When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 1

After the Love Has Gone

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I prepared plenty of dishes on Christmas day, waiting for Helena Hawthorne to come home for dinner.

However, she never noticed any of them as she continued packing her things into a suitcase. She then said coldly, “I won’t be spending Christmas with you this year.”

I didn’t say a thing as I started eating in silence.

Right at the stroke of midnight, Helena’s! ove posted a photo on his Instagram feed. Helena was leaning against his shoulder in an intimate manner in the photo as fireworks lit up the sky behind them.

The caption read, “She said that as long as I wanted it, she’d leave everything behind to be with me.”

I didn’t get hysterical or question her anymore this time. Instead, I just double–tapped on the post to like it.

A second later, Helena called me, sounding like she was anxious and panicking. “Don’t get mad. I’ll definitely spend the next Christmas with you…”

I laughed self–deprecatingly and said, “It’s a pity that we won’t have till next year anymore.”

By the time Helena came home, it was already the next day.

for her at the main

then got a text message from her.

of having my lunch. I just replied to her simply, “Come back yourself. I’m having

She sounded tired as she huffed and puffed. Then, she stared at my back and said, “I haven’t had lunch yet. Can you cook

time, I

at me for last night, but can you please quit throwing a tantrum like this? I’m really

the dishes and dried my

t

believe me. “Jaxon is all alone in this city, so I need to be with him, whether as a friend

not.”

answered faintly, “Sure.

see through me. She then said in a tired voice, “You’re making me exhausted like this. Can you just

not throwing a temper tantrum. You don’t need

me for a whole minute. Then, she retrieved a model airplane from her suitcase and handed It to me. She looked down at me and said casually, “Your

wrapped up in gift paper. In fact, there were even some creases in the original packaging.

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off on

as I took it from her and said politely,

of dissatisfaction appeared in Helena’s eyes. She asked me angrily, “Is that

simply,

her hands out toward me and