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.

“No need to pretend you’re some

understand,” Sam replied

Is it that I don’t understand

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

by while Miranda suffered,

conscience, so why would you care about something as trivial as

me push her to the edge, knowing that only then would

pain, sink into despair, and finally emerge as someone you found desirable. If that’s not selfishness, what

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

let me hurt her. So tell me, how are you any different from

to set a trap for me. Sam, what do you think Miranda would feel if she saw your true

Sam’s breathing hitched.

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deceit and manipulation, and you, Sam, are the very embodiment

She only likes men like Paul Jefferson, someone clean

that too, once. But