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“Angel just ruined everything for me,” said Leo as he25Please respect copyright.PENANAvdg0bBd4tM
came to stand next to Eric by the bar counter.25Please respect copyright.PENANAmo8Nfs6ntV
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“What do you mean she’s ruined everything?” Eric asked.25Please respect copyright.PENANADERy1cHZl6
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“Carly and I were supposed to run away together, but it’s like she caught on to25Please respect copyright.PENANAbxXi28dDoR
us.” Leo shook his head. “That’s why she stayed behind with Carly. She says she25Please respect copyright.PENANAZP3WzpDLm3
doesn’t want Marco to suspect anything.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAMWBnLD7q68
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Eric shrugged his shoulders. “Angel does have a point,” he said. “We don’t need25Please respect copyright.PENANABF2jLaisTw
Marco knowing that the two of you are dating. He might tell his father, who, in25Please respect copyright.PENANAjcUnoAsHwJ
turn, will tell your dad. Well, you know how this vicious cycle goes.”25Please respect copyright.PENANA8B4DoIpW5c
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Leo sighed. “You do have a point.” He turned to his cousin. “Go on. I know you25Please respect copyright.PENANA3d8pNA2j5t
want to say it.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAp4Tjd7sEAj
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“Say what?” Eric asked without looking at Leo.25Please respect copyright.PENANAGm3JaebB6T
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Leo sighed again, deeply this time. “That she has my best interest at heart.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAVoek4hWRJ4
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Eric looked at Leo, this time with a beaming smile on his face. “Of course,25Please respect copyright.PENANArUWTSEpbV9
because that’s just how she is.”25Please respect copyright.PENANALkbLNUGOfP
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“Can you stop smiling like that?” Leo looked irritated. Eric’s smile shone25Please respect copyright.PENANAGpjxmHbKhR
brightly like the sun. Leo felt blinded as he turned to look away. “You’ve had25Please respect copyright.PENANAgieP1I8DM7
your fun.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAE7lqFhAY4O
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“I just want to rub it in. Before we went into the garden, I was about to tell25Please respect copyright.PENANAHLTl8d3cnh
you the same thing, but it slipped my mind. It’s good that Angel thought way25Please respect copyright.PENANAYdLkyc8FSY
ahead and talked to Carly about it.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAchZnudiSFU
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Leo felt dumb. None of that came to mind, and he felt like slapping himself for25Please respect copyright.PENANABVeSb0hm6z
being so stupid and careless. He hoped Marco wasn’t paying enough attention at25Please respect copyright.PENANAleIjP2ryI3
first for him to realize there was anything between him and Carly. It seems he25Please respect copyright.PENANAs5Q9OBwI0b
has Angel to thank, but Leo was too embarrassed to think of doing so.25Please respect copyright.PENANAUYBmEreHoP
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“Do they serve milkshakes here?” Leo asked, trying to rid himself of his25Please respect copyright.PENANAJQiUSTOu1x
thoughts.25Please respect copyright.PENANAzlsoEcKFRW
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“Yeah, I already asked,” answered Eric. “They serve non-alcoholic drinks as25Please respect copyright.PENANAClSOFeAkBW
well, in case there’s anyone who needs one.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAylDvQFKJGK
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“I’ll go over to the table and ask what drinks they want. Do they have snacks25Please respect copyright.PENANAvCk1Hc3mSC
too?”25Please respect copyright.PENANAMgjFhBqsVn
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“Yep.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAuMvBCGwxgU
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Leo left the counter and found Carly where he had left her. She was slowly25Please respect copyright.PENANAW1jn3AZQ0D
looking around, taking in the view of the place. There were bright bulbs25Please respect copyright.PENANASBXfVOuSkz
hanging over the area, and she apparently stood out with her beautiful dress.25Please respect copyright.PENANA4yJvLF5IYU
If they weren’t around so many people, he wasn’t going to hesitate to kiss and25Please respect copyright.PENANAWusToflZGc
caress her. He smiled at her instead and gestured with his head to her, saying25Please respect copyright.PENANA0JGnKYxlDe
that they should join Angel and the others.25Please respect copyright.PENANAJICp3GJtYJ
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Trina and Kim stood by the fountain as they watched Leo approach the table25Please respect copyright.PENANAL7nBSDStYh
where Angel, Oliver, and the Asian man sat. Carly joined him soon afterwards.25Please respect copyright.PENANA1LjHW8sSjN
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“How long do you think we’ll stay here until he decides to see his lover?”25Please respect copyright.PENANAlnnJjqrSUo
Trina asked as she sat at the edge of the pool basin of the fountain.25Please respect copyright.PENANAKW76VjQsqC
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“I don’t know,” said Kim, who remained standing. “Don’t tell me you’re already25Please respect copyright.PENANA0x1ZH556tR
tired.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAMZyNPqYPvG
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“Oh, no, it’s not that. They are there enjoying themselves when I’m in need of25Please respect copyright.PENANAIYNeqLokOi
a drink right now.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAp6hK7ckIdp
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Kim rolled her eyes. “We can go there and take a seat, but we should sit out of25Please respect copyright.PENANAL44QqlOUuK
their sight.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAafRpJQTPYK
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“Good idea. Let’s wait for Eric at the counter. Leo looks like he’s checking to25Please respect copyright.PENANABvJtLqFLzb
see what everyone needs because he hasn’t sat down. They will easily see us if25Please respect copyright.PENANAkOIuKXRrRE
they aren’t at their table.”25Please respect copyright.PENANApXRYVuurpo
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Kim agreed with Trina. They continued to watch Leo as he made his way back to25Please respect copyright.PENANAslaLT3JY2M
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Meanwhile, Miranda, who had been watching over the balcony, followed Leo’s25Please respect copyright.PENANAUBHRVttYx7
movements. She kept telling herself that she needed to get down there. If she25Please respect copyright.PENANAza9XJghTVV
so much as stepped out of the room, no doubt Red Lion would have her head, and25Please respect copyright.PENANA8qeUUaVkqt
whatever the meeting was all about, she wasn’t going to be a part of it.25Please respect copyright.PENANAwrzLDqPZHn
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She huffed. If that was the consequence, she was going to have to deal with it.25Please respect copyright.PENANA75XPcACELc
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Without giving much of a second thought, Miranda turned around and went back25Please respect copyright.PENANAahs1fMeGUt
inside the room. The football game they were watching was on a half-time break,25Please respect copyright.PENANAkAUtl1IDqj
and the three men were there, talking aloud about the game. She approached25Please respect copyright.PENANAFPGn6bdDDD
them, and to get their attention, she loudly cleared her throat.25Please respect copyright.PENANAIfroBn8SSu
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The three men all stopped talking and turned to look at Miranda. For a moment,25Please respect copyright.PENANAr6AJN0fARI
she gulped as her eyes landed on the terrifying face of Red Lion, who didn’t25Please respect copyright.PENANAl6Ntr281s5
like the fact that she had disturbed them. She had to be quick with what she25Please respect copyright.PENANAzkPkMp5g3g
wanted to say, as she was running on Red Lion’s patience.25Please respect copyright.PENANA1UxSaEkTh9
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“I’ll be stepping out for a bit,” Miranda announced.25Please respect copyright.PENANAE2O12Y35F9
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There was a brief silence in the room as the three men continued to look at25Please respect copyright.PENANAp9sl6nJr2w
Miranda, expressionless. Red Lion moved in his seat, and Miranda feared that he25Please respect copyright.PENANAXR5e1h8tgn
would speak first.25Please respect copyright.PENANAvURefsgYMA
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“I don’t think going out is the best thing to do right now,” he said. “We’re25Please respect copyright.PENANAe5O8bag6P8
waiting on someone, aren’t we?”25Please respect copyright.PENANAs5txareSg9
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“Yeah, we are, but this person isn’t showing up anyway. You’ll let me know when25Please respect copyright.PENANAiYEuIWb3tS
he gets here. I really need to step out.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAAwcVhNjRf2
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Red Lion continued to look at her. Walters now had a scared look on his face.25Please respect copyright.PENANAG7gHiDfBWP
He wished he could intervene, but things haven’t escalated between the two, so25Please respect copyright.PENANAZgzWy6ysVd
it was hopeless to do so.25Please respect copyright.PENANAF3lXmZoGsG
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“Whatever,” said Red Lion as he leaned back on the couch. “You get back here in25Please respect copyright.PENANAoXCYWahT9s
thirty minutes. If our host gets here before you, you better hurry back when25Please respect copyright.PENANArY6RKGWRNv
Walters calls.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAjrvujQIy4T
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Miranda felt relieved. She thought she wasn’t going to be let go so easily.25Please respect copyright.PENANAKcsSu7nKVi
Moreover, the time Red Lion gave her was too little. However, she had to make25Please respect copyright.PENANAjJzEm9eR3x
use of this as much as possible, even if it meant seeing Leo down there for a25Please respect copyright.PENANAsWVnzRgLwM
minute.25Please respect copyright.PENANAEUIxhWueHy
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“I will,” said Miranda. She didn’t waste any time as she made her way for the25Please respect copyright.PENANAHSUgDSJ7G2
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As soon as she walked out of the room, Hugo turned to Red Lion and asked, “Are25Please respect copyright.PENANAPyS7S9ECRg
