Angel was in the living 548Please respect copyright.PENANAGU6p5IGCSN
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 548Please respect copyright.PENANAqAqxBiJkh3
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.548Please respect copyright.PENANAGCOJgApbHx
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.548Please respect copyright.PENANAJE36RvcvPL
"How was what?" Angel asked.548Please respect copyright.PENANAOjjNqsq1wi
"Getting to know Leo?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAXFGsVzPVw0
Angel could have sworn 548Please respect copyright.PENANAcpSUyp6C0T
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 548Please respect copyright.PENANAOY6F2EYYLu
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.548Please respect copyright.PENANA0qPkC78ZPH
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.548Please respect copyright.PENANASqJ5JKdCh3
"Really?" Amanda looked a548Please respect copyright.PENANAcP775gDh9i
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 548Please respect copyright.PENANAhCrDo8Ecgv
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 548Please respect copyright.PENANAv8zbKbiYpa
have offended you?" 548Please respect copyright.PENANAqiEmu1Xy5M
"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."548Please respect copyright.PENANAFB1PyvwVID
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"548Please respect copyright.PENANA4eh4frbHFd
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."548Please respect copyright.PENANAQbejOLDCLq
"Awww, you're so 548Please respect copyright.PENANAPXeK2C9G1f
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can548Please respect copyright.PENANAqXjWTVeTO0
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 548Please respect copyright.PENANAKkWgDH6Q9H
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 548Please respect copyright.PENANAoPDdIO2DI8
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."548Please respect copyright.PENANA4prR1pEggi
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."548Please respect copyright.PENANAxVFyFRD3qB
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"548Please respect copyright.PENANA5banbuLMV6
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."548Please respect copyright.PENANA2a3UbpdPRt
Amanda gave Angel the 548Please respect copyright.PENANA2PxBdz64vJ
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 548Please respect copyright.PENANAVzsu9sFI3B
to deal with writing. It suits you."548Please respect copyright.PENANAItcI4ynWXM
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.548Please respect copyright.PENANAuhPCXqOR6g
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."548Please respect copyright.PENANAzhoQCOZlhx
"What is it?" Angel asked.548Please respect copyright.PENANAdL7mG6N4mN
"You seem to be one 548Please respect copyright.PENANARJruFs66zg
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,548Please respect copyright.PENANAHB9mojgxyx
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."548Please respect copyright.PENANAMuHUpQnyFI
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.548Please respect copyright.PENANAvKmbewFxqX
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.548Please respect copyright.PENANAnjAdLKDcgZ
"What?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAZVHfHMFdzu
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.548Please respect copyright.PENANAt4KiSjxT1f
Leo who had just come in548Please respect copyright.PENANAG3ttU0MsyY
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 548Please respect copyright.PENANAM3R5vZvKt4
just at the entrance of the living room.548Please respect copyright.PENANAoHCm65z8uJ
"What did you just say 548Please respect copyright.PENANAAK7w2oPPPY
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached548Please respect copyright.PENANASHU4Q95xmR
the two women on the wheelchairs.548Please respect copyright.PENANAvqLff8PY9z
Amanda turned her 548Please respect copyright.PENANAEQ5THzMUlE
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 548Please respect copyright.PENANAqmajqbaLFr
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 548Please respect copyright.PENANAr16YOaH8vJ
themselves."548Please respect copyright.PENANAvHh43T3D6P
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"548Please respect copyright.PENANASOjUwlgsm1
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAVD6cDS0lUF
Leo couldn't believe 548Please respect copyright.PENANAIYXvyoGyuH
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 548Please respect copyright.PENANAVGdpaXlybZ
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.548Please respect copyright.PENANA2h3mvi878s
"Haven't you thought 548Please respect copyright.PENANAy7IrqQegZw
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 548Please respect copyright.PENANANn7VUAtKiW
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a548Please respect copyright.PENANA8vRa5nswDL
job of her own?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAkEPv7tSc1M
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."548Please respect copyright.PENANAbD3obouA5U
"You deserve better, my 548Please respect copyright.PENANArGw3cJPR3i
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 548Please respect copyright.PENANA98rh5IJtqG
