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

1. in.

lab available. Joli’s actions are absolutely absurd!” He held back from blaming Sophie, who was

“Got it.”

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

public resources and engaging in unhealthy competition between research teams is prohibited. As the associate dean, you should know

sank, and he thought, “Seriously? Not this

worked efficiently. Within an hour, the lab

“Thank you, ma’am.”

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

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

protégés.” They heard someone said, and

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standing a few feet

them had a smirk full of mockery, while the other stood with their arms crossed like

you guys applied for? Let’s see… huh, looks like a bunch of junk. Not a single decent piece of equipment is in here. What a

“Hank, stop talking nonsense. Our team has all

weak ones, it’s

want to act like animals,

“Yeah, why settle for being a horse when you can be something better?

sputtered because he was too angry to