you sure letting her go out like that is a good idea? Our host can walk in at25Please respect copyright.PENANA3yYdCxQ7fS
any moment.”25Please respect copyright.PENANASoquY3wTa6
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“True, but it’s better than her staying out on the balcony while we wait,” Red25Please respect copyright.PENANAOEUakK2cfu
Lion answered. “If you ask me, I would step out too if it wasn’t for the football25Please respect copyright.PENANAWsZd2F6CSF
game. But I was serious about my threat, so she better be here before he does.”25Please respect copyright.PENANA3C5IiOd5qa
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Walters didn’t say anything as he briefly looked at Red Lion before looking up25Please respect copyright.PENANAYF4xvQ5NJL
at the TV. Red Lion wasn’t kidding when he said he was in a good mood, Walters25Please respect copyright.PENANAMcGvqPbn6e
thought to himself. Knowing Red Lion, he wasn’t going to let Miranda walk out25Please respect copyright.PENANA8Qsi1KYtrt
of here. Something must have really put Red Lion into a good mood today, or25Please respect copyright.PENANAZZ5zmUk6Ut
else he wouldn’t have done what he did.25Please respect copyright.PENANApqmBIzMRmU
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Leo and Eric came to join the others at the table with their drinks, and Eric,25Please respect copyright.PENANAKbBueGPxD6
on the other hand, carried a plate full of nachos and cheese. Oliver was so25Please respect copyright.PENANA9LI3n55H91
delighted to see the plate of snacks that he couldn’t wait to eat them. Angel25Please respect copyright.PENANAEHKOy9avSm
had to warn him not to eat too much, or else he might have a bad tummy ache the25Please respect copyright.PENANAn75lkxAtpD
next day.25Please respect copyright.PENANAf0osMj4vB9
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“I wouldn’t waste my breath warning the guy,” said Eric as he sat down on the25Please respect copyright.PENANA4gV1KDzgYS
empty chair next to Angel after serving her a soda. “It’s a Friday, and he25Please respect copyright.PENANABwLYFZ5sL0
likes to act like he can do whatever he wants.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAML2RBtvWDM
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Oliver, who sat on Angel’s other side, didn’t answer him as he took his mango25Please respect copyright.PENANA7lUW1F0yI0
milkshake and put the straw in his mouth. Angel, on the other hand, looked at25Please respect copyright.PENANAaGitkjWaRQ
Eric and shook her head.25Please respect copyright.PENANAE1glPxdV0h
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Leo placed his glass of beer and Carly’s cocktail before taking his seat in25Please respect copyright.PENANAziS47O1SQk
between them. He also served Marco a bottle of the cider that he wanted. Marco25Please respect copyright.PENANAIVLI8B2gBV
thanked him as Leo sat down.25Please respect copyright.PENANAPJjqpI6zKA
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“Hey, Marco,” said Angel as she turned to look at him, looking over Oliver, who25Please respect copyright.PENANAhqSGiwcoft
sat in between them. “Have you ever been here before? In America, I mean.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAzVMmugSSAA
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“Oh, yes, I’ve come here several times,” answered Marco. “I usually come here25Please respect copyright.PENANAVQuOEZ1Pru
with dad on business trips. Inheriting the family business can be tiring,25Please respect copyright.PENANApo0ds7lYH5
especially when they’re showing you the ropes. You just have to be there, even25Please respect copyright.PENANAqO8ZceHfnQ
when you don’t want to. I bet Leo can testify to that.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAhFD1pky7up
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“He’s right,” said Leo, finding it hard to argue with him.25Please respect copyright.PENANAI8uEinM4Iy
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“Wait, does that mean I might inherit mum’s business of running the massage25Please respect copyright.PENANAmQzldLVckF
parlors when I’m older?” Oliver asked as he took a nacho and dipped it in25Please respect copyright.PENANApXmQuu84Nv
cheese.25Please respect copyright.PENANAhSTWZU08Gq
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Everyone at the table grew quiet as they looked at Oliver. At the same time,25Please respect copyright.PENANAVC0iyiq0GP
they all burst into laughter.25Please respect copyright.PENANAH6X8U3TjUp
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“Maybe,” said Eric. He tried his best to stop laughing, but it was of no use.25Please respect copyright.PENANADd6qhLEmA8
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“No fair,” said Oliver after chewing on his nacho. “You were the one who was25Please respect copyright.PENANAHX27sZcThY
supposed to inherit it, not me.”25Please respect copyright.PENANARskTs8TkYV
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“Sorry, but I’m more into other businesses, lil’ bro.”25Please respect copyright.PENANA3lixpwFij3
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“Don’t take it like that, Oliver,” said Marco. “Beauty parlors aren’t that bad.25Please respect copyright.PENANAfG1rvRKAbx
Moreover, many rich people love going to such places. So you’ll probably make a25Please respect copyright.PENANAobCAk7j5yu
lot more money in the future.”25Please respect copyright.PENANA90TsTeEIQo
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“Besides, if you’re interested in other things, I’m sure your mum will25Please respect copyright.PENANAXkdDy1SYZB
understand,” said Angel.25Please respect copyright.PENANAA2L3hyKv2f
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“If you like, you and I can run them together,” said Carly. “That’s if you plan25Please respect copyright.PENANAHFJPV12I67
on running them.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAmQUOvcuTdO
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“And I can be more of an investor,” said Marco.25Please respect copyright.PENANA6g3M4YWdfB
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“I still have a whole life ahead of me,” said Oliver as he shrugged his25Please respect copyright.PENANAUKvtW6LoEt
shoulders. “I’ll see if I can handle it.”25Please respect copyright.PENANA1TYy4hPGbC
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All the grown-ups at the table looked at the young boy, somewhat surprised at25Please respect copyright.PENANAJzgjpjQGwQ
his answer. They all stayed that way for a brief moment before Leo stretched25Please respect copyright.PENANAmMiVyUpejs
out his hand to get a nacho.25Please respect copyright.PENANAhLp48A8t4x
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“Good enough response for me,” he said. He put the nacho in his mouth25Please respect copyright.PENANAeyqcR7sjS4
afterwards.25Please respect copyright.PENANAiGtBGnyIQN
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“I swear, sometimes I feel he’s older for his age,” said Eric as he shook his25Please respect copyright.PENANAgAqDAdTTOU
head.25Please respect copyright.PENANAlYvE6rGdEN
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“Aren’t all kids nowadays?” Angel asked with a smile.25Please respect copyright.PENANAimGsilDwl4
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“Just like Leo said, a very wise response,” said Marco as he looked at Oliver25Please respect copyright.PENANAdMqrJNxCWv
admirably. “Hopefully, you do inherit, and we will become business partners in25Please respect copyright.PENANAwHhe2xCunK
the future.”25Please respect copyright.PENANA2rROF6Nttg
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“Yeah, let’s not push him for now,” said Carly. “He’ll sort all of that out25Please respect copyright.PENANAAfGtzVboGr
later, when he’s older.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAiAjQjXtRZ4
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“Well, sometimes you don’t really have much of a choice. Isn’t that right,25Please respect copyright.PENANAZVXPAa62AD
Leo?” Marco asked, his eyes fixed on Leo.25Please respect copyright.PENANA7C8t04OrCe
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Leo slowly stopped chewing as he looked at Marco. He didn’t know if answering25Please respect copyright.PENANAtBqvpdX3Q5
Marco would be a good idea, but he only gestured with his head to acknowledge25Please respect copyright.PENANAm663aBuH4E
the statement.25Please respect copyright.PENANAMwchf5G9uG
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Angel was sipping on her drink when her eyes wandered away from the area in the25Please respect copyright.PENANAGn4mtkP226
bar and to the fountain. She had a feeling Trina and Kim had been standing25Please respect copyright.PENANA3NfxhwEWBW
there for a while. When she found there were only a couple looking at the25Please respect copyright.PENANAHHm2nE4eVe
fountain, she started to worry. Could they have given up and left? Kim didn’t25Please respect copyright.PENANAvR0xd8mc5E
seem like the kind of person who would give up on anything, Angel thought.25Please respect copyright.PENANApBKs2aUIAq
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She was lucky enough to see Kim and Trina approach the open bar, and she had a25Please respect copyright.PENANAtR3en07eAL
clear view of them. Leo sat with his back facing them, but she feared Eric and25Please respect copyright.PENANACg2XbQlwsA
Oliver would see them. Angel had to think of something to turn their eyes25Please respect copyright.PENANAN2HGpWZhfJ
elsewhere. What should she do?25Please respect copyright.PENANAHfiXGyJFEV
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She turned to Oliver, and he seemed distracted as he was eating the nachos25Please respect copyright.PENANAnmXzrgbFI0
hungrily. Turning to Eric, she found him somewhat staring at her.25Please respect copyright.PENANA5TgZiIP3Bd
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“What is it?” she asked him.25Please respect copyright.PENANAIQNIDuhJ4v
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“Oh, nothing,” he said, somewhat looking a little embarrassed that he was25Please respect copyright.PENANAepJqDiR2Ts
caught looking at her. “You’re looking really pretty tonight, that’s all.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAZcMTDUlwl9
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Angel noticed Kim and Trina enter the bar area through the corner of her eye.25Please respect copyright.PENANAT6903XmQ6L
She couldn’t turn to look at them. That would only get Eric to look, and he25Please respect copyright.PENANABZs2aEkEor
would spot them eventually. She had to keep eye contact with him for as long as25Please respect copyright.PENANAKkyMJ3uu8O
necessary.25Please respect copyright.PENANAGccRk20Kk0
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“Thank you,” said Angel, smiling at him. “Picking this outfit wasn’t easy, you25Please respect copyright.PENANAMhy3RLpzWh
know.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAszL1XDD6u6
