Lucky Break

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Book: Lucky Break Read Free
Author: Carly Phillips
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Clara chided. She waved her arm and the sleeve of her colorful caftan created a breeze of its own.
    â€œYou have to admit, you’re not telling me anything you don’t already know.”
    With a smile, Clara turned over another card. “Crossing card is what is affecting you. Three of Cups, a betrayal of the heart.”
    Jason’s thoughts immediately turned to Kristina Marino, the woman who’d set him up for the fall.
    He’d met her six months before his failed doping test and they’d become inseparable. Jason, who usually had a hard time sustaining a relationship because few women understood or respected his dedication to the sport, had finally found someone who didn’t resent the time his training required. Or so he’d thought. In reality, she’d been in love with his main competitor, Rusty Small, but she’d hidden the connection and seduced Jason, gradually adding a banned ingredient into the power shakes he consumed daily.
    Kristina had confirmed Jason’s hunch in person after Rusty dumped her for someone else. She’d arrived on his doorstep last month to clear her conscience. Too little, too late, and she was still completely unwilling to clear his name by confessing. Jason was left with being seen as yet another athlete proclaiming his innocence to a disbelieving world.
    â€œYou’re going to have to do better, Clara.” Jason teased her, but she wasn’t deterred.
    â€œBottom card.” She turned it over.
    Jason didn’t pay much attention as she spoke about his past and what had brought him to this point in life.
    â€œTo the left.” She revealed another card. “Yourrecent past. Knight of Cups upright. You need to find your meaning again. Your holy grail, if you will. You are committed to seeking what you need for yourself,” she said.
    â€œCare to elaborate?” he asked.
    Clara smoothed her jet-black hair. “Of course not. Only you can decide what it is you need.”
    â€œOf course.”
    Ignoring his sarcasm, she moved on. “Card above. What is within your reach. Queen of Wands.” Her voice rose in excitement. “She’s a passionate woman, impulsive, impish.”
    Jason let out a chuckle, which sounded rusty even to him. Had it really been that long since he’d had a genuine laugh? “Come on, Clara. Even if I were looking, which I’m not, every woman in town knows to steer clear of a Corwin man.”
    Not that it mattered. Jason hadn’t been interested in any woman since Kristina. She’d soured him on females for a good long while. Although he had to admit celibacy wasn’t working for him.
    â€œYou don’t see me running away from the right Corwin man, do you?” Clara glanced at him through guileless eyes.
    â€œYou’re different.” Clara and Edward had a history. She seemed to be the only one capable of drawing his reclusive uncle out of his shell.
    The medications his uncle had been put on a few months ago had finally taken effect, and Edward Corwin, formerly the town recluse, had slowly begun to venture out into the world again. He was wary but trying to rebuild his life. Trying to overcome decades of ingrained fear of the Corwin Curse, which had ravaged his life. But the one thing that hadn’t changed was his unwillingness to commit to Clara Deveaux. Edward was scared. Clara refused to give up on the stubborn old coot.
    She grinned. “I’m no different than any woman in love. Now let’s continue. Card to the near right. High Priestess. Woman of mystery, as you can see by the red mask covering her eyes.”
    He immediately thought of the red Porsche whizzing through town.
    â€œShe represents finding things within yourself instead of looking to the outside world. Interesting we’d get the lady in the mask when tonight’s festival is a masked event.”
    He rolled his eyes. “I haven’t celebrated Halloween in

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