When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0428

“I just didn’t expect you to go so far for Miranda,” Hansel said, his voice tight with disbelief. He hadn’t realized Miranda meant that much to Sam–enough to make

him take such a reckless gamble and set up

this elaborate scheme.

“A scheme?” Sam laughed lightly. “Not quite. I simply gave them a little push, a minor convenience.”

As Hansel had pointed out, the plan was full of holes. If Sam had designed it himself, it wouldn’t have been so sloppy. If it didn’t kill Hansel, it would have at least made him suffer.

“If you couldn’t avoid such a simple trap, then you’d deserve to rot in jail,” Sam sneered. It was a risk–free venture for him.

If it worked, great–Hansel would be jailed or tied to Ingrid forever. If it didn’t, no problem; Sam was just happy to make Hansel’s life miserable.

“You’re despicable!” Hansel growled, clenching his teeth. “All of this, just to screw me over for a woman?”

Sam sighed. “She’s not just any woman..”

She was Miranda Sutton.

to pretend you’re some lovesick fool in

understand,”

Is it that I don’t understand your

yourself as some noble figure. If you truly liked her, why did you stand by and watch for six years while we were together?” Hansel’s voice

stood by while Miranda suffered, while

excuse. You don’t have a conscience, so why would you care about something as trivial as morality? Let me tell you

mind had never felt clearer. “You let her get hurt and watched me push her to the edge, knowing that only then

pain, sink into despair, and finally emerge as someone

truly loved someone, how could you bear to see them hurt? What had Sam done? He had been a

didn’t stop me; you let me hurt her. So tell me,

a trap for me. Sam, what do you think Miranda

Sam’s breathing hitched.

time in a long while

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Chapter 0428

She despises deceit and manipulation, and you, Sam, are the very

love you. She only likes men like

was like that too, once. But now, neither of