Angel was in the living 540Please respect copyright.PENANAcVH5eUVDh6
room with Amanda. The doctor had just finished checking up on both of 540Please respect copyright.PENANA6bG3vMe0sV
them and was leaving for the door after biding them goodbye.540Please respect copyright.PENANAuSr05t3itZ
"So, how was it?" Amanda asked immediately the doctor had left.540Please respect copyright.PENANA9zegMY3MrK
"How was what?" Angel asked.540Please respect copyright.PENANAeC6N8Mzqat
"Getting to know Leo?"540Please respect copyright.PENANAIQNxFubI4h
Angel could have sworn 540Please respect copyright.PENANAWgrsuEYyDx
that a ghost had just passed by because she suddenly went pale. She 540Please respect copyright.PENANAgIXnUGIdAr
turned towards the window wondering what to say to Amanda.540Please respect copyright.PENANAE08k0bhrgw
"Umm, it pretty much went okay," said Angel as she turned to look at Amanda in front of her.540Please respect copyright.PENANAX5JSrmZcDJ
"Really?" Amanda looked a540Please respect copyright.PENANA2c9FLFmfMH
little concerned. "I noticed the way you came in from the patio and I 540Please respect copyright.PENANA7VjwXzktEB
thought I saw a sad look on your face. Did Leo say something that might 540Please respect copyright.PENANAY3LOj8AbY9
have offended you?" 540Please respect copyright.PENANAJWjWpiNfwQ
"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."540Please respect copyright.PENANADguQfKBeCk
"But Leo should have helped you back in. Why didn't he do that?"540Please respect copyright.PENANA7olGJ6WLHF
"I didn't tell him. We spent a lot of time talking and I didn't want to worry him with my pain."540Please respect copyright.PENANAsY4TtBWZri
"Awww, you're so 540Please respect copyright.PENANA2JNoLITe3M
considerate, my dear. But right now, you'll need a lot more help you can540Please respect copyright.PENANAS6Jt6LrYXU
get before you fully recover. Anyway, the doctor said you are doing 540Please respect copyright.PENANA3SWQx4I331
well and that you will get better in no time. Maybe then, you will be 540Please respect copyright.PENANAsbs1ywr79v
able to walk around freely again without any difficulty or pain."540Please respect copyright.PENANA5PxL9nnlst
"You have no idea how I miss walking. I can't wait to do things and get back to work."540Please respect copyright.PENANA8sua62bK5H
"Speaking about work, what do you do for a living, dear?"540Please respect copyright.PENANAa7CMfUr8dv
"Well, I work at an editing company. It isn't much but I enjoy what I do."540Please respect copyright.PENANAMRswYnFIhl
Amanda gave Angel the 540Please respect copyright.PENANAiTgZ2pmb58
kindest smile. "That's nice and decent. I figured you're one who loves 540Please respect copyright.PENANAcwb6WLuBWv
to deal with writing. It suits you."540Please respect copyright.PENANAPXSlEP0LDG
Angel smiled back. Amanda was really nice that Angel couldn't think of any nice words or gesture to give back.540Please respect copyright.PENANAG2Lc5A9R4H
Amanda then snapped her fingers. "I just thought of something just now."540Please respect copyright.PENANAsMCVmfwIf1
"What is it?" Angel asked.540Please respect copyright.PENANATfv6q55nyU
"You seem to be one 540Please respect copyright.PENANAC3QKUCf6oS
person who really loves their job so much, but just as you said earlier,540Please respect copyright.PENANA593pRa3Vcr
it's not paying you enough. And I think, you Angel, deserve the best."540Please respect copyright.PENANAsB6OF0wpqX
Angel couldn't tell where all of this was going, so she waited for Amanda to carry on.540Please respect copyright.PENANAJ15mVSJaJO
"How about you start working for us? At the MacDonell Technology Construction Company?" Amanda asked.540Please respect copyright.PENANAPXDeVyCC9r
"What?"540Please respect copyright.PENANA1gibUlyaJb
Angel's face became paler as she heard that voice.540Please respect copyright.PENANAYGA2jdDbRS
Leo who had just come in540Please respect copyright.PENANA3A1MNuUIGN
from the patio, heard the whole thing. He was standing in the foyer, 540Please respect copyright.PENANAMqTH7tndFk
just at the entrance of the living room.540Please respect copyright.PENANA7g8zRIjA3B
"What did you just say 540Please respect copyright.PENANA5ftZX55HL7
now, grandma?" Leo asked as he stepped in the living room and approached540Please respect copyright.PENANAkawPfJu86u
the two women on the wheelchairs.540Please respect copyright.PENANA8BEgx9yKWK
Amanda turned her 540Please respect copyright.PENANAe50zj16uTc
wheelchair around and looked at Leo. "Don't start acting like your 540Please respect copyright.PENANAONgfltvzNV
mother like she hasn't heard anything and wants someone to repeat 540Please respect copyright.PENANAeFfWpF5l9v
themselves."540Please respect copyright.PENANAimT7pzD5XQ
"I just can't believe what you're saying right now," said Leo. "Did you just ask Angel to join us at our company?"540Please respect copyright.PENANAa2w26mJoe7
"Yes," said Amanda with a billion dollar smile on her face. "Won't that be nice?"540Please respect copyright.PENANAzpRtj6ZuPM
Leo couldn't believe 540Please respect copyright.PENANAVXtNH4hXK3
what he was hearing as he slowly met eyes with Angel. Even she couldn't 540Please respect copyright.PENANAhiXTF0ex93
tell why Amanda had suggested this in the first place.540Please respect copyright.PENANAqUAPXCxraB
