When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0989

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Every time Sebastian thought about the possibility, he felt a tightness in his chest. Since there was no actual reason, he decided to be the one to make Madison stay in Jandersville. Though he knew that reason wasn’t enough, he believed that one day, it would be.

When he arrived at the lab, as expected, Miranda was already working at the lab bench.

“Good morning, Miranda.”

“Morning. Where’s Madi?” she asked. She wondered why these two, who usually came together, weren’t doing so that day.

He pursed his lips. “She… suddenly didn’t want to give me a ride today,” he said with a hint of helplessness in his voice.

Miranda was taken aback. “No way. She’s not one to get worked up over small stuff. Did you piss her off somehow? Like, really badly?”

Sebastian sighed. “…Maybe.”

Miranda was dumbfounded.

Sebastian had arrived at 8:00 am and kept his eyes on the entrance as he hoped to catch sight of the “cuddlebug” who had fled yesterday.

had happened to her, so he called and texted

Madi hasn’t shown up

You didn’t know? She didn’t tell you?”

“Tell me

9:00 am saying she needed

“A week off?”

something about family matters and needed to go back to

what happened?”

mentioned her dad had health issues. It seemed urgent, so I didn’t ask for more details,”

that Madison wouldn’t use such an excuse to avoid him, so he figured

take two days off,” he

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“Huh?”

“Is that okay?”

Miranda nodded. “Sure.”

Without another word, Sebastian left the lab and made his way back to his apartment. While on the road, he quickly booked a flight to Grenada in Gulsberg for the

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alone in the lab until 6:00 pm, then rubbed her

she didn’t ask Paul to pick her up. When she arrived at her doorstep,

feet.