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.”

and Miranda didn’t even spend an hour in the private room.

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

s and

Because it was so dark, the cab was only willing to drop

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

“Miranda!”

her in her tracks. When she turned around,

run home

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

had indeed been

shoved the

frowned. “What about

truth, she wanted to say that

Paul ran into a restaurant across

a foldable umbrella from

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

issues with 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 lightened up slightly, he

stared dumbly at his back for a couple of seconds before

the street lamps were already dim enough. However, because of the rain, the light appeared even

from the strong winds. Miranda