When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 1031

“Why are you here?” Miranda asked.

Paul raised the stackable lunchbox in his hand. “I’m here to bring you lunch.”

Joli was taken aback

Great. Everyone around here had their lunches delivered exept him!

Annoyed, he turned and stormed back to the lab bench. “Lunch? Who needs that anyway? Work is everything! Nothing is better than work!” he thought crossly.

Paul sat on the couch in the dining area and opened the lunchbox. He took out each compartment carefully and set the food on the table. There were three dishes and one soup all steaming hot.

“Why didn’t you inform me beforehand?” Miranda asked again.

“I called, but you didn’t answer,” he replied.

“You know I always keep my phone on silent when I’m in the lab. Why didn’t you tell me in the morning?”

“How else could I surprise you?”

She raised an eyebrow. “Why does it sound like you’re preparing for a war?”

conquering a fortress. However, I’m confident that I can slowly

“Hmm?”

fall

a loss for words. Paul was getting better at pulling off romantic lines lately.

spoon and fork, preparing to devour the food.

“I have. This is

Miranda couldn’t finish it all. There was simply too much

up the stackable lunchbox and wiped the table clean. Rising from his seat, he said, “I’ll get going now. You should take a short nap before continuing in the afternoon. Don’t

with thermos inside. “This is

saw him out. She watched him get into his car before heading back inside. Sebastian didn’t leave like Paul. Instead, he stayed back to help his girlfriend… No, he stayed back

lab.

had finished her

lab bench will shut

got it,” Joli

off to your dates already. Pairs of lovebirds, all of you! So frustrating..” he grumbled in

inside, the sound of the exhaust hood in the kitchen reached her ears. There was also a delicious aroma lingering

of the door opening and closing, Silently, she tiptoed

with a spatula. He occasionally flipped the pan

set aside before stepping forward. She wrapped her arms around his slim waist and hugged him tightly from

him, Paul felt a sudden jolt of electricity travel down his spine. His

before turning around slowly.