Chapter Nine

ALEXANDER'S POV

I was taken aback by Miranda's unexpected willingness to cover the cost of the lost item in my office. Based on the research I had conducted on her, it was clear that she couldn't even afford a modest sum of five hundred dollars. Yet, here she was claiming that she could easily pay for a loss valued at over three thousand dollars. I couldn't help but draw some conclusions from this puzzling situation.

I arrived at the conclusion that either Miranda was concealing her true financial status or she possessed something valuable that she was keeping hidden. It was difficult for me to fathom how she could suddenly possess such a significant amount of money if her financial circumstances were as I had previously believed.

Intrigued and slightly suspicious, I resolved to dig deeper into Miranda's background. I wanted to unravel the mystery behind her unexpected declaration and understand the truth about her financial capacity. There were too many unanswered questions, and I co