"Haven't you thought 540Please respect copyright.PENANA0NZdoLky4g
this through, grandma?" Leo asked, feeling somewhat confused. "I mean, 540Please respect copyright.PENANAl3ckuMGhnt
what makes you think Angel could come and work for us? Doesn't she have a540Please respect copyright.PENANAmMKdCjonKA
job of her own?"540Please respect copyright.PENANAtQtRGuIJUz
"Leo's right," said Angel. "I already have a job and I don't see why I have to trade it for another."540Please respect copyright.PENANAUsJ3KGpOEC
"You deserve better, my 540Please respect copyright.PENANAZxdFcRhzBl
dear," said Amanda as she looked at Angel. "I haven't said anything 540Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZdhTHGPSM
wrong. I'm just giving you a chance to do something better."540Please respect copyright.PENANAFSSCcY0ZO9
"But grandma, you can't do that, you know," said Leo. "Angel should be willing to come and work at our company."540Please respect copyright.PENANAZxWhhIzTPb
"If you ask me, your father would agree to this too."540Please respect copyright.PENANAEvP9VZchET
"What makes you so sure?"540Please respect copyright.PENANAMnLxFq3pid
"I know your father. And he will think exactly the same."540Please respect copyright.PENANAhR1j318DFn
"Mum won't though."540Please respect copyright.PENANAzVQsoOfYpo
"Does she run the 540Please respect copyright.PENANATJ6Z4O3VzU
company?" Amanda raised an eyebrow at her grandson. "She might be 540Please respect copyright.PENANAaYWysql2tB
married to your father and have a share in the company, but she doesn't 540Please respect copyright.PENANA97TA5gksD0
make decisions. Your father and I do with other shareholders."540Please respect copyright.PENANAvVsCWHBnhE
Leo knew his grandmother540Please respect copyright.PENANAF3eAzbfA8X
was right and there was no way to oppose her. But he still couldn't 540Please respect copyright.PENANALttqhR1h7J
believe that she wanted Angel to work at the company. His mother might 540Please respect copyright.PENANAJrHRY4rF5R
not make any major decisions concerning the company, but she sure as 540Please respect copyright.PENANAfTe6en56pB
hell wasn't going to agree with Angel working there.540Please respect copyright.PENANAWmRioV2S9C
"I think I am going to work now," said Leo who couldn't take all of this anymore.540Please respect copyright.PENANA7pgCaIZ9lO
"Don't say any of this 540Please respect copyright.PENANAMVkhq1mtwj
to anyone yet," Amanda warned him. "I'll have to talk to your father 540Please respect copyright.PENANAKtdT8LER39
first and then smooth talk your mother, which is the most unpleasant 540Please respect copyright.PENANAQz7eBkfo6K
thing I'll have to do in my life. And....," she looked at Angel. "I'll 540Please respect copyright.PENANAyp2m5uKmnJ
have to convince her a little more than I have to."540Please respect copyright.PENANAydbuFeKyio
Angel gulped. It felt 540Please respect copyright.PENANA4chWuIniBv
like Amanda was going to give her a lesson of her life when she was only540Please respect copyright.PENANAxSDDSlqaip
trying to convince her to join the McDonells.540Please respect copyright.PENANACyRijBWQIN
Leo made his way out of 540Please respect copyright.PENANABaHT8VfwWZ
the room without a second thought of staying to try and convince his 540Please respect copyright.PENANAYihOBNhYLE
grandmother to change her mind. He was about to head up the stairs so 540Please respect copyright.PENANAwlyS8TMUO0
that he could go to his room and get his car keys and other things when 540Please respect copyright.PENANATXKEPEeJPj
his mother appeared, making her way down the stairs.540Please respect copyright.PENANA0ofNMsd37n
"Oh, Leo," said Mrs McDonell as she reached the bottom of the stairs where her son stood. "You already had your breakfast?"540Please respect copyright.PENANAPuOsdeDzUL
"I had breakfast with everyone else," Leo answered. "May you excuse me, I have to go for work."540Please respect copyright.PENANAjlUJdEmD2F
"Wait, Leo, I need you to....."540Please respect copyright.PENANAIEhtfgyqv1
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.540Please respect copyright.PENANAycmzt5oxac
"Looks like he's still mad at you," said Amanda from the living room.540Please respect copyright.PENANA4bAhn7OHx3
"I wonder when you're ever going to mind your own business," said Mrs McDonell as she made her way into the living room.540Please respect copyright.PENANAEe4nxaHkSj
"When I finally leave this place." Amanda gave her daughter-in-law a smile. "I know what you're up to."540Please respect copyright.PENANALI3HwkTI8J
Mrs McDonell folded her arms. "I don't know what you're talking about."540Please respect copyright.PENANAtZabAECdaI
"I'm talking about Kim."540Please respect copyright.PENANAnDlT7324rY
Angel didn't know if it 540Please respect copyright.PENANAL1HPwPJzVa
was right to be in this room and listen to their conversation. The way 540Please respect copyright.PENANADDcJbHjl9K
she saw it, Amanda and Mrs McDonell seem to have some long time feud. It540Please respect copyright.PENANA5gtl66yo3f
didn't seem serious, but it was dangerous for anyone else apart from 540Please respect copyright.PENANA6cOLYfjqop
the two to be involved in. They were family so it was quiet normal to 540Please respect copyright.PENANAzNuGojNo68