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."548Please respect copyright.PENANAeC5MGGUGMi
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."548Please respect copyright.PENANAcDKryuLUu4
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."548Please respect copyright.PENANAUT4bYzl5Ng
"What makes you so sure?"548Please respect copyright.PENANASOZgMzxSNH
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."548Please respect copyright.PENANAJsrD81HuFK
"Mum won't though."548Please respect copyright.PENANAOH6XKaPqi4
"Does she run the 548Please respect copyright.PENANAf5ZkVWjRov
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 548Please respect copyright.PENANA9GNaWEz74M
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 548Please respect copyright.PENANADpW1uRBN9w
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."548Please respect copyright.PENANAM56gThq1nq
Leo knew his grandmother548Please respect copyright.PENANAAmFSKUW4Gl
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 548Please respect copyright.PENANAZVfpuVXHPF
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 548Please respect copyright.PENANAEgiTTiqYOG
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 548Please respect copyright.PENANA2PUaruYwjx
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.548Please respect copyright.PENANAjaCImaGkvS
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.548Please respect copyright.PENANACor6SxHt5B
"Don't say any of this 548Please respect copyright.PENANAskztMrE1kJ
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 548Please respect copyright.PENANAqutaqsTPWg
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 548Please respect copyright.PENANAY5JRKgEVCa
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 548Please respect copyright.PENANAE76l8EiF6W
have to convince her a little more than I have to."548Please respect copyright.PENANAlrWlIrZDSq
Angel gulped. It felt 548Please respect copyright.PENANALZHDUI18zh
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only548Please respect copyright.PENANAap8sf3XGrK
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.548Please respect copyright.PENANAUKTnA0VrrA
Leo made his way out of 548Please respect copyright.PENANAuYQPNU8Cb3
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 548Please respect copyright.PENANAiz4OvzKTcZ
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 548Please respect copyright.PENANAkyWuoX5i0Y
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 548Please respect copyright.PENANActhgxTdIPs
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.548Please respect copyright.PENANALRH0oTduqW
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAtlDVRQ0Kcq
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."548Please respect copyright.PENANAFVd66nAy1Q
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."548Please respect copyright.PENANAPWHcRLk18a
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.548Please respect copyright.PENANAKxOETNrcVB
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.548Please respect copyright.PENANA3I3s6jSxNC
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.548Please respect copyright.PENANAVSroVA4F75
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."548Please respect copyright.PENANAd0BqpFqz0a
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."548Please respect copyright.PENANAWMTo9NQCNG
"I'm talking about Kim."548Please respect copyright.PENANAV5twDPKWHS
Angel didn't know if it 548Please respect copyright.PENANAS7P9ILYyeP
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 548Please respect copyright.PENANAVRfWmTM3i6
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It548Please respect copyright.PENANA12pJ6stdA1
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 548Please respect copyright.PENANAGrjp78DbEM
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 548Please respect copyright.PENANALkUFIMOK1J
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 548Please respect copyright.PENANAZQkmWWZU9D
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 548Please respect copyright.PENANAqp9PSFbHtP
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 548Please respect copyright.PENANAG6XPasaGTp
certain things?548Please respect copyright.PENANAeT9nsb8ucG
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.548Please respect copyright.PENANAjzfKyB6Dgt
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.548Please respect copyright.PENANAfIA56orQWK
Angel felt like covering548Please respect copyright.PENANAVG5QyQUe49
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 548Please respect copyright.PENANAI8B4ycC6Mp
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 548Please respect copyright.PENANAaGTvDqAVxf
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 548Please respect copyright.PENANA3VbKR1bgIA
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.548Please respect copyright.PENANAssi1KYP9Sh
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.548Please respect copyright.PENANAY5Q85zF539
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.548Please respect copyright.PENANAXw0Ig9qpTS
Angel felt her heart 548Please respect copyright.PENANAGArAMFZoEc
