Chapter 0121

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Miranda was aware of the stark temperature difference between the two locations, so she pulled out her long down coat and bundled herself up like a snowball before the plane landed. Yet, it wasn’t enough.

The freezing rain from a few days earlier had left tree branches and power lines heavy with icicles. The drizzle might have seemed harmless, but it quickly soaked through people’s clothes, turning into a cold, stiff layer.

This street was normally bustling, but in the dead of winter, and at this late hour, she couldn’t flag down a cab even though traffic was busy.

Shivering, she pulled out her phone to track the location of the ride she had booked through the app. It had shown the car was five minutes away just minutes ago, but now the arrival time had spiked to 30 minutes.

The map showed a sea of red. She realized the driver had been stuck in that spot for a while. Right when she was about to cancel the ride, a car pulled up beside her.

The window slid down, revealing a familiar face with a serene an entle expression.

Paul wore a dark gray turtleneck sweater that partially covered his Adam’s apple. From Miranda’s perspective, the shadows seemed to soften his features and lend a warm touch to his otherwise cool demeanor.

“You’ll have a hard time finding a cab at this hour. I’m heading home, too. Hop in,” Paul said.

noticed she was shivering and turned up the heat. Remembering there was a hand warmer in the glove compartment, he pulled it out and handed it to her. “Here, use this to warm

felt as if her hands were as cold as ice. The hand warmer and the car’s heater slowly started to bring feeling

waiting at the

had originally offered to arrange a driver

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hadn’t realized finding

at her. “They’ve put some traffic restrictions in place because of the government conferences,

there are so few cabs around. I almost

asked, “What about you? What’s got you

this hour?”

to pick up a relative who was arriving from overseas,” Paul said. “But she got

check the rearview mirror. That was when he spotted Miranda standing out in

and didn’t press

light, Paul asked,

her lip, looking a bit e…parrassed. I’ve been in a tropical place the past

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