Chapter 1040

Chapter 1040

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Miranda responded calmly, “It came with the laundry detergent I bought at the store. I didn’t pay attention to the size, but I can still use it.”

She was being honest.

“Paul, how about a quick game or two?” Lionel asked with a smile as he rubbed his hands in anticipation.

“Sure,” Paul agreed without hesitation.”

The two played from 8:30 pm until 11:00 pm.

Miranda sat nearby and read several research papers, but neither showed signs of stopping.

After watching them for about ten minutes, Mindy grabbed her laptop and headed to her bedroom. By the time she finished a 6,000–word draft, Lionel and Paul were still as engrossed in the game as they had been hours earlier.

She suspected they hadn’t even taken a bathroom break. What really surprised her, though, was Miranda.

still doing here? You used to

this before. Back at the Garrison estate, when Paul and Aren played chess, she couldn’t sit through it and would

that he was… well, she couldn’t help but pay

this game pretty

you’ve never shown any interest. What’s got you hooked all of a sudden?” Mindy didn’t push the issue any further. Instead, she turned to Lionel. “Once this game is over, you should get

just finish this one up,”

an hour later, the game ended, and the winner

still manage to sneak up on me?” He stared at the board for ten seconds, then slapped his

cleared her throat, and he finally snapped out of it. Ah, look at me! I lost track of

“Sure,” Paul said.

“Miranda, walk him out…”

and smirked. “Let’s go, Dr.

his keys and walked toward his apartment across the hall, with Miranda following closely behind–clearly in

inserted the key into the lock, he suddenly turned and pulled her into his arms in one smooth motion. Before she could let

couldn’t resist kissing her

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lip and was unable to stop himself

wrapped her arms around his neck and returned his kiss with a soft response. He

darkened as he deepened the kiss. He wanted to pull her deeper into the moment, to make her lose herself,

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