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“Nah, I think it was,” said Eric. “I’m betting that you didn’t have to try on25Please respect copyright.PENANABPu9WdsfyD
any other dress. This one was just perfect.”25Please respect copyright.PENANA3IoMbDAhEI
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Carly, who looked at the two, smiled. “He’s not wrong there,” she said.25Please respect copyright.PENANA2oOfXi8htj
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Leo felt like throwing up in his drink as he had a clear sight of Eric flirting25Please respect copyright.PENANA5jNCkzCyM8
with Angel. He wished he could tell them to get a room, but he knew better than25Please respect copyright.PENANAUMxnjpmXbN
to say it when he was flirting with Carly some time ago.25Please respect copyright.PENANANQwslRdFUw
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Angel saw through the corner of her eye that Kim and Trina had entered the bar25Please respect copyright.PENANAzJ0uqc3XIF
area and were now looking around for a table on the other side. It was best for25Please respect copyright.PENANAAt1oU9HpYs
them to get a table where they couldn’t be seen. As soon as they were out of25Please respect copyright.PENANAwnCqDukZnC
sight, Angel couldn’t help but feel relieved. She went on ahead to pick a25Please respect copyright.PENANA4ntUTv7EAz
nacho, dip it in cheese, and eat it.25Please respect copyright.PENANAD4XGuTelYL
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“That was close,” said Trina. “For a moment, I thought Eric was going to see25Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZHVYgMp83
us.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAa9t2DcMcKM
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“We better count ourselves lucky,” said Kim.25Please respect copyright.PENANAipMyGzUmZT
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“If we weren’t on opposite sides, I would thank Angel for distracting him. I25Please respect copyright.PENANAghEPESdeW6
have a feeling she saw us and wasn’t into the idea of Eric seeing us too.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAgakOIOf1nY
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Kim didn’t argue there. She somewhat agreed with Trina. She looked toward the25Please respect copyright.PENANA9epuo8tS3t
bar. Luckily enough, it was circular in shape with a bar shelve in the25Please respect copyright.PENANA4tKUpA4Oqi
circumference, blocking the view of the other side. Therefore, she could see25Please respect copyright.PENANAuNy5loZlB9
neither them nor them doing the same. Moreover, she could easily go over to the25Please respect copyright.PENANANDTRn2Tlv7
counter for a drink.25Please respect copyright.PENANAWofw4fkUXu
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“We should really think things through, Kim,” said Trina as she looked over at25Please respect copyright.PENANAO2aLy58sVq
the bar, realizing that the others were out of sight. “Is staying here really25Please respect copyright.PENANAWRiS9tgOjE
worth it? I doubt if he is going to meet his lover with the company that he25Please respect copyright.PENANAGlqK8bfz0x
has.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAcfeS5N9cjH
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“You’ve been in doubt all this time,” said Kim. “Why don’t you just give up and25Please respect copyright.PENANAzEulTSRHKk
leave? I’m not going to stop you.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAA4mXH3bPpD
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“The reason I am here is that I’m afraid that you might mess this up. Your25Please respect copyright.PENANAbxybvfpf98
obsession over Leo leaving you for someone else is really starting to get over25Please respect copyright.PENANAFUWkLLn70T
your head. If you aren’t careful, you might hurt yourself more than you are25Please respect copyright.PENANAdwxdCDZIOn
already doing right now.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAJUrOgrSIJB
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Kim looked at her best friend, feeling infuriated by what she said. She didn’t25Please respect copyright.PENANAslguK1IhoD
want to lash out and tried to find a better way to respond.25Please respect copyright.PENANAqkr8VqIfZO
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“Like I said before, if you want to, you can leave,” said Kim.25Please respect copyright.PENANAHeEJqhQlTd
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“I’m not leaving without you,” said Trina. “And besides, when we came in here,25Please respect copyright.PENANAfoPZTpafI0
I saw Eric flirting with Angel. I wonder if he really does like her.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAkc4vxySG1O
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A sudden laugh came out of Kim’s mouth. Tears almost filled her eyes. “You’re25Please respect copyright.PENANAhlObncEZI8
just as jealous as I am,” she said.25Please respect copyright.PENANAhpKmcCxNmo
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“Well, I’m not like you,” said Trina as she folded her arms. “You’re making25Please respect copyright.PENANAiOgZmiIkH2
things worse for yourself, and it will end up being a obsession.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAvNBT34u3zi
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Kim shook her head. “I know, but I won’t let this go far. Once I get to see25Please respect copyright.PENANAKoBNXoAzzw
Leo’s lover, I’ll let this go.”25Please respect copyright.PENANA0Dh4KGj1WE
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Trina raised an eyebrow. “Will you? I know you, Kim. Leo has been the only man25Please respect copyright.PENANAfvZikt8kPn
you’ve been in love with since we were kids, and him breaking up with you and25Please respect copyright.PENANAZWPsq0sSU8
calling off the wedding was a heavy toll. I don’t think you’ll be able to let25Please respect copyright.PENANAZdgjB5sd6W
go of him that easily.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAO0q9xzFv1G
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“Are you trying to say I am psycho?” Kim didn’t like where their conversation25Please respect copyright.PENANAzk1un88DvD
was going.25Please respect copyright.PENANAL7fPpMnIg0
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Trina swallowed, thinking over her words before she spoke them out. “All I’m25Please respect copyright.PENANAmgm2FnGIjc
saying is that it’s time to let Leo go. Thinking about him and his new lover25Please respect copyright.PENANAlDA6SLeJSu
isn’t going to do you any good.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAj2r3fyapNc
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Kim sighed. She stretched out her hand over the table and beckoned to Trina to25Please respect copyright.PENANA2EVljzJNA4
give her hers. Trina did likewise, and Kim held her friend’s hand tightly.25Please respect copyright.PENANAseohvHOVQF
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“Okay, after tonight, I’ll try and let go of Leo,” said Kim.25Please respect copyright.PENANAc2CgIzFJOY
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“Why not now?” Trina asked. “Don’t tell me you’re going to follow through with25Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0ApmBCBVc
your promise after you see this lover of his.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAdcamdGzqMs
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Kim didn’t answer, and Trina rolled her eyes. “Fine,” Trina said. “After25Please respect copyright.PENANAOUaiAyVyvt
tonight, I shouldn’t hear about Leo ever again.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAvyrW3oINRs
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“But what if we don’t see her?” Kim asked.25Please respect copyright.PENANAVmhGnZjTEO
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“You forget him anyway,” said Trina, pulling her hand away. “I’m going to get25Please respect copyright.PENANAqbohOlqcNS
us some drinks.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAaKTS3n76qm
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Trina quickly stood up and left the table. Kim looked on at her best friend and25Please respect copyright.PENANArf184BRK3i
knew she had pissed her off. She wished she could assure Trina that she was25Please respect copyright.PENANAmqaMcx9sCc
going to forget Leo after this, but even she knew that was far from impossible.25Please respect copyright.PENANAjEmxHVYzuC
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Miranda rushed out of the elevator and ran into the garden like a mad woman.25Please respect copyright.PENANAjIJXkOec8s
Along the way, she pushed people aside. To some, she apologized, but to others,25Please respect copyright.PENANA9T2wII3H1p
she didn’t even give them a second thought.25Please respect copyright.PENANADVIxCbqV6T
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There was only one way to the garden, and that was through the western wing25Please respect copyright.PENANARabKQGxxJ2
since the doors to the east wing weren’t open, said a woman she had met in the25Please respect copyright.PENANAJvRGQS2r8s
elevator who was going downstairs and who had lived in the hotel for a long25Please respect copyright.PENANAvi8jd6arpA
time. Thankful for the information, Miranda had to rush. She only had a few25Please respect copyright.PENANAsagFpNY3jw
minutes left, but all she needed was to see Leo.25Please respect copyright.PENANAVB01FRfSCo
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She had just bypassed the fountain, heading towards the open bar, but then she25Please respect copyright.PENANAPqB6lexuUr
stopped herself short. She had to see where Leo was sitting first; he might as25Please respect copyright.PENANAgjTC2hJyWZ
well have Carly seated right beside him, and Carly would no doubt see her if25Please respect copyright.PENANA27XfykFSrg
she wasn’t too careful.25Please respect copyright.PENANABY0nmsxgm7
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She didn’t have to look any further, as she saw Leo at the table with Carly25Please respect copyright.PENANAWQGk9XGq3C
beside him along with other people. Leo was holding the floor for the time25Please respect copyright.PENANAefcr3mUcSd
being, and Miranda noticed how everyone laughed at what he said. Carly, who sat25Please respect copyright.PENANAZQzKsm3jQe
next to him, looked admirably at him. Miranda huffed. If only she could figure25Please respect copyright.PENANA4atfWv6UV6
out a way to get the two apart, but now wasn’t the time to think about such25Please respect copyright.PENANA5KQPY8m36r
things.25Please respect copyright.PENANAxzjqyvxo8k
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She started to approach the entrance of the bar; looking over at Leo’s table25Please respect copyright.PENANAEVoBMf6LCp
and hopeful that Carly wouldn’t turn her head to see her.25Please respect copyright.PENANAiwX2KO6jyS
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Miranda walked over to the counter and sat on the stool. Immediately, the25Please respect copyright.PENANA7rIRznQ13J
bartender attended to her, and she ordered a martini. The bartender went on25Please respect copyright.PENANAs1I1x7lYvW
