Miranda looked round the lecture theater one last time before heading834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30uhm8rbOZ
out of the door. She couldn't help but feel strange that Carly wasn't 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0H4NaDGYsj
here. The past two weeks were understandable. She had to wait for her 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RuQWSsBSX
sister to recover and that there was a funeral. She thought Carly would 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjawfJJMY1e
be back by now. Did her mother's passing affect her that much?834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5oPEz60NI
As she walked out of the lecture theater with the rest of her college834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lqfpXjPOo
mates, she went down the hall and straight to the ladies' room. She had834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcm8QxvHrZC
another lecture in ten minutes. That gave her enough time to give her 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOBf7jL6Fq
boss a call.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyqQmGEJoF
"What is it, Miranda?" Mr Walters asked as soon as he picked up.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSp74BiYzBw
"She didn't come for lectures today," said Miranda. "And she is still not picking up my calls."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVb1wIhMAY
"Maybe she's still mourning her mother's death as usual."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIqYfot0Es
"Are you serious? Don't you think something is going on? Because I do."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvq8j7zNxC
"Since when are you ever concerned about Carly's whereabouts?"834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgeYEDZx2Z
"Ever since things stopped going well at the club after she left," 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNON3FSR4Q8
Miranda answers as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhh0R4lf4b5
looked really tired and restless.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErBqeM2GQ7
"I know, I know," there was frustration in Mr Walters' voice. He too was just as tired as she was.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIr14IQcfmL
Since Carly left the club, there was a hustle and bustle when it came834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGAgJEFGI8
to working there for Miranda and the other workers. The customers 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3s59uLXhLJ
weren't happy that Carly wasn't working there anymore, and it became 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9QFLGQVGE
difficult to please them. And just like that, most of their faithful 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMpDaWJbxW
customers even stopped showing up to the club. And that amounted to a 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuda4TmrPkk
huge loss.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYukioZHkGy
"What should we do now?" Miranda asked. "I tried asking a few of her 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0G8w4vE4c
close friends if they have been in any contact with her, but they 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIQt69LPgH
haven't. It will be difficult to find her now."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eaiilDLGZ
"I'll handle it. There will be no need for you to try and look for her."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1N8274hfV
"What are you planning to do?"834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wRS6GL2HA
"You just concentrate on your studies, Miranda. Just as I said, I'll handle it."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFmfUnfiDa
Mr Walters cut the call and Miranda stared at her phone wondering 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpl7vlppI7
what her boss could be planning now. If there was one thing she knew 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeVMhWux30
about him, is that he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5p7dMTwzS
Even if it means doing so in the most dangerous way possible.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkG6GDrBm5
Miranda quickly gathered herself and walked out of the ladies' room to go for her next lecture.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsbUhErVgp
As for Mr Walters, he was in his office at the club tapping his 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0pqKtqbdz
fingers on the table, thinking of what to do next. He needed Carly back 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5OPcZXJ3k
no matter what. Life without her proved to be quite useless. He thought 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVPpRdSVNR
of replacing her, but all the women who had come here to fill up her 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSu9Ui9VInp
vacant space weren't as good as her.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbwVR5lwRc
When Carly was working at the club, business was booming. But now, 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZaA9IYMnx
things weren't the same as it was with her around. She was more of his 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9dxc1DIvY
lucky charm.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdoKHh1P4H
And he needed her back real bad.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCR75NS12c
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.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe010lDb3KT
"I have a job for you."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEeDTGz5Ne
***834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgKUgnZ6Vo
"The weather is so friendly, don't you think?" Amanda asked as she looked up at the clear blue sky.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZejKHL5iG5
The weather was pleasant indeed. Amanda was 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGY0Or0Xn1b
by the patio with Angel and Leo. There was a small white garden table 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZ1vgzRAJ9
and they sat around it, with Leo sitting on one of the garden chairs.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbmkcrdnly
"It sure is," said Angel as she smiled at Amanda.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRlEAgWZLE
"Okay, what did you want us to talk about?" Leo asked as he looked at Amanda.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIXtQeILsw
Amanda's eyes averted from the sky to Angel 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKhXaKt1tx
and Leo. The smile she had on her face earlier soon fell away. It wasn't834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxn0QgNdEu
like her to be like that. That's if she wanted to talk about something 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpVgvixGc3
serious.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTVNrH6djo
"I want to talk about you two," said Amanda.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWIubzNaO5
"Us?" Angel and Leo asked at the same time, again. This time, they looked at each other.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4Pn3bpRJO
