The tapping of his fingers onto the desk must have gone on for quiet a while. It was close to lunch time and Leo didn't seem to notice the time.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhUYKoeYBo
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A knock came at the door, and Leo didn't seem to hear it at first, til it became louder. He jerked in his seat and sat up like he had just woken up from a dream.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjFZ932nWz
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"Hello, Mr. McDonell?" came a female voice behind the door. "Are you in there?"
"Damn it," Leo muttered quietly to himself. "You can come in, Grace."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkozPYlgBp6
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The door flew open and a young short lady with blonde hair, tied in a bun and glasses over her blue eyes, came into the room. She wore a white blouse with a black skirt and matching black high heeled shoes that made her look a bit taller. She had a blue file in her hand.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdanZ0Hzmz8
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"Yes, Grace, how may I help you?" Leo asked as he rubbed his eyes.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXosiOkkzgY
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"Were you asleep, sir?" Grace asked as she slowly approached his desk.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHV5z9z8ph1
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"No, not really." Leo looked around his desk as though he was looking for something, then he went on to look at Grace.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXMLm7eKlK
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"I was just asking because you weren't answering the door and your secretary assured me that you were still in your office."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxo86CPBcbl
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"Is she still at her desk?"668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYvU0A9Ffa
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"I saw her heading out for lunch." Grace looked carefully at Leo. "You do know what time it is, right?"668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsZz7kB1m9
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Leo tried not to look surprised as he stared at the silver round clock seated on his desk beside his computer. He completely lost track of time that he felt like muttering to himself of how much of an idiot he was.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79rNvXrXiZ
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"I simply lost track of time," he humbly admitted as he looked back at Grace, trying to keep his cool. He sometimes lost his temper in front of his colleagues. But today, he felt like it wasn't necessary.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQewGm09LkN
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"You look tired. Are you okay?"668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOU8JoGNWa
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"I'm fine. Just had a few things on my mind, that's all."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTBF9H5DuR
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"You should go out for fresh air. It looks like you need it."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ716yOAMBN4
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Leo wanted to smile at the kind suggestion, but the thought of Angel working with him made his mind go dark and gloomy again.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGiYwIi2ta
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He soon stood up from his seat and Grace took a step back, thinking that she might have struck a nerve.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwmVJd6iDi
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"I'll try," Leo said as he picked up his phone on the table. "Though going out for fresh air really isn't my cup of tea."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpOPm88C24
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Grace smiled at him as she relaxed. "You will enjoy it, sir. Before you go, your father isn't back yet and I needed him to sign this document."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1uCO0ZjUS
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"Huh?" Leo raised his eyebrow. "My father isn't back yet?"668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRih7jl6YSE
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"No." Grace shook her head. "So, I called him and he told me to give it to you to sign it."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLkBZpqkz3
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Leo stretched out his hand and Grace, likewise, gave him the file. He quickly opened the file and skimmed through the document. After familiarising himself with it, he put the file on the table, took the pen and signed it. He straightened up and gave the file back to Grace.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK40USoRWfl
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"Thank you, sir," said Grace as she quickly walked out of the office, closing the door behind her.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqeJfts2VN
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Leo couldn't help but wonder how he's father had not yet returned to the office. It was so unlike him.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrSyifzCEg
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With the phone in his other hand, Leo decided to call him. But before he could do so, the door flew open and Eric came into his office.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00JNrDqUdz
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"You should be knocking when you're coming here, Eric," said Leo as he looked up at his cousin.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrikVWdg0jb
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"Sorry," said Eric apologetically. "I always knock on your door, it's just today is kind of-"668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1KXPzddjT
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"-different?" Leo finished his sentence.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrPKngNWbX
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"Yep. So are you coming with me for lunch?" Eric asked.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEQ2wVtImN
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"Nah, I think I'll skip lunch today."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngZTkpPoip
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Eric raised an eyebrow at his cousin. "Are you sure?" he asked. "You seem to need it more than I do."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZgfxIhDbS
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"Why do you say that?"668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXSJvfE5HF
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"Because you look famished. I just passed Grace in the hall and she said you looked sick or something."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWrasWd0aF
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Leo rubbed his forehead with his free hand. "I've been thinking a lot, that's why."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfSL8pn4R6
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Eric's eyes lit up. "Wait..., is it because of Angel? You're still worried about her working here?"668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5OwQYO3zj
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Leo shrugged his shoulders. "Well, what do you expect when you came here talking about her in the first place?"668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3OA8yP3nA
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Eric shook his head as he pinched his eyes with his index finger and thumb. "This is why I said you should go to a therapist. You can't hate someone who hasn't offended you."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwfKeqcnTY
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"What are you saying? Of course she has."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgS3J9zLrrh
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Eric folded his arms. "Okay, apart from the time when she attacked you at the club because you were making love to her sister, mention any other time when she did you wrong."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf78ak3sLCS
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Leo looked at Eric with a murderous look. He didn't have to think of anything because he knew he had none. Eric always had a way of getting to him when he wanted to.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZkZaZV73U