argue. But there was something between the two women that Angel could 540Please respect copyright.PENANAztp12KFkAE
feel but couldn't put together. Did these two really hate each other 540Please respect copyright.PENANABp9Fk7tTnE
just as much or was it they have a bit of a conflict when it came to 540Please respect copyright.PENANAAuOpK4UWPf
certain things?540Please respect copyright.PENANAJZD2oElycL
"Kim is good for Leo. You should know better," said Mrs McDonell.540Please respect copyright.PENANAy0aPYN0egL
"If she was that good, then why did Leo call off the wedding?" Amanda asked.540Please respect copyright.PENANAzPRMPfHzma
Angel felt like covering540Please respect copyright.PENANAX3yyPQ3Ljd
her ears. Kim was the girl Leo was supposed to marry and she couldn't 540Please respect copyright.PENANART5soEwJlW
help but feel awful about it. Only a few people knew why Leo ended 540Please respect copyright.PENANABJaRTqSVMg
things with her. It wasn't just about the accident that ruined the 540Please respect copyright.PENANA4gSmGQhElO
wedding day to begin with, but because of Leo's sudden love for Carly.540Please respect copyright.PENANANmcKNSWQlb
"There was an accident that day," said Mrs McDonell. Angel knew she would say that.540Please respect copyright.PENANAQhmvJTZfvk
"Ya, but a few days later, he confronted Kim and told her that he didn't want to marry her anymore," said Amanda.540Please respect copyright.PENANATVrtaWDua6
Angel felt her heart 540Please respect copyright.PENANAdJgL4deOih
skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel this was all her fault. Maybe if540Please respect copyright.PENANAoQPOI9PNcF
she knew what Carly was up to from the beginning and stopped her, this 540Please respect copyright.PENANAjA3FmW0L3s
wouldn't have happened. Leo would have never laid his eyes on Carly and 540Please respect copyright.PENANAPH4NRjJdh3
would have gotten married and they would never have known each other to 540Please respect copyright.PENANAIerzUbFmNU
begin with. That's if Mr McDonell hadn't visited her mother on that day 540Please respect copyright.PENANAUduVk7AnQB
and invited her to the wedding.540Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZLMtpxZLd
"Don't start with me," said Mrs McDonell.540Please respect copyright.PENANAoEQlHtvSbT
"But you know perfectly well that it is the truth," said Amanda.540Please respect copyright.PENANAI7rPjcJpnl
Angel looked at Amanda 540Please respect copyright.PENANAjH3fuBCLy9
and then at Mrs McDonell. She soon noticed Leo coming down the stairs. 540Please respect copyright.PENANApwfS1vSyBq
She cleared her throat as a warning to the two ladies arguing.540Please respect copyright.PENANAYFOVGnTsq0
Amanda and Mrs McDonell 540Please respect copyright.PENANAs4zNR2d7cO
noticed Angel clearing her throat and when they both looked at her, they540Please respect copyright.PENANAqxkn4SmY5Z
saw her eyes looking into the foyer. They didn't utter a word when they540Please respect copyright.PENANA50TrcMfbw7
saw Leo.540Please respect copyright.PENANAmUUe6aJjax
"What's going on?" Leo asked. "Why are you so quiet?"540Please respect copyright.PENANAwLelMozh5T
"Nothing, dear," said 540Please respect copyright.PENANAc8ltp6U23u
Amanda. "Just arguing over what to have for supper. You know your mother540Please respect copyright.PENANAp23FfBPO4m
hates it when I try to take over the kitchen for a day."540Please respect copyright.PENANAPaGfXsjXYq
"Okay. I'll be going to work then."540Please respect copyright.PENANAEWtQYJ25cz
"Have a nice day."540Please respect copyright.PENANA2AQ8lgllCU
"Have a nice day, Leo," said Mrs McDonell.540Please respect copyright.PENANAeGkJIvBOgT
Leo nodded his head in 540Please respect copyright.PENANAB4oUyo5m2s
acknowledgment. He looked at Angel and Angel looked back at him. They 540Please respect copyright.PENANAKT9ZOCzeaa
stared at each other for a little while before Leo nodded his head at 540Please respect copyright.PENANAlNVT5eLdcp
her and she did the same back to him. Then he walked out of the house 540Please respect copyright.PENANADABSxZ3Mqb
through the front door.540Please respect copyright.PENANAWVfjqDNz3W
"Where were we?" Amanda asked looking up at Mrs McDonell.540Please respect copyright.PENANAdiEZyej1wU
"You're unbelievable," 540Please respect copyright.PENANAf0W40RGFBa
said Mrs McDonell with her hands shaking in the air like she couldn't 540Please respect copyright.PENANAmrXe2NXmwG
take it anymore. "I'm going to have my breakfast."540Please respect copyright.PENANAfDK5x8Pyw8
Mrs McDonell quickly left the living room. Angel looked on as she left. This family had some drama for sure.540Please respect copyright.PENANAPOCRe09Ygm
"I'm sorry for that, 540Please respect copyright.PENANAsiU9zo1u9A
dear," said Amanda as she took Angel's hand into hers. "Don't mind her. 540Please respect copyright.PENANAmh9xGFkqKp
She could be a bit cranky sometimes."540Please respect copyright.PENANAmaG5IAPerl
"You don't have to remind me," said Angel, remembering how Mrs McDonell reacted upon seeing her and Carly's luggage yesterday.540Please respect copyright.PENANAOlkqjbDEAN
"I think I argued too much I need to take a little rest. I hope you don't mind."540Please respect copyright.PENANAC6CPMGW7Vt
"No, I don't. You need the rest. Come to think of it, I think I'll take a little nap too."540Please respect copyright.PENANAdtntMLNfa1
