Married By Chance, Loved By Choice

Married By Chance, Loved By Choice

Gavin

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My godmother Eleanor, ever the matchmaker, sat across from me with a stack of glossy portfolios, ready to choose my future wife. But a cold dread washed over me, sharper than any D.C. winter. I remembered it all: Veronica, "Ronnie" Sterling, my ex-wife, handing me divorce papers with a chilling smile. "I never loved you," she'd said, after ten years of marriage, revealing her secret second family in Napa. Then came the blinding headlights, the deliberate act that ended my life, leaving me betrayed and alone in a dark alley. That was my past, a lifetime of humiliation culminating in my death. And now, I was back. Back to this exact moment, facing the same conversation that had once damned me. This time, I wouldn't make the same mistake. My judgment had proven tragically poor, I admitted, forcing a bitter smile. Instead of carefully curated choices, I demanded a blind draw, a lottery with names in a hat. Three times I reached in, three times I pulled the same slip: "Captain Maya Ramirez." Despite Eleanor's protests about Maya's "unconventional" choice and "career-ending" injury, I knew this was fate. This was my second chance, a new beginning, a destiny I was determined to embrace.

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My godmother Eleanor, ever the matchmaker, sat across from me with a stack of glossy portfolios, ready to choose my future wife.

But a cold dread washed over me, sharper than any D.C. winter.

I remembered it all: Veronica, "Ronnie" Sterling, my ex-wife, handing me divorce papers with a chilling smile.

"I never loved you," she'd said, after ten years of marriage, revealing her secret second family in Napa.

Then came the blinding headlights, the deliberate act that ended my life, leaving me betrayed and alone in a dark alley.

That was my past, a lifetime of humiliation culminating in my death.

And now, I was back.

Back to this exact moment, facing the same conversation that had once damned me.

This time, I wouldn't make the same mistake.

My judgment had proven tragically poor, I admitted, forcing a bitter smile.

Instead of carefully curated choices, I demanded a blind draw, a lottery with names in a hat.

Three times I reached in, three times I pulled the same slip: "Captain Maya Ramirez."

Despite Eleanor's protests about Maya's "unconventional" choice and "career-ending" injury, I knew this was fate.

This was my second chance, a new beginning, a destiny I was determined to embrace.

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