When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0898

Madison sighed. “You don’t get it.”

Sebastian gave her a puzzled look.

“I’m so stressed out,” Madison wailed.

“What can I do to help?” When he saw the tears in her eyes, Sebastian panicked.

“I’m not getting enough sleep… Can I cut the morning run by ten minutes?” she sobbed.

“Sure,” he said.

Madison paused and was surprised by how easily he agreed. She even wondered if she should have asked for more.

Sebastian seemed to read her mind. “No more than ten.”

She didn’t say anything but accepted it nonetheless. Her tears weren’t fake, and she was really on the edge. The pressure was overwhelming, and the exhaustion was taking its toll. But she quickly gathered herself.

“Okay, back to work!”

Madison wrapped up her tasks for the day, stretching with a long yawn, and breathed a sigh of relief. She finished half an hour early, which made her feel pretty proud. “Seb, are you done?”

“Almost,” he replied.

we see

and raised his head suddenly. He couldn’t believe she was inviting him to a movie. His

respond, she asked again, “You

He nodded eagerly. “Yes”

comedy that just came out yesterday, and it’s getting

Sebastian blinked in surprise.

wasn’t just inviting

“I’ll pass. I still have work to finish up. You

expected Miranda to join them but wasn’t

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Chapter 0998

“Okay. Anything you want to eat? I can grab it for you after

need. I’ll be done soon, and I won’t be

push yourself too hard,”

it,” Miranda replied.

hour to wrap up her work. She changed out of her lab coat, locked the

supermarket. She needed to restock some essentials and grabbed some

As she reached the apartment building, she ran into Paul, who was

take those,” he said and casually took the shopping bags from her hands.

nodded, not bothering