When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0417

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Sam’s expression finally softened. “Mr. Banks, you never let anyone down. That’s why I prefer collaborating with you over the other directors and deans in this college.”

“I’m deeply grateful for your support, Mr. Cooper,” Joseph replied.

As Sam stood to leave, Joseph personally escorted him to the door. Once he was out of sight, Joseph’s smile faded away.

He returned to his office, pulled out his phone, and called the dean’s office. “Check the borrowing status of the CPRT measurement devices in those two labs.”

The voice on the other end hesitated. “One has always been with Dr. Xander’s research team, and the other… was just approved for Joli Clifford.”

*Joli Clifford? Isn’t he on Sophie’s research team?” Joseph asked.

“Yes, I was surprised as well. I knew they already had one, but why request for another? By the way, Dr. Young’s three postgraduate students tried to book it, but they were too late.”

*So, Christine applied as well?” he asked.

“Yes. They submitted their application right after the other team did.”

Joseph finally connected the dots and thought Christine had enough influence to persuade Sam to step

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that lab available. Joli’s actions are absolutely absurd!” He held back from blaming

“Got it.”

hung up and sighed in relief, his office door swung open again. He hadn’t even had time to wipe the sweat from

hogging public resources and engaging in unhealthy competition between research teams is prohibited. As the associate dean, you should know these rules better than I

sank, and he thought, “Seriously? Not this

cleaning ladies worked efficiently. Within an hour,

“Thank you, ma’am.”

the cleaning ladies replied. After a brief exchange, they gathered their cleaning tools and left with

equipment into the hallway to make cleaning easier. Fortunately, it wasn’t much, and the trio could move those

Young’s three protégés.” They heard someone said, and

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Chapter 0417.

Yasmine standing a few

had a smirk full of mockery, while the other

see… huh, looks like a bunch of junk. Not a

all the best equipment in

“Yeah, only good horses deserve good saddles. As for the weak ones, it’s better to get rid of them. Plus, keeping them around is

act

why settle for being a horse when you can

Hank sputtered because he was too angry