When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

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When Paul gave Miranda water, he was extra careful about the angle of the glass and worried that the wrong tilt might make her choke.

While looking at his serious and focused expression, she couldn’t help but wonder if he was taking something so simple and turning it into a major project.

After she finished drinking, Paul took the glass and turned away–only to catch her smiling at him out of the corner of his eye. That smile held a playful glint, like two tiny hooks that effortlessly snagged his heart. It made his heart race and left him breathless.

“Dr. Jefferson? What are you thinking about?” Miranda asked.

Paul snapped out of his daze and said, “Nothing.” He quickly left the kitchen to put the glass away.

When he returned, his sleeves were already rolled up. Walking casually to her side, he said, Let me help.”

She didn’t object. “Start by slicing the potatoes.”

“Okay.”

After working together so often, they had fallen into a rhythm.

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Paul’s cooking might not taste as good as Miranda’s, but he excelled at prep work–washing vegetables, chopping ingredients, and scrubbing dishes without missing a beat.

dishes were ready–beef and tomato stew, barbecue pork ribs, potato hash with

finished cleaning up in the kitchen. She removed her apron, walked

served her a plate

paused momentarily before asking, “Want

bad for your health.” After a brief pause, he

raised an eyebrow. “What if I

question. “If you really want to… then you

Even if he didn’t agree

and smiled. “I’m just messing with you. I

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He chuckled.

something came to her mind. “Speaking of drinking, there’s something I’ve been curious about for a while. Maybe you

he asked, handing

serving himself, Paul carefully placed one of her favorite ribs on

last time we ate here? It was the only time you ever

alcohol, he looked like a trapped beast–restrained, angry, and struggling, yet too exhausted to

you drank, you seemed to snap back to normal–or almost normal. Your mood changed so fast that if I hadn’t been the one to pour

had even asked her to go for a run in the

happened that day?” Miranda