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.

is for you.” Miranda handed him a

was a pause before

pointed at his shoulder. Paul turned

now.” Miranda

yet the library was already crowded. As she put her umbrella away, she heard

“Miranda!”

today to talk to the college’s higher–ups about the postgraduate

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

side hustle? You must’ve been short of money recently. Don’t worry,

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

finish her sentence, someone interrupted, “Tina, who are you speaking

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, and she held an exotic leather

to Tina and

Hansel’s so–called girlfriend? She sized Miranda up.

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

makeup, nor had she tidied up her hair.