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.

warned,

you can yell all you

“Get lost.”

grew more brazen. “We haven’t done it in

second, Zach scooped her up in his arms and

a smirk. “I told you I’d deal with you. Did

up with a taunting

“Try me,” he said.

intense night followed, thick with passion

were relishing in revelry, others were

off, leaving the room in darkness. Only the moonlight filtered

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casting a soft glow into

the window, his lonesome figure blending with the endless darkness of the night. He seemed

sent him earlier in the day was seared in

was wearing 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 the

he

in a warm glow, like a natural filter that framed them in an invisible photo frame. They looked

he saw the photo. His usually calm eyes were instantly stirred up by a storm of

that studies came first and that she wasn’t considering

Paul knew Miranda well.

She wouldn’t listen attentively to him if she didn’t find him tolerable, let alone accept the flower

Why?