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if548Please respect copyright.PENANAtWnFQ0meZE
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 548Please respect copyright.PENANAIeny87p1TY
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 548Please respect copyright.PENANAe3HowCAJtZ
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 548Please respect copyright.PENANAK41P7muINx
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 548Please respect copyright.PENANADcZQLxGu0v
and invited her to the wedding.548Please respect copyright.PENANAvw4FVsN6te
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.548Please respect copyright.PENANAc7dkLZ7tum
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.548Please respect copyright.PENANAyROPuKpfvN
Angel looked at Amanda 548Please respect copyright.PENANA2oaJa6Eqms
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAWGYKkZpdvg
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.548Please respect copyright.PENANA5N90PmtSXL
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 548Please respect copyright.PENANAXI4Bu0ZE4v
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they548Please respect copyright.PENANAoDt8LF3fwj
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they548Please respect copyright.PENANAOZ206Dy3nz
saw Leo.548Please respect copyright.PENANAVAXqemCsnK
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAJtQpDBKPET
"Nothing, dear," said 548Please respect copyright.PENANAVxrTOJUc5p
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother548Please respect copyright.PENANATbX8Kuot9r
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."548Please respect copyright.PENANAzbqZWjDh6a
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."548Please respect copyright.PENANApZ9Rme7iFt
"Have a nice day."548Please respect copyright.PENANAiGZDbUgOgA
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.548Please respect copyright.PENANAmlSv9EUZnu
Leo nodded his head in 548Please respect copyright.PENANAGzww6yQs9U
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 548Please respect copyright.PENANA5uftKyA0i3
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 548Please respect copyright.PENANA4KUpsFVqBU
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 548Please respect copyright.PENANAx5jLxrmJ47
through the front door.548Please respect copyright.PENANAtPl88Fi2mn
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.548Please respect copyright.PENANA4iIhPiAnph
"You're unbelievable," 548Please respect copyright.PENANAaxv9NBW8HU
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 548Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6XwXTc3Cl
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."548Please respect copyright.PENANAfBOHl9xKOs
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.548Please respect copyright.PENANA6ahdaLWT32
"I'm sorry for that, 548Please respect copyright.PENANAvyA0itSXoX
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAKLLWZKAi8T
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."548Please respect copyright.PENANAowdWjdpTLq
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.548Please respect copyright.PENANAK5OSCttWrf
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."548Please respect copyright.PENANAH9ISES60Ll
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."548Please respect copyright.PENANAcOwGHwqD4G
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."548Please respect copyright.PENANAnEmUQDEQAZ
Angel slowly followed 548Please respect copyright.PENANAJkzAFx43AI
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 548Please respect copyright.PENANA1TIlDvqTyL
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her548Please respect copyright.PENANA6ova364BKX
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 548Please respect copyright.PENANAj8iWfPs5oz
must have felt awful.548Please respect copyright.PENANAG7cMv97F1K
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.548Please respect copyright.PENANAglbgf9DbBC
***548Please respect copyright.PENANAmbuf7VGs4J
Eric548Please respect copyright.PENANAzfuJB3LmY4
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 548Please respect copyright.PENANAVvDIYSdyys
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.548Please respect copyright.PENANAkxfcEcyCzY
He548Please respect copyright.PENANAszA9NFo8ss
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 548Please respect copyright.PENANAMzKYw6uVoK
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 548Please respect copyright.PENANAzVU4zErU4h
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.548Please respect copyright.PENANAk9npBSQkDk
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.548Please respect copyright.PENANAFL5piBJ4PX
Since548Please respect copyright.PENANAFcd9T37ysD
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAyA6ftTKo9S
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 548Please respect copyright.PENANAvGPqFTEcuW
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 548Please respect copyright.PENANA1qfDs7FHWY
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?548Please respect copyright.PENANACSkPki7I7y
Who548Please respect copyright.PENANAehHUs4dQ0i
