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.

You

mothers always knew their kids best. Her daughter never had the patience for games like this before. Back at the Garrison

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

game pretty interesting lately,” Miranda

Your dad’s been playing for years, and 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

finish this one up,”

the game ended, and the winner

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

cleared her throat, and he finally snapped out of it. Ah, look at me! I lost track of time with all this game. Paul, you better head home.

“Sure,” Paul said.

“Miranda, walk him out…”

and smirked. “Let’s go,

stepped out. He grabbed his keys and walked toward his apartment across

pulled her into his arms in one smooth motion. Before she could let out a startled gasp, he leaned down and kissed her

were soft and sweet. He couldn’t resist kissing her again and again. But still, it wasn’t

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Chapter 1040

to stop himself The kiss grew more hungry, more

of his kiss, quickly responded. She wrapped her arms around his neck and returned his kiss with a soft response. He was intense, but she matched

deeper into the moment, to make her

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