"Yes. I know this is going to sound weird and I hope you don't get mad."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PbXBnzkYA
Angel and Leo didn't say anything as they waited for Amanda to continue.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzhNIHX6KX
"I know you two haven't been on the best of terms lately. Considering one ran over the other with their car."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawn8BmjZ83
Angel turned her eyes towards the garden while Leo cleared his throat.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xKSYTOSSM
"I hate to bring this up, but now that we're834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOCYdWirhj
all leaving under the same roof, it seems weird that there is tension 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOE8V2nExo
between the two of you considering what happened."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJe2gEVRNbC
"Wait, you think there is tension between us because of the accident?" Angel asked.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyvhn7v24O
"Why, yes. I noticed the way you two look at each other."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FCTuyBHxl
"Grandma, look," said Leo, "maybe you're just imagining things, okay? Why should there be any tension between Angel and I?"834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiFloabTLa
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you always look at each other like you want to kill each other."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOaCSpHuEu
Angel and Leo both gave out a casual little laugh. Amanda couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0m4EmLOVW1
"If anyone should be angry, it's Angel," said Leo. "Since I 'mistakenly' ran her over."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKMeu2ejJL
"And you never apologised for it," said 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZYo4aMyi7
Amanda. "Eric had to cover up for you when you should have been the one 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUSMSPGXU4
at the hospital checking up on Angel. And you're simply not comfortable 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dKwQnilJt
with her being here because she reminds you of what you have done."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cIsK5SLmG
Leo turned to look at Angel who gave him a 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLxrU8jc9p
jeering look. Angel was simply winning this case since she was the 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMM7MtzmB08
victim and Amanda had grown so fond of her. But Amanda wasn't wrong 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJF9NrLv2lc
about what she said. Leo was in the wrong and he should have been 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI75LKEoaJK
checking up on Angel when she was hospitalised since he was responsible 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdsk0L0JJ1
for what happened to her.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9O6HGvR3d
"Are you saying all this was my fault?" Leo asked.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jUZAIofiW
"I'm not blaming you for anything, Leo," said Amanda. "All this was 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaRm2vAGrr
nothing but an accident. I thought by now you would have apologised to 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajlm8XjAIz
Angel. That's what a gentleman should do, right?"834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUd5dPaM4n7
Leo sighed. He didn't want to apologise today, much less to Angel. If834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZJFSxLOhP
only his grandmother knew that the main reason for the tension between 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeJwXztNsZ
them was because of Carly. The accident didn't even matter. Angel was 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsX875xSjVK
Carly's sister and she found out that Carly worked as a call girl (a 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOINoWyl3C
more decent way to put it) and now Leo was in love with her. And Carly 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvAlhVhTQh
to Leo, was his lover and didn't like Angel after how she attacked him 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHpdfPuhyo
back at the club.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUYtoyA8f3
They couldn't tell Amanda the whole thing. She would die of a heart 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWV2fKlotG
attack and it might just put the Barclay's reputation on the rocks 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFxTGi5r4u
considering Carly once working as a call girl. It would ruin the two 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡium3hlsdmk
sisters completely.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3yp3sFa47
"I know, grandma," said Leo. "I'll apologise right now."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6I0CEorwA
Angel grew shocked as she looked at Leo. She wasn't really expecting 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTus1JmObxu
this at all. Leo apologising? This should be on the news headlines.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxDEmB1e4N
Amanda smiled. "Now that's the grandson I know," she said.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyCVhPrmkK
Leo paused for a moment before turning to look at Angel. He 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIP0Frk89Oz
swallowed. He didn't want to do this at all. But his grandma wasn't 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMS0oS0S4Cn
going to let him even if he refused to apologise in the first place. If 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxYTfpVvfF
anything, Angel should apologise for how she attacked him back at the 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0AeYkij8D
club, not him.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhszrPSwBFZ
"I'm.....I'm sorry, Angel," said Leo. "I should have apologised to you sooner."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqoQ8CmoAP
Amanda felt like she was watching one of those soaps on television. She couldn't help but smile at the two for some reason.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Cnu65u94V
"It's fine, Leo," said Angel. "I don't like to keep grudges. I've already forgiven you."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcRgS9bvfM
"Good," said Amanda. "This is just what I needed. Now, I hope you two834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpps2kS0TfG
won't look at each other like angry wolves again. You haven't had a go 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQP8Qym6At
at each other yet, have you?"834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nYbcD0VB3
Leo and Angel gave each other a brief look and went back to looking at Amanda.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsx48RVyQ3O
"No," they answered at the same time.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jjexb0z6z
"Great. That's good to know."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUfC3IElz8
