When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0056

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Startled, Winter raised her hand and slapped the person.

Zach was too slow to dodge, and the slap landed squarely on his forehead. “Ow! What’s your problem?”

Winter furrowed her brow. “Are you nuts? Why do you sneak up on me like a ghost? Serves you right for getting slapped!”

“You’re the one daydreaming about some random guy, and you’re blaming me? What, have you fallen for Sawyer now? Ha, you fickle woman”

“That’s right. Not only is he handsome, but he can do magic tricks too.”

“Tsk! What’s so great about magic? I bet he learned that trick ages ago to impress young ladies. What’s there to brag about?” Zach shot back.

“Exactly! He’s experienced and a good charmer. It makes me like him even more…”

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“You!” Zach gritted his teeth in frustration. “What’s so good about a greenhorn like him?”

“As long as I like him… Wait a minute! How did you get in?” Winter suddenly realized something was off.

Zach cleared his throat guiltily.

Winter warned,

so you can yell all you want

“Get lost.”

smile, and his gaze grew more brazen. “We

next second, Zach scooped her up in his

his shirt and pressed down on her with a smirk. “I told you I’d deal with you. Did

up with a taunting smile.

“Try me,” he said.

thick

revelry, others were

room in darkness. Only the moonlight filtered in through

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a soft glow into

by the window, his lonesome figure blending with the endless darkness of the night. He seemed to be gazing into the distance, but his eyes were unfocused

that Winter had sent him earlier

a knitted dress paired with cropped cardigan as she sat on a couch in front of the floor–length window. She seemed to be listening intently to

than her by a head. In the photo, he was looking down at her with an affectionate and

that framed them in an invisible photo frame. They

idea that the veins bulged out on Paul’s forehead the moment he saw the photo. His usually calm eyes were instantly

came first and

Paul knew Miranda well.

him inwardly. She wouldn’t listen attentively to him if she didn’t

Why?