When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0009

It had been a long while since Miranda had done something on her own.

While she hadn’t exactly been waited on during the few years she’d lived with Hansel, this was still the first time she’d donesomething that involved so much of her physical energy.

Even though money had been tight the first few years when Hansel had started his business, she still hadn’t had to clean the entire mansion on her own because they’d hired an hourly helper every week for the major cleaning.

After she was done with one tin of paint, Miranda could feel her waist aching. She really wasn’t used to physical labor like this after so long.

She went out of her apartment to the corridor to fetch more tins of paint. However, she accidentally tripped over herself and spilled one of tins over. Luckily, she managed to save it before it made a huge mess, but it still caused a few paint splotches at her neighbor’s door.

Miranda hurriedly went to grab a mop to clean it up. Halfway through, the door suddenly opened.

She looked up to meet her neighbor’s eyes, meaning to apologize, but she didn’t expect to see a familiar face looking back at her.

“You’re living here too?”

“What are you doing here?”

They spoke at the same time.

Paul looked at the ground, then at the tins of paint behind Miranda.

neighbor who

just as you see

to the lab and also to the college. It was fairly convenient for him to teach classes at the college and

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what about Miranda? Why had she moved

young woman like her to be living in by herself. There wasn’t even an elevator in the building. He figured that youngsters like her would never have chosen a spot like this. because of

or talk because he was mad that she’d messed up the corridor right

it splattered on

at once.”

she pointed at the bag of trash in Paul’s hand and said, “Since I’m

and gave it to her. “It’ll be a little more convenient

“Thank you.”

faster and more efficiently with the help

managed to finish painting all the walls of her apartment. At once, the apartment looked a lot cleaner and

to the furniture shop after that and bought a couch set and some tables and chairs. She then added some

by the time Miranda was done sprucing up her apartment. She massaged her shoulders slightly and

the ceiling, her apartment looked nothing like it did earlier in the day. Everything looked brand–new. It was a complete change from

took a look at her