzHa
you sure letting her go out like that is a good idea? Our host can walk in at26Please respect copyright.PENANABqB2SzYp4T
any moment.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAsdQLUVHwvn
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“True, but it’s better than her staying out on the balcony while we wait,” Red26Please respect copyright.PENANATv9F86Ehtk
Lion answered. “If you ask me, I would step out too if it wasn’t for the football26Please respect copyright.PENANAoKneyhE7dR
game. But I was serious about my threat, so she better be here before he does.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAi03I4p669Q
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Walters didn’t say anything as he briefly looked at Red Lion before looking up26Please respect copyright.PENANABXrjkhOhPJ
at the TV. Red Lion wasn’t kidding when he said he was in a good mood, Walters26Please respect copyright.PENANARPwNwCjPkX
thought to himself. Knowing Red Lion, he wasn’t going to let Miranda walk out26Please respect copyright.PENANAo30293W9iq
of here. Something must have really put Red Lion into a good mood today, or26Please respect copyright.PENANAdRemjVdzrA
else he wouldn’t have done what he did.26Please respect copyright.PENANAHE3hDefrF7
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Leo and Eric came to join the others at the table with their drinks, and Eric,26Please respect copyright.PENANAn09txfIikL
on the other hand, carried a plate full of nachos and cheese. Oliver was so26Please respect copyright.PENANA9NJ9VHCOZ9
delighted to see the plate of snacks that he couldn’t wait to eat them. Angel26Please respect copyright.PENANADbXl9QXioS
had to warn him not to eat too much, or else he might have a bad tummy ache the26Please respect copyright.PENANAxggAXxu0Q2
next day.26Please respect copyright.PENANAomDTg1NZgX
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“I wouldn’t waste my breath warning the guy,” said Eric as he sat down on the26Please respect copyright.PENANAimc8tZhWN4
empty chair next to Angel after serving her a soda. “It’s a Friday, and he26Please respect copyright.PENANAmYx0E7Rwsp
likes to act like he can do whatever he wants.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAVNGL2UzbUL
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Oliver, who sat on Angel’s other side, didn’t answer him as he took his mango26Please respect copyright.PENANACiphZRnM3K
milkshake and put the straw in his mouth. Angel, on the other hand, looked at26Please respect copyright.PENANAbhqIQKiufS
Eric and shook her head.26Please respect copyright.PENANApvZ21Ph1iy
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Leo placed his glass of beer and Carly’s cocktail before taking his seat in26Please respect copyright.PENANAc7EHo1HTja
between them. He also served Marco a bottle of the cider that he wanted. Marco26Please respect copyright.PENANAzqAP6xNFwe
thanked him as Leo sat down.26Please respect copyright.PENANAo6xlAkpV2c
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“Hey, Marco,” said Angel as she turned to look at him, looking over Oliver, who26Please respect copyright.PENANAcPlxMT28lR
sat in between them. “Have you ever been here before? In America, I mean.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAJhpzWfDQC8
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“Oh, yes, I’ve come here several times,” answered Marco. “I usually come here26Please respect copyright.PENANAYgfAZEAggZ
with dad on business trips. Inheriting the family business can be tiring,26Please respect copyright.PENANAnLm2QZK7AO
especially when they’re showing you the ropes. You just have to be there, even26Please respect copyright.PENANA7LcgBiittG
when you don’t want to. I bet Leo can testify to that.”26Please respect copyright.PENANA59KyCelY46
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“He’s right,” said Leo, finding it hard to argue with him.26Please respect copyright.PENANAoGEIUMLj0F
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“Wait, does that mean I might inherit mum’s business of running the massage26Please respect copyright.PENANAHI8CUOydXR
parlors when I’m older?” Oliver asked as he took a nacho and dipped it in26Please respect copyright.PENANAyg4kGYAgOf
cheese.26Please respect copyright.PENANA8itR4Gz3no
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Everyone at the table grew quiet as they looked at Oliver. At the same time,26Please respect copyright.PENANAzUFU5GW4Ms
they all burst into laughter.26Please respect copyright.PENANAMHip3xucyn
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“Maybe,” said Eric. He tried his best to stop laughing, but it was of no use.26Please respect copyright.PENANAwbDEkD6kCy
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“No fair,” said Oliver after chewing on his nacho. “You were the one who was26Please respect copyright.PENANA9Iu3nU8nYs
supposed to inherit it, not me.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAheLa9J7yu0
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“Sorry, but I’m more into other businesses, lil’ bro.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAYpCrR0EAYs
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“Don’t take it like that, Oliver,” said Marco. “Beauty parlors aren’t that bad.26Please respect copyright.PENANA2wnD3qdE1u
Moreover, many rich people love going to such places. So you’ll probably make a26Please respect copyright.PENANAAkTIPLcyq8
lot more money in the future.”26Please respect copyright.PENANANlQBfJo0wW
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“Besides, if you’re interested in other things, I’m sure your mum will26Please respect copyright.PENANADkPGYgVKeC
understand,” said Angel.26Please respect copyright.PENANAqJ3Td4nYZu
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“If you like, you and I can run them together,” said Carly. “That’s if you plan26Please respect copyright.PENANAO37mDAX4Zt
on running them.”26Please respect copyright.PENANA2JB6MjmLEI
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“And I can be more of an investor,” said Marco.26Please respect copyright.PENANAKygYpUcWtL
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“I still have a whole life ahead of me,” said Oliver as he shrugged his26Please respect copyright.PENANAyMl3UZqBye
shoulders. “I’ll see if I can handle it.”26Please respect copyright.PENANADWVdUpUFMg
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All the grown-ups at the table looked at the young boy, somewhat surprised at26Please respect copyright.PENANAsxwRDPYsmV
his answer. They all stayed that way for a brief moment before Leo stretched26Please respect copyright.PENANACAKJYk7tt6
out his hand to get a nacho.26Please respect copyright.PENANAv5wVuo6InG
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“Good enough response for me,” he said. He put the nacho in his mouth26Please respect copyright.PENANAXlN6hkAiwk
afterwards.26Please respect copyright.PENANAXKBGctaME7
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“I swear, sometimes I feel he’s older for his age,” said Eric as he shook his26Please respect copyright.PENANA44Hjj1j7T2
head.26Please respect copyright.PENANAsNtTUeWXyX
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“Aren’t all kids nowadays?” Angel asked with a smile.26Please respect copyright.PENANAdqqTrYxzPr
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“Just like Leo said, a very wise response,” said Marco as he looked at Oliver26Please respect copyright.PENANAF0rrE4bWYZ
admirably. “Hopefully, you do inherit, and we will become business partners in26Please respect copyright.PENANAMkif6ZKzVp
the future.”26Please respect copyright.PENANA2Vh8LWnZWt
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“Yeah, let’s not push him for now,” said Carly. “He’ll sort all of that out26Please respect copyright.PENANAK0rZCI4HNM
later, when he’s older.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAzbkFHzEH4E
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“Well, sometimes you don’t really have much of a choice. Isn’t that right,26Please respect copyright.PENANAKBqNIPEcHG
Leo?” Marco asked, his eyes fixed on Leo.26Please respect copyright.PENANAutBxjJGP3Q
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Leo slowly stopped chewing as he looked at Marco. He didn’t know if answering26Please respect copyright.PENANAOFUzHeySND
Marco would be a good idea, but he only gestured with his head to acknowledge26Please respect copyright.PENANAFucdcMDTkp
the statement.26Please respect copyright.PENANArgKJiUHx7r
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Angel was sipping on her drink when her eyes wandered away from the area in the26Please respect copyright.PENANAz3IRrCd0gl
bar and to the fountain. She had a feeling Trina and Kim had been standing26Please respect copyright.PENANAXG5pwC4VF3
there for a while. When she found there were only a couple looking at the26Please respect copyright.PENANA4R7sWIWifY
fountain, she started to worry. Could they have given up and left? Kim didn’t26Please respect copyright.PENANAYMVMRaUEwi
seem like the kind of person who would give up on anything, Angel thought.26Please respect copyright.PENANAg1I9jbHcY5
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She was lucky enough to see Kim and Trina approach the open bar, and she had a26Please respect copyright.PENANAOjRPyUcSn1
clear view of them. Leo sat with his back facing them, but she feared Eric and26Please respect copyright.PENANAgsGdR1kzjf
Oliver would see them. Angel had to think of something to turn their eyes26Please respect copyright.PENANAXL0Gpi8vfk
elsewhere. What should she do?26Please respect copyright.PENANATCzmlWwhJ1
