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.”

spend an hour in the private room. After Winter downed

end, she called a designated driver to take Winter back to her condo. Then,

s and

so dark, the cab was only willing

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

“Miranda!”

her tracks. When she turned around, she saw Paul emerging from the rain with

to run home

wearing a button–up shirt today. Instead, he wore a casual T–shirt, which

nodded slowly. That had

shoved

frowned. “What about

that

Paul ran into a restaurant

foldable umbrella from

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

I fixed it for him.”

his back for a couple of

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

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