When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0919

In the hallway, Christine was the first to return to her room.

Paul took Miranda’s shawl from his arm and handed it to her. “Are you… alright?”

She knew what he was concerned about and smiled as she took the shawl. “Don’t worry,

I’m not drunk.”

“That’s a relief.”

“Dr. Jefferson, thank you for this morning,” Miranda said.

Paul chuckled. “Why thank me? I asked you to help with the questions. If anyone should be thankful, it should be me.”

“The questions weren’t hard. Anyone else could’ve answered them, but you called on me and gave me the chance,” she replied.

“I gave you a chance, but it’s up to you to take it. So, you should thank yourself, not me.”

Miranda blinked in surprise. “Thank myself?”

yourself for your focus and dedication. Miranda, opportunities come to those who are

“Yeah.”

Tomorrow’s another busy day,” he

“Alright,” she replied.

watched her enter her room and close the door. Then, he took out his room card before

everything through the peephole. Seeing Paul’s gentle treatment of Miranda and recalling his coldness toward her, Elizabeth’s jealousy flared.

was Paul, but the screen showed “Bryan Sundale” instead. Annoyed, she tossed the phone onto the

it irritating since Bryan had

dark. She turned onto her side and closed her eyes to sleep. Before doing so, she made sure to set the phone

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Chapter 0919

stepped down from the lab bench while removing her mask as she walked. Suddenly, she paused and noticed Bryan standing still by the break room door. She hesitated before calling out,

around and forced a

noticed he was holding his phone as though

his phone down. “I still have two sets of data to analyze,

overdo it, though. Your health is more important. By the way, is your mom doing okay?”

hesitated before answering, “It’s just a minor issue. She’s already been hospitalized

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