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I Was Never Cursed
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I'm the most famous marriage-desperate woman in Merrowfield. But every time my fiancé, Gavin Northwood, and I try to hold a wedding, disaster strikes. The first time, his mother fell down a staircase and broke her leg. The second time, Scout, the dog Gavin had raised for eight years, died of poisoning. The third time, my mother was struck by a falling sign and critically injured. The fourth time, the fifth time... every attempt after that ended with someone close to us getting hurt. I hated that curse, and on my thirtieth birthday I dragged Gavin out to see a spiritual adviser and have it stripped off us for good. Before we left, I happened to see a group chat on his phone called "Operation: Protect Gavin and Serena." One name came straight into my head. Serena Colebrook. Gavin's first love, and my stepsister. I stared for a long time before I opened the chat with shaking hands. The pinned announcement at the top read: "Twenty-ninth successful operation preventing Gavin Northwood from marrying Maris Ellington." The members were my mother, Gavin's mother, my stepsister, Gavin himself, and my best friend, Paige Merrick. Everything came clear in an instant. My heart clenched hard, but I only opened my own phone, my face perfectly blank. It doesn't matter. Who says the man I'm desperate to marry has to be Gavin Northwood? I looked at the message that other man had sent me. "Didn't we agree that if you still weren't married at thirty, you'd marry me?" I answered calmly. "Yes. I'll be there."
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I Was Never Cursed Chapter 8
The scandal sent Northwood Group's share price into free fall.Sebastian launched a hostile acquisition at the very bottom.Two weeks later, Northwood Group went under completely.I'd told Sebastian I didn't want to go after the company.Sebastian wouldn't hear it.He said anyone who'd hurt me was going to answer for it, and he'd be the one collecting.Gavin seemed to age overnight.What broke him worse was watching Serena's real face come out from under the mask.Serena had never been the sweet, obedient girl she played.She showed people the best of herself and won every one of them over.That was how she got my mother to spend the family savings sending her abroad.But when she came home and saw that Gavin had become CEO of Northwood Group, she started thinking.She couldn't stand that I'd ended up with a man like that — a man who'd once wanted her so badly.So she and Gavin carried on behind my back.But now that Gavin had lost everything, she stopped pretending.She
I Was Never Cursed Chapter 7
Merrowfield wasn't going to get any sleep that night.News that Sebastian Crowhurst, head of the Crowhurst family, was getting married tore through the business world in no time at all.The ceremony was held at the Glassmere Grand, the most extravagant hotel in Merrowfield.The Crowhursts had booked out the entire property, and the room had been dressed until it looked like a crystal palace out of a fairy tale.I changed into the hand-finished gown, set with diamonds.The woman in the mirror was glowing, nothing like the small, worn-down thing I'd been beside Gavin.Sebastian wore a black suit cut exactly to him.He stood at the far end of the aisle and watched me as though no one else existed.Just as we were exchanging rings, I glanced without thinking through the floor-to-ceiling windows by the entrance.Gavin was trying to force his way in, and hotel security had him blocked.It didn't matter how hard he fought them.His hair was a mess and his face had no color left in
I Was Never Cursed Chapter 6
We'd barely stepped out of the room when quick footsteps came up behind us."Maris!"Gavin, breathing hard, cut in front of us and blocked the way.His tie sat crooked, and the whole of him looked wrecked."Maris, haven't you made enough of a scene?"He stared at me in disbelief, his eyes full of anger."Maris, we've been together ten years. How can you just walk off with another man like it's nothing?"Even if you're angry with me, there's a limit. Don't gamble with your own reputation."Watching him come apart like that, all I felt was how ridiculous it was.Once, I'd ground myself into the dirt waiting for one promise out of him.Now I looked at that face and felt absolutely nothing."Gavin, do you remember what you said in front of the press?"I looked at him coldly, my voice as level as if I were talking to a stranger."Ten minutes ago, you said you'd never once thought about marrying me."You said I was marriage-crazy, and that jealousy was why I went after Serena.
I Was Never Cursed Chapter 5
The whole room went quiet enough to hear a pin drop.The camera flashes moved with the man's steps.I looked at that familiar, handsome face, and everything uneasy in me settled at once.Sebastian Crowhurst, head of Crowhurst Capital, one of the most powerful houses in Merrowfield.And the man who'd waited ten years for me.Whispers broke out around us."Why is Mr. Crowhurst here?""What did he just say? Isn't Maris the one panting after Gavin? How is she his fiancée?"My mother was the first one to crack. She rushed forward and pointed at Sebastian."What kind of nonsense are you talking?"You think I don't know who my own daughter is marrying?"Maris, you'd actually pay an actor to put on a show just to hurt Serena. I'm so disappointed in you."Paige gave a snort too, looking at me with open contempt."Maris, no matter how desperate you are, you should check whether you're worth it."You grab some pretty boy off the street and think you can go up against Gavin?"Margar
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