If only she knew that the two of them already had a go at each other almost two weeks ago.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHtpJSIE2M
One of the helpers soon appeared on the patio from the house.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMTn9kChjP
"The doctor is here to check up on you and Angel, madam," he said to Amanda.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYpbjsb5Iy
"Oh, he came here really early," said Amanda. "I've an idea. You take834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkBLFMUvOf
me up to him first and leave Angel and Leo so that they can talk."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1N9gCUSXbc
"Huh?" Angel looked at Amanda not believing what she said.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0W9ABvkCB8
"Yes, now that Leo has apologised to you, it's high time you two get to know each other a little better."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjhbJfrazN
"That isn't necessary, grandma," said Leo. "I'll need to go to......"834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wO8faJWNa
"Work? You always like dodging whatever I say," said Amanda. "The 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpK3NdhCrg9
others just left for the office a little while ago and you said you 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpy7qM9r672
would be in late. There is no harm in getting to know someone. Why don't834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiY3R3cGmU
you keep her company while I go get checked by the doctor? I won't be 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZY7ZxvnABb
long."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZOzXPoCeM
Leo almost rolled his eyes but he didn't because he knew his grandmother would scold him for it. He just sighed.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEywKzYdyqz
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep Angel company," he said.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9sB7xev3X
"Now," Amanda turned to the helper beside her, "you can take me to the doctor."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RzCzXO76w
"Yes, madam," said the helper and he helped Amanda into the house.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOY0KCjMyF
As soon as they were out of earshot, Leo turned to look at Angel.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJakzKEjUIc
"I can't believe I apologised to you," he said.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8dlyDbprv
"I can't believe your grandmother made you do it," said Angel with a smirk on her face.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpO0wBdym6
Leo couldn't help but blush. There was something about her smirk that834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJIviZLzKa
made his heart race and heat up his cheeks so much. He rarely blushed. 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PQA7MAY5r
Not like this. Something was wrong.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WUT8jdxHf
"Don't make fun of me," he said as he looked the other way so that Angel wouldn't see him blush.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeflIMTLaY3
"Why? Does it hurt your ego that much?" Angel had her arms folded as 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VPMFbhCtS
she looked at him. "I see that you're even blushing. Are you really that834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsQ3jE7EWj
embarrassed?"834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9lxf0AlW1
Leo blushed even more, but this time, he looked at Angel who looked 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKkzMfOb4K
at him straight in the eye. Angel couldn't help but smile this time. Her834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQM1oWJk3wo
smile made Leo seem so confused, like he didn't know what to do next.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEIHmQ7tLQ
"Oh, aren't you going to say anything?" Angel asked. "It's so unlike 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXUdW0igpa
you not to say a word. Has the mighty Leo McDonell gone tongue-tied 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡry0wHb4TrZ
today?"834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFpIkQIyii
"Stop it, Angel," said Leo who finally managed to speak. "Just 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGiPFvvhfK
because you've the upper hand at this doesn't mean you can do whatever 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjunXop818I
you want."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRSGdZiNt0
"It worked for you, didn't it?"834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZ72SxqSH1
"What do you mean?"834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBetqgFjWfZ
"You remember what happened at the club, don't you? You thought you 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLHWHRX8LQ
would get away with everything when you wanted to take advantage of my 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmu02SJMXNx
sister."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6bnJcqsAo
"I wasn't taking advantage of her. You know she loves me and I feel the same way about her."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRp4ojDh6x
"She doesn't love you, Leo. All that is nothing but infatuation."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsx5MYcERh
"That's what you say, but I know how Carly feels about me. You just don't want to admit it."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4P3oFJqKEn
"I'm just speaking the truth."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA85W2Ol9IV
"No, you're saying how you feel. And you don't like at me at all, Angel."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcRWvOVWEm
"Well, you don't like me either, at least we can both agree on that."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRT1uhSPlr
"You made me hate you with the way you approached me at the club that day."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnu7bjlJUCy
"I was protecting my sister."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHyH7wSwCd
"Oh, really? Then where were you all those nights when she used to 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hG8AB3Yks
work there? If anything, you should be attacking those perverts at the 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuBqzpYJA9
club who dared even touched Carly, not me."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55M2Lnyfdj
Angel banged her hand on the white garden table. That startled Leo 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVMxcOwqf8
and the two looked at each other with a moment of silence between them.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84sTSVZWvp
"You don't know," said Angel, slowly, "......what's it's like to 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9mWEdyne8
know....that the person whom you trusted the most in this world, could 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCL55yk0u2
betray you like Carly betrayed me."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCSAgNytUS
Tears started to form in Angel's eyes, but it surprised Leo that not 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7omMItNChQ