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 548Please respect copyright.PENANAltnlfaQuTD
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft548Please respect copyright.PENANALH84Sy659d
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.548Please respect copyright.PENANA61EeQQn8Kz
He548Please respect copyright.PENANAMNQpxdMiZl
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 548Please respect copyright.PENANAADuYgxwtOm
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 548Please respect copyright.PENANAc7yHTojMs9
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.548Please respect copyright.PENANAD6RSz6arVH
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.548Please respect copyright.PENANAkkATvrwMze
"You've someone here to see you."548Please respect copyright.PENANAf1y5DTjDA6
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.548Please respect copyright.PENANAdketzzjcXI
"It's Trina."548Please respect copyright.PENANAOPoMJMBQFT
Eric548Please respect copyright.PENANANgDct9coU2
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 548Please respect copyright.PENANAASJuERXoPn
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 548Please respect copyright.PENANAhbeJo6YzL3
called off.548Please respect copyright.PENANAUNkj5zaaub
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.548Please respect copyright.PENANAyBsDqxTAPI
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.548Please respect copyright.PENANANJDmyy8dv2
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.548Please respect copyright.PENANAgluaR5Rd2h
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.548Please respect copyright.PENANA9LcjCZgLr1
Trina548Please respect copyright.PENANAlRpADR6q5l
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to548Please respect copyright.PENANAlRo6Uv4lFm
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 548Please respect copyright.PENANAcSSMtoCigQ
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 548Please respect copyright.PENANAd8bLTRO1WJ
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 548Please respect copyright.PENANAgvFw1DvPT3
fall out sometimes but still get back together.548Please respect copyright.PENANAuJiiFxzeg6
Now548Please respect copyright.PENANAodItMvdk27
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 548Please respect copyright.PENANAjYmAR1Yai3
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 548Please respect copyright.PENANAKdhzHnL5d7
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 548Please respect copyright.PENANA88V7G0mPCP
weren't friends.548Please respect copyright.PENANAcwxolP2JZb
While548Please respect copyright.PENANAJf8Pr1MaLj
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 548Please respect copyright.PENANAIAYKINzWWd
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 548Please respect copyright.PENANAYqqXQVki9e
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 548Please respect copyright.PENANAYnL908bdWX
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 548Please respect copyright.PENANA7tzzCM8Oya
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.548Please respect copyright.PENANA8YuRpaM1rc
One548Please respect copyright.PENANAsBvCt0zeJK
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 548Please respect copyright.PENANASJwXCMNNfd
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 548Please respect copyright.PENANAndpZGl69O2
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 548Please respect copyright.PENANALHKJoZ5YDR
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 548Please respect copyright.PENANAOxmOXTLBW6
one.548Please respect copyright.PENANAhR9pms6lIz
Not until he met Angel.548Please respect copyright.PENANATFaO1cqhKz
Trina548Please respect copyright.PENANAOZJUHhLkwT
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 548Please respect copyright.PENANA442oyF4dV7
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.548Please respect copyright.PENANAWwXyLvKJ2B
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAiE66Bo9VkK
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."548Please respect copyright.PENANAKmje6RVN61
Trina548Please respect copyright.PENANAW9mYe7Hnuo
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 548Please respect copyright.PENANA3z8SgrypZC
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 548Please respect copyright.PENANA9B117qwp0N
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 548Please respect copyright.PENANADCnJU0rZks
beautiful.548Please respect copyright.PENANA6by6SMr6d5
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.548Please respect copyright.PENANARs17Or2xM4
"Then548Please respect copyright.PENANAEbqf8pC5Mb
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 548Please respect copyright.PENANASdyTKqStAt
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 548Please respect copyright.PENANAsSH82pSyBG
side to try and work things out."548Please respect copyright.PENANAoOuRCh03CA
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."548Please respect copyright.PENANAGGfcphs3ow
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."548Please respect copyright.PENANAvnCf7qzccE
"Ya, me too."548Please respect copyright.PENANAa23enBu4F1
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."548Please respect copyright.PENANAPMusG8LSId
