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.

about we see a movie

suddenly. He couldn’t believe she was inviting him to a movie. His heart

didn’t respond, she

He nodded eagerly. “Yes”

to Miranda. “There’s a comedy that just came out yesterday, and it’s getting great reviews. Want to join

Sebastian blinked in surprise.

Madison wasn’t just inviting

I still have work to finish

hadn’t expected Miranda to join them

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Chapter 0998

you want to eat? I

be done soon, and I won’t be long You’d be wasting time coming

don’t push yourself

Miranda replied.

for another half hour to wrap up her work. She changed out of her lab coat, locked the door behind her, and

garage to the first–floor supermarket. She needed

reached the apartment

took the shopping bags from

nodded, not