Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMMB8dNrLv
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNbae4nqAl
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡct8SNythm2
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQYUyy8nlh
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBp5vb9suP
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFVbRKTg6t
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhm6CiZgH0U
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGrgFa10eo
boss a call.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeeZMCSWQb
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTI9hssSO2
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdHnVqLe3Z
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTjhaCiZGY
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UF1ygBUQN
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx34KrnWTPY
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrHbjNyinX
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbg2JUpd99
looked really tired and restless.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJerMVrPZ8M
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2FkrvmTXC
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21NvNdy8BA
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUDc5uqSlA
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFMvWQPJ7u
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LN2bPl2sJ
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQmV8FvZFv
huge loss.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01CZ4rO8ie
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FEBwGuzXb
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatqxmMNUS3
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCSUy9VJm9
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3tHp0FBWw
"What are you planning to do?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMC8BSibZO2
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc51fuvDXwh
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnmWbeiOFu
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsnbWBHtfv
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKMhsPPkfC
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrXJ1lluXj
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7M5rSwDxW
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOYsq97xEO
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgLo3LVte5
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIVffynouE
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡos6HCNeswe
vacant space weren't as good as her.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0fzbfhhy8
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87lIaFt7j6
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIY0utdPk7d
lucky charm.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtKLCeI7dF
And he needed her back real bad.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmT9HN7169
He picked up his phone that was on the table and made a phone call. At the fourth ring, the person at the other end picked up.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28B3rtYoqy
"I have a job for you."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJsRJU0SdI
***815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0S7aj7tajn
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqv7Lh3Dfl
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWC8caKZXE
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Sav07HSMk
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQFy0msfcQ
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr33erfrhM4
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw62rxWjFWE
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7RAQwZXJ6
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRKXEasacG
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8FBQicHyD
serious.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7x2ATAQlW
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWaJtZVZ7J
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZFbvKNsVY
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTf2BwTHQT3
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqa09TWEpO
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCoP9yHnT91
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡso86SVhasf
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5LZXWxCcI
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvD0zYXJlE2
between the two of you considering what happened."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmlwZszZVW
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdajGjerBc0
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxpDq503XN
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PWov130VO
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMzT8z3m2O
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyT9WvG1wb
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLM3aXdueKk
"And you never apologised for it," said 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwMxgrolEw
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvQOEG76Qv
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJa2gjwygM
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwc9mfkjYnh
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxYcGXabC8
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWUyjVA3be
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaZPW9Nslh
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfAf1Wftf5
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJhsa0DCYn
for what happened to her.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVjZlJ7ODY
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Lpj97ZrGV
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJc3tQiWya
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmdPwuI5pJ
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnGUumfzMc
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PzG5nAdXr
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCz6a8d65v
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gV4jETSzH
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85Xthzxqtd
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccjasLJDC3
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwiOub7qm6
back at the club.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2QpnAI84a
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuBO40wO9p
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ691kKXGzS7
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF45veuEX6n
sisters completely.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAcOHGpyAy
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqbcs8xSzX
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBzXbo8Ypt
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44j5HhyAfu
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SYObbSXsi
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5I1cuXXRo3
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ivTbRpCwZ
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiyti6oKBv
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOiQBrQUyc
club, not him.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCTmy43cyY
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVcQ2764H4
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZgdvrOk7Z
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfBmnJ1ilB
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxfkyyJ1aX
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccXboMYSfj
at each other yet, have you?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEnScr6Yo8
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29BsckLx3S
"No," they answered at the same time.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsug3H6Qjr
"Great. That's good to know."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwjrZZaO7A
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9F2xr9CTkx
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IjFfoSNhg
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr16MAvsNEw
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Uh8OOxLSc
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQTyw5uaoG
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvkETdnZyV
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QtWrXlEsc
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSf9lIktkI
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALJhCq7RNm
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPhwTQ6Xua
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmny5oki3G
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacB1QI9syH
long."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy21HmHDWS3
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiCSRg3I1c
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSx03uswbqo
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuElWuYt3C9
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBTNgIpgYL
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaTkKFUxeu
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYyXtD8rBv
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmu3y9wxqwL
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGb8zBycs7
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdxcFVjPF8
Not like this. Something was wrong.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6M6A3TyPJ
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9ZwA6ExIA
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iGKt2Oeiw
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0lvHEiz6i
embarrassed?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOku7N61pLc
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO90uKHoCrO
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOxFBWcEiS
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTuKVBRwJ6
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1li8DZtEv
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCVUVbtfCT
today?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUVWNVXZ37