one of them fell to her cheeks. They were just there in her eyes like 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQvMh98da8
crystal glass.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAwQfW4nQG
"If I knew what Carly was up to from the very start," Angel 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziO4XaoCvn
continued, this time she was much calmer, "maybe you and I wouldn't be 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrU1O6up3KT
in this situation right now."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgi47gFCeL2
Leo thought of what Angel said. He realised that she had completely 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDaAhfQAdE
no idea that Carly was working at the club. And the way she said it, it 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mLc76A76Q
seems like she blames herself for not being aware of her sister's 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzSw5xcEWa
actions.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWl6b3quBc
The two of them just sat in silence, not looking at each other.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpySpOFGYSR
"Maybe now you understand," said Angel as she broke the silence and 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1cNPBWD3c
looked at Leo, "why I'll go to any lengths to prevent you from getting 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjP1LVH6L8
near Carly."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFTC4oxAyv
"You know you can't do that, Angel," he said. "I love Carly."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazfLHfshOi
"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......"834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJLecB3wCA
Angel couldn't even utter the word. As much as she was still mad at 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IVXk1xl5r
Carly, she couldn't use that word on her. Not only would it be insulting834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBviP2tt56l
Carly, she would be insulting herself.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iOeJGGXl5
"I don't see her like that," said Leo.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8J5iYscXx
"Really? What if one day you don't feel the same way you feel for her now? What would you do then?"834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmsIzyqF1a
"That would never happen."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeq6udzRJ2O
"You're only saying that because you're a fool."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0sQvecVmb
"A fool in love, yes."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJ9D5SsOF4
Angel shook her head. "I want to believe you, but I can't."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp16SPlh8QI
"Why? Because you don't like me?"834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDDFQ1jJ6h
Angel smirked. Again, Leo could feel his cheeks heat up.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuPmkNqlKu
"Maybe. But let me tell you this. When I found out about Carly, she 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWekx8fS6bv
broke my trust completely. I don't know if after our mother's passing 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtrCV3ed48
and my accident that she would ever change."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2GqupWFsy
"She has," Leo defended her. "She promised me she would never go back to that place ever again."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4m1qsyYoj
"You don't know her. And until I know she has changed for the better,834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtetKLMQBSO
maybe then I won't have to worry about her being with you."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIUXVOGdeW
Leo couldn't help but feel confused. Didn't Angel trust her own sister? Why was she saying this?834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiOSZ3zAEt
"Wait, do you think, Carly would be betray me too?" Leo asked.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1dFy8iNND
Angel shrugged her shoulders. "If she could do that to me and my late mother to fulfill her ambitions, what more you?"834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJduOorrLF
Leo didn't answer and Angel expected him not to. She soon turned the 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iFFHnRlwK
wheelchair around and dragged herself back inside the house leaving Leo 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuEJ8h2cae
puzzled.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHPKfafI2R
***834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGK1IoYkPV
Carly sighed. She had never felt this 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CUL3q1Oaq
relaxed in her life as she sat on the inclined chair and her nails were 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vtpvrB7mZ
being attended to by the manicurist at the beauty salon.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cjQySZ2zs
"This is the life," Carly thought to herself with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "I can get used to this."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZgzLVRASa
When Carly got to the beauty salon with 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3tMoLule9
Diana since Bertha remained behind and couldn't come along with them, 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkU7eTShN4
she couldn't help but admire the place. She was amazed with what Diana 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKeiNU0c1F
had achieved so far. The place was well known and many women came here 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcbJZJpen2
for manicures, pedicures, hair and cosmetic treatments.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8upUTpk3mZ
It was surprising how Diana didn't join her 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUaTaqHXlo
brother, Mr McDonell in the family business. It seems most successful 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrIuvyZUAT
rich families work together in the same company nowadays. But Diana was 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnVvxlZy6h
different. She wanted to do something else. Something for herself. More 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRk0NDjrF3q
like defining who she really was from what everyone thought every 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBT1sR8PhiI
McDonell should be.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Q93k482p5
Carly had asked the question a while back why Diana didn't join in the family business. Diana had answered:834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmPgLQElKZ
"Our family has been successfully with the 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWWnWfHUA7
company throughout the years. I thought maybe I can get in the family 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NZU2egIj1
spirit and do what everyone else in the family was doing. But it didn't 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgQR9fAZze
feel right for me, you know? I already imagined my future doing 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXVc391jA1
