When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0330

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“Where have you been? I’ve been trying to call you for days. Have you really stopped caring about me?” Evelyn asked in one breath. The urgency in her voice escalated with each inquiry.

Hansel replied calmly. “I’m on a business trip. I’m busy and can’t answer the phone.”

“Come home now. I mean right now! If you don’t come home, you can forget I’m your mother.”

Upon hearing the urgency in her voice, he didn’t press for more details. He hung up and headed straight for the Johnson estate. As he reached the door, he heard the vase hitting the floor.

Hansel paused for a moment before stepping inside. “Mom, I’m home.”

Evelyn heard his voice and rushed out. She scolded, “Who are you hanging out with? Ingrid is a bitch, and her family members act like gangsters, especially her mother, who is simply a shrew. She’s nothing but a loud, foul–mouthed hag.

“I knew that Ingrid was a bad seed, but you insisted on having her and got her pregnant. Now she has a miscarriage, and she’s blaming us for everything-”

“Wait,” Hansel interrupted. ‘Ingrid has a miscarriage?”

“Yeah. You aren’t aware of this?” Even though Evelyn knew her son was a scumbag, she couldn’t hide her

shock

frozen for a moment, but then a cold smile crept onto his face. That child shouldn’t

scene. By now,

shiver down her spine. After more than 30 years of marriage, her fear

Ingrid ever

clean it up.

showers, Evelyn still felt unclean, as if that spit still clung to her.

Johnson estate, Miranda’s

a steady routine of traveling to and from work daily. Most of her time was spent in laboratory, immersed in data and papers. She loved it and found

the

invite Winter to join her. After dinner, they would take a

on the bed, either scrolling through their

look in her eyes.

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Chapter 0330

pillow to support her back and instantly

“A business partner.”

Five seconds later, her eyes