When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0210

Chapter 0210

Miranda was startled awake by the sound of knocking She sat up abruptly, realizing that someone was knocking on her door.

“Who is it?” she asked cautiously through the door.

Paul was working late at the lab that night, so if it was really an intruder, she had no one around to rely on.

The knocking paused for a moment, but whoever was outside didn’t respond. When Miranda didn’t open the door, the knocking resumed.

“If you don’t tell me who you are, I won’t open the door.

“Mimi,” Hansel said with a bitter smile. She was still as stubborn as ever.

“What do you want?” Miranda’s eyebrows furrowed the moment she heard his voice.

“Let me in. We need to talk. I promise I won’t do anything to you. If you’re not comfortable, you can leave the door partially op=”

“There’s nothing for us to talk about,” Miranda cut him off, clearly not intending to open the door.

No matter how much he knocked or pleaded afterward, she acted as if she couldn’t hear him. Even so, Hansel seemed unusually patient that night, when she didn’t open, he just kept knocking.

Frustrated, she picked up

half–coaxed

Finally, there was peace.

then lay down on her bed, ready

morning, after she got up, she prepared breakfast, packed her clothes, and headed to the

needed to speed up her work. She had to finish her paper before

practical solution

just as she stepped out of her building, the person she was trying to avoid suddenly emerged from a nearby alley and blocked

Miranda froze.

Hansel asked. His face was

all night. After spending time at the police station, the once dashing man now had a

full of conflicting emotions as they gazed at Miranda. It

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accusatory, but his tone was so soft that it almost seemed like

eyes betraying no emotion. “First,

were causing a disturbance in the middle of

didn’t you open

never open the

Hansel. “What do you mean by

What about the lives we shared the past six