The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

The crowd cheered when the number for the third prize was announced, and someone quickly went on the stage to give a small speech of thanks. Then, the same thing happened with the second prize winner. Finally, it was time for the first prize.

Fanning herself with the invitation, Sophia said, “I’ve never been lucky with lucky draws. I’ll probably never be able to make a windfall in this life.”

The only chance for me to make a windfall was traded with a year of marriage and humiliation.

“You can’t force this type of thing to happen,” Dylan said with a laugh. “Let’s just watch.”

Taking a look at the lot she drew, Kate announced, “Number twenty-five. The first prize winner of the day is number twenty-five!”

Sophia’s hand came to an abrupt stop mid-air, then she turned to Dylan. “Earlier, what did I tell you my number is?”

Cracking up, he made fun of her, saying, “See, you attract what you speak of. You’re the winner, Sophia.”

Up to this point in her life, Sophia had never won such a big prize, which was why she was dumbfounded. Staring at the prize on the stage, she thought, Even if I receive something like this, I can never wear it out on the streets. It’s so ugly!

Dylan gave her a nudge and she hurriedly went to the stage. “That’s me.” With the invitation in her hands, she went onstage and passed it to a person for verification.

face, and she smiled as she took the younger lady’s hands. “You’re so lucky,

surprised as well,” she replied

the origin of the jewelry set was explained. Apparently, it was a priceless set of jewelry which belonged to a duchess from centuries ago, and had been in Kate’s

words as the previous two winners, but before she could leave the stage like them, she was being held

hole big enough for a hand

hand, Kate instructed carefully, “Put your hand in but don’t

her old, opaque eyes. When she looked away, one of the

the divination lots were placed upright. Reaching her hand in,

passed it along to an assistant, who took a look at

silently, But I

she might be drawing this lot on Kate’s behalf, who was still holding her hand. Thus, she answered, “I would like to ask

the renowned oracle wasn’t here and was most probably still

and discussing the history and value of their prizes, while some waited patiently to watch the results

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