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She turned to Oliver, and he seemed distracted as he was eating the nachos26Please respect copyright.PENANAnNoCH8phuO
hungrily. Turning to Eric, she found him somewhat staring at her.26Please respect copyright.PENANA4iqUrWG12u
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“What is it?” she asked him.26Please respect copyright.PENANAai2APy2Cry
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“Oh, nothing,” he said, somewhat looking a little embarrassed that he was26Please respect copyright.PENANAEd5IFfyusK
caught looking at her. “You’re looking really pretty tonight, that’s all.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAoWyRJl5Lek
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Angel noticed Kim and Trina enter the bar area through the corner of her eye.26Please respect copyright.PENANASGIZoLDAY6
She couldn’t turn to look at them. That would only get Eric to look, and he26Please respect copyright.PENANA9zeGKXk6Vp
would spot them eventually. She had to keep eye contact with him for as long as26Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0hwwY1lnw
necessary.26Please respect copyright.PENANAMxNxTelVHb
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“Thank you,” said Angel, smiling at him. “Picking this outfit wasn’t easy, you26Please respect copyright.PENANAwmLobDYIIg
know.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAGzeQ71CZAV
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“Nah, I think it was,” said Eric. “I’m betting that you didn’t have to try on26Please respect copyright.PENANAppQPK2b0EC
any other dress. This one was just perfect.”26Please respect copyright.PENANACj0PgWwXl5
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Carly, who looked at the two, smiled. “He’s not wrong there,” she said.26Please respect copyright.PENANAJQeqBKDunl
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Leo felt like throwing up in his drink as he had a clear sight of Eric flirting26Please respect copyright.PENANAeAJoUqfgWg
with Angel. He wished he could tell them to get a room, but he knew better than26Please respect copyright.PENANAFym2VMr3m2
to say it when he was flirting with Carly some time ago.26Please respect copyright.PENANAW2LbZnjdcS
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Angel saw through the corner of her eye that Kim and Trina had entered the bar26Please respect copyright.PENANAjhTtDEAHeC
area and were now looking around for a table on the other side. It was best for26Please respect copyright.PENANAERIZdNRrc6
them to get a table where they couldn’t be seen. As soon as they were out of26Please respect copyright.PENANAHSzgnEt3LH
sight, Angel couldn’t help but feel relieved. She went on ahead to pick a26Please respect copyright.PENANApg8lMtEpUu
nacho, dip it in cheese, and eat it.26Please respect copyright.PENANA0zC0REAXXv
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“That was close,” said Trina. “For a moment, I thought Eric was going to see26Please respect copyright.PENANAOkZK2mpWRG
us.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAqzNnLIWUZw
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“We better count ourselves lucky,” said Kim.26Please respect copyright.PENANAcx9OHQcHCp
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“If we weren’t on opposite sides, I would thank Angel for distracting him. I26Please respect copyright.PENANAS4TPdQjgne
have a feeling she saw us and wasn’t into the idea of Eric seeing us too.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAF24UeZZqpK
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Kim didn’t argue there. She somewhat agreed with Trina. She looked toward the26Please respect copyright.PENANAZTUDv5dapp
bar. Luckily enough, it was circular in shape with a bar shelve in the26Please respect copyright.PENANAyDKbzy6v6Y
circumference, blocking the view of the other side. Therefore, she could see26Please respect copyright.PENANAyaCZJzj0Tg
neither them nor them doing the same. Moreover, she could easily go over to the26Please respect copyright.PENANAqgR4Uurd1Q
counter for a drink.26Please respect copyright.PENANAR760Gz74ax
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“We should really think things through, Kim,” said Trina as she looked over at26Please respect copyright.PENANA1opNuIoTKP
the bar, realizing that the others were out of sight. “Is staying here really26Please respect copyright.PENANAWLdRujkJkn
worth it? I doubt if he is going to meet his lover with the company that he26Please respect copyright.PENANAMftFxK28ND
has.”26Please respect copyright.PENANA5xU6VEiuK2
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“You’ve been in doubt all this time,” said Kim. “Why don’t you just give up and26Please respect copyright.PENANAZYwOJd0k1C
leave? I’m not going to stop you.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAHOxKn6EHbV
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“The reason I am here is that I’m afraid that you might mess this up. Your26Please respect copyright.PENANAHw30sm3uzZ
obsession over Leo leaving you for someone else is really starting to get over26Please respect copyright.PENANApI8ActFdFo
your head. If you aren’t careful, you might hurt yourself more than you are26Please respect copyright.PENANAIRsD1ZFwis
already doing right now.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAgmzkJxlYXp
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Kim looked at her best friend, feeling infuriated by what she said. She didn’t26Please respect copyright.PENANAVBRkcsmXWQ
want to lash out and tried to find a better way to respond.26Please respect copyright.PENANA3MwLtZLUj1
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“Like I said before, if you want to, you can leave,” said Kim.26Please respect copyright.PENANAolSK72zMdE
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“I’m not leaving without you,” said Trina. “And besides, when we came in here,26Please respect copyright.PENANAbRPqbokxJ4
I saw Eric flirting with Angel. I wonder if he really does like her.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAAxUHO4GEJ7
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A sudden laugh came out of Kim’s mouth. Tears almost filled her eyes. “You’re26Please respect copyright.PENANAXtLAjkGGOD
just as jealous as I am,” she said.26Please respect copyright.PENANA2KfjX6Ew7X
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“Well, I’m not like you,” said Trina as she folded her arms. “You’re making26Please respect copyright.PENANATlPTrYJzFD
things worse for yourself, and it will end up being a obsession.”26Please respect copyright.PENANA2iMv27fpSz
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Kim shook her head. “I know, but I won’t let this go far. Once I get to see26Please respect copyright.PENANANcrOibO5Xc
Leo’s lover, I’ll let this go.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAaMDFblPRf4
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Trina raised an eyebrow. “Will you? I know you, Kim. Leo has been the only man26Please respect copyright.PENANAG5RlpDbKQl
you’ve been in love with since we were kids, and him breaking up with you and26Please respect copyright.PENANAjmYYIHiN4m
calling off the wedding was a heavy toll. I don’t think you’ll be able to let26Please respect copyright.PENANAdRTVZ61Gi7
go of him that easily.”26Please respect copyright.PENANArH76Wq8IWi
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“Are you trying to say I am psycho?” Kim didn’t like where their conversation26Please respect copyright.PENANAKs0pxHkFHj
was going.26Please respect copyright.PENANArRN2Vn0Ocp
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Trina swallowed, thinking over her words before she spoke them out. “All I’m26Please respect copyright.PENANAptXKNNS8DE
saying is that it’s time to let Leo go. Thinking about him and his new lover26Please respect copyright.PENANAAbbLdCbVaI
isn’t going to do you any good.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAbxieB4Ja3Y
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Kim sighed. She stretched out her hand over the table and beckoned to Trina to26Please respect copyright.PENANAUk75UUwlfi
give her hers. Trina did likewise, and Kim held her friend’s hand tightly.26Please respect copyright.PENANAgx6ucXjsak
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“Okay, after tonight, I’ll try and let go of Leo,” said Kim.26Please respect copyright.PENANAaN5v554VbA
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“Why not now?” Trina asked. “Don’t tell me you’re going to follow through with26Please respect copyright.PENANAKcfaTVurY6
your promise after you see this lover of his.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAenX2uoNjgJ
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Kim didn’t answer, and Trina rolled her eyes. “Fine,” Trina said. “After26Please respect copyright.PENANAOOif8lHOVC
tonight, I shouldn’t hear about Leo ever again.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAaZQpDHN7Nk
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“But what if we don’t see her?” Kim asked.26Please respect copyright.PENANAEytzLOs0C4
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“You forget him anyway,” said Trina, pulling her hand away. “I’m going to get26Please respect copyright.PENANAvq5xobJjUG
us some drinks.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAtOFWgOmis4
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Trina quickly stood up and left the table. Kim looked on at her best friend and26Please respect copyright.PENANAIFcztuclEo
knew she had pissed her off. She wished she could assure Trina that she was26Please respect copyright.PENANA9okpX5eh7m
