When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0535

Raul laughed. “I wouldn’t call it wisdom, but I do have some experience.”

“I’d like to hear it,” Hansel said.

Raul sat in the chair next to him and began speaking slowly, “Like they said, keep things stable at home and enjoy some excitement on the side.

“At home, you need a woman to take care of all the daily chores, be kind to the elders, and raise the kids. When you need to entertain clients, you bring one of those young ones from outside.

“Those can help you with the drinks and keep the guests company. Afterward, a bit of money and they’re gone. It’s highly cost–effective.”

Hansel asked, “And your wife doesn’t mind?”

Raul replied, “What’s there to mind? She lives in a big house, carries designer bags, uses luxury cosmetics, and can buy whatever she wants with a credit card. She doesn’t even have to work. What’s there to be unhappy about?”

Hansel pressed further, “What if one day she asks for a divorce?”

“That’s impossible. Women, once they’ve been kept, lose their ability to survive. Their wings have. withered, and they can’t fly away even if they want to,” Raul said, his face full of disdain.

“And if her wings don’t wither and she really does leave?”

Raul paused, momentarily thrown off. He had never considered the possibility of his wife actually leaving

him.

patted his shoulder. “Mr. Levy, sometimes you shouldn’t speak

Raul looked puzzled. “Because?”

your words hit you back in the face,

Hansel climbed into the golf cart. “Enjoy your

blinked

back to the mansion, but somehow, he ended up outside the gates

the entrance. Instead, he pulled over across the street, rolled

smoke, he gazed at the campus

had first met Miranda. One look at her,

to her there, too. With a bouquet of roses in hand, he had taken step after step toward the woman he

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hugged her, Hansel felt like

did it all

company finally found its footing, when his company became publicly listed, just as he had. always dreamed, and then he suddenly had

the others no longer satisfied his restless heart,

women who passed through his life, Hansel felt nothing but emptiness. If he could have a

was too

the time he returned to the mansion, it was already

was still there. “Mr. Johnson, you’re home.”

and walked past her, heading upstairs,