When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 1019

After lunch, Paul and Miranda took a stroll down the camps’s tree–lined path. Along the way, they ran into Christine, who was on her way back to the lab after lunch.

“Miranda!”

“Dr. Young.”

“I rarely see you around campus. What’s going on? Didn’t you head to the lab today?” Christine asked.

Miranda replied, “I have class in the afternoon.”

“Have you eaten?” Christine asked.

Miranda nodded. “Yes, I have.”

“With Paul?”

“Yes,” Miranda replied.

“Where?”

“The cafeteria,” Miranda said.

Paul couldn’t help but interject, “Are you keeping tabs on as?”

Christine snorted. “What kind of boyfriend are you, Paul? Miranda’s been in class all day, and you couldn’t even take her out for a nice meal? She had to settle for cafeteria food?”

He smartly stayed silent.

Young I heard

“The news just came out this morning,

“I always

was genuinely touched.

“This guy doesn’t even know

respects each

she applied for the award under her own name. The lab didn’t prohibit this, which was actually pretty

you have class in the afternoon, and it’s about time. Paul, let’s

you. I’ll take her to the academic

Christine looked confused

Paul followed Christine. Before

Okay.”

him. “Aren’t you a

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“If you don’t like it,

be

might not understand, she

the second time someone had reminded him.

a thoughtful glance. “I

Just don’t mess things up for her. She’s worked hard to get to where she is.” At that moment, there was no trace of humor on Christine’s

picked up Miranda at the campus gate after school. They went to the supermarket to buy groceries, then headed home to

Once inside, he pushed her onto the couch. “You watch TV while I cook.” Miranda laughed. “Why the sudden desire to cook?” She knew Paul could cook, and he was pretty good at it. “I can’t always have you in the kitchen. As your boyfriend, Ishould help out with the

I’ll just wait for the food then,”