going to forget Leo after this, but even she knew that was far from impossible.26Please respect copyright.PENANAJjapg0fpVa
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Miranda rushed out of the elevator and ran into the garden like a mad woman.26Please respect copyright.PENANAkgqokTBlZN
Along the way, she pushed people aside. To some, she apologized, but to others,26Please respect copyright.PENANA2G0CxqE4YO
she didn’t even give them a second thought.26Please respect copyright.PENANAnwxuw8B1er
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There was only one way to the garden, and that was through the western wing26Please respect copyright.PENANAfvklQfn96N
since the doors to the east wing weren’t open, said a woman she had met in the26Please respect copyright.PENANAmdy3TzssV6
elevator who was going downstairs and who had lived in the hotel for a long26Please respect copyright.PENANAK3eWSEbvS1
time. Thankful for the information, Miranda had to rush. She only had a few26Please respect copyright.PENANAY46MKkBmzy
minutes left, but all she needed was to see Leo.26Please respect copyright.PENANA06m0kxqi3d
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She had just bypassed the fountain, heading towards the open bar, but then she26Please respect copyright.PENANAcMDIceDdia
stopped herself short. She had to see where Leo was sitting first; he might as26Please respect copyright.PENANAz7WHasLqxL
well have Carly seated right beside him, and Carly would no doubt see her if26Please respect copyright.PENANAVkpyckYMsT
she wasn’t too careful.26Please respect copyright.PENANAu53sRw0FSJ
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She didn’t have to look any further, as she saw Leo at the table with Carly26Please respect copyright.PENANA3razkcirHT
beside him along with other people. Leo was holding the floor for the time26Please respect copyright.PENANA09ABNBVcEv
being, and Miranda noticed how everyone laughed at what he said. Carly, who sat26Please respect copyright.PENANAsMGy2vbTLu
next to him, looked admirably at him. Miranda huffed. If only she could figure26Please respect copyright.PENANApEsC0cpEwV
out a way to get the two apart, but now wasn’t the time to think about such26Please respect copyright.PENANAHPSBZOMHXR
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She started to approach the entrance of the bar; looking over at Leo’s table26Please respect copyright.PENANALt0al9mQIB
and hopeful that Carly wouldn’t turn her head to see her.26Please respect copyright.PENANAsTyREogDj4
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Miranda walked over to the counter and sat on the stool. Immediately, the26Please respect copyright.PENANABITBbQfreC
bartender attended to her, and she ordered a martini. The bartender went on26Please respect copyright.PENANAkvRenbdtaB
ahead to make her drink as Miranda slightly turned around on her chair to look26Please respect copyright.PENANA7aaAmwRAIF
at the table behind her. She had a clear view of Leo, and a smile came across26Please respect copyright.PENANA4jHwoHrvfZ
her face.26Please respect copyright.PENANAokrdUZnbYr
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“Seriously, ever since Albert puked on me at the work party, I told myself26Please respect copyright.PENANAqVmi9TjInT
never to drink with him again,” said Leo, concluding his funny story.26Please respect copyright.PENANA4CgU34wfPS
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"That's why I never hang around drunk people," said Marco. "You26Please respect copyright.PENANAqBcmw2W2ku
might find they embarrass you."26Please respect copyright.PENANAsSkTthozy1
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"But haven't we ever done anything embarrassing when we are drunk?"26Please respect copyright.PENANAmntoYy4834
Eric asked.26Please respect copyright.PENANAVbye8ys2w8
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"Not me," Oliver answered. "I'm too young to drink."26Please respect copyright.PENANAqmUmZficue
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Eric sucked his teeth. "Of course, I wasn't directing the question to you,26Please respect copyright.PENANAebZqNbcIPV
silly," he said.26Please respect copyright.PENANAMoEaxQoJNR
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"I remember there was one time back at my old college when I got so drunk26Please respect copyright.PENANAi6f6jdmI5g
that Angel had to come by taxi to take me home," Carly shared. "We26Please respect copyright.PENANAmrIj8rKAz8
were having a closing year party as a class at a friend's place. I got so26Please respect copyright.PENANAUJ8WqQwTA9
carried away that I even fell in the pool."26Please respect copyright.PENANA4c8ynyQxZd
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"A friend of hers called, and I had to arrange some dry clothes for26Please respect copyright.PENANAUTIGAsSrx9
her," said Angel as she laughed. "Seriously, Carly, you threw Mum in26Please respect copyright.PENANAPuJIEFQEfM
a fit when I tried to sneak you back into the house. But you ended up singing26Please respect copyright.PENANAzUf1dYrO7D
so loudly that she came rushing from her bedroom to see you in a mess."26Please respect copyright.PENANAjzRiMnpWSy
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"Were you grounded, Carly?" Oliver asked as he ate some nachos.26Please respect copyright.PENANAuS7gTCfSwZ
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"No, but if us young adults could still be, I definitely would have been26Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZSNHJKNbE
grounded," said Carly. "I was punished in a way, though. Mum didn't26Please respect copyright.PENANALR94FY06Xg
talk to me for a week."26Please respect copyright.PENANAC8gtDprGOO
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"I remember when we were having my uncle's birthday party," said26Please respect copyright.PENANATezM7W8QCc
Marco, "and we meant to have a nice, quiet family party. Instead, my uncle26Please respect copyright.PENANAjA8anIXwbs
brought in many of his unruly friends. The party turned out to be such a blast.26Please respect copyright.PENANAQK32vajZjd
He and I had a competition to see who could drink more tequila. He passed out26Please respect copyright.PENANAvX5ApSEeRB
before he could take the last glass. I won, but at a cost. I puked in the car,26Please respect copyright.PENANA4Px2XZ6GXn
and my dad was furious. From then on, I told myself I wasn't going for tequila26Please respect copyright.PENANALSrDO31Z9H
shots ever again."26Please respect copyright.PENANA0BazblBcv5
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“Trust me, the first time I had my first tequila shot in college was awful,”26Please respect copyright.PENANADomFjR6U0b
said Eric. “My head was spinning so much that I slept in the bar, and it took26Please respect copyright.PENANA4e0IoBKsdD
my friends I had back then to carry me back to my room. Leo was also there, and26Please respect copyright.PENANAbHilDxrRwN
he said I was blabbering nonsense before I blacked out.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAgcxmZL335W
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“He was complaining about some girl who couldn’t stop following him in26Please respect copyright.PENANAZwDoZHs6cd
college,” said Leo. “If she happened to be there to hear what you had said, she26Please respect copyright.PENANAyE4tlZ7TCk
would definitely have stayed away from you for sure.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAj0WbNpkToM
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Eric shook his head after taking a sip of his drink. “I highly doubt it. I did26Please respect copyright.PENANA5wRE2ot505
some crazy things in college, but the girls still loved me anyway.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAR2zPimZV3m
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Marco turned to look at Angel. “What of you, Angel? Have you ever had any26Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5i2w4ZFYp
embarrassing moments when you were drunk?” he asked.26Please respect copyright.PENANAXr4WY4g0F7
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“Before she says anything,” said Carly. “You should ask her first if she drinks26Please respect copyright.PENANAElmpQWGtWP
alcohol.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAaJpoIGhRNm
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Marco, Leo, and Eric now turned their eyes on Angel with curious looks. Her26Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3E65vzTqI
cheeks flushed in embarrassment as she looked down at the table. She pressed26Please respect copyright.PENANArKTWn6qGDI
her lips together before looking at everyone, including Oliver.26Please respect copyright.PENANAW12VdGyTq6
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"So, Angel, do you take any alcohol?” Marco asked.26Please respect copyright.PENANAHxt6NZQhSv
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“Of course, I do,” said Angel. “Except that I like to drink wine or champagne26Please respect copyright.PENANARpXvGCGJve
on special occasions.”26Please respect copyright.PENANANtSVtGBMfn
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“I never thought someone like you would actually take alcohol,” said Eric. “But26Please respect copyright.PENANAnlr1orWXf7
your preference suits you.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAd2cGEidFgL
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“Yeah, very classy,” said Oliver.26Please respect copyright.PENANA0jw2z1Hh7n
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The adults turned to look at Oliver, surprised. Oliver also looked back at them26Please respect copyright.PENANAghH3erbkyD
