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 driven

could’ve sworn I handed you the analysis report before I left yesterday. How could

stayed silent. This kind of trivial problem shouldn’t

I’ve searched every drawer and cabinet. If you don’t believe me, come search yourself. If you find it, I’ll eat my words–and the

said coldly, “So, you’re

Silas froze.

a report–except Over the

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

in plain sight

it, dumbfounded. He wondered when he had brought it home. He had no recollection

immediately called Silas. “It’s here. I brought

silence on the other end. “No way, Paul! Seriously, you? What’s going on? Have you hit a rough patch lately? This rookie mistake is one thing for me but

Paul said nothing.