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.”

an hour in the private room.

couldn’t drive. In the end, she called a designated driver to

s and

the cab was only willing to drop her off at

the downpour was going to stop. Thus, she decided to brave the

“Miranda!”

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

planning to run

wore a casual T–shirt, which made

That had

shoved the umbrella into

frowned. “What

that they could both huddle

from a shop.” With that, Paul ran into a restaurant

a foldable umbrella from the

blinked. That restaurant owner had a temper and didn’t like dealing with customers. How had Paul managed to

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 lightened up slightly, he opened

at his back for a couple of seconds before following

neighborhood, the street lamps were already dim enough. However,

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