as though he were judging them for giving him such a look.26Please respect copyright.PENANAbfGGIEfGuI
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“What?” he asked with a shrug of his shoulders. “I hear people who drink such26Please respect copyright.PENANAh7JLqx7f4Z
are considered classy.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAP3ewtgkAW4
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“Wow, someone should tell him that he shouldn’t judge people according to what26Please respect copyright.PENANAQpJFHG7Ukb
they drink,” said Eric.26Please respect copyright.PENANAkBbpsQmdSp
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“Well, Angel is classy, isn’t she?” Oliver asked.26Please respect copyright.PENANAsgGscONzvj
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Angel and Carly burst into laughter. Marco and Leo chuckled, while Eric looked26Please respect copyright.PENANA70ReY2dfBr
like he didn’t know what to do with his brother anymore.26Please respect copyright.PENANAfsmhXg8ceq
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“I agree with Oliver,” said Marco. “Angel is in a class of her own.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAkmyhQ4M9aE
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“That’s being too sweet, don’t you think?” Leo asked, raising an eyebrow at26Please respect copyright.PENANAL8qFPzX6km
Marco.26Please respect copyright.PENANAi8M07EW9dV
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“Well, no, I’m being really genuine here. Angel carries a certain level of26Please respect copyright.PENANAaBuCfucwbs
elegance that I can describe as classy. I don’t know, but there’s much more to26Please respect copyright.PENANACSAl4VXz8X
her than just her beauty. You’re a man, and I have no doubt you see it too.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAnYu30Tce86
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Everyone was silent except for Oliver, who loudly sucked at his smoothie26Please respect copyright.PENANAhMjuOBxr7F
through the straw. Angel found herself looking at Marco with her cheeks feeling26Please respect copyright.PENANA1gXAam2Brj
like hot coals slapped across her face. Marco turned from Leo to Angel, and the26Please respect copyright.PENANAh75gWJqOWm
corner of his lips rose to a smile. This time, his smile was gentle and26Please respect copyright.PENANAHSTHtlTJeR
sincere.26Please respect copyright.PENANACKUJRoGHrT
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Leo swallowed, as he didn’t know how to respond to Marco’s statement. He saw26Please respect copyright.PENANAkxRkv2rByi
Marco shift his attention to Angel. As much as Marco was somewhat right from26Please respect copyright.PENANAa32cNYZf6l
Leo’s perspective, he did his best to try and not take it to heart. For some26Please respect copyright.PENANAsHiOamH3JI
reason, he couldn’t stand the way Marco looked at her, and it bothered him a26Please respect copyright.PENANAEv9JuWQP9o
little. He started to wonder if Marco really liked Angel.26Please respect copyright.PENANAcQqFGk8GaV
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Eric felt like taking Angel by the hand and dragging her away from Marco. He26Please respect copyright.PENANAlWpwdlCCry
shifted uncomfortably in his chair, and he thought of bringing something up to26Please respect copyright.PENANA0qano15wqc
ease the tension that he felt, but nothing came to mind.26Please respect copyright.PENANAxIX2JHx4yZ
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Carly couldn’t help but stare at Angel. What Marco said resonated with her, and26Please respect copyright.PENANAtrqzt4dzia
as she stared at her sister, she could see it clearly. She always felt there26Please respect copyright.PENANAesOXzwjnWg
was something about Angel that she couldn’t put her finger on, and it seems26Please respect copyright.PENANAPdOiIx4vM6
Marco hit the nail right on the head. Carly has not always looked up at her26Please respect copyright.PENANArXPDNQHV52
sister because she was older, but she always carried with her a certain essence26Please respect copyright.PENANAaqyTiYp6Of
that Carly’s been following blindly for years. She knew she could never be like26Please respect copyright.PENANAHZSom7Eqv4
Angel, but that essence always showed brightly, and Carly always admired Angel26Please respect copyright.PENANAgAuU9a06pM
for it.26Please respect copyright.PENANAWFhUzykMid
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“We’re out of nachos,” Oliver announced, bringing everyone out of their26Please respect copyright.PENANAoTNAK9EFnK
thoughts.26Please respect copyright.PENANAKA07WaYFX2
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“I’ll go get some,” said Leo, grateful for Oliver finishing the nachos. He26Please respect copyright.PENANAG5hVfbunzX
really needed to take a breather.26Please respect copyright.PENANA54gCKBBLZQ
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Leo picked up the empty bowl and started to make his way to the bar counter.26Please respect copyright.PENANA9WLpjQkw2V
Oliver started to say something to keep everyone busy. When Leo was just a few26Please respect copyright.PENANAQZ52oeza8j
feet away from the bar, it was then that Angel jerked upright in her seat as26Please respect copyright.PENANAUzeMgwBxZe
though she had woken up from a bad dream.26Please respect copyright.PENANAskzYXmVAyP
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“Hey, are you okay?” Eric asked.26Please respect copyright.PENANAI5405DeQrq
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“I’m good, thanks,” Angel replied, assuring Eric with a smile. She turned to26Please respect copyright.PENANAFWbE5JOyve
Leo, who was heading to the counter. Kim was obviously on the other side, so26Please respect copyright.PENANAZukUK8Lkgd
Leo wouldn’t see them. She was worrying over nothing.26Please respect copyright.PENANAhaR5BxIwfm
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Miranda quickly turned back in her seat to face the beer and wine bottles on26Please respect copyright.PENANAaLdjvYmcbB
the shelf behind the bar counter as she saw Leo approach. She swallowed as she26Please respect copyright.PENANAvjqdbXqa4o
felt her hands start to shake. A debate arose in her head. Should she say26Please respect copyright.PENANAR9IIjQLk81
something to him when he comes over? Why should she? It’s not like he can26Please respect copyright.PENANA3XPlUu0wv8
remember that they met at the candy store. I am just being silly, she said to26Please respect copyright.PENANAntT3ekLSel
herself.26Please respect copyright.PENANA1ITKRk5I0F
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Leo finally reached the counter, and he happened to stand next to Miranda. When26Please respect copyright.PENANAASO4d9HzOW
Miranda saw him through the corner of her eye, she felt frightened like a mouse26Please respect copyright.PENANAeR9ztxgtft
that scurries away when it sees the enemy. However, she tried to sit still in26Please respect copyright.PENANAUQXdHFPcHG
her seat so as not to draw any attention to herself. She looked down at the26Please respect copyright.PENANAIt9JquB3OD
glass in front of her and slowly took it. She tried to control the trembling in26Please respect copyright.PENANA9ysVliZ6Qo
her hand and hoped that she wouldn’t spill the drink over or that Leo wouldn’t26Please respect copyright.PENANAn4D2acd1g5
notice her.26Please respect copyright.PENANAXZ6FHILiw8
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Leo ordered another plate of nachos, and his eyes diverted to the side. His26Please respect copyright.PENANAGYCY1qi9Gd
eyes fell on the woman beside him. He had a funny feeling that she looked26Please respect copyright.PENANAVXq96qvAxd
familiar, but he didn’t know if he should ask. Still, it was better to mind his26Please respect copyright.PENANAQtapAiaDB9
own business.26Please respect copyright.PENANAsLrKfHImTp
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Miranda felt his eyes on her, and automatically, her head turned to the side to26Please respect copyright.PENANA5knyGJiFW4
look at Leo. After realizing what she had done, her eyes went wide with26Please respect copyright.PENANA4kImQOxPAQ
surprise.26Please respect copyright.PENANAbsfIZKEOJc
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“I remember you from somewhere,” said Leo.26Please respect copyright.PENANA9CwbQUrfMJ
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“Ah, yes,” said Miranda. Her surprised look seemed to have worked in her favor.26Please respect copyright.PENANA3wbTajqoIk
“At the candy store.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAhQISkgpU6K
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“Oh, yeah, right,” said Leo as he gave a nod of his head. “I remember. You26Please respect copyright.PENANAxsy6LXlvvW
bumped into that moving shelf.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAT1rkRquUSC
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“That was embarrassing,” said Miranda as she laughed. “I was in a rush.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAOQr53yqK1g
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Leo gave her a friendly smile and nodded his head, showing that he understood.26Please respect copyright.PENANAriy7ArG0s9
His gesture made Miranda almost want to shoot out of her stool like a rocket.26Please respect copyright.PENANASnFtyyZZoO
Her heart fluttered, and she wanted to hold on to that beautiful feeling26Please respect copyright.PENANApfmoOeqGzY
forever.26Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6ryKfWiIY
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The bartender came back with the plate refilled with nachos and cheese. Leo26Please respect copyright.PENANAfxQ4Uvri99