ahead to make her drink as Miranda slightly turned around on her chair to look25Please respect copyright.PENANAT2jB9q0bNK
at the table behind her. She had a clear view of Leo, and a smile came across25Please respect copyright.PENANA2srMVcoQBN
her face.25Please respect copyright.PENANAx6XcLyqsBy
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“Seriously, ever since Albert puked on me at the work party, I told myself25Please respect copyright.PENANApImPrlP4xL
never to drink with him again,” said Leo, concluding his funny story.25Please respect copyright.PENANAHFtIYdv1Tl
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"That's why I never hang around drunk people," said Marco. "You25Please respect copyright.PENANAKQ9bfxfv5y
might find they embarrass you."25Please respect copyright.PENANAapSmDDWNcm
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"But haven't we ever done anything embarrassing when we are drunk?"25Please respect copyright.PENANA24pplVlQB3
Eric asked.25Please respect copyright.PENANA9ImtcSIHkh
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"Not me," Oliver answered. "I'm too young to drink."25Please respect copyright.PENANAyvYAzuUomg
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Eric sucked his teeth. "Of course, I wasn't directing the question to you,25Please respect copyright.PENANAnOzwuqyV2A
silly," he said.25Please respect copyright.PENANALVFLwWzt2Y
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"I remember there was one time back at my old college when I got so drunk25Please respect copyright.PENANADqcAM4ZWCD
that Angel had to come by taxi to take me home," Carly shared. "We25Please respect copyright.PENANAFP7PYyHJNY
were having a closing year party as a class at a friend's place. I got so25Please respect copyright.PENANAJrp63upjJd
carried away that I even fell in the pool."25Please respect copyright.PENANArA4PEDE1Jt
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"A friend of hers called, and I had to arrange some dry clothes for25Please respect copyright.PENANA4m1Ln0eU9y
her," said Angel as she laughed. "Seriously, Carly, you threw Mum in25Please respect copyright.PENANAxkas014yRF
a fit when I tried to sneak you back into the house. But you ended up singing25Please respect copyright.PENANAu5qKurIfnN
so loudly that she came rushing from her bedroom to see you in a mess."25Please respect copyright.PENANARgF40Yixh3
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"Were you grounded, Carly?" Oliver asked as he ate some nachos.25Please respect copyright.PENANA1fMj9xVTgN
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"No, but if us young adults could still be, I definitely would have been25Please respect copyright.PENANAmbsjVHBLQp
grounded," said Carly. "I was punished in a way, though. Mum didn't25Please respect copyright.PENANAPlm8mMy8TA
talk to me for a week."25Please respect copyright.PENANAU2Dlpjr3z9
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"I remember when we were having my uncle's birthday party," said25Please respect copyright.PENANAh0ZYdQYAWi
Marco, "and we meant to have a nice, quiet family party. Instead, my uncle25Please respect copyright.PENANAT5EdIsBgmh
brought in many of his unruly friends. The party turned out to be such a blast.25Please respect copyright.PENANAW5aSUFJQLn
He and I had a competition to see who could drink more tequila. He passed out25Please respect copyright.PENANApaxje81VuL
before he could take the last glass. I won, but at a cost. I puked in the car,25Please respect copyright.PENANAH4An3UNHen
and my dad was furious. From then on, I told myself I wasn't going for tequila25Please respect copyright.PENANABJ79eI79Qh
shots ever again."25Please respect copyright.PENANAf2R7IKGbDf
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“Trust me, the first time I had my first tequila shot in college was awful,”25Please respect copyright.PENANAsXXbf7CqAi
said Eric. “My head was spinning so much that I slept in the bar, and it took25Please respect copyright.PENANA1woNpZKKkC
my friends I had back then to carry me back to my room. Leo was also there, and25Please respect copyright.PENANAkzQixrNYMl
he said I was blabbering nonsense before I blacked out.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAzPsptejexQ
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“He was complaining about some girl who couldn’t stop following him in25Please respect copyright.PENANAqVqTI5Gf6h
college,” said Leo. “If she happened to be there to hear what you had said, she25Please respect copyright.PENANA46rGeTikU3
would definitely have stayed away from you for sure.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAi3hvBFSg8X
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Eric shook his head after taking a sip of his drink. “I highly doubt it. I did25Please respect copyright.PENANAi48LheGl5A
some crazy things in college, but the girls still loved me anyway.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAgEarTlxTQz
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Marco turned to look at Angel. “What of you, Angel? Have you ever had any25Please respect copyright.PENANAVJOE1hj7oK
embarrassing moments when you were drunk?” he asked.25Please respect copyright.PENANAPhJ2lNdckh
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“Before she says anything,” said Carly. “You should ask her first if she drinks25Please respect copyright.PENANAVmrgeNmhXb
alcohol.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAu1bqQUwM1C
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Marco, Leo, and Eric now turned their eyes on Angel with curious looks. Her25Please respect copyright.PENANA3ek5Fx7kMg
cheeks flushed in embarrassment as she looked down at the table. She pressed25Please respect copyright.PENANA4tFFl5sfes
her lips together before looking at everyone, including Oliver.25Please respect copyright.PENANAtjo7NFJ1aX
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"So, Angel, do you take any alcohol?” Marco asked.25Please respect copyright.PENANAGStDXX4kyO
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“Of course, I do,” said Angel. “Except that I like to drink wine or champagne25Please respect copyright.PENANAmOuOfJJeBj
on special occasions.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAB8DZLTySPE
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“I never thought someone like you would actually take alcohol,” said Eric. “But25Please respect copyright.PENANAmRM2vosat0
your preference suits you.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAAWeZDbda1W
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“Yeah, very classy,” said Oliver.25Please respect copyright.PENANAPDCvnoSE8z
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The adults turned to look at Oliver, surprised. Oliver also looked back at them25Please respect copyright.PENANAjpJYpB59x6
as though he were judging them for giving him such a look.25Please respect copyright.PENANAnkh5TNslqv
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“What?” he asked with a shrug of his shoulders. “I hear people who drink such25Please respect copyright.PENANAT0Xcu7FEeC
are considered classy.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAHgYVUCarLm
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“Wow, someone should tell him that he shouldn’t judge people according to what25Please respect copyright.PENANAt7683ZiFzV
they drink,” said Eric.25Please respect copyright.PENANAvu0T3Wsb4s
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“Well, Angel is classy, isn’t she?” Oliver asked.25Please respect copyright.PENANAHIncCw88o4
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Angel and Carly burst into laughter. Marco and Leo chuckled, while Eric looked25Please respect copyright.PENANAuql2ZI4U2W
like he didn’t know what to do with his brother anymore.25Please respect copyright.PENANAWywJI7w8qg
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“I agree with Oliver,” said Marco. “Angel is in a class of her own.”25Please respect copyright.PENANA5hCPNQn9d6
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“That’s being too sweet, don’t you think?” Leo asked, raising an eyebrow at25Please respect copyright.PENANAwRHd72U2Um
Marco.25Please respect copyright.PENANAM2IwmQpRQ3
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“Well, no, I’m being really genuine here. Angel carries a certain level of25Please respect copyright.PENANA4rz7J3ftb6
elegance that I can describe as classy. I don’t know, but there’s much more to25Please respect copyright.PENANAgoilo83NtO
her than just her beauty. You’re a man, and I have no doubt you see it too.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAZJb4h4VglE
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Everyone was silent except for Oliver, who loudly sucked at his smoothie25Please respect copyright.PENANAjrtYxNZPxQ
through the straw. Angel found herself looking at Marco with her cheeks feeling25Please respect copyright.PENANAUPqhy5nZGz
like hot coals slapped across her face. Marco turned from Leo to Angel, and the25Please respect copyright.PENANAjZ0WtjkpMI
corner of his lips rose to a smile. This time, his smile was gentle and25Please respect copyright.PENANAzgCBWCbl48
sincere.25Please respect copyright.PENANAZuhw839UG1
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Leo swallowed, as he didn’t know how to respond to Marco’s statement. He saw25Please respect copyright.PENANA0LnqchxeKd
Marco shift his attention to Angel. As much as Marco was somewhat right from25Please respect copyright.PENANA40tatCv9Hw
Leo’s perspective, he did his best to try and not take it to heart. For some25Please respect copyright.PENANA6JUkYBxxFG
reason, he couldn’t stand the way Marco looked at her, and it bothered him a25Please respect copyright.PENANAe0un8OR4pV
little. He started to wonder if Marco really liked Angel.25Please respect copyright.PENANA4biv7ly43T
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Eric felt like taking Angel by the hand and dragging her away from Marco. He25Please respect copyright.PENANA8FZ21Zv26N
shifted uncomfortably in his chair, and he thought of bringing something up to25Please respect copyright.PENANAgXa4DTs9La
ease the tension that he felt, but nothing came to mind.25Please respect copyright.PENANAOohN1VRecG
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Carly couldn’t help but stare at Angel. What Marco said resonated with her, and25Please respect copyright.PENANAHYXuX6CcKI
as she stared at her sister, she could see it clearly. She always felt there25Please respect copyright.PENANAHo0xXtCS9k
was something about Angel that she couldn’t put her finger on, and it seems25Please respect copyright.PENANAc7UAKN5i3A
Marco hit the nail right on the head. Carly has not always looked up at her25Please respect copyright.PENANAAPANQCKEVi
sister because she was older, but she always carried with her a certain essence25Please respect copyright.PENANA7q5n30kZdJ
that Carly’s been following blindly for years. She knew she could never be like25Please respect copyright.PENANACqNAsceNeo
