When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0971

Chapter 0971

Miranda had forgotten to contact one person.

In the afternoon, Paul called her to check how things were going on her end. At that moment, she was busy in the lab. They exchanged a few quick words before hanging up, and her last words had been, “I’ll contact you once I’m done, okay?”

But now…

Frustrated with herself, Miranda picked up her phone and opened WhatsApp. There were several unread messages from Sawyer asking her what she was doing, whether she had eaten, and if she wanted to join him for a meal. But there wasn’t a single message from Paul.

She began typing but stopped halfway through, deleted everything, and initiated a video call instead.

A few seconds later, Paul answered, and his face appeared on the screen. Before Miranda could even apologize, she heard his soft, deep voice.

“Are you done with your work, Mimi?”

“Yeah.” She nodded.

“Are you tired?” he asked.

“No, I’m fine. Sorry, I should have contacted you right after leaving the factory.”

“It’s okay. I’ll be here whenever you

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where exactly?” she

replying, “In the

Miranda was stunned.

too close. It was almost as if he

Miranda couldn’t

and a long silence followed. His expression stiffened. “I… was about to take a shower when the phone

could at least put on

laid the phone down flat, and the camera

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ceiling.

returned. This time, he wasn’t the “Big

Miranda asked after

everything–he hadn’t. He cleared his throat and

and wondered if it even mattered

to the

tested the first and second–generation products and gathered the parameters. Neither one is suitable,”

“Will it be

“Not necessarily. If the third generation fails, it could be over right away. But if it passes, I’ll need to discuss the pricing and

answer.

I’ll wait for