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

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

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 written in black on the papers were

would you like

glass of water

him a glass of

“Thanks.”

today. Having a

variety of vegetables. There was also some beef and a packet of handmade beef balls. She still had some

answers to the multiple–choice questions

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

involves both

of dynamics. Choosing different potentials

of molecules and the trajectory of atoms within molecules obtained in dynamics computation

She fell into deep thought. A couple of seconds later, her eyes lit up. “So that’s how

grasping the concept so quickly. “Did you understand what I

replied honestly. “I read your research notes in the library and

understood what I

Miranda hummed in acknowledgment.

during my undergraduate years.” He cleared

help but burst out laughing.

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