When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0921

Miranda had found a shell. Though she wasn’t sure what type it was, the mix of purple and orange was especially beautiful.

She waved at Paul excitedly. “Dr. Jefferson! Come and look at this!” She looked like a child who had just found treasure and was eager to share it with her friend.”

He quickly walked over to her.

Miranda opened her hand to show him the shell. “Isn’t it pretty?” she asked.

Looking at her excited expression, Paul smiled and nodded. “Yes, it’s beautiful.”

“Well… Do you want to take off your shoes and join me?” she offered.

He choked slightly. “No, no, maybe next time.”

She didn’t press the matter and smiled in understanding.

Paul grinned and thought that Miranda had already silently agreed there would be a next

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along the coastline, and the waves occasionally reached

He stood on the shore and watched her with a

moving forward?” She turned and put her hands behind her, walking backward

before answering, “The coastline ends where the beach begins, and the beach

serious and say something like, ‘The coastline is the boundary between the sea and land, which is marked by the

like tides and storm surges, the coastline isn’t a fixed line but rather a band- shaped zone.‘ Or maybe you’d explain it from a physics point

mimicked his tone and sounded like a professor. And to

at that. “Didn’t you already have the answer figured out? Why ask me?

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I prefer your earlier answer.” At that moment, her long hair fluttered in the breeze, and a few strands brushed her

all, everything that came from the sea eventually returned to

of hair behind her ear, but he held back. It wasn’t the right time–at least, not yet. He

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crashed against the shore, and the water

the sky. The clouds had blocked the sunlight, and it had grown cloudy. In the month of May at the coast, the lack of

and listened to him. At that moment, she could already feel the

pool. Paul grabbed the hose, tested the water temperature, and was relieved to