"Alright, let's go to our rooms then."540Please respect copyright.PENANA8Xa0BJXTMN
Angel slowly followed 540Please respect copyright.PENANA2n7Bul6Z9B
Amanda. While she rolled herself out of the room, she couldn't help but 540Please respect copyright.PENANAseqNweqF7b
think about Kim. She could only imagine how devastated Kim was after her540Please respect copyright.PENANAwYM1ypMkbZ
wedding was called off and then your fiancé ends things for good. She 540Please respect copyright.PENANAXiSixdhGzI
must have felt awful.540Please respect copyright.PENANAoiHvolbJmi
Angel couldn't help but feel sorry for her.540Please respect copyright.PENANAmoltOprKgr
***540Please respect copyright.PENANA6PqXCMfwqJ
Eric540Please respect copyright.PENANAIJjFb37jNj
couldn't stop smiling to himself as he looked up at the ceiling 540Please respect copyright.PENANAj9ccQnLAo2
wondering why he couldn't stop getting lost in his own head.540Please respect copyright.PENANAPqgfLVaSU1
He540Please respect copyright.PENANA9ROQ5AbfFz
propped upright on his chair as he went back to looking at his 540Please respect copyright.PENANA8NWkd4kAV2
computer. He bit his lower lip as he leaned back further in his chair 540Please respect copyright.PENANADXr6xyEXjM
and went up to looking at the ceiling again.540Please respect copyright.PENANAhBaGSTVa6n
"Oh, Angel, what are you doing to me?" he asked himself with a smile on his face.540Please respect copyright.PENANAUJPLfRgIi6
Since540Please respect copyright.PENANADNOUVrfIqc
he left for work this morning, he couldn't stop thinking about Angel. 540Please respect copyright.PENANABvtleHQug8
As much as he has been seeing her everyday even when she was in 540Please respect copyright.PENANADhH1NRBSAC
hospital, he never thought of her as much as he has today. He wondered 540Please respect copyright.PENANABtsV0duB6C
why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Did he like her that much?540Please respect copyright.PENANA3eqX5qiVZL
Who540Please respect copyright.PENANAug4xG7gnhW
wouldn't? She's nice and very beautiful, almost like an angel. And her 540Please respect copyright.PENANATnfJlphtAV
black and red hair made her look strikingly more beautiful. And her soft540Please respect copyright.PENANAhNHS8Tprj4
brown eyes were intriguing to look at and get mesmerised.540Please respect copyright.PENANAb5cv2D0eHA
He540Please respect copyright.PENANAv0Ll2bgZh7
imagined looking into those eyes right now that he didn't hear his 540Please respect copyright.PENANAfkPusOTZUv
landline on the desk ringing at first. It was when it rang the second 540Please respect copyright.PENANAZRfEBXnuoS
time that he managed to get out of his daydream and answer the call.540Please respect copyright.PENANAehyMWGOAMz
"Yes?" he answered knowing that it was his secretary, Emily.540Please respect copyright.PENANApRuqaaANug
"You've someone here to see you."540Please respect copyright.PENANAEIfsfzxtwc
"Who is it?" Eric rolled his eyes in irritation. He really didn't like being disturbed when he was daydreaming.540Please respect copyright.PENANAbWRuBHDOcd
"It's Trina."540Please respect copyright.PENANAOI4WRbwKAf
Eric540Please respect copyright.PENANA1QprtoXmgy
hadn't heard that name in a long time. Trina? What could she be doing 540Please respect copyright.PENANAboNDQE9ufI
here? They hadn't been in touch for a long time since the wedding got 540Please respect copyright.PENANAdlpEwuzf5p
called off.540Please respect copyright.PENANAL32ighflsU
"Tell her to come in," he said putting the hand phone back on the receiver.540Please respect copyright.PENANAGq63S1O1Rn
The door to his office flew open and and Trina stepped into the room.540Please respect copyright.PENANAFHGsljsDyM
"Hi, Eric," said Trina with a smile on her face.540Please respect copyright.PENANAD1AHdB7ZCN
"Trina, hi," said Eric as he got up from his chair and went round the table to her.540Please respect copyright.PENANAm4XKYG6wRh
Trina540Please respect copyright.PENANAWae42V4cn7
gave him a hug and Eric didn't feel that much comfortable as he used to540Please respect copyright.PENANAL2sOzgOXDA
when Trina gave him hugs. The two were friends. They weren't so close, 540Please respect copyright.PENANAqtNmEvsqSk
but they were friends anyway, because of Leo and Kim. The four of them 540Please respect copyright.PENANAlJAVZIdBa6
were almost like a gang during their school years though they used to 540Please respect copyright.PENANAxfplvf7vx4
fall out sometimes but still get back together.540Please respect copyright.PENANAVBH6csj8yI
Now540Please respect copyright.PENANALXY5ZDVHXY
that they were all grown up, they weren't much as friends as they used 540Please respect copyright.PENANAI7FH3TMjPE
to since Kim and Leo fell in love with each other and started dating in 540Please respect copyright.PENANADAdPTFoUlC
high school and straight throughout college. It still didn't mean they 540Please respect copyright.PENANAFd2vRe72lw
weren't friends.540Please respect copyright.PENANArfaRVxk6qW
While540Please respect copyright.PENANAwBMnfBS0YX
Kim and Leo were in love, Eric was more of a play boy. He was handsome 540Please respect copyright.PENANAneOWcZqnCd
after all and everywhere he went, ladies fell for him. It wasn't that 540Please respect copyright.PENANAKxR5rIegP6
