When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0948

Miranda was momentarily stunned. “Dr. Jefferson? When did he get here?”

“Around 2:00 pm. He waited for over an hour. But since you haven’t returned, he left about ten minutes ago.”

Ten minutes ago…

“Miranda, is Dr. Jefferson under a lot of stress lately? Did their lab get assigned another project? They just wrapped up the last one not too long ago, and now they’re starting another.

She found it intense.

Miranda raised an eyebrow. “Why do you think that?”

“Well, it’s just… How do I put this? He didn’t look great. He had these huge dark circles like he’d been up for two nights straight. And when I talked to him, he barely smiled. His brow was so tightly furrowed.”

Miranda’s gaze flickered. “Maybe. Their lab is always busy.”

Madison wanted to say something but ultimately decided against it. She wasn’t sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt Paul’s mood was unusually grim.

and pulled into the garage. The parking spot next to his was empty, so he knew she had

Silas called his phone. “I could’ve sworn I handed you the analysis report before I left yesterday.

of trivial

it’s not here. I’ve searched every

“So, you’re

Silas froze.

virtually zero. Anyone could misplace a report–except Over the years, Paul was the model of perfection and

Paul.

and realized how absurd his accusation sounded. “Fine. I’ll look again. There’s no way it just disappeared.

1. up.

climbed the seven flights of stairs to his apartment. He pulled

the door, and stepped inside–only to use mid–step while changing his shoes, Sitting in plain sight on the entryway shoe cabinet was the analysis report Silas had

when he had brought it home. He had no recollection

Paul immediately called Silas. “It’s here.

was a brief silence on the other end. “No way, Paul! Seriously, you? What’s going on? Have you hit a rough

Paul said nothing.