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.”

explain it when Mr. Sutton came up with

genuinely

Sutton.‘ I don’t even know why..” He cleared his throat. “But he insists on treating me like we’re friends.” His

something. “The first time you met my

didn’t even wait for

was at a loss for words. After a long pause, she said, “Let’s tell

and then joy surged through him. “Okay.

someone I need to hide, Dr. Jefferson. Why keep it a

schooler sneaking around with a boyfriend, so there was no need to

anyone tonight. I’ll pick up a gift and

good,” Miranda replied. “I’ll step out of the bedroom first. Wait a few minutes, then come out separately. We don’t want to look too

give him one for real. But for now,

Mindy looked at her with

an exaggeratedly

out on the

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was pretty convincing, but little did she

to bring the

just got distracted and forgot to