Leo is handsome. He really is. It's just that he was already taken and 540Please respect copyright.PENANAVnVGvCpE2Y
way too early for that matter, so he didn't get to have as many 540Please respect copyright.PENANAqEShIW93yH
girlfriends as Eric did during his college years.540Please respect copyright.PENANA6rtgMUX9X7
One540Please respect copyright.PENANA0kuTmaoadZ
of Eric's flings happened to be Trina. Trina has always had her eye on 540Please respect copyright.PENANAn7mM327a4k
him for as long she could ever remember. She hoped that Eric would be 540Please respect copyright.PENANAc5rlOA6IuN
serious with her and the two of them would get into a relationship. But 540Please respect copyright.PENANAD3euCJTAvm
that was far from happening. Eric seemed too far to be committed into 540Please respect copyright.PENANAlusbXc1mp6
one.540Please respect copyright.PENANAfe0uZHODCs
Not until he met Angel.540Please respect copyright.PENANAbSJ1nJXdCz
Trina540Please respect copyright.PENANAmsH0oHv6Uf
smiled back at Eric after hugging him. She felt so excited to see him 540Please respect copyright.PENANABqKyFJq1iT
in what felt like forever when it's only been close to two weeks.540Please respect copyright.PENANAY8Tegqndjs
"I haven't heard from you like forever," said Trina. "Are you ignoring me now?"540Please respect copyright.PENANAPgDMHdYCUW
"No, it's not like that," said Eric. "Please, take a seat."540Please respect copyright.PENANAcHoijSTqHa
Trina540Please respect copyright.PENANAmmXt7Usfhn
did as she was told. She wore a sky blue sleeveless dress, flared and 540Please respect copyright.PENANADUyyGFzuW2
reaching above her knees. She wore white high heels and she had a cream 540Please respect copyright.PENANA7W4NlxJqUn
coloured handbag and lovely gold neck chain. She looked really 540Please respect copyright.PENANALMj9C0KN8L
beautiful.540Please respect copyright.PENANAgxXhVXfH9L
But to Eric, not as beautiful as Angel.540Please respect copyright.PENANASaEiD2eUsl
"Then540Please respect copyright.PENANA7zU1Qd8N7o
what is it, Eric?" Trina asked. "I thought we were friends. And after 540Please respect copyright.PENANAUD2ijW5ZUL
what happened on the wedding day, we're supposed to be by each other's 540Please respect copyright.PENANAc7NBkDNKzT
side to try and work things out."540Please respect copyright.PENANAHmAXNuS7TC
"Work things out with Leo?" Eric raised an eyebrow as he soon settled down on his chair. "You already know how stubborn he is."540Please respect copyright.PENANAsWb7vI3uqM
"I know. I do feel so bad for Kim."540Please respect copyright.PENANAqKHhgzUyXe
"Ya, me too."540Please respect copyright.PENANA7ECmkjWfzr
"She didn't deserve what Leo did to her."540Please respect copyright.PENANAmQDSPMYHjJ
Eric didn't say anything as he went back to looking at his computer.540Please respect copyright.PENANA1P6QOhF5ld
"Do you know something, Eric?"540Please respect copyright.PENANAwZOClQgYdg
Eric went back to looking at Trina. "Know what?"540Please respect copyright.PENANA8XyPtvXQ7i
"Why Leo broke up with Kim? Do you know?"540Please respect copyright.PENANAv36DDrQbgY
"No, I don't," Eric lied without hesitation. "After all that happened he just changed his mind."540Please respect copyright.PENANA08bk3CWm0n
"But there has to be a reason. Is it because he fell in love with someone else?" Trina asked with an eyebrow raised.540Please respect copyright.PENANAYUNNtYCPlc
Eric540Please respect copyright.PENANAjkVLJM9Vfv
almost gulped but that would only show Trina that he was lying and that540Please respect copyright.PENANAkLPFUTiWOX
he was definitely hiding something. Instead, he playfully rolled his 540Please respect copyright.PENANAAt60oQPvQ7
eyes with a corky smile on his face.540Please respect copyright.PENANAWgMlKHekGf
"Please,540Please respect copyright.PENANAuytXEaJVll
Trina, if there was someone, I would know. Besides, he never told me 540Please respect copyright.PENANACrWFBOoKSm
why he changed his mind. So instead of interrogating me, why don't you 540Please respect copyright.PENANAyd63cNEtW3
ask him?"540Please respect copyright.PENANAYSk8MPilQ5
Trina540Please respect copyright.PENANAtXXtPFP92T
almost dropped her mouth wide open in shock but she quickly said, "you 540Please respect copyright.PENANAoRMlN8KQ25
know I can't do that. Leo is scary to talk to sometimes. I asked you 540Please respect copyright.PENANA6lKz09hBhx
because you're almost like his best friend and he tells you everything."540Please respect copyright.PENANAOlbUw6rlJ2
Eric540Please respect copyright.PENANA3BHv79PLhB
smiled. "He is. But this time around, he really didn't tell me why he 540Please respect copyright.PENANAu8qaaMSFTs
did that. I guess he had a change of heart of some sorts."540Please respect copyright.PENANAM0srxQbYyL
"Do you think it has something to do with that girl he hit his car with that day?"540Please respect copyright.PENANA6sDW5ZNto5
Eric540Please respect copyright.PENANAFip0J2PV5p
soon went pale as he didn't know how to answer the question. He went 540Please respect copyright.PENANAiD0lxORZ3m
back to looking at his computer screen and tapped away on the mouse, 540Please respect copyright.PENANAmciSXlvsNN
clicking on the desktop, pretending to look busy as he thought of what 540Please respect copyright.PENANAEqNUyaoPtl
