When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0664

“Sorry!”

“My apologies-”

Paul and Miranda both spoke at once and stepped back simultaneously. Their eyes met, and beyond the awkwardness, there was a hint of something else brewing

Miranda stammered, “You…

Paul began, “I.

“Dr. Jefferson, maybe you should go first?” Miranda offered.

Paul looked down slightly, seeming to ponder or perhaps wrestle with his thoughts. When he looked up again, it was as if he had made a decision. “Miranda, actually, I-”

“Look! I’ve finished sculpting!” Trapper interrupted him.

With her face flushed with embarrassment, Miranda seized the opportunity to escape the moment and turned toward him. “So fast?”

Trapper grinned. “What can I say? I’m just that good.” He handed the clay figure toward her.

Miranda took one glance and couldn’t help but frown. She shouldn’t have held any expectations.

While the previous figurines had at least some semblance of facial features, this one had none. It was just two vaguely human shapes with their heads leaning together….

What! Miranda’s eyes widened. This pose…

human? It’s really hard to

It’s the pose when you two were just

and where the mouths

his gaze, looking elsewhere as he

it? Let me point

need!” Miranda hastily

“Huh?”

said seriously, “I see

You’re not just saying

“Really.”

figure sculpting wasn’t that bad, but you all didn’t believe me! Trapper shouted

stream chat was going

feel the secondhand embarrassment from

please spare them! The girl

going to burst into tears

thinking, ‘Can someone please shut

it’s yours,” Trapper offered, extending the figurine to

back in alarm.

like you two.

at a loss

said, reaching for the figurine. However, Miranda

he watched them leave. Turning back to his phone, he mumbled, “What’s the rush? Are they being

the chat was still

that pose you sculpted, the woman was