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.”

an hour in the private room. After Winter downed half a bottle of

she called a designated driver to take Winter back to her

s and

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

she didn’t know when the downpour was going to stop. Thus, she decided to brave the rain and

“Miranda!”

name from behind stopped her in her tracks. When she turned around, she

to run home in

a button–up shirt today. Instead, he wore a casual T–shirt, which made him look less stern than he

had indeed

this umbrella.” He shoved the umbrella into

frowned. “What

she wanted to say that they could

With that, Paul ran into a restaurant across the street

foldable umbrella from the

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

the electric circuits in his restaurant in the past. I happened to be passing by, and I fixed it for him.” Paul didn’t intend to explain further. Seeing that the rain had

back for

lamps were already dim enough. However, because of the rain, the

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

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