When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Lee dropped Misaff at the trance to her apartment she got out of the

and thanked him. Then, instead of heading up, she went to the

supermarket met door

20 minutes later, she was about to head back with her hands full of groceries. It was then that she saw Paul walking toward her amid the glow of the setting

The sky was slightly darker now, but he was enshrouded in an orange glow. It made him seem even taller than he already wa

He stared right ahead as he walked, as though he was wholly focused even when he was walking.

“What a coincidence! We meet again.” Miranda greeted him.

Paul looked up and adjusted his glasses. “A coincidence, indeed.”

Have you had dinner? I bought some groceries. Do you want to have dinner together?”

Paul instinctively wanted to decline her offer. But upon recalling what a good cook she was, he inexplicably nodded instead.

It was his first time in Miranda’s apartment.

On the balcony right across the room, the tulips were in full bloom. Behind it was a cubic fish tank, in which two goldfish were swimming

the setting sun, the white curtains billowed as the breeze blew. The cherry wood furniture

the glass coffee table were a few books and exercises used to prepare for the postgraduate exams. With a quick glance, he knew the answers

you like to

glass of water would

a

“Thanks.”

vegetables today. Having a fondue would be just

of handmade beef balls. She still had some cow bone leftover from

multiple–choice questions is wrong,” Paul said

saw the exercises she’d just completed that morning. She obviously knew which question he was

That question is an interdisciplinary one that involves both biology and physics. I still don’t understand much

computation of dynamics. Choosing different

and the trajectory of atoms within molecules obtained in dynamics computation will also be affected,” Paul

A couple of seconds later,

see her grasping the concept so quickly.

of it,” Miranda replied honestly. “I read your research notes in the library and have a

what

Miranda hummed in acknowledgment.

during my undergraduate years.” He cleared his throat and continued, “There are many

couldn’t help but burst out laughing. Truth be

number