When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

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“I do,” Paul said firmly. After a beat, he added, “As much as I want to, I’ll respect your decision. If you’re ready, we’ll tell them. If you’re not, we’ll keep it between us for now.”

Miranda chuckled. “Were you surprised when you walked in earlier?”

“Surprised? Not exactly, but it definitely caught me off guard.”

“I didn’t expect my parents to show up either. I’d already cooked and was just waiting for you to come home, then

Paul suddenly asked, “Do you like the flowers?”

“The purple tulips are beautiful,” Miranda replied.

As expected, his lips curved into a satisfied smile.

She continued, “I was going to sneak off to the bedroom and call you–or at least text you so you’d be ready. Who would’ve thought… you’d just walk right in.”

out how to explain it when Mr. Sutton came up with all the excuses for me.” He didn’t even get a

what was going through my dad’s head, but he genuinely sees you as his peer. If he knew we were together…

throat. “But he insists on treating me

time you met my dad, you called him ‘Mr. Sutton,‘

wait for her to finish the

she was at a loss for words. After a long

and then joy surged through him.

voice softened as she smiled faintly. “You’re not someone I need to hide,

sneaking around with a boyfriend, so there was

pick up

a few minutes, then come out separately. We don’t want to look

Paul decided he’d give him one for real. But

back.” Mindy looked at her

nodded and sat down beside her. Then, with an exaggeratedly dramatic tone, she asked, ” Where’s Dr. Jefferson?

out on the balcony, talking

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pretty convincing, but little did she

to bring the

“Oh! I washed it already. I just got distracted and forgot to bring it over. I’ll grab it