Angel, but that essence always showed brightly, and Carly always admired Angel25Please respect copyright.PENANA5Tti7EjJjz
for it.25Please respect copyright.PENANAlugKgUN4DO
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“We’re out of nachos,” Oliver announced, bringing everyone out of their25Please respect copyright.PENANAOsJuPtbvvo
thoughts.25Please respect copyright.PENANAIW7ZeCaMQg
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“I’ll go get some,” said Leo, grateful for Oliver finishing the nachos. He25Please respect copyright.PENANAq9jER6hycS
really needed to take a breather.25Please respect copyright.PENANAgek0yyxKfX
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Leo picked up the empty bowl and started to make his way to the bar counter.25Please respect copyright.PENANApJC1dc0Wep
Oliver started to say something to keep everyone busy. When Leo was just a few25Please respect copyright.PENANAZmXOFKPeEr
feet away from the bar, it was then that Angel jerked upright in her seat as25Please respect copyright.PENANAx23soyYkff
though she had woken up from a bad dream.25Please respect copyright.PENANAlqWqcC5qE0
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“Hey, are you okay?” Eric asked.25Please respect copyright.PENANAgOLM5rtm23
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“I’m good, thanks,” Angel replied, assuring Eric with a smile. She turned to25Please respect copyright.PENANA1AsetmjucD
Leo, who was heading to the counter. Kim was obviously on the other side, so25Please respect copyright.PENANAdjZIeq7348
Leo wouldn’t see them. She was worrying over nothing.25Please respect copyright.PENANAAuBn6D1gYy
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Miranda quickly turned back in her seat to face the beer and wine bottles on25Please respect copyright.PENANAeeLTP06nO4
the shelf behind the bar counter as she saw Leo approach. She swallowed as she25Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ug3km7H8Z
felt her hands start to shake. A debate arose in her head. Should she say25Please respect copyright.PENANAIpC9mfZwyW
something to him when he comes over? Why should she? It’s not like he can25Please respect copyright.PENANAE8CCp6NBzW
remember that they met at the candy store. I am just being silly, she said to25Please respect copyright.PENANAFXkdXGYher
herself.25Please respect copyright.PENANAJgnT2RNZ7w
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Leo finally reached the counter, and he happened to stand next to Miranda. When25Please respect copyright.PENANAysYBHgjn0L
Miranda saw him through the corner of her eye, she felt frightened like a mouse25Please respect copyright.PENANAWBHqvcNHzp
that scurries away when it sees the enemy. However, she tried to sit still in25Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4cvwG7yaq
her seat so as not to draw any attention to herself. She looked down at the25Please respect copyright.PENANA3tUjaIkAgy
glass in front of her and slowly took it. She tried to control the trembling in25Please respect copyright.PENANAd0Ymn2FDpO
her hand and hoped that she wouldn’t spill the drink over or that Leo wouldn’t25Please respect copyright.PENANA0M7hEX9hpI
notice her.25Please respect copyright.PENANA23Prd1cHzX
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Leo ordered another plate of nachos, and his eyes diverted to the side. His25Please respect copyright.PENANANbAVwitT30
eyes fell on the woman beside him. He had a funny feeling that she looked25Please respect copyright.PENANAmvR4cejHRU
familiar, but he didn’t know if he should ask. Still, it was better to mind his25Please respect copyright.PENANARj6KkdC2h3
own business.25Please respect copyright.PENANAahp4iag6BG
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Miranda felt his eyes on her, and automatically, her head turned to the side to25Please respect copyright.PENANAG1dTi7E9ui
look at Leo. After realizing what she had done, her eyes went wide with25Please respect copyright.PENANAOEHwKLMEw4
surprise.25Please respect copyright.PENANA8ATPdc16uD
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“I remember you from somewhere,” said Leo.25Please respect copyright.PENANAjARjQEZydt
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“Ah, yes,” said Miranda. Her surprised look seemed to have worked in her favor.25Please respect copyright.PENANApokXcPWgcf
“At the candy store.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAI56x11IFc6
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“Oh, yeah, right,” said Leo as he gave a nod of his head. “I remember. You25Please respect copyright.PENANAI8DJNKNYN5
bumped into that moving shelf.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAXMDas7ahGC
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“That was embarrassing,” said Miranda as she laughed. “I was in a rush.”25Please respect copyright.PENANATcO3WPwrI3
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Leo gave her a friendly smile and nodded his head, showing that he understood.25Please respect copyright.PENANAti4QRPuegS
His gesture made Miranda almost want to shoot out of her stool like a rocket.25Please respect copyright.PENANAypvIzh9U4I
Her heart fluttered, and she wanted to hold on to that beautiful feeling25Please respect copyright.PENANAtmxZNm9VvJ
forever.25Please respect copyright.PENANA9NoilPdVry
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The bartender came back with the plate refilled with nachos and cheese. Leo25Please respect copyright.PENANAMNgUlzeiOg
took it and thanked the bartender. He turned to Miranda, and she knew that25Please respect copyright.PENANAzopVES02v0
their conversation ended here.25Please respect copyright.PENANAoqx8pQ4205
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“It was nice seeing you again,” said Leo. “Enjoy your drink.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAjLsy2SPEB6
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“Thanks,” said Miranda. She didn’t know what to say next as Leo took his leave.25Please respect copyright.PENANAmbWVBF3Vmm
The thought of being just a stranger to him didn’t sit well with Miranda. She25Please respect copyright.PENANARoIRv5CSDA
wanted to be close to him. How will she be able to do that?25Please respect copyright.PENANAZOS0JnNMfE
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Her eyes fell to the table Leo was heading to, and she saw Carly talking with25Please respect copyright.PENANARNK9kxg1dB
so much glee. She didn’t seem to have a care in the world, and it hurt Miranda25Please respect copyright.PENANAs2Sg5BiFOl
that she should be the one close to Leo and not her.25Please respect copyright.PENANAMF1grmCI3q
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Carly turned her eyes to Leo, who was approaching the table, and she couldn’t25Please respect copyright.PENANAT2Xc15aZjO
help but smile at him. Miranda was smart enough to turn her head so that Carly25Please respect copyright.PENANAI05FyMOWdV
wouldn’t see her. Miranda knew her time was up, and she was guessing that she25Please respect copyright.PENANAN6QMeKMx0Q
might have overstayed at the bar. It was time to go back upstairs. She thought25Please respect copyright.PENANATP4RJOsyHW
of looking back at Leo, but it wasn’t worth the risk. It was best for her to25Please respect copyright.PENANANXIbvgLyY8
leave, but after she finished her martini.25Please respect copyright.PENANApq1Rr3m0WM
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A few seconds before that, Trina came back to the table with two bottles of25Please respect copyright.PENANAgaGd7AGlfY
cider. She sat herself down and placed one bottle in front of Kim.25Please respect copyright.PENANAJuPLqtZL4c
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“Thanks,” said Kim.25Please respect copyright.PENANANwDTLJ1eZz
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“Have you thought of what to do?” Trina asked. “We can’t see Leo from here.25Please respect copyright.PENANAjjE1wQgdDU
That’s if you really plan on catching Leo with his lover.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAoT3AKsFC6p
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“I thought of sitting by the counter and peeping on him,” Kim suggested.25Please respect copyright.PENANAgwEZif2Ly8
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“Sounds like a good idea,” said Trina. “Even if we were to see him walking out,25Please respect copyright.PENANAKdhtNTrYEo
it would be impossible for us to see where he would go.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAjXaVkaFtTv
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As the two women stood at the table, Trina stopped Kim by placing her hand on25Please respect copyright.PENANAR84wi7zray
Kim’s shoulder.25Please respect copyright.PENANAnhF04q4O1l
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“I know you’re tired of me saying this,” said Trina, “but doing this is a bad25Please respect copyright.PENANARDwTRnqy6U
idea. We should get out while we can.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAqVMjqRDzyf
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Kim scoffed. “I gave you my word earlier, didn’t I? There is no need to repeat25Please respect copyright.PENANAsty3TKGh3L
the conversation. Let’s go.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAh871ErQYbx
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Trina’s hand fell away from Kim’s shoulder as Kim started to make her way to25Please respect copyright.PENANAVnoRLanDo1
the other side of the bar. Trina followed her, and coming back the way they25Please respect copyright.PENANAgvFGZeHQig
came, they stopped at the counter. From the angle at which they stood, they25Please respect copyright.PENANAkx4vzWch9D
were able to see Leo’s table.25Please respect copyright.PENANAHU95lfVf6u
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The two of them sat on the stools, facing each other. Trina had her back facing25Please respect copyright.PENANAD5KQydX7S3
Leo’s table, shielding Kim from plain sight if the worst happened.25Please respect copyright.PENANA77lQoQLbFb
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“I can’t see so much, so you’ll be telling me what’s going on,” said Trina.25Please respect copyright.PENANATjyYednhJ4
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“You’re overthinking things,” said Kim. “You can take a peek and still won’t be25Please respect copyright.PENANALKV7svk7af
seen. Oh, look, Leo is coming over.”25Please respect copyright.PENANADnJg1tMYWt
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Trina turned her head slightly to see Leo approach the other side of the25Please respect copyright.PENANAL9RRfn6hbk
counter. He wasn’t looking in their direction, so they were at ease as they25Please respect copyright.PENANAlB3tFoMZ1V
looked on. They saw him ask the bar tender for another refill of nachos. He25Please respect copyright.PENANAx088s4HiPU
soon looked at the woman beside him, and Kim held Trina’s hand on the bar25Please respect copyright.PENANACdlMz4UWk8
counter in anticipation.25Please respect copyright.PENANA1VcD9y3zd1
