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

“Yeah.”

now. Tomorrow’s another

“Alright,” she replied.

room and close the door. Then, he took out his room card before returning to his

through the peephole. Seeing Paul’s gentle treatment of Miranda and recalling his coldness

her phone buzzed on the table. She eagerly picked it up and hoped it was Paul, but the screen showed “Bryan Sundale” instead. Annoyed, she tossed the

him again? She found it irritating since Bryan

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

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while removing her mask as she walked. Suddenly, she paused and noticed Bryan standing still by the break

turned around and forced a smile. “Hi,

are you still here?” She noticed he was holding his phone as though he had been

“I still have two sets of

important. By the way, is your

before answering, “It’s just a minor

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