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Leo ended up shaking his head admitting defeat and said, "fine. You win this time. But that doesn't mean she plots behind my back."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zZwI560qo
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"You don't even have proof of that," said Eric as he started to chuckle. "You're just being paranoid."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡob3duM2LDM
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Leo shook his head as he walked round his table. "I'm so done with you. Let's go. Arguing with you makes me hungry."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0qjbQwTjR
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Leo started to walk out of his office with Eric right behind him. When the two stepped out, Leo locked the door.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXAMdb9mWx
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"Since you really need to eat something," said Eric, "you can suggest where we can go for lunch."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡValVqPSW5j
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"First let me make a call to my dad. Can you imagine that he hasn't shown up to the office?"668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95zETU8Kc0
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"Maybe he is still helping Carly out with her college transfer. You know how these things take time sometimes."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtaxErbaKn
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"Ya, but it's lunch time and he should have called me first if he was going to arrive late."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLwR5JEydR
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"He probably just forgot. You can give him a call as we head out of here. I'm starving."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtcWsccCpR
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Leo would've said something over Eric's appetite, but he was too worried about his father to even care. The two made their way towards the elevator while Leo dialed his father's number on his phone and called. He put the phone to his ear as Eric reached the elevator first and pressed the button to summon it.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBmqpaTRms
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Mr. McDonell answered the call upon the first ring and Leo was relieved.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjACMGrlKQ
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"Leo, hey," came his father's voice. "Is anything wrong at the office?"668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbHFSyj5yj
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"No, nothing's wrong," Leo replied. The elevator doors in front of him flew open and Eric stepped in first with Leo following slowly behind him. "Grace told me that you weren't around and I thought of checking up on you."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YWbPD9hCP
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"Oh, I'm fine, son. There is no need to worry."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmy7Fdr20db
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"Where are you anyway?" Eric pressed the button to the ground floor and the doors closed. They soon felt the elevator start to move.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99B8C15Qha
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"Oh..., me?" Mr. McDonell seemed surprised by the question. "I decided to go for a walk in Central park, that's all."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNHONVvAjS
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"I was worried when Grace told me you hadn't shown up to the office." Leo looked over at Eric who was staring at his own two feet.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCYFkZoB7T
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"You don't need to worry, son, I'm fine. Walking is good for me and I really need it today. I'll be back in the office as soon as lunch hour is over."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RpNej8LnX
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"Okay, see you later, then." Leo cut the call.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cj3faumiY
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The elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open. Eric turned to look at Leo.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRN0tjANxpq
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"So, where is he?" Eric asked Leo as they both walked out of the elevator.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6t0hhHGNk7
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"He's taking a walk in Central park," Leo asked as they passed a few people down in the lobby.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeG4Wf3wuF
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"Ah, you see. There was nothing to worry about."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjezKjQwZr
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"Ya, there wasn't."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUg3l0HS6o
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The two cousins stepped out through the large glass doors of the building, passing the doorman that stood guard.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5U20WXGpAO
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"That reminds me," said Eric as they turned down the street on the sidewalk, "which restaurant are we going to?"668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0hUc9ZuVv
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"Can't we have junk food for a change?" Leo asked as he put his phone in the pocket and left his hand in it.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmEXfHWg7D
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Eric looked at his cousin as they walked, careful enough not to bump into anyone coming in from the opposite direction and those in front of him who walked too slow. He looked surprised.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhiBVr9CUf
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"Did you just say you want to eat junk food?" Eric asked. "Minutes ago, you said you weren't hungry."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jXwuPVykU
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"I've changed my mind. Am I on a diet so as not to eat junk?" Leo asked.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVsoIfDZrg
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"Not that I know of." They were soon near the traffic lights with many other civilians at the zebra crossing, waiting for the walk traffic light to turn on.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpYy0kbl8O
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"What's wrong with eating junk food, then?"668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡki69j7bMxA
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Eric thought about it for a second but he had to cross the road with Leo and the other pedestrians as soon as the traffic lights turned red for the cars to stop and the green walk sign turned on for the pedestrians. As soon as they reached the other side of the crossing and the cars that stopped were finally on the move behind them, Eric gave his reply:668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BPcd2Frrx
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"There's nothing wrong with it. I'm just worried that you might grow fat. Besides, the only reason why I'm concerned is because you like going to fancy restaurants and eating salads all the time."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34EL53hTN7
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"I know," said Leo as they passed by a coffee shop and the strong smell of coffee flew onto the street when a lady, opened the door to enter the cafe. "I don't know how to explain it, but I'm really in a mood for it right now."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd14Reiqjz9
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"Okay, if you say so. But if you gain a pound after this, don't blame me."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1Y1hF9JUi
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Leo turned to look at Eric, walking beside him. "Admit it, you want to eat junk food way more than I do."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfcp6jOEGk
