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.”

even spend an hour in the private room. After Winter downed half a

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

s and

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

downpour was going to stop.

“Miranda!”

When she turned around, she saw

planning to run

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

had indeed been

shoved

“What about

that they could both huddle under

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

umbrella from

like dealing with customers. How

and I fixed it for him.” Paul didn’t intend to explain further. Seeing that the rain had lightened up slightly, he opened

stared dumbly at his back for a couple of seconds before following

lamps were already dim enough. However,

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