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.548Please respect copyright.PENANA6f11ijo5pf
"Do you know something, Eric?"548Please respect copyright.PENANA6MEoP23Utm
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"548Please respect copyright.PENANASc0tgpi7tz
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAQb352FQCVu
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."548Please respect copyright.PENANAouciAeNxpC
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.548Please respect copyright.PENANA405c2OOH66
Eric548Please respect copyright.PENANAwfRAy2pV48
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that548Please respect copyright.PENANAT09n6rYQQd
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 548Please respect copyright.PENANA03LiUBRMDw
eyes with a corky smile on his face.548Please respect copyright.PENANAbINIOjl6v9
"Please,548Please respect copyright.PENANApJMOnkWRak
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 548Please respect copyright.PENANAcfPO8TXxwb
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 548Please respect copyright.PENANAj5SdmM8lKl
ask him?"548Please respect copyright.PENANA4lgeXKgcQz
Trina548Please respect copyright.PENANAdV1jyk1tQU
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 548Please respect copyright.PENANA5AcSt14zKc
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 548Please respect copyright.PENANAKEcr8FSu0t
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."548Please respect copyright.PENANAlHE0z35Hm9
Eric548Please respect copyright.PENANAjlwv1wYjLI
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 548Please respect copyright.PENANAWyHPlc5xhN
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."548Please respect copyright.PENANAabMji0zzHf
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAJXdo0ugNl2
Eric548Please respect copyright.PENANAICLUDxdfY7
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 548Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZZ9YONe3K
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 548Please respect copyright.PENANAxdl2VCqA2M
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 548Please respect copyright.PENANArdeLbGePfs
to say next.548Please respect copyright.PENANAKoFCAQdq9K
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"548Please respect copyright.PENANA4wg8c5Ehn6
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.548Please respect copyright.PENANAVJ0WSx0gah
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAFqzDDbk2rz
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."548Please respect copyright.PENANAlUkXbyDxXt
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAdxoYvgBQhv
"She's548Please respect copyright.PENANAAQV1DZKKPF
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 548Please respect copyright.PENANAZpK3raTEmR
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.548Please respect copyright.PENANAD6RbfnIFhb
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 548Please respect copyright.PENANAnZzvmOkfcQ
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 548Please respect copyright.PENANA2Kn8nE88WH
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 548Please respect copyright.PENANAe1s4qqNhzz
anymore.548Please respect copyright.PENANAwB4wlQPuHW
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.548Please respect copyright.PENANAfSSe3POWBD
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAYVdzpUbDlu
Trina548Please respect copyright.PENANANljSnjbhX0
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 548Please respect copyright.PENANADdspiUPc5T
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 548Please respect copyright.PENANAFZFJTc0u0t
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 548Please respect copyright.PENANAcBfvH2ktew
massage him.548Please respect copyright.PENANATu7vT9McGH
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAYiLXPhOzH7
Eric548Please respect copyright.PENANAWalwJjRv5Q
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 548Please respect copyright.PENANAlBVFPEXpzn
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 548Please respect copyright.PENANAgV2F2KSiJN
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 548Please respect copyright.PENANAY5Jjq56kX3
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty548Please respect copyright.PENANA9c9F2dgZJZ
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 548Please respect copyright.PENANAbtbb1xzeh2
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.548Please respect copyright.PENANAZUfdIWlYkg
He548Please respect copyright.PENANAN9Ajm4kFbS
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 548Please respect copyright.PENANAj9LjL2TT5E
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think548Please respect copyright.PENANAJH4RgjKbC5
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 548Please respect copyright.PENANAyHliuQAzEe
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 548Please respect copyright.PENANAbwIgGlkVkU
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.548Please respect copyright.PENANAlw6LQhv13l
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAtJoPn1m8mw
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."548Please respect copyright.PENANApUPZxuLL4w
