From Fallen Star to Power Couple

From Fallen Star to Power Couple

Hu Minxue

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My life was perfect, the American dream within reach. I was Ash Carter, engaged to Ethan Miller, our star quarterback, future NFL legend. We had it all mapped out: the big house, the easy life, the picture-perfect wedding. Then, in a brutal flash, it all imploded. An ACL tear, career-ending complications. Ethan, my golden boy, was broken. His father disgraced. My mother, Karen, wasted no time. "You have to break it off, Ashley," she commanded, her voice cutting, practical. He was a "liability," a "nobody." The dreams of wealth and connections she envisioned for me vanished with his ruined knee. I felt sick, my stomach churning at the thought of the conversation to come. I knew she was right, didn't I? For my future. For her sanity. My thumb hovered over Ethan's name, ready to end it. Then, my phone buzzed wildly, not a call, but bright, blocky letters flashing across my vision like a game interface. `GAME FEED: CRITICAL CHOICE!` `ABANDONING ETHAN MILLER NOW = 'TRAGIC SPINSTER' BAD ENDING. DETAILS: Social ruin, crushing debt, lonely cat lady. Forty cats. Minimum.` My blood ran cold. Was this real? `ETHAN MILLER IS PROPHESIED TO ACHIEVE UNEXPECTED GREATNESS. STAY THE COURSE FOR 'POWER COUPLE' GOOD ENDING. DETAILS: Influence, respect, true partnership. Legendary status.` My life was a game? The words "forty cats" burned behind my eyes. Looking at Ethan, broken on the couch, the breakup words died. Fear, stark and overwhelming, took hold. The path was terrifyingly clear. And I had to play.

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My life was perfect, the American dream within reach.

I was Ash Carter, engaged to Ethan Miller, our star quarterback, future NFL legend.

We had it all mapped out: the big house, the easy life, the picture-perfect wedding.

Then, in a brutal flash, it all imploded.

An ACL tear, career-ending complications.

Ethan, my golden boy, was broken. His father disgraced.

My mother, Karen, wasted no time.

"You have to break it off, Ashley," she commanded, her voice cutting, practical.

He was a "liability," a "nobody."

The dreams of wealth and connections she envisioned for me vanished with his ruined knee.

I felt sick, my stomach churning at the thought of the conversation to come.

I knew she was right, didn't I? For my future. For her sanity.

My thumb hovered over Ethan's name, ready to end it.

Then, my phone buzzed wildly, not a call, but bright, blocky letters flashing across my vision like a game interface.

`GAME FEED: CRITICAL CHOICE!`

`ABANDONING ETHAN MILLER NOW = 'TRAGIC SPINSTER' BAD ENDING. DETAILS: Social ruin, crushing debt, lonely cat lady. Forty cats. Minimum.`

My blood ran cold. Was this real?

`ETHAN MILLER IS PROPHESIED TO ACHIEVE UNEXPECTED GREATNESS. STAY THE COURSE FOR 'POWER COUPLE' GOOD ENDING. DETAILS: Influence, respect, true partnership. Legendary status.`

My life was a game? The words "forty cats" burned behind my eyes.

Looking at Ethan, broken on the couch, the breakup words died.

Fear, stark and overwhelming, took hold.

The path was terrifyingly clear.

And I had to play.

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