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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtWPRKXha6
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt87pYzl3Xe
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHZkxRecgI
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9l7uPspmX
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"Yes, Grace, how may I help you?" Leo asked as he rubbed his eyes.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9X2WrcLeGE
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"Were you asleep, sir?" Grace asked as she slowly approached his desk.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXPEnwOKl7
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZl09zvvBO
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PCStu8sGG
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"Is she still at her desk?"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLu5HJ80D6y
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"I saw her heading out for lunch." Grace looked carefully at Leo. "You do know what time it is, right?"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClISUbnrrw
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlWpHs8JrR
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYQ8omYrHT
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"You look tired. Are you okay?"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80TBZBVDyT
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"I'm fine. Just had a few things on my mind, that's all."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTDZtaRwpm
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"You should go out for fresh air. It looks like you need it."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3JcKmNl8A
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbocdKezgk
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8TJgMHUu1
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJ3zfRBqS2
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡew33MILRYr
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"Huh?" Leo raised his eyebrow. "My father isn't back yet?"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRhohu6tgf
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgq8uNSnQr
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZSaEKRDVQ
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"Thank you, sir," said Grace as she quickly walked out of the office, closing the door behind her.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6U5oaX8llL
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreC2PXRHwI
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4SllxHOjp
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"You should be knocking when you're coming here, Eric," said Leo as he looked up at his cousin.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9vt6YZPR1
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"Sorry," said Eric apologetically. "I always knock on your door, it's just today is kind of-"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6ODFE7era
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"-different?" Leo finished his sentence.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWHy6UOgpW
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"Yep. So are you coming with me for lunch?" Eric asked.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0s7rMzghn
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"Nah, I think I'll skip lunch today."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjBdnR823l
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKksP8ImvXX
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"Why do you say that?"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BCZywh7D9
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"Because you look famished. I just passed Grace in the hall and she said you looked sick or something."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpqabvCzZD
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Leo rubbed his forehead with his free hand. "I've been thinking a lot, that's why."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhWHAg1g5D
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Eric's eyes lit up. "Wait..., is it because of Angel? You're still worried about her working here?"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCKVu92Bjl
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Leo shrugged his shoulders. "Well, what do you expect when you came here talking about her in the first place?"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZrJL2jzpn
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpy7VcuK66v
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"What are you saying? Of course she has."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcBjMS8CJl
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2QV36pyOO
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoozTDkUzqQ
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSuV5Sn7Dx
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"You don't even have proof of that," said Eric as he started to chuckle. "You're just being paranoid."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOq6dvxakJ
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCgtEmqIVa
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBblPSKJWkB
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"Since you really need to eat something," said Eric, "you can suggest where we can go for lunch."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1QvXnFM9o
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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?"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssm6FksLNY
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"Maybe he is still helping Carly out with her college transfer. You know how these things take time sometimes."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJedIJzaOjd
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"Ya, but it's lunch time and he should have called me first if he was going to arrive late."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJWUWXrXCL
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"He probably just forgot. You can give him a call as we head out of here. I'm starving."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRCprqTfKL
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfGyF34Oc2
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Mr. McDonell answered the call upon the first ring and Leo was relieved.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRouGby4sNv
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"Leo, hey," came his father's voice. "Is anything wrong at the office?"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvUjvZaSEK
564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RBLbwKQF9
"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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BRuQhBebc
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"Oh, I'm fine, son. There is no need to worry."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLFX35jpyo
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaF1sMhDYQa
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNxSaxaM4Q
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlOpJDzJcZ
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjD7e0FxTI7
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"Okay, see you later, then." Leo cut the call.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KqLOXCOYf
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The elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open. Eric turned to look at Leo.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvPgoB4cXI
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"So, where is he?" Eric asked Leo as they both walked out of the elevator.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeNfTnwcCf
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"He's taking a walk in Central park," Leo asked as they passed a few people down in the lobby.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqayEt4Ysmb
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"Ah, you see. There was nothing to worry about."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrj3RSj2cM
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"Ya, there wasn't."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QssUPaatO
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The two cousins stepped out through the large glass doors of the building, passing the doorman that stood guard.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJsVJGuQ8k
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"That reminds me," said Eric as they turned down the street on the sidewalk, "which restaurant are we going to?"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6TUw8Mt05
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzbKQ4IQ9S
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5V5yJgQtxB
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"Did you just say you want to eat junk food?" Eric asked. "Minutes ago, you said you weren't hungry."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBv6RPEdtSj
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"I've changed my mind. Am I on a diet so as not to eat junk?" Leo asked.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGo27AkPqH
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mg8GFhHrj
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"What's wrong with eating junk food, then?"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsmetCBd4S
