When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0814

“Role model?” Paul asked.

“Mm–hmm,” Miranda replied.

Paul’s curiosity was piqued. “Sounds like there’s a story behind that?”

“Not a story–a inishap.”

“Can I hear about it?”

“It’s not a secret. It happened because we skipped the review step and ended up making a mistake with a decimal point. The data set was Madison’s responsibility. When she found out, she acted like the sky had fallen.”

Paul couldn’t help but be drawn in by the sparkle in her eyes. “What happened next?”

“Sebastian immediately retrieved the incorrect data and spent two all–nighters fixing it before reuploading the corrected version.”

Madison, who had been perpetually struggling with her diet, surprisingly lost seven pounds during those two days from stress. She even shed some hair. Sebastian, typically a stickler for routines, let her take three days off without pushing her to wake up early for a

run.

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Paul nodded. “Yes.”

out a USB drive. “The rare topic references

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to a few friends abroad. The articles that

you! I owe you

to return

“How could I not?”

treat me to a meal? Homemade by Mrs. Garrison Senior, no less. Honestly, I feel like I came

ended up staying the entire afternoon. When Miranda asked if he didn’t need to return

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reassured her. “Sam said he told her to come over for dinner,

never says she ‘I do something unless she means it She promised she’d come, so the