When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

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.

here? You used to get bored watching

the patience for games like this before. Back at the Garrison estate, when Paul and Aren played chess,

boyfriend. Now that he was… well, she couldn’t help but pay more

actually found this game pretty

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,

I’ll just finish this one up,”

later, the game ended,

still manage to sneak up on me?” He stared at the board for ten seconds, then slapped his leg in realization, “I was too careless.

I lost track of time with all this

“Sure,” Paul said.

“Miranda, walk him out…”

stood up and smirked. “Let’s go,

He grabbed his keys and walked toward his apartment across the hall, with Miranda

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

couldn’t resist kissing her again and again. But

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gently nibbled on her lip and was unable to

She wrapped her arms around his neck and

He wanted to pull her deeper into the moment, to make her lose herself, and to have her