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.”

was still figuring out how to explain it when Mr. Sutton came up with all the excuses

through my dad’s head, but he genuinely sees you

“But

laugh. Then, she suddenly remembered something. “The first time you met

didn’t even wait for her to

a loss for words. After a

for a second, and then joy surged through him. “Okay. Whatever you

she smiled faintly. “You’re not someone I need

around with a boyfriend, so there was no need to be so secretive

hold off on telling anyone tonight. I’ll pick up a gift

step out of the bedroom first. Wait a few minutes, then come out separately. We don’t

give him one for real. But for now, they’d

looked at her with

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

the

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was pretty convincing,

to bring

distracted and forgot to bring it over.