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“Could it be her?” Kim asked, almost squeezing Trina’s hand.25Please respect copyright.PENANAJkNEI00cnQ
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Trina looked at the woman beside Leo as she turned to look at him. She shook25Please respect copyright.PENANARL6fvIahX2
her head. “I don’t think so,” said Trina.25Please respect copyright.PENANAfjbvKXeKa4
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They watched as Leo talked with the woman briefly, and as soon as he took the bowl25Please respect copyright.PENANAZe5PkKM1JL
of nachos, he addressed the woman and went back to his table. Trina shook her25Please respect copyright.PENANAxwyNg7F8cr
head.25Please respect copyright.PENANAAtODdwcCA5
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“She’s not the one,” said Trina. “They looked like they knew each other, but25Please respect copyright.PENANAOfqLONZ0mp
not at that intimate level.”25Please respect copyright.PENANA0iwPbsi4Qb
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“Are you sure?” Kim asked. “Because he was smiling at her.”25Please respect copyright.PENANA7eEB6pfpFe
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Trina rolled her eyes before turning them at her friend. “Does every smile he25Please respect copyright.PENANAtrl2gTRXGp
gives everyone mean that he is flirting with them?” she asked. “He looks like25Please respect copyright.PENANArdLGUdpe0o
he was being friendly to me.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAOVETx3nWm2
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“What if she’s the one and they were communicating in some way through code?”25Please respect copyright.PENANA7NsLWD9eM7
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Trina raised an eyebrow at her. Kim knew she was taking things a little far and25Please respect copyright.PENANAkR46cB1GDh
looked the other way, taking a sip from her bottle and feeling embarrassed.25Please respect copyright.PENANAv3XdmwfLYm
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Angel stared at her empty glass of soda, concluding that she needed to refill.25Please respect copyright.PENANAxgzILASyBq
She excused herself from the table and started to make her way to the bar25Please respect copyright.PENANAIeSZSyniHQ
counter.25Please respect copyright.PENANANVh5MxgxbP
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Miranda finished her martini in one huge gulp. She placed the glass on the25Please respect copyright.PENANAeXIysEEpFh
counter, leaving the bill under the glass. After she stepped down from her25Please respect copyright.PENANAKbFh1hbBbY
stool, she turned around and came shoulder to shoulder with someone.25Please respect copyright.PENANAhAgZjLyKv3
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“Oh, sorry about that,” said a beautiful woman in a stunning red velvet dress.25Please respect copyright.PENANAqc98lgZ2w6
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Miranda almost panicked, for she thought the person she had bumped into was25Please respect copyright.PENANAQJz07bjhAU
someone familiar. However, looking closely, she realized that it was Angel,25Please respect copyright.PENANAvVNfYUXkiU
Carly’s older sister. Miranda knew Angel didn’t know about her, but Miranda25Please respect copyright.PENANAI9FmVHUB67
knew who she was. In the past, when she and Carly used to work together, Carly25Please respect copyright.PENANAVkjUuooVCW
had shown Angel’s pictures to her a few times. Miranda acknowledged that the25Please respect copyright.PENANAWf8CmqhPNC
sisters had looks that could kill, but there was something about Angel’s beauty25Please respect copyright.PENANAtgNNSwb17X
that was different from Carly’s.25Please respect copyright.PENANAXcTGh2r8iv
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“Oh, it’s nothing,” said Miranda.25Please respect copyright.PENANADUpSlktV3R
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Angel smiled at her before turning her attention to the bartender. Miranda25Please respect copyright.PENANArXoysRLvq2
turned around to head out of the bar when she froze in her tracks. She felt25Please respect copyright.PENANAIePebnnqcJ
caught in a trap as she looked ahead. This is bad.25Please respect copyright.PENANATc1xOMylD8
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Carly’s eyes fell on Miranda as she looked over to the bar to check on her25Please respect copyright.PENANAHVMFBmPbQj
sister. Miranda happened to be right in her line of vision. Carly’s eyes25Please respect copyright.PENANAtV6XbHVpko
widened with fear as thoughts started to run through her head. What was Miranda25Please respect copyright.PENANAXEnFx4i7TZ
doing here?25Please respect copyright.PENANAgsv8a9IAPp
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Angel thanked the bartender after refilling her glass, and when she turned25Please respect copyright.PENANAqqKBhsB7uB
around, the woman whom she bumped into stood still like a statue. Angel read25Please respect copyright.PENANAh0KM4wuDbb
her body language, and she realized that the person seemed to be in some kind25Please respect copyright.PENANA6bytjnHReT
of shock. She noticed the woman looking towards the table where her sister and25Please respect copyright.PENANAhOTHpQFPc3
the others were. Moreover, she saw Carly look at the woman with the same25Please respect copyright.PENANAqVVRVwjRHK
surprised look.25Please respect copyright.PENANA8jl6TsTRtx
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Angel raised an eyebrow. She was just about to touch the woman’s shoulder to25Please respect copyright.PENANAdoJkT23eNW
get her attention, but she thought better of it.25Please respect copyright.PENANAsnz4ycarWd
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“Hey, are you okay?” Angel asked.25Please respect copyright.PENANAaOVEwvG8Yn
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Miranda jolted back to reality and turned to look at Angel. She nervously25Please respect copyright.PENANAZrb6qZQtBi
chuckled. “Uh, yes, I’m fine, thanks,” said Miranda. “I thought I saw someone I25Please respect copyright.PENANAhaG4P2jYPI
knew, but I was mistaken. I should go now.”25Please respect copyright.PENANApHn79al1Lr
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Before Angel could say anything, Miranda quickly made her way out of the bar.25Please respect copyright.PENANAi7CPluP5td
Those who were wondering what took Angel so long turned to the bar counter and25Please respect copyright.PENANAZljQ13UTuQ
saw the woman quickly walk away from Angel. Angel looked at the young woman,25Please respect copyright.PENANAMQUuxa1QZK
and she turned her attention back to the table, specifically on Carly. Carly25Please respect copyright.PENANAFuSsWHrbep
didn’t turn her head right away as she looked at her sister. She didn’t want to25Please respect copyright.PENANAWSaxv8BS06
look like she knew Miranda, and it was best to act natural. Angel went back to25Please respect copyright.PENANAtAiMATAMWc
the table.25Please respect copyright.PENANAdzknrlYIZO
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“What was that about?” Eric asked.25Please respect copyright.PENANA0gunHNf5VI
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“Oh, she thought she recognized someone, but she was mistaken,” said Angel as25Please respect copyright.PENANADRYpjCIgTP
she sat back down on her seat, placing her glass on the table.25Please respect copyright.PENANAfo2cBMKnog
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“She must have meant me,” said Leo. Carly looked at him, surprised at his25Please respect copyright.PENANA4d9ubY8XbN
statement. “Remember the time we went to that candy store a few days ago?” He25Please respect copyright.PENANA7tRbpMFzg7
looked at Eric. “She was the one who bumped into that moving shelf.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAzoC1VTFCrZ
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“Oh, I see,” said Angel. “But she said she didn’t recognize anyone.”25Please respect copyright.PENANADEV4CNG9mN
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“Obviously she was nervous because of Leo again,” said Eric. “I bet the reason25Please respect copyright.PENANAuiGRqTLAjT
she bumped into that shelf was because of your scary looks.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAAWlAMBu5ed
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Angel shook her head. “Not this again,” she said.25Please respect copyright.PENANAJciZCKsTEC
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“Mind you,” Leo started to say, “when I went over to the bar, I actually talked25Please respect copyright.PENANAsth6VN6812
to her. She didn’t seem nervous to me.”25Please respect copyright.PENANA0jpzTWYlUI
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“She obviously fell for your good looks, not the scary one as Eric had put it,”25Please respect copyright.PENANAE4gN18hh4A
said Marco.25Please respect copyright.PENANA8QW7hQO8ax
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“You really are a bully, Eric,” said Oliver. “It’s not Leo’s fault that he is25Please respect copyright.PENANA7tSzCD6GPx
more handsome than you.”25Please respect copyright.PENANADT3M2pRqKD
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Marcos and Angel laughed at Eric. Eric, on the other hand, felt like hitting25Please respect copyright.PENANA6lWuxkyZeq
his brother on the head. Carly had been silent the whole time as thoughts ran25Please respect copyright.PENANA8J0Ezd0hgJ
through her head. Miranda actually had a talk with Leo, and that scared her.25Please respect copyright.PENANAwvUdVJqLok
Could she have told Leo that she was also there at his bachelor party?25Please respect copyright.PENANAar6VIhNZK6
Moreover, they met days ago at the candy store, and she finds herself here at25Please respect copyright.PENANAZzlu5UIKCr
the hotel. Why did Carly feel like she was suddenly in jeopardy?25Please respect copyright.PENANAbUufK3kzmQ
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Angel wiped away the tears from her eyes, and she soon looked at Carly, who25Please respect copyright.PENANAc1WOv7BpPU
looked lost in thought. She couldn’t help but wonder what her sister was25Please respect copyright.PENANAvsZsYSOqq2
thinking about.25Please respect copyright.PENANAI75KZNcgsG
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“You, Oliver, have really cracked me up today,” said Marco as he continued to25Please respect copyright.PENANA4WW4MpoHXv
laugh. “I can’t wait for us to hang out like this again.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAy2zzFUDCkt
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Oliver beamed at Marco happily, while Eric felt like slapping that look off his25Please respect copyright.PENANALwMXVA0RK4
brother’s face.25Please respect copyright.PENANAnDnmUwSiWm
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“Yeah, Oliver has really cracked me up too,” said Angel as she turned to smile25Please respect copyright.PENANA33YbrgZGRy
at Oliver.25Please respect copyright.PENANA5RuXZrKVCt
