When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0033

Sam didn’t ask further. Smiling, he said, “We just opened a bottle of Burgundy. Do you

want a glass?”

As he spoke, he filled half a glass and handed it to Hansel.

Hansel took a small sip. “Not bad. After a pause, he pretended to ask casually, “Didn’t you say Miranda was here earlier? How come I don’t see her?”

“Did you intentionally come here just to see her?” Sam swirled his glass with a faux smile

“Heh.” Hansel’s expression darkened slightly. “I just happened to come here for some alcohol. Since you ran into her, is it illegal for me to ask?”

Sam shrugged. “I bumped into her in the corridor. She was just here to have a drink. Given how late it is, she must’ve gone home a long time ago.”

Hansel said nothing, but his expression looked evidently more relaxed. As he’d thought, this kind of environment didn’t suit Miranda.

Putting down his glass, he stood. “I have work tomorrow, so I’ll get going. Put this on my tab.”

As Sam watched his retreating back, his gaze dimmed. After a brief moment, he sighed. lightly. “I’m sorry, bro.”

private room. After Winter downed half a bottle

she called a designated driver to take Winter back to her condo. Then, she went downstairs hailed a cab back

s and

it began to rain. Because it was so dark, the cab was only willing to drop her off at the alleyway

umbrella, and she didn’t know when the downpour was going

“Miranda!”

voice calling her name from behind stopped her in her tracks. When

planning to run home in

he wore a casual T–shirt, which made him look less stern than he

That had indeed been her

this umbrella.” He shoved the umbrella into

frowned. “What

she wanted to say that they could both huddle

Paul ran into a restaurant across

foldable umbrella

had a temper and didn’t like dealing with customers. How had Paul managed

his restaurant in the past. I happened to be passing by, and I fixed it for him.” Paul didn’t

dumbly at his back for a couple of seconds before following

dim enough. However, because of the rain, the

and the trees rustled from the strong winds. Miranda tightened her grip on the umbrella