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"Mind you, I love junk. I'm just surprised you want to join in on the fun. And I know exactly where to go. There's this amazing place where they sell the best burgers."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgrPYrkJUN
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"Great, let's go."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJccHAfjYbz
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***668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOj3VaHcVJM
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"Comfortable?" Mark asked after Angel sat on the chair he had just pulled out for her.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UWa5ovJdS
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"Yes, thank you," Angel replied as she smiled up at him.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wjfa1TQS5
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"Good." Mark gave her a smile and he went to sit on the other side of the table.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3Kaegw2Os
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Angel went on ahead to look at her surrounding a little more. They were at an outdoor restaurant. As much as it was outdoors, the place was luxurious with the open roof above them filled with green creepers and tiny bulbs above them to make the scene around them look beautiful and a little intimate. The wooden tables were covered with white table cloths and above them were little bulbs in shape of candles with little green creepers and white flowers. Angel liked the way the restaurant made her feel. She felt like she was in a fairytale.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqFVyjoktn
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"I see you like the place," Mark said, bringing her attention back to him.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtD3iOLXESZ
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"Yes, it's really lovely," said Angel.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2w4ApyMvp
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"We should order." Mark lifted the navy blue menu in front of him and opened it. "What would you like to have?"668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1BFXLCCNU
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Angel also took hold of the menu and looked at it. It had been a long time since she had visited a fancy restaurant that she forgot about some delicate cuisines that most exquisite restaurants liked to serve. She smiled to herself when she noticed one of the meals she enjoyed on the menu.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuFf0tUnth
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"What is it?" Mark asked as he looked up from his menu and noticed Angel smiling.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9dultKZKn
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"Nothing," Angel replied, still smiling. "I realised I haven't had a ratatouille in like.., forever."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM22sFIT0oP
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"Looks like you know your french cuisines." Mark smiled charmingly at her.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcODdg70swa
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"There was a time when I was on a date and my boyfriend made me try it out. Goodness, it was magnificent."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHmWUzLttu
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"You dated?" Mark looked surprised.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDU8j86leEg
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"Ya, but he wasn't the best of boyfriends," said Angel as she went back to looking at the menu. "The ratatouille can be a good starter. Just saying."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvanrxcEEJm
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Mark continued to look at Angel and she didn't seem to notice. It was only moments later when she looked at him and caught him staring.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvBWjGw7Qu
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"What is it?" Angel asked.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPNnKiEujN
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"Nothing," he said as he dropped his menu. "I wonder what the guy thought of letting you go."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtyE7o28yv
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Angel raised an eyebrow at him as she put the menu back down on the table. "That was three years ago. I caught him cheating on me and so..., just like everything that stays in the past..., it's history."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RRVWlmdaE
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"Well, I think he's a fool letting you go."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPvTx2oaOo
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Angel looked up at the green creepers over her and the tiny bright lights. "He made a choice," she said. "Can't blame him. The girl he cheated on me with was very beautiful. I guess that's why."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScEdisUxIu
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Mark drew out his hand and placed it above Angel's that was on the table. Angel looked at him.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5a4XhBysn4
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"He was too blind to notice how beautiful you are," he said. "You look heavenly, like an angel."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRGYVNjR6u
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Angel smiled. "Stop it," she said, her cheeks starting to heat up. "I know you're only saying that to try and make me feel better."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3WzCa7HTB
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"Maybe. But I'm speaking the truth and you know it. I bet am not the first man to ever tell you that."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboaEm1ad0u
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Angel shook her head. "No, you aren't."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRiDWu2oug
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Mark withdrew his hand. "Let's not talk about him." He lifted his hand to catch the attention of a waiter nearby. A lean blonde young man came to the table all dressed in a black shirt, a black pair of trousers, with matching black shoes and a black half apron round his waist.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYdjLV8EKP
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"Ready to take your order, sir?" the man asked politely with a gentle smile on his face.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAZ9bhugaw
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"Yes, please," said Mark as he looked up at the waiter and then he went on to look at Angel. "For a starter, we would like the ratatouille, please."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJ5jruI9BZ
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"Coming right up, and would you like a drink while you wait?"668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5IWaWhWn1
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"Yes, a bottle of your finest wine."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBd8JwVl1Ig
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"Of course," said the waiter as he smiled at both Mark and Angel before leaving them.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4a9o2HrsN8
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"We're having wine?" Angel asked with a questioning look on her face.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSMrFCRNRC
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"What is it?" Mark asked, this time his face grew a little worried. "Don't you take alcohol?"668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspek8ALACx
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"Well...," Angel playfully rolled her eyes up. "I can't say I take alcohol when I drink wine on special occasions." Her eyes flew back to Mark's face.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38NLMd1ZY8
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"Oh," Mark let out a little laugh as he leaned back on his chair. "For a minute there, I thought you didn't take alcohol at all."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pThkkVwIf
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"I like wine. I don't drink beer or whiskey.., those type of drinks."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VvgXrgfsa
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"Even scotch?"
