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.”

the private room. After Winter

called a designated driver to

s and

the way, it began to rain. Because it was so dark, the cab

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

“Miranda!”

her name from behind stopped her in her tracks. When she turned around, she saw Paul emerging from the rain with

to run home in the

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

That had indeed been

umbrella.” He shoved the umbrella into her

“What

say that they

a shop.” With that, Paul ran

umbrella from the

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

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 opened the umbrella and

for

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

from the strong winds. Miranda tightened her grip on the umbrella