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHuW20jdnZ
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8VDT4PRh0
you want."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bbySojBuE
"It worked for you, didn't it?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYaCPMFMeeA
"What do you mean?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoP8PlfelFW
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuocQrNGtVK
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqZQtLrRWE
sister."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakeqi75ApI
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUabMbxK4z
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYnBlB8148
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFLls8BFSH
"I'm just speaking the truth."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPUfYPSkkn
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNkO2s3KFC
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWvpLp2n2h
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwbZaSAjdp
"I was protecting my sister."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWtJIARBFR
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSXmU4TQHn
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SGNwv10gY
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdpgf4NSx6
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9KBhL3NtW
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8IgNnnRZC
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dbdWz8oMj
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOFJFdRYb4
betray you like Carly betrayed me."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeWt0X6vCh
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw24bwZInch
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Jbq6M8DgJ
crystal glass.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0jk9MHKxh
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmlXyavbHW
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAcphJ8uID
in this situation right now."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSebJPpZmO4
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMbqZ5DrNQ
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9PCPe4qZK
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYY6NnYNGZK
actions.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGYKAfzx5N
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkN7brS1HHE
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9mwoZEctV
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfIFy4lR2D
near Carly."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsNgnocF1g
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TsEOzTdCI
"That's what you think. Isn't that what all men think when they go to the club and think they are in love with some......"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNdhqiq1Cw
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbJ0YChwEt
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS00C4YjEwy
Carly, she would be insulting herself.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa21vLxrwlQ
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8onGmK0Ja
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCN4oqdUJnj
"That would never happen."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30Scr9NQu2
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSYpMywoFE
"A fool in love, yes."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8GZZ71yG6
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5KSBmGa2h
"Why? Because you don't like me?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkkT3P1I51
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUu4H445nDv
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikTl7FCVRp
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dGi69HScY
and my accident that she would ever change."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSgS8Jp6xJ
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUIH8b50wz
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWWlJIXgsX
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7B6fD9bNmV
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVguVwq0LBC
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMtSeHsDDZ
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUZyFQDrHP
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyo5nuYkzK
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFv8YFy8iK
puzzled.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwng2yBfef
***815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PcVb4PZ8c
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1ynmClRcL
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIS7y2h3Ix
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0fd3UH8fm
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmry1ouo5y
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QK56RCyb6
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2jocu6wjV
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyY7GiXSAB
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMRSOuMVvh
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkkrtu9CAp
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFiEGpBJTe
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXjc8qbmqL
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1kaFarktl
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5GIC7grfc
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFoljKKNJD
McDonell should be.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvL6oEqBSj
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rqDJhDfSy
"Our family has been successfully with the 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqMVrZuapC
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZD8FyZw0ZP
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCWuVOk4EJ
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRK0gINGuRZ
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEc4Fa7qm7
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4TiKoVNt8
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdVvcmzFye
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aVdZviyzO
especially from my brother. He is so kind."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynv6naKzRR
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGBCgXBNE5
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5fYr8xgwA
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRwhMetKXM
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4BQoMc6A9
model.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIuGWZk65q
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRu9pFH4neA
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWK28BTUz2L
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcJRYjAwnM
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjOGEclkh0
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3mnjnJmWX
the financial state her family was in.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UunM1GMkU
But now that she was with the McDonell 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYpsZAE5F8
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcf0HORTeE
she has always wanted.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcCcBjT7QU
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPywjDrCt9e
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDkcZNhlau
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfXPIjNMw9
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBr2P3nlPfe
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KM8Jz9gq3
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1zbLuw33O
"That would be awesome."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTAdl2bQLG
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3RdGPJlOC
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VfRWsMumm
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSV7a4IssX
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6U1vLlTJW
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsm0pTodHz9
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bK5FICokZ
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLe2zmTfZd
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMsrzmVEiJ
Miranda.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysGHbOYZk6
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6gjWUIQpd
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbQHcRKGgK
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkAhF0Qta4
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVrGXa0Rra
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGa7hUYVS3
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOpeyCmz7c
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJIaX3lJFY
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKKFFr62Yy
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDIcxoY38w
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuerwa6hGYA
she never ever discussed her life with them.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBkDjymXXW
Could it be Miranda?815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XLrGGK8oh
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxZwvVdEQ0
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcKOprIssd
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Hbkn0F1vf
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUiIguZZzez
And now she was calling Carly after all this815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjAyi3R5RD
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0iwq3nUmJ
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdrfhuzudC
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtdMmNvzTy
betrayal.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFz4lJ1GGB7
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvzskrgYu3
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sXBFElGoV
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qLx53j1Km
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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