to say next.540Please respect copyright.PENANAKd91vZx5H0
"Uh, Eric," Trina called out to him. "Aren't you going to answer me? Does it have to do with that girl?"540Please respect copyright.PENANAEIZwxwtpSR
"You're asking me the wrong question, Trina," he answered, looking at her.540Please respect copyright.PENANAn3gZxW7DY4
"What do you mean? You were there, weren't you, when the accident happened?"540Please respect copyright.PENANATwQKM2Kes2
"Yes, but to be honest, I don't think it has anything to do with her."540Please respect copyright.PENANAAswzJL7bca
"Are you sure? How is she by the way?"540Please respect copyright.PENANARutJaK2m7r
"She's540Please respect copyright.PENANAiGXTBh0QBj
okay." Eric didn't want to give Trina any more details about the 540Please respect copyright.PENANAUsknfoLRcx
Barclay sisters. If anything, Trina only knew about Angel and not Carly.540Please respect copyright.PENANAe7VYkEZKKN
He was afraid giving her more information might prove to be lethal in 540Please respect copyright.PENANAJdsCJ0vmWO
the end. She was Kim's best friend after all and he knew she was only 540Please respect copyright.PENANAhxYEOaUPmL
here to get information from him because Leo wouldn't talk to her 540Please respect copyright.PENANApd8sjSAhIC
anymore.540Please respect copyright.PENANAMsuvZej4dT
"Is that why you have been completely ignoring me? Because of the accident?" Trina asked.540Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ynj3iDgOK
"Ignoring you?" Eric chuckled but blushed at the same time. "What do you mean?"540Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZHSBxaD0g
Trina540Please respect copyright.PENANAEcJzbFVckI
soon stood up from her seat and the smile on Eric's face soon died 540Please respect copyright.PENANAbcOiHxd6Zi
away. She came over to where he sat standing behind his chair. He 540Please respect copyright.PENANAZIphSiKKQZ
suddenly felt her hands on his shoulders as she slowly started to 540Please respect copyright.PENANAiSDhrYZ6yY
massage him.540Please respect copyright.PENANAnX8k4GdCIa
"You've been ignoring me, Eric," said Trina, slowly. "Was it because of the accident or did I do something wrong?"540Please respect copyright.PENANAxidwsgzzZJ
Eric540Please respect copyright.PENANAu7bQyiSuyG
raised an eyebrow as he tried to figure out the right words to use. 540Please respect copyright.PENANAF5ZZ96UF6o
What happened to Angel had kept him a little busy but that wasn't the 540Please respect copyright.PENANAEwSrfbO2lZ
full truth. He had grown fond of Angel from the very first day he saw 540Please respect copyright.PENANAP6Z04esw8j
her. When she was involved in the accident, he felt like it was his duty540Please respect copyright.PENANAOkiGxjFazW
to be by her side and take care of her. That's why he was always there 540Please respect copyright.PENANA4Dtrpg04kZ
everyday at the hospital to check up on her.540Please respect copyright.PENANAYwuWfwz9i3
He540Please respect copyright.PENANAyyasQoS6b0
didn't know he would care for someone who wasn't his family that much 540Please respect copyright.PENANAAKTZlLPdvG
like he did for Angel. There was something about her that made him think540Please respect copyright.PENANA5qwoTv4bJj
of her always. Nowadays even when he was to see any beautiful lady 540Please respect copyright.PENANAlFm5ArbQ8d
walking across the street, he would end up thinking of Angel and how he 540Please respect copyright.PENANAc552qYBDDt
just wanted to be by her side at that very moment.540Please respect copyright.PENANAPuwIzqFPNb
"Hey?" Trina brought Eric back from his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"540Please respect copyright.PENANAu16MWUX18l
"Nothing," he answered. "I just realised I have a lot of things to do today."540Please respect copyright.PENANAkrae1rhKbW
"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."540Please respect copyright.PENANAjGHzBUNQYF
Eric540Please respect copyright.PENANA75Eqg0gbxk
felt a sudden discomfort on his shoulders and he soon propped up on his540Please respect copyright.PENANAyjuQy0MiFK
seat giving Trina a sign to stop what she was doing.540Please respect copyright.PENANAQsb7Ose0Qb
"What's wrong?" Trina sounded a little worried. "Don't you like my massage?"540Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZhIITL3Zd
"It's not that, Trina," said Eric. "I just have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done today."540Please respect copyright.PENANAtQ6sfIqJn7
"Oh,540Please respect copyright.PENANAfwA8HXbEid
I'm sorry." Trina soon walked away from Eric and went back to her chair540Please respect copyright.PENANACcyfhA0MFA
to get her handbag. Eric couldn't help but blow out a puff of air 540Please respect copyright.PENANAsdFXt8Ijod
silently from his mouth, relieved that Trina was leaving.540Please respect copyright.PENANAa6oiM63cRd
"Maybe we can try and catch up with each other sometime," said Trina as she turned to look at Eric.540Please respect copyright.PENANAYWACco6JpS
"Ya, we should," he said hoping that it wouldn't be any time soon.540Please respect copyright.PENANAmzHlTsDYbl
Trina540Please respect copyright.PENANALExnEqXx74
smiled at him and just as she was about to walk over to him to give him540Please respect copyright.PENANAV8jtRZxX3H