"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."548Please respect copyright.PENANANYXwZXB1m9
Eric548Please respect copyright.PENANAXYlz7jrvxN
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his548Please respect copyright.PENANANGNyTBvbkB
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.548Please respect copyright.PENANAGQX5IYrC05
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAOqMOL3pbiE
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."548Please respect copyright.PENANASry1G2MkkY
"Oh,548Please respect copyright.PENANA0eBA2wig92
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair548Please respect copyright.PENANAnTntb9pN4H
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 548Please respect copyright.PENANAnbdjVNQgDf
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.548Please respect copyright.PENANAbQR7OdKQCI
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.548Please respect copyright.PENANAz1anTvRrUS
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.548Please respect copyright.PENANANw4TR3Dc4h
Trina548Please respect copyright.PENANAeagB0DWwSi
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him548Please respect copyright.PENANAyMDpVVtlD3
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.548Please respect copyright.PENANAcjEUryRLAX
Leo548Please respect copyright.PENANAunfKkxyj8B
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 548Please respect copyright.PENANAgkM6wzPr7O
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.548Please respect copyright.PENANA1xYsdcgu4e
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.548Please respect copyright.PENANAoL5NWnEHLs
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.548Please respect copyright.PENANAZcTo4gBifB
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAaPETK4076m
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."548Please respect copyright.PENANAc2sjOx02jt
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.548Please respect copyright.PENANA0S6kyoO54y
"I was just leaving," said Trina.548Please respect copyright.PENANAuQ5SeFBqyf
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."548Please respect copyright.PENANAO6b9UZsw5E
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.548Please respect copyright.PENANAYc8KynsXDm
With548Please respect copyright.PENANAHXbmc4AjUU
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood548Please respect copyright.PENANAjTc61M1ckX
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.548Please respect copyright.PENANA46mP7WtTbc
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.548Please respect copyright.PENANA72VgtRzMSZ
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.548Please respect copyright.PENANAtvqG5CEg8p
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.548Please respect copyright.PENANApZfSvwJO7u
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."548Please respect copyright.PENANAGigAZCk3e4
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."548Please respect copyright.PENANArOCbe6SAEO
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."548Please respect copyright.PENANAOGwB6mBunO
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."548Please respect copyright.PENANAWaqdfwYIMc
"Well, you would someday."548Please respect copyright.PENANAkbsiTgglc0
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"548Please respect copyright.PENANABJnc4iXBNA
"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?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAvGwehQd6TI
"That would be fine by me."548Please respect copyright.PENANAAhqsGNJ1lg
"Oh,548Please respect copyright.PENANALK8ytdJ4su
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 548Please respect copyright.PENANA0t8R6DuqDX
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 548Please respect copyright.PENANAdtVW7onJ20
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 548Please respect copyright.PENANAlhpLuDNnW7
you broke things off with her."548Please respect copyright.PENANAwzBQWTXzxE
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."548Please respect copyright.PENANAkI1SgPKkkJ
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."548Please respect copyright.PENANAKcXZKg6Nnh
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."548Please respect copyright.PENANAbqotSOpofd
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."548Please respect copyright.PENANABAAx6VRZp5
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.548Please respect copyright.PENANAzk5GMoplPu
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."548Please respect copyright.PENANAiznp3zkINU
Leo548Please respect copyright.PENANAPmUthjEG9j
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 548Please respect copyright.PENANAm6woGjOK3v
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 548Please respect copyright.PENANAvcGuG25dEo
her.548Please respect copyright.PENANA0h55rJmbhg
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.548Please respect copyright.PENANA2Tchdnca0O
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.548Please respect copyright.PENANAxlpui41mBy
Eric548Please respect copyright.PENANARnS9f6Gk9K
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 548Please respect copyright.PENANAeqWozfJiFt