something else. My parents didn't mind my choice of career. They were in834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEdAP52pnA
fact quiet supportive and helped me in anyway to build this beauty 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmQsaLg8mR
salon and across some parts of America as well. It's a big thing and a 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGJtrJ9O5R
huge achievement on my part. Am glad for the support I continue to get, 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkbQ9lQQBn
especially from my brother. He is so kind."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl52IWvG94O
That was some story. And Carly couldn't help834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjl9G48wcl
but admire her more than ever. Diana was a lady of ambition. She didn't834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtjxKR0BAR
want to work in the McDonell family and followed her own dreams 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoVgek4Gb1
instead. She was one a lot of females would like to look up to as a role834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgtBZkaEkL
model.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ede5kxXwH
What Diana is today, sent Carly thinking of 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72Byxv0Nmw
what she wanted to do with her own life. Maybe she could be just like 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFOCQkLd00
Diana. She has always wanted to do something big, not just try and get 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMaj2XCLz9
enough money so that she could live in luxurious apartments. She had big834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOfpKs2NR0
dreams when she was a child, but all that faded away when she realised 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEE0sTHlWkx
the financial state her family was in.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJcR3JnlCK
But now that she was with the McDonell 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tXPTIiwnI
family, she might try and do something good with her life. Live the life834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJa70xkyaXW
she has always wanted.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUOWU3bgSJ
"Are you enjoying yourself, Carly?" Diana called out to her.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMOYU7jLCD
Carly opened her eyes and saw Diana standing834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkLa3Htb9N
a few feet from her, smiling. She had gone in her office to take an 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZRkkXsFii
important phone call and left Carly to be attended to.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQL9H7Nza0m
"I am, thanks for asking," replied Carly.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzWHCHcqUE
"Okay, once you're done, we can go out and have lunch together. What do you think?"834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCmlcpQ4pQ
"That would be awesome."834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxM0ss5rbm
"Great, I'll be in my office. Make her feel 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDr9MBe1Aby
comfortable, okay?" Diana directed that to the manicurist who nodded 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3pWsJxUGj
with pleasure and continued to work on Carly's nails.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwIuvjogqY
As soon as Diana walked away and Carly was 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHWNhqZNcV
about to close her eyes again, she noticed from the corner of her eye 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoECRkXHBFS
that her phone was ringing on the small table next to her chair. She had834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXpRqVUWKp
put her phone on silent so that she wouldn't be disturbed. She picked 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5BIT49qiX
up the phone with her free hand and looked at the caller ID.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMvWsbCrII
Miranda.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpTt1rMyGL
Carly rolled her eyes. Miranda has been 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcqoY18NGx
calling her for days now and she wasn't interested in picking up her 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtXzEVJuSO
calls. It was obvious that Miranda wanted her back at the club. So did 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqjAwivD7E
Mr Walters who even left her a bunch of messages this past week. She 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZINOk7698d
wasn't going back there. She already promised herself and Leo.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSEaDA3erw
Carly put her phone aside as a thought soon 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHQzMetVGG
came up in her mind. Angel never knew that she was working at the club 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdo40TjymVi
and she showed up there when it wasn't even during working hours. Who 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYY6ufgLGo
tipped Angel about her whereabouts that day? It couldn't be Mr Walters 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJaTa542NV
and probably not any of the bartenders or dancers at the club because 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWDGHsqHW7
she never ever discussed her life with them.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhU2lFuyTO
Could it be Miranda?834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdIV4dKFqJ
Carly couldn't help but feel it was her. She834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ovDRMOtJD
didn't even ask Angel who had told her where she was that day. 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIB0ueXnF3r
Everything happened so fast she completely forgot about it till now. 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIJzcu8W0G
There was no doubt it was Miranda who had told Angel.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9cOPQ6VXW
And now she was calling Carly after all this834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDQtKL5lGW
time. Miranda isn't her friend, she never was. Why she put Carly in 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZ0Ag2hzb7
such a situation, Carly would never know unless she asks. But she wasn't834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcydgYAD6GY
in the mood to talk to Miranda. Not when it's was pretty obvious of her834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqitFkljGY
betrayal.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4X6oVwqJiv
Carly looked at her phone again. Thinking of834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzvDiVQ59J
whether to answer it. But she relaxed on her chair. She was not going 834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHlUsaH4v2
to let Miranda spoil her mood like she ruined her life some weeks ago.834Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuCthjLMwr
"She can go to hell for all I care," Carly thought with a smirk on her face.
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