When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0017

At that moment, she felt as if her then–muddled life had reconciled with her now enlightened self. She felt complete

She worked on it until dawn broke. Staring at her completed thesis, she decided to seize the moment and submitted it to “Science“.

It was one of the top three academic journals worldwide. It represented the highest achievement anyone had ever achieved in the investigation of natural science.

Miranda wasn’t confident that her thesis would be accepted. Various subjects, fields, and professional researchers existed across the world. Who was she to them? Still, she wanted to give it a try.

Before the sun rose, Miranda shut down her laptop and quickly took a nap.

At 8:00 am, she woke up on time. After washing up and having breakfast, she took her revision materials and headed for the library.

But just as she left the house, she bumped into Paul, who’d just returned. It was raining outside; the closed umbrella he held was dripping wet.

“Good morning. You… didn’t stay up the entire night, did you?”

“I did. We’re in a rush to collect data from the experiment.” Even though Paul had just returned from the lab, he had to hurry back again after picking up something.

for you.” Miranda handed him a glass of warm milk.

was a pause before Paul thanked her.

his shoulder. Paul turned to look at it and realized

now.” Miranda smiled and

she put her umbrella away, she heard a familiar

“Miranda!”

talk to the college’s higher–ups

when it had started raining, so she was stranded. She hadn’t expected to

You must’ve been short of

your side hustles. It’s more important to take good care of Hans. I heard he had gastritis

sentence, someone

them. As she neared, Miranda realized she wore the latest haute couture from Covetus‘ spring collection. No wrinkles could be seen on her well–cared–for face,

to Tina

Miranda

T–shirt and a pair of jeans. She hadn’t

makeup, nor had she tidied up