When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

“Hello.” Miranda nodded slightly in greeting

Sawyer left his friends behind and walked up to her. “You’re here for a haircut too?”

“Yes.”

“Well… I mentioned wanting to treat you to a meal last time. Would you happen to be free today?” he asked.

Miranda replied, “I’m sorry, I’m here with a friend.”

“Hello, Mr. Jensen!” Winter smiled and waved at him with her legs crossed.

“Winter? You and Ms. Sutton… You two?”

Winter nodded. “I’m her friend.”

“In that case, since we all know each other, how about I treat you both to a meal after ou

are done here?”

Winter’s eyes sparkled. “I’m just being roped in, aren’t I? In actual fact, you have someone else specific in mind to treat a meal,”

two

Sawyer was momentarily flustered and laughed awkwardly. “Well, we’re all friends. It’s all the same… It’s the same.”

As he spoke, Winter glanced subtly at Miranda to seek her opinion.

they go or

shook her head

to take a while longer,” Winter said. “Besides, we’ve already

“That’s fine! I can

wagged her index finger playfully. “No, no men allowed at a ladies‘ outing. Got

Maybe next time,

“Sure thing,”

end of the conversation and that Sawyer would leave on

if

“No problem.”

you off last

Chapter 1953

+25 BONUS

“Yes.”

majored in materials chemistry for my undergraduate degree. Although it’s a completely different discipline from biology, there are still overlapping areas between

Sawyer had done his homework. Knowing that Miranda was highly interested in academia, he steered the conversation

wasn’t familiar with biology, he avoided talking about that subject. Instead, he focused

showed little interest, but as

develops new

“It’s not purely a lab, but we do have

made

specific fields are you

and biomedical science field, such as

straighter instinctively. “Would you

photodiodes, photoresistors, and quantum dots.