Semua Bab His Curse, Her Blessing: Bab 1 - Bab 5

HIS CURSE; HER BLESSING(Isla’s POV)Laughter filled the grand Carter estate, elegant and refined, except the amusement wasn’t born from joy—it was at my expense. I stood near the grand staircase, my hands clenched into fists, nails digging into my palms as the whispers grew louder."She actually thought she’d get engaged tonight.""Pathetic. Did she really believe someone would want a girl like her?" A voice trolled from the crowd. I kept my head down, my gaze fixed on the marble floor, trying to ignore the hurting words. But how could I? Every single guest at the engagement banquet seemed to find some amusement in my humiliation. I was the black sheep of the family, the girl no man wanted even though I was born into an affluent home. Tonight was supposed to be perfect. The night my elder sister, Evelyn, would be engaged to Ethan Seedorf—the heir to the Seedorf empire, a man of power, wealth, and influence. But more importantly, it was supposed to be the night my family acknowl

HIS CURSE; HER BLESSING(Isla’s POV)Ethan looked at me like I had just shattered his entire world.He grabbed the wheelchair's armrest tightly. His jaw clenched so hard that I thought he was going into a convulsion.But it was his eyes—sharp, calculating, filled with something unknown—that sent a shiver down my spine."What did you just say?" he repeated, his voice a little steady now.I held my ground, meeting his sharp gaze. "I said I can help you walk again."The room fell into another round of suffocating silence.Then, suddenly, he laughed again. A bitter, humorless chuckle that sent chills through me."Is that why you agreed to this marriage?" His voice was laced with mockery. "Did my father send you this pathetic lie to keep me under his thumb? He should know better.”His father? I frowned. "No one sent me. And it’s not a lie."Ethan’s eyes darkened. "You expect me to believe that? That you—a Carter—somehow know more than the best doctors in the world?"I took a slow breath, t

HIS CURSE; HER BLESSING CHAPTER FIVE (Isla’s POV)I stood with my back against the door, frozen long after Lena had left, her words replayed itself in my mind."I’m here to take back what’s mine."She wasn’t just playing by what she said. She was serious. And that meant I had to act fast.I forced myself to breathe, to push aside the anger burning inside me. If I let Lena get under my skin, I would be walking right into her trap.I wondered why she changed her mind. Or did father told her something I didn't know about? Something about Ethan?No.I had worked too hard to let her ruin this.Squaring my shoulders, I left my room and made my way toward Ethan’s study. I needed to talk to him before she did. Before she could twist everything in her favor.But as I reached the hallway leading to his office, I stopped dead in my tracks.Lena was already there.The door was slightly opened, and I could hear her voice, trying to unbind everything I had binded. "I was foolish to run, Ethan,