When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0720

After some time, Miranda and Paul’s academic discussion finally came to an end, and Winter couldn’t help but let out a long sigh of relief.

“Don’t invite me to these academic meetups again. They’re so dull…” she muttered, then raised her hand to signal the waiter to bring out the food. As expected, it was all of Miranda’s favorites!

After dinner, Winter had planned to go shopping, but she got a work call the moment they stepped out of the restaurant. “Yeah, yeah! Will an extra day really kill you?”

Despite her complaints, she quickly ended the call and hurried back to the office. Before leaving, Winter turned to Paul and said, “Hey, it’s Miranda’s birthday, so make sure you keep her company! Give her whatever she wants!”

Paul nodded. “Alright.”

“Where would you like to go?” he asked Miranda with a smile once Winter had left.

“Anywhere?” Her eyes lit up.

Paul considered it briefly. “If it’s within my capabilities.

“Then could we go see where you make those multi–colored diamonds?”

“Are you sure that’s where you want to go?”

“Absolutely!”

“Alright.”

but to her surprise, he led her to a… factory? “Hey, Paul! Here

Ladley. Did you have

and it was amazing! What brings you here? Didn’t you

awkwardly while raising a fist to

bit her

the diamonds to-” “Mr. Ladley! Could I get the keys to Workshop No. 7?”

turned to

Miranda, looking a bit embarrassed. “Mr. Ladley loves to joke around. He’s

“I can

It wasn’t very large, with no workers around, and just equipment

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synthesize the diamonds in a lab, but

was meticulously organized. It was so

a ceramic jar in the top left comer of the workbench. She pointed, “What’s

hesitation crossed Paul’s face, but he quickly responded, “Of course.” He then handed the jar over to her. When she opened

fragments, some with colors that didn’t turn out right, others with imperfect cuts. Some were too large and uneven, while others were