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.

a

a pause before Paul thanked

drenched clothes.” She pointed at his shoulder. Paul turned to

Miranda smiled and

9:00 am, yet the library was already crowded. As she put her umbrella away, she heard a familiar

“Miranda!”

to the college’s higher–ups

just happened to pass the library when it had started raining, so she was stranded. She hadn’t

to the library? Is it another side hustle? You must’ve been short of money recently. Don’t worry, I told Hans and asked him to be more generous with

take

Tina could finish her sentence, someone

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

Tina and glanced

Wasn’t this Hansel’s so–called girlfriend? She sized Miranda up. A look of disgust crossed her already

only a T–shirt and a pair of

had she tidied up her hair.