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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:564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9wAwMtm6L
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡid382NSKpl
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MnMgruURy
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"Okay, if you say so. But if you gain a pound after this, don't blame me."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OwwnoqJra
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwvL7OtTno
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXFjyB16T5
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"Great, let's go."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTd70aUN40k
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***564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFXIgsoYfi
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"Comfortable?" Mark asked after Angel sat on the chair he had just pulled out for her.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSiVDXrPJP
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"Yes, thank you," Angel replied as she smiled up at him.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7C6Cgpw82J
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"Good." Mark gave her a smile and he went to sit on the other side of the table.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fzU3Keboc
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEjaMaddtp
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"I see you like the place," Mark said, bringing her attention back to him.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQd1hODcyWl
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"Yes, it's really lovely," said Angel.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YplRVKJde
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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?"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNDRPVPBGE
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakGDb78JWN
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"What is it?" Mark asked as he looked up from his menu and noticed Angel smiling.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPucWPsF3O
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"Nothing," Angel replied, still smiling. "I realised I haven't had a ratatouille in like.., forever."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzBajw1s52
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"Looks like you know your french cuisines." Mark smiled charmingly at her.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxUBfFs00O
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgFQkYU0i5
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"You dated?" Mark looked surprised.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiE9Uj8jHJ
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxL8zCLvLyb
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnglIH0pieh
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"What is it?" Angel asked.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4G6M2RHFL
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"Nothing," he said as he dropped his menu. "I wonder what the guy thought of letting you go."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgAfnXGheJ
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ671lurryT
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"Well, I think he's a fool letting you go."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYZQvxHMQH
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyeozo8nRD
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Mark drew out his hand and placed it above Angel's that was on the table. Angel looked at him.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6MwD2RMh9
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"He was too blind to notice how beautiful you are," he said. "You look heavenly, like an angel."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVOcTplEGs
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHSJQ3JLEk
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ916q8Cmjzj
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Angel shook her head. "No, you aren't."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HpxvYEkKj
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoh18MKyE6j
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"Ready to take your order, sir?" the man asked politely with a gentle smile on his face.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aNv0XEn5v
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeNs3J35PQ
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"Coming right up, and would you like a drink while you wait?"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXLBB3Xrju
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"Yes, a bottle of your finest wine."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gbbmrRNcv
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"Of course," said the waiter as he smiled at both Mark and Angel before leaving them.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSWGOSeV9h
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"We're having wine?" Angel asked with a questioning look on her face.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJKmt3nMYM
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"What is it?" Mark asked, this time his face grew a little worried. "Don't you take alcohol?"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAcnp3PVtf
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZJ8vow4nx
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpg1mlbVfq4
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"I like wine. I don't drink beer or whiskey.., those type of drinks."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrYLIgutJt
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"Even scotch?"
"Even scotch." Angel said as she smiled.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MCZRjkMak
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"Women like you love wine."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvmhoa9UMi
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqzmyVXGLF
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"Ha. Just now you thought I didn't even take wine."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIvVS7ERW9
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"Because you caught me off guard with that question."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtw1M7avtJ
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Angel let out a laugh but one that didn't attract people's attention in the restaurant.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvn2HHhmiF9
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"Ya, I'm sorry about that," said Angel after she gathered her composure. "I just wanted to see your reaction."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQwUHdBEfp
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhMmgC50Vc
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZgHoRNefr
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"Shall we have a toast?" Mark suggested as he held his glass.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEaTZP03DM
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"A toast to what?" Angel asked, her fingers around the stem of her glass.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURd2Nd48k6
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"A toast for your health, that's one. And also, for you just being you."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBMKHmQpBe
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnMmXpLQa2
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Their glasses clinked when they touched and they both drank.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyx6l9HfaLj
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"This is really good," said Angel after she withdrew the brim of the glass from her lips.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52I5T4ZyXa
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"That's why I ordered the best of the best," said Mark as he put his glass on the table.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7RIwNF5Pk
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"I might end up drinking the whole bottle. But that won't be so ladylike of me."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyI62LGxS4
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"I should be worried." Mark raised his eyebrow at her. "Do you easily get drunk, Angel Barclay?"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2NtQ4pwFW
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Angel took another sip of her wine. "If I have too much, then yes. I can get a little tipsy."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjUpySkFmy
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"Then we can take it a little slow, shall we?"
"Slow is good."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EBrIQJ1NK
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFYsBr5B4k
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6kshsnB68
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8ULV9vp85
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWU1wCOo8I
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgXwHqDUfL
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHv52yDtF5u
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"God, how I've missed you," he muttered to the wind.
