When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0042

On the other end of the line, Miranda was stuhed. The image of Hansel and Ingrid holding hands in her photo resurfaced in her hind.

She said mildly, “If you don’t feel well, then go to the hospital. I’m not a doctor.” With that, she hung up the phone. Her tone was casual, as though she were just talking to a stranger.

Hansel clenched his jaw in anger, shaking from head to toe. He smashed the phone against the wall, causing it to break into pieces.

Martha was shocked. That was her phone!

Miranda’s words had made Hansel’s blood boil. He felt his stomach pain intensify. With a hint of defiance and stubbornness, he went upstairs and locked himself in his room.

Did she think that he couldn’t live without her? That was ridiculous!

Martha stared at her broken phone. Thinking of the phone call, she shook her head and sighed.

She didn’t know what Hansel was thinking. Miranda was such a nice girl. How could he have chased her away?

In the afternoon, after Martha was done cleaning, she knocked on the bedroom door

before she left. “Mr. Johnson?”

There was no reply. Thinking that Hansel was still angry, she left without much thought.

to the mansion. She unlocked the door using her fingerprint and entered the home with

daughter of the Quaker

but heard it ring next to her. When

was home, so he should

thought, she went upstairs. “Hans, are you in there? Mom asked me to invite you to

on the door repeatedly, but there

Why was

her brow, she gave

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didn’t look too well earlier. I think his gastric issues were giving him trouble. If

used the spare key to open the

moment the door opened, she found Hansel lying motionless on the floor.

“Hans”

Intense, unrelenting pain.

Calvin quickly got him a

thirst, Hansel shook his head,

us a call earlier and told us that you had fainted. We were

you nearly frightened us

There were a number of people in the hospital. room; Sam, Zach, and the

Only Miranda wasn’t there.

lip twitched. She was really