took it and thanked the bartender. He turned to Miranda, and she knew that26Please respect copyright.PENANANkgFpre0sl
their conversation ended here.26Please respect copyright.PENANAJTzyqvEZHL
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“It was nice seeing you again,” said Leo. “Enjoy your drink.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAcQvApxZH5x
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“Thanks,” said Miranda. She didn’t know what to say next as Leo took his leave.26Please respect copyright.PENANApjR3ZPqt5h
The thought of being just a stranger to him didn’t sit well with Miranda. She26Please respect copyright.PENANADsRkFbxYGH
wanted to be close to him. How will she be able to do that?26Please respect copyright.PENANARwqnPlCxcz
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Her eyes fell to the table Leo was heading to, and she saw Carly talking with26Please respect copyright.PENANANWrVwOnCHw
so much glee. She didn’t seem to have a care in the world, and it hurt Miranda26Please respect copyright.PENANA8fCdTb9xIX
that she should be the one close to Leo and not her.26Please respect copyright.PENANAhxWpQ0c6Wv
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Carly turned her eyes to Leo, who was approaching the table, and she couldn’t26Please respect copyright.PENANAlrw488Pe3j
help but smile at him. Miranda was smart enough to turn her head so that Carly26Please respect copyright.PENANAnvkmtW6T7d
wouldn’t see her. Miranda knew her time was up, and she was guessing that she26Please respect copyright.PENANAi3waIyJpYG
might have overstayed at the bar. It was time to go back upstairs. She thought26Please respect copyright.PENANAPEZ3sVJqmV
of looking back at Leo, but it wasn’t worth the risk. It was best for her to26Please respect copyright.PENANA1BMQQVHNHM
leave, but after she finished her martini.26Please respect copyright.PENANAYkPMQ4CS3v
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A few seconds before that, Trina came back to the table with two bottles of26Please respect copyright.PENANAnum7j5fmb4
cider. She sat herself down and placed one bottle in front of Kim.26Please respect copyright.PENANATGXK7kE4lb
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“Thanks,” said Kim.26Please respect copyright.PENANAoGF5HgjZgE
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“Have you thought of what to do?” Trina asked. “We can’t see Leo from here.26Please respect copyright.PENANAesJkqyaI2G
That’s if you really plan on catching Leo with his lover.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAsaYPQ0FzYu
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“I thought of sitting by the counter and peeping on him,” Kim suggested.26Please respect copyright.PENANAi22mmiEDuX
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“Sounds like a good idea,” said Trina. “Even if we were to see him walking out,26Please respect copyright.PENANAcLWCunZYgs
it would be impossible for us to see where he would go.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAlZuNJwMmOy
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As the two women stood at the table, Trina stopped Kim by placing her hand on26Please respect copyright.PENANA6N7r5eiW6B
Kim’s shoulder.26Please respect copyright.PENANAklV4YdzHB1
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“I know you’re tired of me saying this,” said Trina, “but doing this is a bad26Please respect copyright.PENANAt7CYzVnQci
idea. We should get out while we can.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAaWXh0JGFy7
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Kim scoffed. “I gave you my word earlier, didn’t I? There is no need to repeat26Please respect copyright.PENANAODFIhqoWGN
the conversation. Let’s go.”26Please respect copyright.PENANASF7UgoF7oa
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Trina’s hand fell away from Kim’s shoulder as Kim started to make her way to26Please respect copyright.PENANA5kjjL4gBBR
the other side of the bar. Trina followed her, and coming back the way they26Please respect copyright.PENANASnHr3aGqro
came, they stopped at the counter. From the angle at which they stood, they26Please respect copyright.PENANA5oQByJQ2jl
were able to see Leo’s table.26Please respect copyright.PENANAbo4URfz98G
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The two of them sat on the stools, facing each other. Trina had her back facing26Please respect copyright.PENANAfrYoI4D6qF
Leo’s table, shielding Kim from plain sight if the worst happened.26Please respect copyright.PENANAkDE6cKbIU5
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“I can’t see so much, so you’ll be telling me what’s going on,” said Trina.26Please respect copyright.PENANAMEi7INn1qY
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“You’re overthinking things,” said Kim. “You can take a peek and still won’t be26Please respect copyright.PENANAatp9TWCZa0
seen. Oh, look, Leo is coming over.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAIcT1cQZZAy
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Trina turned her head slightly to see Leo approach the other side of the26Please respect copyright.PENANALq8b5X0Bkk
counter. He wasn’t looking in their direction, so they were at ease as they26Please respect copyright.PENANAKRZRq8mOQY
looked on. They saw him ask the bar tender for another refill of nachos. He26Please respect copyright.PENANAHEscUhURj3
soon looked at the woman beside him, and Kim held Trina’s hand on the bar26Please respect copyright.PENANA37dhFdEeWW
counter in anticipation.26Please respect copyright.PENANAOnsDQsjtur
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“Could it be her?” Kim asked, almost squeezing Trina’s hand.26Please respect copyright.PENANAACBeaURT6N
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Trina looked at the woman beside Leo as she turned to look at him. She shook26Please respect copyright.PENANAGC0iGT2Cbm
her head. “I don’t think so,” said Trina.26Please respect copyright.PENANAOkGlR7Q68C
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They watched as Leo talked with the woman briefly, and as soon as he took the bowl26Please respect copyright.PENANAW4SQuixDuq
of nachos, he addressed the woman and went back to his table. Trina shook her26Please respect copyright.PENANA7Qbsjr3Zoc
head.26Please respect copyright.PENANAgpRDRH0CpX
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“She’s not the one,” said Trina. “They looked like they knew each other, but26Please respect copyright.PENANA2hUjjREpQL
not at that intimate level.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAXUevAlXPkO
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“Are you sure?” Kim asked. “Because he was smiling at her.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAfz4RzyCcaW
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Trina rolled her eyes before turning them at her friend. “Does every smile he26Please respect copyright.PENANAJbg3mBtwIB
gives everyone mean that he is flirting with them?” she asked. “He looks like26Please respect copyright.PENANAtU8sED8hFn
he was being friendly to me.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAtujTJh89Ev
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“What if she’s the one and they were communicating in some way through code?”26Please respect copyright.PENANA0lxKkFrqUb
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Trina raised an eyebrow at her. Kim knew she was taking things a little far and26Please respect copyright.PENANAx23xvJGDhl
looked the other way, taking a sip from her bottle and feeling embarrassed.26Please respect copyright.PENANAYS4ButPKhB
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Angel stared at her empty glass of soda, concluding that she needed to refill.26Please respect copyright.PENANAGVQsv7OMtJ
She excused herself from the table and started to make her way to the bar26Please respect copyright.PENANAgRGTRdPUNs
counter.26Please respect copyright.PENANAdWPE3uGBlm
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Miranda finished her martini in one huge gulp. She placed the glass on the26Please respect copyright.PENANASYasq2UqFk
counter, leaving the bill under the glass. After she stepped down from her26Please respect copyright.PENANAwqybU2aC4X
stool, she turned around and came shoulder to shoulder with someone.26Please respect copyright.PENANAoCiGquoQZR
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“Oh, sorry about that,” said a beautiful woman in a stunning red velvet dress.26Please respect copyright.PENANAMYz4BUPBV2
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Miranda almost panicked, for she thought the person she had bumped into was26Please respect copyright.PENANAYsKqGs3gmd
someone familiar. However, looking closely, she realized that it was Angel,26Please respect copyright.PENANAUap6y3lgQN
Carly’s older sister. Miranda knew Angel didn’t know about her, but Miranda26Please respect copyright.PENANAh1TohUZuYG
knew who she was. In the past, when she and Carly used to work together, Carly26Please respect copyright.PENANAiI2f9youjx
had shown Angel’s pictures to her a few times. Miranda acknowledged that the26Please respect copyright.PENANALZPB0IB1Br
sisters had looks that could kill, but there was something about Angel’s beauty26Please respect copyright.PENANAWAg2i1liye
that was different from Carly’s.26Please respect copyright.PENANAdKzJJGJw1o
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“Oh, it’s nothing,” said Miranda.26Please respect copyright.PENANAKd4rpIPGMW
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Angel smiled at her before turning her attention to the bartender. Miranda26Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0qKqnPyEF
