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.”

candle. “You can try lighting it when you get back tonight. There might

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

classes to attend. Paul was teaching his course while Miranda

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

“Over here… Today it’s multigrain pancakes. Want to try some?” She had explicitly

Miranda. If Miranda didn’t want it, then

had

“Okay.”

a shirt and slacks, walked to the front of the class. Without saying a word, he stood still, and the room

something easier–the history

textbook and the translator. He

of the earliest studies on bioluminescence, which is a key topic

and in 1935, he wrote ‘What Is Life? Yes, the same

midst of all the technical terms and scientists‘ names, someone mentioned a familiar reference,

exactly is Schrödinger’s Cat? Can

up but still don’t fully understand it.”

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