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“I hate to wrap things up here,” said Marco, “but I’m done for the night.”25Please respect copyright.PENANATh0pff6jKi
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“Oh, that’s a shame,” said Eric. “We were really having fun.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAktPOThIM1c
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“Don’t you think it’s also getting late?” Angel asked the others. “We better be25Please respect copyright.PENANAgxLsf3AaS2
heading out too.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAfuDezhlHgs
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Leo gave Angel a look. He still didn’t get the chance to be alone with Carly.25Please respect copyright.PENANA3xtCBrgnTl
When Marco said he was leaving, he thought he had the opportunity. He turned to25Please respect copyright.PENANAZOLIGQC0JR
look at Carly beside him, and she seemed to look lost in her own world.25Please respect copyright.PENANAcFxpKz04uY
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“We should,” said Oliver. “I want us to pass somewhere and get ice cream on our25Please respect copyright.PENANAYehytv9Ktx
way home.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAifMzIJ6Xm0
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“Uh, wait a minute,” said Leo. “Some of us would like to spend a little time25Please respect copyright.PENANADGFoYN1xMv
here.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAAEj8pXUVK6
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Angel threw Leo a look, knowing what he was playing at. She wanted to leave25Please respect copyright.PENANA1mnGjcC8tM
because the possibility of Leo seeing Kim and Trina was high, and she didn’t25Please respect copyright.PENANAhqjheDODrp
want to risk it. Moreover, if Kim does see Leo spending his time alone with25Please respect copyright.PENANAqerZ1KIMMW
Carly, she will realize without a doubt that Carly is Leo’s lover. If only she25Please respect copyright.PENANAisLYDF5dwG
could tell Leo without making him so upset, she thought to herself.25Please respect copyright.PENANAAa0vRRYNUH
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“Leo’s right,” said Eric, looking over at Leo. “I would like to stay here for a25Please respect copyright.PENANAxZgqUYFhDK
little longer.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAYsm57eVrks
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Angel sighed, but not the kind that anyone would notice. It looks like she lost25Please respect copyright.PENANAyydcqzHrqH
this one. She just has to find a way to work around it.25Please respect copyright.PENANAB1cZoONUO9
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“Well, then I’ll leave you to enjoy yourselves,” said Marco as he stood up from25Please respect copyright.PENANA0yEGwp7g3v
his seat. “Before I forget,” he said as he turned to Angel. “I would love to25Please respect copyright.PENANAP6rY2we2uv
get your number, Angel.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAcWFhMZ2M8x
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Angel almost forgot about that, and she blushed immediately when Marco asked her.25Please respect copyright.PENANArUXPrsBF9f
She watched him pull out his phone. He turned his eyes on her, giving her his25Please respect copyright.PENANAGjciPutDCg
full attention. Angel hesitated for a bit before giving out her number, and he25Please respect copyright.PENANAnqHXdchPiB
typed it down on his phone. Eric and Leo looked on, wondering why Marco looked25Please respect copyright.PENANAI72reHTcPF
so eager to get her number. Carly wasn’t paying much attention, so she couldn’t25Please respect copyright.PENANAN0pVwBkssl
care less.25Please respect copyright.PENANAkZULxGgKu5
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“I really enjoyed my time with you,” said Marco, pocketing his phone away. “We25Please respect copyright.PENANAytR15Mjf9m
should do this sometime soon.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAbGHOO9fQDw
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“Sure,” said Eric, putting up a smile for Marco, which proved to be very25Please respect copyright.PENANAqyNChRTDYc
difficult.25Please respect copyright.PENANAVGyS1Q4u5F
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Marco wished everyone a good night, and everyone responded back. Even Carly,25Please respect copyright.PENANAlxxm7nz3Nm
who looked absent-minded, said goodnight. Before leaving, Marco gave Angel a25Please respect copyright.PENANAivjlHsCVsf
wink, telling her to expect a message from him anytime soon. Angel only smiled,25Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2XdBBlsUD
feeling embarrassed that he said that in front of everyone.25Please respect copyright.PENANAb5CyUULnVr
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“Marco really likes you, Angel,” said Oliver after Marco had left the bar.25Please respect copyright.PENANA2pXUircLZH
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“Why do you say that?” Angel asked, looking at the boy with wide eyes.25Please respect copyright.PENANAxKnDqELerE
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“Don’t listen to him,” said Eric. “Kids don’t know what they say nowadays.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAhr9EQHOftb
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Leo turned to Carly, and it was then that he noticed that she hadn’t talked25Please respect copyright.PENANAErrlAOTHBs
much at all for a while.25Please respect copyright.PENANAumugLj1FPg
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“Hey, Carly, are you okay?” Leo asked.25Please respect copyright.PENANAXD8ns4ZOvS
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Everyone turned to look at Carly. She tried to hide it with a smile, telling25Please respect copyright.PENANAqyZkU8ZGri
Leo that she was alright. Angel couldn’t point out why her sister looked low,25Please respect copyright.PENANACR6ftE36r7
but she knew she could use this to her advantage.25Please respect copyright.PENANAqNDqwMHWHF
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“You look tired, Carly,” said Angel. “Maybe we should call it a night and head25Please respect copyright.PENANAKXiQEU0hQV
home.”25Please respect copyright.PENANA542zgYKNUh
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Carly looked at Angel, and a small smile appeared on her face. She definitely25Please respect copyright.PENANAqa1XzeIz1E
needed to leave. The fact that Miranda was here messed with her head a lot, and25Please respect copyright.PENANACLvzaM4ZuO
she felt like being as far away from the hotel as possible. Considering that,25Please respect copyright.PENANAhdohYwPZfa
Miranda might still be around.25Please respect copyright.PENANAOaHttKOqIR
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“Angel is right,” said Carly. “I’m feeling rather overwhelmed. We’ve had a long25Please respect copyright.PENANAbmRg7nt3hH
day, and I didn’t get enough rest.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAYYsLZk14Oe
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Leo looked a little disappointed, but now that he saw Carly more clearly, she25Please respect copyright.PENANAFGqX7eZog4
didn’t look too well at all. It looks like his plans for tonight might as well25Please respect copyright.PENANA8S17Q2aIaC
go down the drain. If Carly was feeling too tired, it was understandable that25Please respect copyright.PENANAxXFQn2czDI
she wasn’t going to enjoy his company alone with him either.25Please respect copyright.PENANAjh1QdP5JO4
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“Alright,” said Leo. “We better get going if we’re going to get Oliver’s ice25Please respect copyright.PENANAVSgQbGc2M4
cream.”25Please respect copyright.PENANA7ztHTOi4LB
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“We better check out of that room and get our stuff then,” said Eric.25Please respect copyright.PENANAsVf0yWOMJh
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“Oh, I forgot about that. Why don’t you go to the room while I go bring the car25Please respect copyright.PENANA8S3qchSQHK
around?”25Please respect copyright.PENANAnRznBE901y
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“Sure.” Eric quickly stood up from his seat and started to make his way out of25Please respect copyright.PENANA8F16RLeEOb
the bar area.25Please respect copyright.PENANA8BGRIZNtud
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Trina and Kim, who still sat observing Leo, noticed Eric stand up from his25Please respect copyright.PENANAIKbQYuqqow
seat. The others were still at the table, and it was only a moment later that25Please respect copyright.PENANAL0O8ZUEPNw
they started to stand up.25Please respect copyright.PENANA5DxtGCEnpA
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“Look, they’re leaving,” said Trina.25Please respect copyright.PENANARkesP3jSKT
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“Do you think Leo will get this opportunity to see his lover?” Kim asked.25Please respect copyright.PENANAn533CnV841
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“He can’t do that with the others tagging along,” said Trina. “Let’s watch and25Please respect copyright.PENANAzJW03MFD0o
see.”25Please respect copyright.PENANALqJHSbopiI
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Angel and Oliver started to make their way to the entrance of the bar when25Please respect copyright.PENANAwMgxik1xsM
Angel, through the corner of her eye, saw Kim and Trina. This was bad. From25Please respect copyright.PENANAh1GTfTSxgm
where she stood, she feared Leo might also notice them. She slowed her pace25Please respect copyright.PENANAZQvJEhV8qO
with Oliver and waited for Carly and Leo to catch up. If she was lucky, Leo25Please respect copyright.PENANAJXALU2bMch
might pass by without noticing Kim and Trina, but one can never be too sure.25Please respect copyright.PENANAwL9CtZazpK
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Carly made her way to Angel and Oliver, with Leo following slowly behind her.25Please respect copyright.PENANAIj63IjGrsN
Without much thought, his eyes found their way to the bar counter, and he25Please respect copyright.PENANAMvmHgJHaaT
noticed someone familiar at the other end. Only when the person turned in his25Please respect copyright.PENANAiuFbOxHaXg
direction and their eyes fell on him did he realize who it was.25Please respect copyright.PENANAaihQbRUqni
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“Oh, my gosh,” said Kim as she held Trina’s shoulder in a tight grip. “He’s25Please respect copyright.PENANAY6JddB4cVc
seen us.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAW5wFP1NcjH
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Trina choked on her own words that she couldn’t speak as he saw Leo staring25Please respect copyright.PENANAlnE6Ncn89L
back. His eyes slowly started to flame with anger. Or was it fury?25Please respect copyright.PENANAY8P0g0rhfj
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“Trina, we better go,” said Kim.25Please respect copyright.PENANAPAi7NJJ65n
