When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0431

“Payment?” Ingrid’s eyes shifted stiffly. “Wasn’t it always deducted directly from the account?”

“Sorry, the account has been frozen.”

“Frozen? Why?”

“It was frozen upon the account holder’s request.”

Frozen on purpose…

“Hahaha… Hansel, you are truly ruthless!”

After spending over a month in the hospital, Ingrid was finally discharged that day. As she stepped outside and looked up at the bright sky and the white clouds, everything felt strangely unfamiliar.

It was as if she had stepped into a different world.

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Hansel finished work early that day. Once inside the car, he instructed Dan, “Take me to the mansion.”

“Yes, Mr. Johnson,” Dan responded.

rest as the car cruised smoothly along the road. When the sound of rushing wind from outside caught his

sky had grown dark and heavy, filled with the tension of an approaching storm. He thought of the rainy season, remembering the humid

smoothly entered the mansion area. Suddenly, Dan

it not been

His voice was sharp, and

Mr. Johnson!” Dan quickly apologized. “A woman–jumped in

Hansel looked up.

woman who was

a long white dress, and her face was bare of makeup. The rain had plastered the fabric to her body, revealing the gentle curves beneath. She looked like a fragile flower battered by the storm, delicate and pitiful, on

couldn’t help but feel a

looked away. “When did the security around here get so lax? Anyone can just walk in now? Call security and

of it, quickly reaching

realized she had nowhere to go. Her mother and brother

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Chapter 0431

couldn’t return to her dormitory. The only place she

Yet now…

she looked desperately at the man in the backseat, catching only a glimpse of his

ran to the side of the car, frantically banging on the window. “Hans, it’s me… I’m back…