When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0705

Suddenly, Nelly remembered something. She pulled out her phone and zoomed in on the photos she had taken earlier,

She mumbled, “The woman with Paul… Why does she look so much like the one who went shopping with Sam to pick out shoes at the mall earlier?”

Nelly shook her head and dismissed the thought as ridiculous. She knew her son well enough to know that he was always the one playing with women, never the other way around.

“No way. There’s just no way…” She convinced herself she must have been mistaken.

After picking up the car, Miranda and Paul went home. There were no designated parking spots in front of their apartment building, so they had to park in the lot across the street.

Since she had purchased a car and needed to park it regularly, he suggested she rent a garage parking space. By the time they found the property management office, negotiated the price, and signed the contract, one hour had passed.

Paul dropped Miranda off at her place before heading back to his own apartment. Just as he was about to boil some water, he heard someone pounding on his door.

He set the kettle down and went to answer it. When he saw his mother, Susan, he raised an eyebrow and asked, “Mom, what are you doing here?”

or maybe keeping some secret you don’t want me to

looking around, she realized

noticing her reaction, Paul couldn’t pretend he didn’t understand what was happening. “Mom, what’s the real reason you’re

smiled awkwardly and cleared her throat. “Well, the temperature’s dropped again. I just wanted to

stepped into the living room and subtly scanned the place. The room was immaculate, with no signs of a woman ever having

with no lipstick marks on the rim. Even the bathroom had just

frowned. Could Paul really be telling the truth? Was there nothing going on between him and Miranda? If he truly had a girlfriend, the house wouldn’t look

his mother dart around the apartment and checked every corner as if she were on a hunt rather than a visit. It didn’t feel like a visit–it felt more like she was on a

going through her mind, so he just let her keep at it. Eventually,

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been so long since I’ve been here. I was just worried you

had moved out on his own years ago. When he first

his own, she suddenly starts talking about being “worried“. It felt a little odd to