When fate plays its hand

Chapter 0568

Tina stormed into the house, slamming the door behind her.

“Martha! Get me an ice pack!” she shouted.

Evelyn looked up in confusion. “An ice pack? In this cold weather?”

“Mom, did you know I got hit today?” Tina screamed.

“What!” Evelyn’s voice shot up, her face turning furious. “Who hit you? Who’d dare lay a finger on you?”

Tina pouted. “It’s Miranda.”

“She got some nerve! How dare she lay a hand on you?”

“I just said a few things to her, and she slapped me. She did it right in front of so many people too. Look, my face is swollen!”

Evelyn immediately rushed over and gently touched Tina’s cheek.

=“God!” Tina winced. “It hurts…”

“What the hell was Miranda thinking? Phone… Where’s my phone?” She started looking around, fuming. Just wait; I’m going to give her a piece of my mind!”

At that moment, one of the maids stepped forward. “Mrs. Johnson, your phone is here.”

Evelyn snatched it up, found Miranda’s number, and pressed dial. “You little brat! How dare you-

“Sorry, the number you have dialed is currently unavailable…”

It suddenly dawned on Evelyn that Miranda had already blocked her long ago. Her anger only grew stronger. She turned to the maid, “Give me your phone!

“Yes, Mrs. Johnson.”

Evelyn grabbed the maid’s phone and dialed again. This time, the call went through.

“Hello?” It was Miranda’s voice.

Evelyn sneered. “Miranda, you shameless little bitch! How dare you hit my dau-

“Hello? Hello! Miranda Sutton, did you just hang up on me?”

Evelyn was furious, and her face flushed with rage. This was unbelievable!

She dialed again, but what she heard next was, “Sorry, the number you have dialed is currently unavailable

She’d been blocked again!

“What! How dare she do this?”

Tina rolled her eyes. “She’s not Hans‘ girlfriend anymore, and she’s not planning to marry into our family. What’s there to be afraid of?”

Evelyn froze. Only then did she realize that Miranda, who no longer had anything to gain from them, was

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like a wild horse breaking free from its reins. She was completely out of their control.

“Mom, maybe we should stop provoking her. She’s. Tina paused. “Well, she’s pretty fierce these days.”

“Hmph! Who does she think she is? Am I really supposed to be afraid of her?” Evelyn threw the maid’s phone down in a fit of rage.

The maid was shocked by this.

Martha, who had just arrived with the ice pack, was utterly confused. She prayed for the Lord to have mercy on them!

On the other side, Madison noticed Miranda had hung up after just two seconds and even blocked the caller. Curiosity got the better of her, and she asked, “Miranda, who was that?”

“Just some crazy old lady.”

“Oh, I see…”

It did seem like the other party was crazy. She had yelled “bitch” loud enough for Madison to hear from across the room.

Suddenly, Sebastian chimed in, “Now that the old lab is completely out of commission, and the new one won’t be ready for at least two months… what are we going to do in the meantime?”

That was indeed the biggest issue they were all facing at the moment! They couldn’t afford to delay their experiments, so they needed to find another lab to use.

“I’ll think of something.” Miranda said.

In the evening, as Miranda arrived at her apartment and was about to unlock her door, the one across the hall suddenly opened.

“Hey, Miranda,” Paul called out. He was smiling warmly, and it felt like a breath of fresh air, even in the winter cold.

Miranda couldn’t help but smile back. “Dr. Jefferson, you didn’t go to the lab?”

“No, I was waiting for you.”

Miranda froze in surprise. “What?”