After Changing My Luck, I Became A Winner In Life!

After the luck swap ended, Vanessa no longer stuck to me like she used to. I only found out through others that she and Nathan Chambers had called off their engagement—just weeks before their wedding.

Nathan was a moderately wealthy trust fund kid from New York. He had been chasing after Vanessa relentlessly since their freshman year of college. Initially, the gap in their backgrounds was a problem. But once Vanessa was "reunited" with her wealthy family, the Warrens, thanks to the pendant she "found," they suddenly became a perfect match. Right after graduation, both families hurriedly set up their engagement.

Over the years, Nathan earned a reputation as a "devoted boyfriend," and they were hailed as a "model couple." So why the sudden split?

"Apparently, there's this new girl around who looks a lot like Vanessa," Leona Fuller said, her laughter almost spilling out of her tailored suit as she eyed me curiously. "She's supposedly Nathan's high school sweetheart—the one who moved overseas right after they graduated. They were forced to break up, and both never got over each other.

"Now that she's back, Nathan rekindled things with her and broke it off with Vanessa. Word is, Vanessa was just a stand-in for his 'true love.' And now that the real deal's back, who needs a copy?"

When she saw that I genuinely didn't know any of this, Leona finally stopped laughing so hard.

Ever since Vanessa became the Warren family's daughter, she flaunted her status at school like a queen bee. She loved to show off her designer clothes and brag about how much Nathan adored her. Aside from those she marked as potential "luck sources," she looked down on most people. Naturally, she made plenty of enemies along the way.

So, once word got out that she'd been dumped for a "better model," the gossip spread like wildfire. Since everyone knew I was close to her, people kept asking me to confirm the rumors. But between being swamped with work and no longer needing to stay in her orbit for luck, I hadn't really kept in touch with Vanessa lately.

That said, I did hear she's been spending a lot of time recently with Freddie Thomson.

—My boyfriend.