When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0987

It was hard to tell how long it took, but Madison finally calmed down. The first full sentence she blurted out was, “Seb, are you crazy?”

Then came, “Or did someone put a spell on you?

And finally, “How… How could you possibly like me?”

The whole situation was so overwhelming that she couldn’t help but stammer.

Sebastian’s tone was calm, but his gaze told a different story. “I’m not crazy, and no, under a spell. Is it really that hard to believe I like you?”

I’m not

“But I’m overweight, unattractive, lazy, and a glutton. I’ve got no willpower–I keep saying I’ll lose weight, but I never do. Even running every day takes you pushing me out the door…” Madison’s voice trailed off as she wondered how someone like him could possibly like someone like her.

As if a thought had crossed her mind, her expression turned oddly suspicious for a moment. You… you’re not into me because my family owns all those properties in Gulsberg, are you? Are you planning to take over so you can become the landlord someday?”

His lips twitched, and his expression seemed to say, “Let’s see what other ridiculous excuses you can come up with.‘

“But that doesn’t make sense.” Madison scratched her head as she struggled to find the right response.

houses too. You can probably buy all the properties in Gulsberg if you want. Could it be… money? That’s even less likely. Your family has more of that than

“You do realize how advanced data monitoring is nowadays, right? If you keep talking, my family might get flagged for investigation by

out a sheepish chuckle and looked

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but you’re definitely not unattractive. You’re not a glutton–you’re just a

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don’t like working out. Everyone has something they don’t like–just like

seen you completely absorbed in your lab work, running the same dull experiments a hundred times until you get the results you want. I’ve seen you stay late to run data. You could barely keep your eyes open from exhaustion, but you kept going anyway. It’s not that you lack willpower, you just channel it into the things that truly

energy, and generous with your snacks. You

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the right words. Every part of you makes me like you

mind went blank as she listened. Was he really describing

added. “I’m talking

great.” She looked

took a deep breath. “Madison, will you

head shot

you