When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0575

“Do you know him, Miranda?” Jack asked casually

Miranda nodded. “Yes, I do.”

“Of course!”

She and Sam answered at the same time.

Jack raised an eyebrow. He sized him up from head to toe and back again, his expression growing more disdainful by the second.

Sam wasn’t fazed by the scrutiny, he calmly pulled out a chair and sat right next to Miranda.

“Go ahead, take a good look–maybe then you’ll realize your competition and step aside Sam sneered in his mind.

Meanwhile, Jack thought that he was seriously bold.

“Miranda, aren’t you going to introduce us?” Jack tilted his chin toward Sam. “This guy doesn’t look like someone you’d know

“What does he mean by that? What does he look like then?” Sam thought, picking up on the underlying sarcasm instantly

And it seemed Miranda was unusually tolerant of Jack, as she genuinely started introducing them

“Yes, Miranda, introduce us. This guy doesn’t look like someone you’d know, either,” Sam shot back sarcastically.

Jack’s face darkened

men locked eyes, exchanging an unspoken challenge. It seemed they were already a hundred rounds deep in

Why

never met have such animosity? Were they really

“This is Sam Cooper, my acquaintance and the CEO of an investment

currently

Sam blurted, “Your cousin?”

“He’s

each other, each a

lifting his teacup “I apologize, I didn’t know you were Miranda’s cousin. My mistake. Let me give you a toast, soda in

quickly dissolved. He raised his glass

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Chapter 0525

Miranda mentioned you’re running a

know much about the

a couple of companies specializing in smart home renovation,”

companies.

country–they’ve both gone public in recent years, expanding impressively. Looks like you’ve got a sharp eye

nothing special. I just happened to invest in them. At least I

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him too seriously. In investments, nothing was “just casual“-it was all money on the line. He’d be a fool if he believed that