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.

she could still hear the knocking. Frustrated, she picked up her phone. “Hello, police? Someone’s been knocking on my

half–coaxed and half–dragged away by

Finally, there was peace.

then lay down on

clothes, and headed to the lab. She planned to stay there for the next couple of days to

Hansel from knocking on her door again but also because she needed to speed up her

practical solution to both

building, the person she was trying to avoid suddenly emerged from a nearby alley and blocked her

Miranda froze.

fun?” Hansel asked. His face was dark as he glared

time at the police station, the once dashing man now had a light stubble,

eyes were full of conflicting emotions as they gazed at Miranda. It was love mixed with resentment, and anger with pity.

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Chapter 0210

Are you satisfied now?” His words sounded accusatory, but his tone

calmly, her eyes betraying no emotion. “First, I wasn’t playing games. You really disturbed

you were causing a disturbance in the

you open

open

you mean by strangers? Are you saying

know you? What about the lives we shared