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, narrowing her

so you can yell

“Get lost.”

gaze grew more brazen. “We haven’t

slightly. The next second, Zach scooped her up in his arms and threw her

a smirk. “I

with a taunting smile.

“Try me,” he said.

followed, thick with passion and

relishing in revelry, others were weighed down by somber

room in darkness. Only the moonlight filtered

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a soft

darkness of the night. He

photo that Winter had sent him earlier in the day was

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

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

that framed them in an invisible photo frame. They looked exactly

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

first and that she wasn’t considering

Paul knew Miranda well.

with Sawyer if she didn’t at least acknowledge him inwardly. She wouldn’t listen

Why?