who knows what, the door to Eric's office flew open.540Please respect copyright.PENANA75LWCceZmQ
Leo540Please respect copyright.PENANAI6iFN3PM8E
stepped into the room and he paused when he saw Trina. Trina couldn't 540Please respect copyright.PENANA7qAL01bp7e
help but feel her cheeks blush in embarrassment upon seeing Leo.540Please respect copyright.PENANACPlqisgRvd
"There's a thing called knocking, you know," Eric said feeling rather glad that Leo was here.540Please respect copyright.PENANAjsjuIedMrl
"I didn't know you had company," said Leo as he turned to look at his cousin.540Please respect copyright.PENANAMbmer0lPlx
"Isn't Emily at her desk?"540Please respect copyright.PENANAV7h74vCrBA
Leo show his head. "She must have stepped out for tea."540Please respect copyright.PENANA81x0AfimbP
Eric rolled his eyes. Typical Emily.540Please respect copyright.PENANA3QLnbcDSUQ
"I was just leaving," said Trina.540Please respect copyright.PENANAsjzT8KPuK1
"Okay," said Eric. "I would have loved to escort you out but I'm rather busy as you can see."540Please respect copyright.PENANAu1jhsexem1
"It's fine," said Trina giving Eric a bright smile which soon faded away when she turned to look at Leo.540Please respect copyright.PENANA76I0GAxkDe
With540Please respect copyright.PENANA8NeHlTCPxO
her bag in her hand, Trina quickly made her way for the door. Leo stood540Please respect copyright.PENANAKyyLyFrCdk
aside for her to pass and she was out of the office in seconds.540Please respect copyright.PENANA6wk3ZLaxgB
"What was she doing here?" Leo asked as he closed the door after her.540Please respect copyright.PENANA2XAB0UmAlr
"What do you think?" Eric asked as he went back to sit on his chair.540Please respect copyright.PENANATgXsS9AGpx
"Acting as Kim's informant, I presume," Leo answered as he approached Eric's table.540Please respect copyright.PENANA9oJQBzYdXP
"Yep. But don't worry, I didn't tell her anything."540Please respect copyright.PENANAKrB2Rzp2dv
"I know you wouldn't. You're too smart for that."540Please respect copyright.PENANAJbBnB7T903
"She thought the reason why you broke things up with Kim was because of the accident."540Please respect copyright.PENANAEnHoxmg0v2
"It's best they think that way. I don't have to explain anything to anyone."540Please respect copyright.PENANABrFw76PFCd
"Well, you would someday."540Please respect copyright.PENANAirlGdlp9S4
Leo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"540Please respect copyright.PENANA1GIiVIodxb
"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?"540Please respect copyright.PENANAtq4wdhm9wJ
"That would be fine by me."540Please respect copyright.PENANA69k4fb2UWo
"Oh,540Please respect copyright.PENANAm4m9LmuvXt
really? Then how are you going to explain yourself to Kim? Because at 540Please respect copyright.PENANAKEwacHsH9D
that time, she would realise that the person you ran over is Angel who 540Please respect copyright.PENANAvVDVhfHTct
happens to be the sister whom you fell in love with and the reason why 540Please respect copyright.PENANAxByDB5Yjix
you broke things off with her."540Please respect copyright.PENANApUyU5ukuEF
"Please, it's not like she's going to figure it out."540Please respect copyright.PENANALBLEeKmKES
"She will. Kim isn't that much of a blonde, you know."540Please respect copyright.PENANAEfXN6rZcOt
"Okay, enough about Kim. It's already hard enough that Trina was even here. She annoys me sometimes."540Please respect copyright.PENANAvIUTfORhB7
"And she's afraid of you. Your presence in my office made her run out of here like she had met her worst nightmare."540Please respect copyright.PENANAIWhRtfHbsS
"I am everybody's worst nightmare." Leo smirked.540Please respect copyright.PENANAiKrZS2FMSs
"Not to Angel." Eric smirked back. "If anything, she seems like one who always puts you back in your place."540Please respect copyright.PENANAr5JJBG4xBf
Leo540Please respect copyright.PENANASxErNwP4NP
blushed as he remembered his conversation with her back home at the 540Please respect copyright.PENANAJ946E7UagB
patio and how she made fun of him because Amanda made him apologise to 540Please respect copyright.PENANARk6QtOuJut
her.540Please respect copyright.PENANAwl55F3gc90
"Now what's with that face, dear cousin?" Eric asked in a mocking tone.540Please respect copyright.PENANAoU3jueFu3y
"What face?" Leo asked trying to be stoic.540Please respect copyright.PENANAtwzA3KLugJ
Eric540Please respect copyright.PENANAwHhxMJaRhJ
smiled as his index finger made a circle in the air as though 540Please respect copyright.PENANARz1F9ARivJ
highlighting Leo's face. "The look on your face tells me you were 540Please respect copyright.PENANAuKDoqtcSm6
thinking about Angel just now."540Please respect copyright.PENANA3jpNhZfugS
Leo shook his head. "No, I wasn't."540Please respect copyright.PENANAUAcQNAWpBR
"Yes, you were," said Eric with glee. "Did something happen between the two of you before you came here?"540Please respect copyright.PENANABh5OkNqzeQ
Leo540Please respect copyright.PENANAaHH9Gn62vS
was caught in between telling Eric the truth or keeping what happened 540Please respect copyright.PENANALrqDwi7rXi
all to himself. He couldn't tell him that he had apologised to Angel 540Please respect copyright.PENANAEDyj7Shhy7
because his grandmother made him do so. It would hurt his ego.540Please respect copyright.PENANAl0MxFShqf9