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Leo couldn’t believe Trina and Kim were there by the counter, staring back at25Please respect copyright.PENANAEmLfeAzt7R
him. Did they happen to be here by coincidence, or did were they here because25Please respect copyright.PENANAkwHH3dL8uD
of him? He noticed how scared they looked at him, as if they had been caught25Please respect copyright.PENANASHm4hCnNWE
doing something wrong. That confirmed that they were following him. He decided25Please respect copyright.PENANAUxW92bxmgr
he was going to give them a piece of his mind.25Please respect copyright.PENANAOUAj3Z08RN
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Just as he was about to make his way over to them, a gentle touch fell on his25Please respect copyright.PENANArwUVRb58oL
shoulder, stopping him from proceeding further. He looked to the side, and he25Please respect copyright.PENANAWBEP1czqvh
found Angel standing right beside him, her hand on his shoulder. She looked at25Please respect copyright.PENANAiRGtKo6PQW
him with her soft brown eyes; they were stern yet so peaceful. There was25Please respect copyright.PENANALMlpQEquVZ
something about her look and her presence beside him that made him slowly start25Please respect copyright.PENANAXApNhrDfBU
to feel the anger in him dissipate like smoke.25Please respect copyright.PENANA77TBoVPQcl
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She shook her head. “Not here,” she said to him in her normal tone of voice.25Please respect copyright.PENANAeCco2WpMAH
“Now is not the time to make a scene.”25Please respect copyright.PENANA6DzJqND44h
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Leo sighed, and he felt his muscles slowly start to relax. Angel was right; now25Please respect copyright.PENANAdbm8LPW9vk
wasn’t the time to throw a tantrum. He looked back at Kim, who continued to25Please respect copyright.PENANAmoSeNhKAUn
look at him, still with a scared look on her face.25Please respect copyright.PENANA7GeJ3mYJm7
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"Fine," he said to Angel as he looked at her.25Please respect copyright.PENANAsW2DhnrsH5
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Angel gave a smile of relief. She turned to look at Trina and Kim, giving them25Please respect copyright.PENANAhAjZOM3D16
a nod of her head. The two best friends looked relieved, but they knew that25Please respect copyright.PENANAqd88I3z9M8
this wasn’t over.25Please respect copyright.PENANAa26qsqGaRw
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Leo turned around to head out of the bar. Fortunately, Oliver and Carly were25Please respect copyright.PENANAvGVcDVSwVW
way ahead of him, so they didn't see his silent altercation with Kim and Trina.25Please respect copyright.PENANAkZIPwKFIRe
He walked out of the bar with Angel following closely behind him.25Please respect copyright.PENANARj5961Xstm
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"Thanks for that back there," Leo said to her.25Please respect copyright.PENANA00F8Yy4EyY
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"Well, getting yourself angry wasn't going to do you or me any25Please respect copyright.PENANAO2nEf8bcqQ
favors," said Angel.25Please respect copyright.PENANAMrRkvexPXm
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Leo turned to look at her through the corner of his eye. "How long have25Please respect copyright.PENANACcGK8dvyCt
they been there?"25Please respect copyright.PENANADqTOKh0C5y
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Angel found no point in lying to him. "I noticed them during our dinner. I25Please respect copyright.PENANARpxcb4hkqI
didn't want to tell you in front of our guests."25Please respect copyright.PENANAs9owvppPzh
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Leo scoffed. "It's obvious that they were following me. I guess that’s the25Please respect copyright.PENANA3j2Nd4Hcyq
reason why you didn’t want me to be alone with Carly."25Please respect copyright.PENANAK2NyuArn5I
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"I don't want them to find out about your relationship with her just yet,25Please respect copyright.PENANAlLwX0tNpnp
so you've got to be careful from now on."25Please respect copyright.PENANAmq2k6BktZV
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A smile appeared across Leo's face. The two might have their differences, but25Please respect copyright.PENANAQdChcAbZ3s
it was clear to see that Angel did care about his relationship with her sister.25Please respect copyright.PENANA4SJBuV0YiD
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As they continued to walk down the stone path towards the fountain where Oliver25Please respect copyright.PENANAUqykMxaE7C
and Carly were, Leo tried to fight off the feeling of gratitude towards Angel.25Please respect copyright.PENANAgR10OmYKRq
In the end, he decided to let the feeling settle in for one night, and one25Please respect copyright.PENANAN99SXeW4Uo
night only.25Please respect copyright.PENANAxDMaeqWxPj
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“That was a close one,” said Trina as she held her chest, breathing deeply.25Please respect copyright.PENANAV6uJvShmvr
“For sure, I thought Leo was going to come charging at us.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAEPv9KOHdu5
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Kim sighed in relief. “I hate to say this, but we really do have Angel to25Please respect copyright.PENANAXiWal2QBYJ
thank,” she said. “Though I feel Leo will confront us about it.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAC6X6teHPo5
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“Yeah, but Angel talked to him, and he calmed down in an instant.” Trina leaned25Please respect copyright.PENANA97OB0ZRAes
against the bar counter, looking for the bartender. “Leo barely listens to25Please respect copyright.PENANAyFp3ZC2QFc
anyone, but he somehow listened to her. It’s best to receive his wrath25Please respect copyright.PENANAlSI3qxvmNT
privately rather than in an open place where he can embarrass us. I’m going to25Please respect copyright.PENANALCRwO0x9Lh
order a cocktail and drink to thank Angel for saving our sorry lives. Do you25Please respect copyright.PENANA3JeOF3Y5Ty
want one?”25Please respect copyright.PENANAju9NfFJpc6
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Kim gave a nod to Trina, and while her friend tried to get the attention of the25Please respect copyright.PENANAnNjH6Kr5nA
bartender, she couldn’t help but look at Leo with Angel walking beside him as25Please respect copyright.PENANAPqbIrDrdVW
they went further away from the bar. Memories of her and Leo started to25Please respect copyright.PENANA55auLJZuI2
surface, and she couldn’t recall once when he ever listened to her when he was25Please respect copyright.PENANAYjKKR6ewLG
upset. Trina was right. Leo barely listens to anyone, except this time around,25Please respect copyright.PENANA3liaYPjzSY
when Angel spoke to him. Her eyes fell upon Angel, who, even in that red velvet25Please respect copyright.PENANAz3E3PfxwWL
dress, walked effortlessly with elegance beside Leo. Was there something about25Please respect copyright.PENANAa5E8t1dqd1
Angel that Kim wasn’t aware of?25Please respect copyright.PENANADQNniTBucj
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Miranda quickly stepped out of the elevator and ran down the hall back to the25Please respect copyright.PENANApXGGdmYEQD
room where Red Lion and Mr. Walters were. She knew her thirty minutes were up,25Please respect copyright.PENANAyGF1h7lLmR
and she had been so distracted that she didn’t notice her phone vibrate in the25Please respect copyright.PENANARIPK3zZCjk
pocket of her jeans. When she checked in the elevator, she found three missed25Please respect copyright.PENANAmWjeoBsZXW
calls from Mr. Walters, and she knew she was in for it.25Please respect copyright.PENANAUKMIs6peKy
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As soon as she reached the suite, the door flew open before she could even25Please respect copyright.PENANAaoySEusKso
knock. She thought the first person she would see was Red Lion, but to her25Please respect copyright.PENANAgRdVkFghIL
relief, it was Walters.25Please respect copyright.PENANAiDwi4zB4S8
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“What took you so long?” he asked. “And why didn’t you answer my calls?”25Please respect copyright.PENANAkc5e30gTjL
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“I’m sorry,” said Miranda. “I got a little distracted. Is he here?”25Please respect copyright.PENANALaW5sELCiJ
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“Yeah, but count yourself lucky,” said Walters as he stood aside to let Miranda25Please respect copyright.PENANAPx5KKb3zDA
through the door. “Red Lion was going to kill you if he wanted to.”25Please respect copyright.PENANARgBqz1iyxM
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Miranda slowly stepped into the room, looking towards the living room area. Red25Please respect copyright.PENANAqPyupvWW3p
Lion's comrade sat on the couch. His eyes fixed on the TV screen that showed25Please respect copyright.PENANAP41TXFGLNX
the football game. Two more people sat on the other couch. They wore black25Please respect copyright.PENANAwJ0mIHnjvh
suits, and they were of Asian descent. The two looked like bodyguards. Were25Please respect copyright.PENANAyLXBILkTwY
they here with the host who called for this meeting? Moreover, where was Red25Please respect copyright.PENANAPfJE7KOXU8
Lion?25Please respect copyright.PENANAKDrnLZIXxH
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When she entered the living room area, she heard voices coming from the25Please respect copyright.PENANAHhAQCRYpc9
balcony. She saw Red Lion standing by the open doors of the balcony. Someone25Please respect copyright.PENANAfAiN90EJ5m
stood in front of him, talking to him. Miranda couldn’t see who it was as the25Please respect copyright.PENANAiByc4JI4b9
person stood on the balcony, and the doors hid him from view.25Please respect copyright.PENANAwcufnyjXCS
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Red Lion noticed Miranda's presence and turned to look at her. He surprisingly25Please respect copyright.PENANAtVjqjV2EIk
smiled. She almost sighed in relief, for she really thought he was going to25Please respect copyright.PENANA5mMlGj7W9Q
squeeze her throat for being late. He turned to the person who stood on the25Please respect copyright.PENANAb5xzSPZhBh
balcony.25Please respect copyright.PENANAdgunz5RcPa
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“The young lady we were waiting on is finally here,” said Red Lion. “We can25Please respect copyright.PENANAQgs52ijOek
begin the meeting.”25Please respect copyright.PENANAoS2ohDDJrd
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The person on the balcony stepped into the room, and the first thing that25Please respect copyright.PENANAMWikJvME6d
caught Miranda’s eye was that the person wore a smart black suit, and there was25Please respect copyright.PENANAZiK9VNGREl
a charming smile on his face.