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?”

nodded. “Thank yourself for the work you’ve put in. Thank yourself for your focus

“Yeah.”

now. Tomorrow’s another busy day,”

“Alright,” she replied.

the door. Then, he took out his room card before

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

buzzed on the table. She eagerly picked it up and hoped it was Paul, but the

again? She found it irritating since Bryan had

screen went 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 could call as much

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walked. Suddenly, she paused and noticed Bryan standing still by the break room door. She hesitated before calling

forced a smile.

holding his phone as though

quickly put his phone down. “I still have two sets of data

more important. By

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

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