Chapter 0033
Sam didn’t ask further. Smiling, he said, “We just opened a bottle of Burgundy. Do you
want a glass?”
As he spoke, he filled half a glass and handed it to Hansel.
Hansel took a small sip. “Not bad. After a pause, he pretended to ask casually, “Didn’t you say Miranda was here earlier? How come I don’t see her?”
“Did you intentionally come here just to see her?” Sam swirled his glass with a faux smile
“Heh.” Hansel’s expression darkened slightly. “I just happened to come here for some alcohol. Since you ran into her, is it illegal for me to ask?”
Sam shrugged. “I bumped into her in the corridor. She was just here to have a drink. Given how late it is, she must’ve gone home a long time ago.”
Hansel said nothing, but his expression looked evidently more relaxed. As he’d thought, this kind of environment didn’t suit Miranda.
Putting down his glass, he stood. “I have work tomorrow, so I’ll get going. Put this on my tab.”
As Sam watched his retreating back, his gaze dimmed. After a brief moment, he sighed. lightly. “I’m sorry, bro.”
Winter and Miranda didn’t even spend an hour in the private room. After Winter downed half a bottle of wine, she passed out.
Miranda also had a little to drink, so she couldn’t drive. In the end, she called a designated driver to take Winter back to her condo. Then, she went downstairs hailed a cab back to her apartment.
s and
Along the way, it began to rain. Because it was so dark, the cab was only willing to drop her off at the alleyway near her home.
Miranda didn’t have an umbrella, and she didn’t know when the downpour was going to stop. Thus, she decided to brave the rain and run home.
“Miranda!”
A clear voice calling her name from behind stopped her in her tracks. When she turned around, she saw Paul emerging from the rain with an umbrella.
“Were you planning to run home in the rain?”
He wasn’t wearing a button–up shirt today. Instead, he wore a casual T–shirt, which made him look less stern than he usually did.
“Use this umbrella.” He shoved the umbrella into her hands.
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