"Even scotch." Angel said as she smiled.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mm1eZdtzO
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"Women like you love wine."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIWUtmde5y
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"Well, there are other women who love beers, scotch and whiskey...., champagne, maybe a little," Angel shrugged her shoulders.
"True. I'm glad I guessed that you're a wine drinker."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6I2vwIKAa
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"Ha. Just now you thought I didn't even take wine."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9INhZGLbq
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"Because you caught me off guard with that question."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgVj3VXlKF
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Angel let out a laugh but one that didn't attract people's attention in the restaurant.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmB2aH5W2A
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"Ya, I'm sorry about that," said Angel after she gathered her composure. "I just wanted to see your reaction."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzQoMHodxp
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Mark had an amused look on his face and he didn't notice how charmingly he smiled at Angel until the waiter came back pushing a serving tray. On it was a black champagne bucket with a bottle of wine in it with ice all around. Alongside the bucket were two wine glasses.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOCUS7TNvu
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The waiter placed the two glasses in front of Mark and Angel, opened the bottle of wine and poured into the glasses. Afterwards, he placed the bottle back in the bucket, kindly excused himself and walked away.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5EdfJVIUN
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"Shall we have a toast?" Mark suggested as he held his glass.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzErHXUimPF
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"A toast to what?" Angel asked, her fingers around the stem of her glass.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8q30Ywrwh
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"A toast for your health, that's one. And also, for you just being you."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjZ4fs84Q7
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Angel smiled. "I will toast to the first one most of all, and the other reason is quite reasonable...., so cheers."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpe9F6IEjcr
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Their glasses clinked when they touched and they both drank.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJF8JL1r2Yr
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"This is really good," said Angel after she withdrew the brim of the glass from her lips.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsUzK3b5lj
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"That's why I ordered the best of the best," said Mark as he put his glass on the table.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxktoDNslMo
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"I might end up drinking the whole bottle. But that won't be so ladylike of me."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXJ3u0dGHB
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"I should be worried." Mark raised his eyebrow at her. "Do you easily get drunk, Angel Barclay?"668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbYxKTcvjJ
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Angel took another sip of her wine. "If I have too much, then yes. I can get a little tipsy."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QVQtx4yCj
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"Then we can take it a little slow, shall we?"
"Slow is good."668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7faFg0bzB7
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It didn't take long for their to starter arrive. And as they had their meal, they continued to chat unaware of how much they enjoyed each other's company. But they had more matters to discuss, and they both knew it.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbAiSyZ1SZ
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The white tulips in his hands smelled fresh and divine as he walked, his eyes focused ahead. The place around him was quiet except for a few words he heard aloud at a distance. As he walked, he turned to the voice and saw a group of people, almost all of them dressed in black, gathered together surrounding a white casket. The person speaking before them was a priest, all dressed in white and purple robes with the Holy Bible in his hands. Those closer to the casket, crying silently and holding tissues to their noses were obviously the family to the deceased.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtowyN1vYHZ
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Death was a sad thing, especially if it happens to take a loved one away from you. But such was life. Death itself was inevitable and it was up to those alive and in the present to move on. Though it's hard for many others to do so.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfGK4xrQQa
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As he continued to walk away from the funeral procession and through the neatly arranged tombstones in the graveyard, he approached her grave. There stood a white marble tombstone that he had set up just a day after her burial. He was glad that his wife hadn't visited the graveyard with him. She would have been pissed to see such a magnificent tombstone and would have blamed him for wasting so much money on a dead person.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9TigDs2EH
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As he got closer, he stood there for a minute as he read her name in big black capital letters. He bended over to put the white tulips on the ground, next to the tombstone. After straightening up, he took a few steps back.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡur41CYUAVr
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He sighed as he smiled at the white tulips. If she were here, she would have smiled back at him, taken a sniff out of them and said thank you.668Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbcbDhd4L6
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"God, how I've missed you," he muttered to the wind.