turned around to head out of the bar when she froze in her tracks. She felt26Please respect copyright.PENANA9AB2IiilUc
caught in a trap as she looked ahead. This is bad.26Please respect copyright.PENANA1Xc5xAPr54
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Carly’s eyes fell on Miranda as she looked over to the bar to check on her26Please respect copyright.PENANABNl47sjL8Y
sister. Miranda happened to be right in her line of vision. Carly’s eyes26Please respect copyright.PENANAztgTTIzBLs
widened with fear as thoughts started to run through her head. What was Miranda26Please respect copyright.PENANAI0Oaknljzz
doing here?26Please respect copyright.PENANAQiTAn9SAfN
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Angel thanked the bartender after refilling her glass, and when she turned26Please respect copyright.PENANAt851fAHhji
around, the woman whom she bumped into stood still like a statue. Angel read26Please respect copyright.PENANAnHr7EPgbdO
her body language, and she realized that the person seemed to be in some kind26Please respect copyright.PENANAWv42LV2uBE
of shock. She noticed the woman looking towards the table where her sister and26Please respect copyright.PENANA9aLcUij5Fl
the others were. Moreover, she saw Carly look at the woman with the same26Please respect copyright.PENANARNLhD5MazG
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Angel raised an eyebrow. She was just about to touch the woman’s shoulder to26Please respect copyright.PENANAAkMU3jCmVU
get her attention, but she thought better of it.26Please respect copyright.PENANAEK5qYiHccO
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“Hey, are you okay?” Angel asked.26Please respect copyright.PENANA8VlROQmIlh
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Miranda jolted back to reality and turned to look at Angel. She nervously26Please respect copyright.PENANAAbbbUY2Fqp
chuckled. “Uh, yes, I’m fine, thanks,” said Miranda. “I thought I saw someone I26Please respect copyright.PENANADxo3gNi3VG
knew, but I was mistaken. I should go now.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAIKxjNvaopu
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Before Angel could say anything, Miranda quickly made her way out of the bar.26Please respect copyright.PENANAdpBKAhYP58
Those who were wondering what took Angel so long turned to the bar counter and26Please respect copyright.PENANAcXefOQXXRv
saw the woman quickly walk away from Angel. Angel looked at the young woman,26Please respect copyright.PENANA0WDIxv3hYR
and she turned her attention back to the table, specifically on Carly. Carly26Please respect copyright.PENANAMxdLjIDiAs
didn’t turn her head right away as she looked at her sister. She didn’t want to26Please respect copyright.PENANAb3weH8HzgE
look like she knew Miranda, and it was best to act natural. Angel went back to26Please respect copyright.PENANAnmtGrUq3TG
the table.26Please respect copyright.PENANAgzUwW3PrxT
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“What was that about?” Eric asked.26Please respect copyright.PENANAUUoYmaZusw
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“Oh, she thought she recognized someone, but she was mistaken,” said Angel as26Please respect copyright.PENANA0p8EKICaMp
she sat back down on her seat, placing her glass on the table.26Please respect copyright.PENANAeVvURYQTXy
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“She must have meant me,” said Leo. Carly looked at him, surprised at his26Please respect copyright.PENANA19q4N50D8V
statement. “Remember the time we went to that candy store a few days ago?” He26Please respect copyright.PENANAZlKARPIkmB
looked at Eric. “She was the one who bumped into that moving shelf.”26Please respect copyright.PENANALy4r4YC9hF
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“Oh, I see,” said Angel. “But she said she didn’t recognize anyone.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAGsdDoBVDKr
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“Obviously she was nervous because of Leo again,” said Eric. “I bet the reason26Please respect copyright.PENANA59Fs9AS4ZP
she bumped into that shelf was because of your scary looks.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAeiuMGYsPc6
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Angel shook her head. “Not this again,” she said.26Please respect copyright.PENANAajuk5ougDx
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“Mind you,” Leo started to say, “when I went over to the bar, I actually talked26Please respect copyright.PENANATwR0ngJNDK
to her. She didn’t seem nervous to me.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAUejkRvnubb
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“She obviously fell for your good looks, not the scary one as Eric had put it,”26Please respect copyright.PENANAktc1ovkGLD
said Marco.26Please respect copyright.PENANABh81qSd0pt
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“You really are a bully, Eric,” said Oliver. “It’s not Leo’s fault that he is26Please respect copyright.PENANAA1jrIl4Du9
more handsome than you.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAv4Jwnbeoio
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Marcos and Angel laughed at Eric. Eric, on the other hand, felt like hitting26Please respect copyright.PENANA0u1LMuRAYp
his brother on the head. Carly had been silent the whole time as thoughts ran26Please respect copyright.PENANAcye6njO1Da
through her head. Miranda actually had a talk with Leo, and that scared her.26Please respect copyright.PENANAR3cYeowE57
Could she have told Leo that she was also there at his bachelor party?26Please respect copyright.PENANAv1qLthv5Ec
Moreover, they met days ago at the candy store, and she finds herself here at26Please respect copyright.PENANAWiNhp8Ofhk
the hotel. Why did Carly feel like she was suddenly in jeopardy?26Please respect copyright.PENANAaYfcT6wVNN
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Angel wiped away the tears from her eyes, and she soon looked at Carly, who26Please respect copyright.PENANAn12GJGRFcZ
looked lost in thought. She couldn’t help but wonder what her sister was26Please respect copyright.PENANAtAULBB9mlT
thinking about.26Please respect copyright.PENANAdzxVXU5SBs
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“You, Oliver, have really cracked me up today,” said Marco as he continued to26Please respect copyright.PENANAL6l6GHTS4V
laugh. “I can’t wait for us to hang out like this again.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAscNZL6EpoW
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Oliver beamed at Marco happily, while Eric felt like slapping that look off his26Please respect copyright.PENANAL2W4DNDTsz
brother’s face.26Please respect copyright.PENANAFOfi5Lwyc4
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“Yeah, Oliver has really cracked me up too,” said Angel as she turned to smile26Please respect copyright.PENANAmfRVzqxQfG
at Oliver.26Please respect copyright.PENANALu3L2zBwNo
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“I hate to wrap things up here,” said Marco, “but I’m done for the night.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAKK0WPKbMqo
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“Oh, that’s a shame,” said Eric. “We were really having fun.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAzADBvSX5Tp
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“Don’t you think it’s also getting late?” Angel asked the others. “We better be26Please respect copyright.PENANAfrXyMiRmsN
heading out too.”26Please respect copyright.PENANArukJmEcwi5
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Leo gave Angel a look. He still didn’t get the chance to be alone with Carly.26Please respect copyright.PENANAbToFRwuh56
When Marco said he was leaving, he thought he had the opportunity. He turned to26Please respect copyright.PENANARHtyYt4aKj
look at Carly beside him, and she seemed to look lost in her own world.26Please respect copyright.PENANAjszsep6oa1
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“We should,” said Oliver. “I want us to pass somewhere and get ice cream on our26Please respect copyright.PENANAIPK3hUSy27
way home.”26Please respect copyright.PENANALAmb7B11tc
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“Uh, wait a minute,” said Leo. “Some of us would like to spend a little time26Please respect copyright.PENANAMJzV3gSglL
here.”26Please respect copyright.PENANA6gcJuRfOnk
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Angel threw Leo a look, knowing what he was playing at. She wanted to leave26Please respect copyright.PENANAoW4EWXO3K1
because the possibility of Leo seeing Kim and Trina was high, and she didn’t26Please respect copyright.PENANADEauMxTLmP
want to risk it. Moreover, if Kim does see Leo spending his time alone with26Please respect copyright.PENANACdpuBvQk0P
Carly, she will realize without a doubt that Carly is Leo’s lover. If only she26Please respect copyright.PENANA5fPRrHYjat
could tell Leo without making him so upset, she thought to herself.26Please respect copyright.PENANAYCqbNETfWq
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“Leo’s right,” said Eric, looking over at Leo. “I would like to stay here for a26Please respect copyright.PENANAw196Wm6qwB
little longer.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAcqJLKEMlU7
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Angel sighed, but not the kind that anyone would notice. It looks like she lost26Please respect copyright.PENANAPjPduJFP0G
this one. She just has to find a way to work around it.26Please respect copyright.PENANA1yaVIojamz
