The Grant family carried a curse. Every heir was destined to marry a woman with a prosperous fate–someone whose very presence would bring fortune and longevity to their husband. Without her, the family would fall into ruin.
And I, Julianna Morgan, was the woman destined for Yeshua Grant.
Since childhood, I had known that I was fated to marry him. But fate meant nothing to Yeshua–because he didn’t love me.
His heart belonged to my cousin, Heidi.§
He was even willing to defy the family’s ancestral oath for her.}
I tried everything to stop him. In the end, Heidi was devastated and threw herself into the river.
I got what I wanted–I married Yeshua.§
But three years into our marriage, while I was pregnant with his child, Yeshua pushed me into that same river without hesitation.
I begged him, pleaded with him to let me live, to let me give birth to our child. But he remained cold and unmoved.
“Julianna,” he sneered, “this nonsense about some
‘prosperous fate‘ is
myth from a thousand years ago. Who still believes in that?” You used that ridiculous fate to trap me into marriage. Heidi died because of you. Now, go down and join her.“> With that, he pushed me into the icy waters. The current dragged me under, and I drowned.
But when I opened my eyes again, I was back on the very day Yeshua declared he wanted to marry Heidi. This time, I watched it all unfold with cold indifference.
‘Let’s see, I thought, without my so–called auspicious fate–would the Grant family still avoid its ruin?} –8
“Mom, I want to marry Heidi! I don’t like Julianna!” Yeshua shouted, his voice was tinged with anger.
“How can you believe such superstition after all these years? ‘Family ruin‘? That’s just nonsense made up by women desperate to marry into wealth!”
“Our business is thriving so how could we possibly go bankrupt?”
I chuckled coldly at his words. He clearly couldn’t see the cracks already forming in the foundation of the Grant family’s empire.§
If they didn’t secure a woman with the right fate soon, the collapse would be inevitable.
And Heidi? She wasn’t just unhelpful–her fate would actually bring misfortune to any man she married.}
In my past life, I had pointed this out, and Yeshua’s parents had firmly opposed the marriage.”
But that revelation cost me my life.
This time, I wouldn’t say a word. Let them destroy themselves.
“Uncle Dimitri, I really love Yeshua,” Heidi sobbed beside me, “Please, let us be together!“) Yeshua’s parents looked torn.
He was their only son, and they had always spoiled him.
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Now that they knew he loved Heidi, of course they wanted to give him what he wanted.
“Julianna, why don’t why don’t you both marry Yeshua?” Aunt Sylvia said suddenly, not even trying to soften the blow.
“I know monogamy is the law now, but you love Yeshua too. Let him marry Heidi officially–you don’t need a title. Just… be with him too.” I looked at her, then smiled.
In my past life, when I warned them about Heidi’s misfortune–bearing fate, they didn’t even discuss such an arrangement with me. Now I realized–they had planned this all along.
They wanted my fate, but not me.
They spoiled their son too much to force him to marry someone he didn’t love.
But they weren’t about to let go of a woman who could keep their family from falling apart.61
So they tried to have it both ways.
And I walked right into their trap.
“Sorry, Uncle Dimitri, Aunt Sylvia,” I said calmly, standing up.
“Since you’ve already chosen your daughter–in–law, I won’t get in the way.”
As my words fell, the smiles on their faces disappeared.