"Hey? Aren't you going to tell me or not? It's the reason why you're here, right?"540Please respect copyright.PENANAaSnp9uk75r
"What makes you say that?" Leo asked see with his arms folded.540Please respect copyright.PENANAJLAy1X8mlr
"Because,540Please respect copyright.PENANAPeiteunR5d
whenever you want to let something out of your chest, you want to let 540Please respect copyright.PENANA7x8MqobRGo
it out or else you would burst. And besides, you just came in here 540Please respect copyright.PENANArvFp9jj1iW
without even knocking first meaning it's really bothering you and you're540Please respect copyright.PENANAoF7J2YXmGz
in a sense of emergency to release it."540Please respect copyright.PENANAdZ9tnCt4om
Leo looked at Eric as he settled on the chair Trina had occupied minutes ago. "You know me so well."540Please respect copyright.PENANAkJl8yPPrSw
"Of540Please respect copyright.PENANAzF3INd9shv
course, I do," said Eric as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm your best 540Please respect copyright.PENANAExmMKGKmYi
friend after all. Now, tell me what happened between you and my sweet 540Please respect copyright.PENANAfDCUrMmrDj
darling, Angel."540Please respect copyright.PENANAtD39gnqdWw
"Angel isn't sweet. She's a pain in the neck and she's only out there to get me."540Please respect copyright.PENANAwXz2KL8btd
"Continue." Eric couldn't help but grin.540Please respect copyright.PENANAXtpYvgODp2
Leo ended up telling Eric all that had happened with Amanda, Angel and himself back home.540Please respect copyright.PENANAEiz4SlCDDV
"And you think it was all Angel's fault?" Eric asked after Leo finished his story.540Please respect copyright.PENANA99NyabipBA
"Well, ya," Leo answered. "She even made fun of me about it after grandma left."540Please respect copyright.PENANAIg6qJjYE8T
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."540Please respect copyright.PENANAcnQRADqpXb
"Grandma540Please respect copyright.PENANAa1DOOTFTiQ
already likes her, that's why. And I'm afraid this might not be the 540Please respect copyright.PENANAaaCVxoP9ug
only time she will ever get the upper hand in things."540Please respect copyright.PENANAd9OtQFOUam
"What do you mean? Is there something I should know about?"540Please respect copyright.PENANAPitKnE6rPX
Leo540Please respect copyright.PENANAFKSpL78pcd
wanted to tell Eric about his grandmother's suggestion of bringing 540Please respect copyright.PENANAyzGsa7s8CK
Angel to work at the McDonell company. But he promised he wouldn't say a540Please respect copyright.PENANAVplv6hpHoG
word to anyone.540Please respect copyright.PENANANln4IYfm7H
"I'll leave that up to grandma to tell you," he said. "I simply can't say anything."540Please respect copyright.PENANAfNrU2JH4i7
"Alright," said Eric. "It seems grandma has a surprise for us, right? Then I better hear it from her then."540Please respect copyright.PENANAHrnYsXv63v
"Yep,540Please respect copyright.PENANA1bgaIEWXvn
it's a surprise indeed." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Anyway, I540Please respect copyright.PENANAzb30Wi6KRY
better get back to work." He stood up from the chair.540Please respect copyright.PENANAifo4WwLoWr
"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.540Please respect copyright.PENANACGQZ9Bh184
"Let me guess, the Lady Supreme."540Please respect copyright.PENANA5PrkHROUY0
"Just because grandma favours her, doesn't mean that she will always have the upper hand, Leo."540Please respect copyright.PENANAsEe4ng9Xn8
"You'll be surprised. It seems things are all going in her favour."540Please respect copyright.PENANAcfTnR5qRGU
Eric540Please respect copyright.PENANAHYoFyqpEVY
smirked as he closed his eyes. "You're just upset because for once in 540Please respect copyright.PENANAoBPoVqLTgC
your life, you've met the one person whose up to your level in terms of 540Please respect copyright.PENANAoZomsjhau4
attitude that's it's difficult to bring them down."540Please respect copyright.PENANA1qhTEFHoDA
Leo540Please respect copyright.PENANAwaeHYkqzoj
looked at his cousin and he didn't know whether to give him a slap, 540Please respect copyright.PENANA7TQb9pJZrR
which he was wanting to do so badly, or just let him be. He slowly 540Please respect copyright.PENANADhhoWAWawN
turned around and left the office, closing the door behind him.540Please respect copyright.PENANAI3m1YzGYq4
He540Please respect copyright.PENANA2rjCPDxpa7
couldn't get what his cousin said out in his head and it stuck in his 540Please respect copyright.PENANA3DnIRcP6Qr
mind even as he reached the office and looked at the documents on his 540Please respect copyright.PENANAYwiN7NICtA
desk that he had to look at today.540Please respect copyright.PENANAkCyTikql0m
Could it be that Leo and Angel were alike in terms of attitude and that somehow, Angel had the upper hand?540Please respect copyright.PENANA1qChSBbOHi
Leo540Please respect copyright.PENANACQmueRpmVe
shook his head as he finally settled down behind his desk. He wasn't 540Please respect copyright.PENANAwu03jdUowd
going to dwell on the issue forever. He had a lot of work to do.540Please respect copyright.PENANAh9lfHaN64G
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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