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“Well, then I’ll leave you to enjoy yourselves,” said Marco as he stood up from26Please respect copyright.PENANAtBjLzxV0uA
his seat. “Before I forget,” he said as he turned to Angel. “I would love to26Please respect copyright.PENANA5DEy5dbvvO
get your number, Angel.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAq5vpLfCtD6
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Angel almost forgot about that, and she blushed immediately when Marco asked her.26Please respect copyright.PENANAUMquaJHOPn
She watched him pull out his phone. He turned his eyes on her, giving her his26Please respect copyright.PENANACjOowgZbQl
full attention. Angel hesitated for a bit before giving out her number, and he26Please respect copyright.PENANAFCoHI5Vvzn
typed it down on his phone. Eric and Leo looked on, wondering why Marco looked26Please respect copyright.PENANAoRi0XYPmnB
so eager to get her number. Carly wasn’t paying much attention, so she couldn’t26Please respect copyright.PENANADQxY1TobFF
care less.26Please respect copyright.PENANAUTmNEPIat5
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“I really enjoyed my time with you,” said Marco, pocketing his phone away. “We26Please respect copyright.PENANAvlzc2Jk8dR
should do this sometime soon.”26Please respect copyright.PENANArspjOxeVEs
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“Sure,” said Eric, putting up a smile for Marco, which proved to be very26Please respect copyright.PENANAlRLoBdRNNc
difficult.26Please respect copyright.PENANAla1eZ1M02G
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Marco wished everyone a good night, and everyone responded back. Even Carly,26Please respect copyright.PENANAqXf8no2q9h
who looked absent-minded, said goodnight. Before leaving, Marco gave Angel a26Please respect copyright.PENANAfClCMEyIN9
wink, telling her to expect a message from him anytime soon. Angel only smiled,26Please respect copyright.PENANAt7vu5mKJlh
feeling embarrassed that he said that in front of everyone.26Please respect copyright.PENANAdEH8Po1Cpx
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“Marco really likes you, Angel,” said Oliver after Marco had left the bar.26Please respect copyright.PENANATVCOwFSz0T
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“Why do you say that?” Angel asked, looking at the boy with wide eyes.26Please respect copyright.PENANAVbVhBVsleE
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“Don’t listen to him,” said Eric. “Kids don’t know what they say nowadays.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAynODRrd4Qt
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Leo turned to Carly, and it was then that he noticed that she hadn’t talked26Please respect copyright.PENANARbwsNSmzfF
much at all for a while.26Please respect copyright.PENANAAxP3l1q0wQ
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“Hey, Carly, are you okay?” Leo asked.26Please respect copyright.PENANAun8xYnmwDB
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Everyone turned to look at Carly. She tried to hide it with a smile, telling26Please respect copyright.PENANABLWD2IgAbH
Leo that she was alright. Angel couldn’t point out why her sister looked low,26Please respect copyright.PENANAyV2CZObI26
but she knew she could use this to her advantage.26Please respect copyright.PENANAgAHJYm5dGv
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“You look tired, Carly,” said Angel. “Maybe we should call it a night and head26Please respect copyright.PENANAeHBFpAAk9A
home.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAtYWe2YXSik
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Carly looked at Angel, and a small smile appeared on her face. She definitely26Please respect copyright.PENANAoP07Dc5QFB
needed to leave. The fact that Miranda was here messed with her head a lot, and26Please respect copyright.PENANAGa3vHiztw9
she felt like being as far away from the hotel as possible. Considering that,26Please respect copyright.PENANA1WM5KNgcsp
Miranda might still be around.26Please respect copyright.PENANAGBU07k0fji
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“Angel is right,” said Carly. “I’m feeling rather overwhelmed. We’ve had a long26Please respect copyright.PENANAhiw8YpSsNL
day, and I didn’t get enough rest.”26Please respect copyright.PENANA4upq3LpOn4
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Leo looked a little disappointed, but now that he saw Carly more clearly, she26Please respect copyright.PENANA3syKuepXkC
didn’t look too well at all. It looks like his plans for tonight might as well26Please respect copyright.PENANA9t02vLiQ9g
go down the drain. If Carly was feeling too tired, it was understandable that26Please respect copyright.PENANAjjFlIi75a2
she wasn’t going to enjoy his company alone with him either.26Please respect copyright.PENANAT7eWHAlNOO
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“Alright,” said Leo. “We better get going if we’re going to get Oliver’s ice26Please respect copyright.PENANA5Gjy4TA64q
cream.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAS0rdPVLd4V
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“We better check out of that room and get our stuff then,” said Eric.26Please respect copyright.PENANADBo6BDGfE1
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“Oh, I forgot about that. Why don’t you go to the room while I go bring the car26Please respect copyright.PENANASR1ebaVQQv
around?”26Please respect copyright.PENANA8ICsZ8r1LI
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“Sure.” Eric quickly stood up from his seat and started to make his way out of26Please respect copyright.PENANAhjEx6k45AQ
the bar area.26Please respect copyright.PENANA4EBCwBVMEF
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Trina and Kim, who still sat observing Leo, noticed Eric stand up from his26Please respect copyright.PENANAFVfwHs1rbk
seat. The others were still at the table, and it was only a moment later that26Please respect copyright.PENANAb3UpXnNIlm
they started to stand up.26Please respect copyright.PENANAPL1F7HifO3
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“Look, they’re leaving,” said Trina.26Please respect copyright.PENANAuB1zSdRcmt
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“Do you think Leo will get this opportunity to see his lover?” Kim asked.26Please respect copyright.PENANAIgYmXffim6
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“He can’t do that with the others tagging along,” said Trina. “Let’s watch and26Please respect copyright.PENANAtYEWbJ72na
see.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAyO9jvPtwqx
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Angel and Oliver started to make their way to the entrance of the bar when26Please respect copyright.PENANABfalAgaNU2
Angel, through the corner of her eye, saw Kim and Trina. This was bad. From26Please respect copyright.PENANAWHYmjAkPTB
where she stood, she feared Leo might also notice them. She slowed her pace26Please respect copyright.PENANAhjRfdQcHlk
with Oliver and waited for Carly and Leo to catch up. If she was lucky, Leo26Please respect copyright.PENANA9HmT3x0Yd2
might pass by without noticing Kim and Trina, but one can never be too sure.26Please respect copyright.PENANA6JiLz2wkSe
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Carly made her way to Angel and Oliver, with Leo following slowly behind her.26Please respect copyright.PENANAmEPwQnPVtG
Without much thought, his eyes found their way to the bar counter, and he26Please respect copyright.PENANAcM2rLd7G5F
noticed someone familiar at the other end. Only when the person turned in his26Please respect copyright.PENANA57m5APEmNs
direction and their eyes fell on him did he realize who it was.26Please respect copyright.PENANAycsqFyP2NP
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“Oh, my gosh,” said Kim as she held Trina’s shoulder in a tight grip. “He’s26Please respect copyright.PENANAKKlmr7JE0h
seen us.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAkEgbtobwYi
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Trina choked on her own words that she couldn’t speak as he saw Leo staring26Please respect copyright.PENANAomzwFryA50
back. His eyes slowly started to flame with anger. Or was it fury?26Please respect copyright.PENANAaMsZGdxmaU
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“Trina, we better go,” said Kim.26Please respect copyright.PENANADv2Y10jjR4
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Leo couldn’t believe Trina and Kim were there by the counter, staring back at26Please respect copyright.PENANAd46OBBcTSE
him. Did they happen to be here by coincidence, or did were they here because26Please respect copyright.PENANAT94kSlDCce
of him? He noticed how scared they looked at him, as if they had been caught26Please respect copyright.PENANAX3rFUrDKoM
doing something wrong. That confirmed that they were following him. He decided26Please respect copyright.PENANAmOW8rBW5tq
he was going to give them a piece of his mind.26Please respect copyright.PENANAqCEZVizxjO
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Just as he was about to make his way over to them, a gentle touch fell on his26Please respect copyright.PENANAJuLcJNo4uf
shoulder, stopping him from proceeding further. He looked to the side, and he26Please respect copyright.PENANA4PcsBePP6j
found Angel standing right beside him, her hand on his shoulder. She looked at26Please respect copyright.PENANATqSTjhc9x1
him with her soft brown eyes; they were stern yet so peaceful. There was26Please respect copyright.PENANAizKbNIQf4A
something about her look and her presence beside him that made him slowly start26Please respect copyright.PENANAxEEm0t6oR9