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 548Please respect copyright.PENANAJKJ5QMNSIy
thinking about Angel just now."548Please respect copyright.PENANA6c79Dmn6mq
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."548Please respect copyright.PENANAtexaveRVTM
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAaD3KYOqg1a
Leo548Please respect copyright.PENANAZrDn9awpop
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 548Please respect copyright.PENANAIUIJDjc66O
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 548Please respect copyright.PENANAJbKle1hlHa
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.548Please respect copyright.PENANAqsRle9QGcL
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAbKtT13uojW
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.548Please respect copyright.PENANAg1AMAciVrw
"Because,548Please respect copyright.PENANA23wWTWrg99
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 548Please respect copyright.PENANAzOGyIKrneZ
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 548Please respect copyright.PENANA20pX1bQyh2
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're548Please respect copyright.PENANApFoFisTNTe
in a sense of emergency to release it."548Please respect copyright.PENANATN2HuAHrXw
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."548Please respect copyright.PENANAr3sXd52VUM
"Of548Please respect copyright.PENANAh9juiLM3nB
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 548Please respect copyright.PENANAL0Dt3521Hu
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 548Please respect copyright.PENANAAnkQ6yuJBz
darling, Angel."548Please respect copyright.PENANAbP4M42krw4
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."548Please respect copyright.PENANAre40ZppFfB
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.548Please respect copyright.PENANAS7xN2fr3qu
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.548Please respect copyright.PENANAyutc4yJE6m
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.548Please respect copyright.PENANAEFgd8tx95E
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."548Please respect copyright.PENANAgzMHuBJ0nh
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."548Please respect copyright.PENANA6W3ofXctSN
"Grandma548Please respect copyright.PENANAc1YwiLN2AG
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 548Please respect copyright.PENANAkn4RlaxpjE
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."548Please respect copyright.PENANABlyOmxZmMS
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"548Please respect copyright.PENANAzgFZngBMgd
Leo548Please respect copyright.PENANAHOjsCrxqRu
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 548Please respect copyright.PENANAE6UWwQ25Tq
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a548Please respect copyright.PENANA0acjW23aj5
word to anyone.548Please respect copyright.PENANAg2AJOvdk6S
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."548Please respect copyright.PENANAizXVXAcLrh
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."548Please respect copyright.PENANAoBBPYNCmHS
"Yep,548Please respect copyright.PENANAh9ZazhhsHN
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I548Please respect copyright.PENANA7XWODMoJ4x
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.548Please respect copyright.PENANA9cqSNU3TSK
"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.548Please respect copyright.PENANAqsfGH2OleN
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."548Please respect copyright.PENANAbxnGvXeCHS
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."548Please respect copyright.PENANAQMKPBWvdqj
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."548Please respect copyright.PENANA0G1S5Dr7vy
Eric548Please respect copyright.PENANAbqBUwEtfy4
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 548Please respect copyright.PENANAQb0Jqf0Ckv
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 548Please respect copyright.PENANAQIWTOPyrps
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."548Please respect copyright.PENANAqcqStakhtO
Leo548Please respect copyright.PENANACwoQxtf85A
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 548Please respect copyright.PENANAbcMXQulER8
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 548Please respect copyright.PENANArmk2tk22jN
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.548Please respect copyright.PENANA3rnoEFbhmw
He548Please respect copyright.PENANA4DdRbBB4Jg
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 548Please respect copyright.PENANAcdj7Ub8prc
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 548Please respect copyright.PENANA0MFVA4KW0Y
desk that he had to look at today.548Please respect copyright.PENANAm7VO5IpK3O
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?548Please respect copyright.PENANA2QHvEcVI8Q
Leo548Please respect copyright.PENANACreXFSznqO
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 548Please respect copyright.PENANAb1vXTb0Fde
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.548Please respect copyright.PENANAKxDeyQcHm1
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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