When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

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Sam’s gaze was fixed intently on Hansel.

Hansel felt a chill run down his spine under the weight of that stare.

Then, Sam smirked. “You’re here to gloat, aren’t you?”

Hansel nodded and admitted, “Yes.”

“Since you just came, why didn’t you stick around for the whole show?”

Hansel raised an eyebrow. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“My grandparents and my mom had a falling out.”

“And?” Hansel didn’t understand what any of this had to do with him.

Sam sighed. “You didn’t know the Garrisons adopted my mom?”

Hansel’s body tensed at the revelation.

“I’m not related to Miranda by blood,” Sam said casually while taking a long drag from his cigarette.

Hansel let out a derisive laugh. “It doesn’t matter whether you’re blood–related or not. When Mr. Garrison Senior announced Miranda as a member of the Garrison family, you’re nothing but her cousin.

know is that both of you are

it’s by blood or just a title–she’ll never see you as anything else. She won’t pick you, not in a million years. Face it, Sam.

his eyes gleamed with

a long moment. After what felt like an eternity, he finally cracked

if we can’t be together, I’ll always be there for her as her family- legitimately. I’ll always be there to care for her and to protect

a luxury you can’t afford.

eyes turned bloodshot. “This isn’t over. We’ll see who gets the last

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Despite never having won an argument, he couldn’t resist picking another fight

he had won, there was no satisfaction in

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to the Garrison estate with

started massaging her aching legs as soon as

book,” she said with a sigh. “My feet are killing me from those high heels. From now on, I’m avoiding events like

We should cut back on these kinds of events. Come on. Let’s head

massage.”

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said, and the

in the living room and looked confused. Just then, her phone rang. When she saw

“Miranda, congratulations.”

She had only sent invitations to Winter and Paul, and both

looked beautiful today.” Paul’s voice faltered slightly