Once the toast of the city, now the ladies who once fawned over him gave him a wide berth, afraid to even whisper his name.

Rumor had it that the accident had robbed him of more than his consciousness.

What a pity it was!

Desperate times called for desperate measures, and the younger branch of the Chadwick. family found themselves clinging to the marriage for luck.

Gwendolyn’s vision was obscured by a veil as Marina, a Chadwick family servant, guided her into the mansion. The weight of the traditional headdress bore down on her, nearly bending her

neck.

She was ushered into a spacious bedroom and seated at the edge of the bed..

With a length of ribbon, Marina bound Gwendolyn’s right hand, wrapping it meticulously before securing the other end to the left hand of the man on the bed.

“You mustn’t untie it. That’s the rule,” Marina warned. “If you mess this up, the consequences

are on you.”

slightly, feeling the

“You’ll have to endure tonight with

eerie silence of the room, accompanied only by the incessant

drawing a small comfort from the

had her kit, her swith acupuncture

reached up to massage her neck, forgetting the

her hand.

sent beads from her headdress clinking together as she

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Chapter 2

the wedding veil flying.

a warm body, her lips accidentally

lashes casting shadows across his face. His handsomeness was almost ethereal, marred only by the scarlet imprint her lips

his face. In her haste, her hair became entangled with the buttons of his pajamas, creating a knot

pain as her scalp burned and her eyes watered from the struggle.

squirmed, the

again in her efforts

this scene, they’d think she was brazen, not even sparing a man in a vegetative state.

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