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 of wine, she

designated driver to take

s and

so dark, the cab was only willing to drop her off

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

“Miranda!”

her in her tracks. When she turned around, she saw Paul

you planning to run home

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

That had indeed been

umbrella.” He shoved the umbrella into her

frowned. “What

to say that they could both huddle under

With that, Paul ran into a restaurant across the street

a foldable umbrella from the

didn’t like dealing with customers.

passing by, and I fixed it for him.” Paul didn’t intend

dumbly at his back for a couple of seconds before

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

strong