When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 1017

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When Paul mentioned “Emilia,” Miranda immediately knew he must’ve figured it out. After a moment of thought, she guessed Christine must have said something to him last night.

She turned to look at him with a faint smile. “Yeah, I know

He stared at her quizzically. “Aren’t you curious about what it is?”

Miranda hesitated, then asked, “What is it, then?”

Paul lowered his gaze. He felt that she probably wasn’t curious and didn’t care, but he decided to tell her anyway.” It’s a candle.” He pointed at the coffee table. “That one.”

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She walked over and took a closer look. It was a white candle holder shaped like the moon, with a rough, uneven surface and a round candle on top.

He added, “That’s the gift. Nothing else.”

“You can try lighting it when

grabbed his hand, and pulled him toward the door. “We’re going to be late if we

while Miranda was there to

semester, he taught an interdisciplinary course combining physics and biology–biophysics. Miranda, Sebastian, and Madison had all signed up

it’s multigrain pancakes. Want to try some?” She had explicitly asked Sebastian

for her, one for Sebastian, and one for Miranda.

“I’ve already had breakfast.

“Okay.”

the front of the class. Without saying a word,

we’ll cover something easier–the history of

textbook–his mind served as both the textbook and the translator. He had a knack for explaining

on bioluminescence, which is a key topic in biophysics. In the

the concept of quantum processes in biological phenomena, and in 1935, he wrote ‘What Is Life? Yes, the

in the midst of all the technical terms and scientists‘ names, someone

what exactly is Schrödinger’s Cat? Can you explain?”

but still don’t fully understand it.”

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