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

blew. The cherry wood furniture gave the room a warm atmosphere. It was homely, serene,

table were a few books and exercises used to prepare for the postgraduate exams. With

would you like to

glass of

a glass of

“Thanks.”

too many vegetables today. Having a fondue

handmade beef balls. She still had

multiple–choice questions

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

that involves both biology and physics. I still don’t understand

the computation of dynamics. Choosing different potentials

and the trajectory of atoms within molecules obtained

of seconds later, her eyes lit up. “So that’s how

was surprised to see her grasping the concept

notes in the library and have a basic understanding of

understood what I

Miranda hummed in acknowledgment.

bashful, which was rare. “That was a note I wrote during my undergraduate years.” He cleared his throat and

burst out laughing. Truth

quite a number