to feel the anger in him dissipate like smoke.26Please respect copyright.PENANAPJLKvh09Pn
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She shook her head. “Not here,” she said to him in her normal tone of voice.26Please respect copyright.PENANAoiRk6S1fLa
“Now is not the time to make a scene.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAG23T3rBts6
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Leo sighed, and he felt his muscles slowly start to relax. Angel was right; now26Please respect copyright.PENANAesuCreLJw3
wasn’t the time to throw a tantrum. He looked back at Kim, who continued to26Please respect copyright.PENANAPCiaBG88uH
look at him, still with a scared look on her face.26Please respect copyright.PENANAztcSvEreTk
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"Fine," he said to Angel as he looked at her.26Please respect copyright.PENANAuWzUFJbrF7
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Angel gave a smile of relief. She turned to look at Trina and Kim, giving them26Please respect copyright.PENANADvS2WadZIm
a nod of her head. The two best friends looked relieved, but they knew that26Please respect copyright.PENANAz0WuC2SPZZ
this wasn’t over.26Please respect copyright.PENANAkxCGJloRBQ
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Leo turned around to head out of the bar. Fortunately, Oliver and Carly were26Please respect copyright.PENANAyFisPivesE
way ahead of him, so they didn't see his silent altercation with Kim and Trina.26Please respect copyright.PENANATvRiGEH7Ph
He walked out of the bar with Angel following closely behind him.26Please respect copyright.PENANAWYzESbXfAE
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"Thanks for that back there," Leo said to her.26Please respect copyright.PENANALSZ0bZSLuI
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"Well, getting yourself angry wasn't going to do you or me any26Please respect copyright.PENANAU0UsZlO1VN
favors," said Angel.26Please respect copyright.PENANAnL80DXgR3j
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Leo turned to look at her through the corner of his eye. "How long have26Please respect copyright.PENANA76G3YD3qIu
they been there?"26Please respect copyright.PENANAyiUic7oI1H
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Angel found no point in lying to him. "I noticed them during our dinner. I26Please respect copyright.PENANANhcRhFKm3X
didn't want to tell you in front of our guests."26Please respect copyright.PENANAb0i0tKIUJ4
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Leo scoffed. "It's obvious that they were following me. I guess that’s the26Please respect copyright.PENANA75rNWxjUcd
reason why you didn’t want me to be alone with Carly."26Please respect copyright.PENANAcvjjkfPQiB
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"I don't want them to find out about your relationship with her just yet,26Please respect copyright.PENANAUJGVhg7XBF
so you've got to be careful from now on."26Please respect copyright.PENANABWzdUVJhnv
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A smile appeared across Leo's face. The two might have their differences, but26Please respect copyright.PENANAxA6tPDaemo
it was clear to see that Angel did care about his relationship with her sister.26Please respect copyright.PENANATaYKdwPcyJ
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As they continued to walk down the stone path towards the fountain where Oliver26Please respect copyright.PENANAXRUgh3IYpG
and Carly were, Leo tried to fight off the feeling of gratitude towards Angel.26Please respect copyright.PENANAKR1RbqiChG
In the end, he decided to let the feeling settle in for one night, and one26Please respect copyright.PENANA82BI73VK4D
night only.26Please respect copyright.PENANAcerAtvsMDM
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“That was a close one,” said Trina as she held her chest, breathing deeply.26Please respect copyright.PENANALMPWrBe0N2
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Kim sighed in relief. “I hate to say this, but we really do have Angel to26Please respect copyright.PENANA3iWqTSCVyp
thank,” she said. “Though I feel Leo will confront us about it.”26Please respect copyright.PENANABVWkcQb9fd
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“Yeah, but Angel talked to him, and he calmed down in an instant.” Trina leaned26Please respect copyright.PENANAN6pIJByI88
against the bar counter, looking for the bartender. “Leo barely listens to26Please respect copyright.PENANAffrac9Eiec
anyone, but he somehow listened to her. It’s best to receive his wrath26Please respect copyright.PENANAPxYhFUtumd
privately rather than in an open place where he can embarrass us. I’m going to26Please respect copyright.PENANAKAvBN5mpEn
order a cocktail and drink to thank Angel for saving our sorry lives. Do you26Please respect copyright.PENANAuu8gL82IhH
want one?”26Please respect copyright.PENANAnsICASJSjn
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Kim gave a nod to Trina, and while her friend tried to get the attention of the26Please respect copyright.PENANAC8SD1ne4CQ
bartender, she couldn’t help but look at Leo with Angel walking beside him as26Please respect copyright.PENANA2sJT3GH1xW
they went further away from the bar. Memories of her and Leo started to26Please respect copyright.PENANAWnC5qN3A9w
surface, and she couldn’t recall once when he ever listened to her when he was26Please respect copyright.PENANAkxcw1aFSx4
upset. Trina was right. Leo barely listens to anyone, except this time around,26Please respect copyright.PENANAeE9P8ojwZ6
when Angel spoke to him. Her eyes fell upon Angel, who, even in that red velvet26Please respect copyright.PENANA87tVsyf2zk
dress, walked effortlessly with elegance beside Leo. Was there something about26Please respect copyright.PENANAzvq9YT8zsi
Angel that Kim wasn’t aware of?26Please respect copyright.PENANAzVzewuSq24
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Miranda quickly stepped out of the elevator and ran down the hall back to the26Please respect copyright.PENANAFjeba7xVoZ
room where Red Lion and Mr. Walters were. She knew her thirty minutes were up,26Please respect copyright.PENANAUOJolCBW3G
and she had been so distracted that she didn’t notice her phone vibrate in the26Please respect copyright.PENANAM2eRmtt3Jk
pocket of her jeans. When she checked in the elevator, she found three missed26Please respect copyright.PENANAMotodpvUmT
calls from Mr. Walters, and she knew she was in for it.26Please respect copyright.PENANAX20uLAKIc3
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As soon as she reached the suite, the door flew open before she could even26Please respect copyright.PENANA2zRYR3atYT
knock. She thought the first person she would see was Red Lion, but to her26Please respect copyright.PENANAddErX2fF4x
relief, it was Walters.26Please respect copyright.PENANAT1lef3WVgF
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“What took you so long?” he asked. “And why didn’t you answer my calls?”26Please respect copyright.PENANAKofosMQ7N3
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“I’m sorry,” said Miranda. “I got a little distracted. Is he here?”26Please respect copyright.PENANA4aDfZedVxO
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“Yeah, but count yourself lucky,” said Walters as he stood aside to let Miranda26Please respect copyright.PENANAQHQT9dvvxg
through the door. “Red Lion was going to kill you if he wanted to.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAgPiRprqdsc
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Miranda slowly stepped into the room, looking towards the living room area. Red26Please respect copyright.PENANAc3hdyPGqrb
Lion's comrade sat on the couch. His eyes fixed on the TV screen that showed26Please respect copyright.PENANAeMiUB14yi5
the football game. Two more people sat on the other couch. They wore black26Please respect copyright.PENANA0d5xI3HcPA
suits, and they were of Asian descent. The two looked like bodyguards. Were26Please respect copyright.PENANAMruushylFW
they here with the host who called for this meeting? Moreover, where was Red26Please respect copyright.PENANAt3H9pMRhZi
Lion?26Please respect copyright.PENANAgLhoGzu5Ky
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When she entered the living room area, she heard voices coming from the26Please respect copyright.PENANAaJJmCCrH3C
balcony. She saw Red Lion standing by the open doors of the balcony. Someone26Please respect copyright.PENANA56hVIaQPZp
stood in front of him, talking to him. Miranda couldn’t see who it was as the26Please respect copyright.PENANAp8qYDuJFZW
person stood on the balcony, and the doors hid him from view.26Please respect copyright.PENANA436dy2ToLJ
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Red Lion noticed Miranda's presence and turned to look at her. He surprisingly26Please respect copyright.PENANAtfjM7j7SmL
smiled. She almost sighed in relief, for she really thought he was going to26Please respect copyright.PENANAn6UXxTgU3p
squeeze her throat for being late. He turned to the person who stood on the26Please respect copyright.PENANAa09jzVyg6k
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“The young lady we were waiting on is finally here,” said Red Lion. “We can26Please respect copyright.PENANAWXn9RRwCEA
begin the meeting.”26Please respect copyright.PENANAxg6fAFl5PE
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The person on the balcony stepped into the room, and the first thing that26Please respect copyright.PENANAKMyV1fyLGU
caught Miranda’s eye was that the person wore a smart black suit, and there was26Please respect copyright.PENANAZncRWL95NN
a charming smile on his face.