Bound by love: Marrying my Disabled Husband by Devocean

Chapter 40:

Lizzie was uncertain whether the man Elyse married truly belonged to the prominent Owen family. Perhaps it was merely a coincidence of names. Regardless, she doubted Elyse could have married into the wealthy Owen family. Elyse didn’t deserve it.

“Stop joking,” Lizzie mused, touching her chin skeptically. “Did you just make up a lie?”

“What would I gain by lying to you? I’m married to Jayden Owen. The fact that you’re not aware of this news just proves you’re not in our league,” Elyse retorted with a hint of disdain.

“You…” Lizzie was taken aback. Despite Elyse coming from a modest family, Lizzie’s background was even humbler, sparking envy since their high school days. Moreover, the man Lizzie was set to marry, though a businessman, didn’t possess wealth or influence comparable to Theo’s.

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Elyse’s biting words only intensified Lizzie’s long-standing resentment. “Well, if you’re married, have your husband come here, then,” Lizzie challenged.

“Why should he come here just because you say so?” Elyse sneered.

“Then you are lying,” Lizzie was convinced Elyse was merely boasting. “It’s unnecessary to lie. We were all classmates once. Stop trying to be funny.”

to accept that she might be doing better. “If my husband does show up, you’ll have to down those three bottles of wine on that

that Elyse had really married into

to see how the drama would unfold. “Are

worry. He said he’d come, so I’m confident,” she

of a wheelchair, he always managed to command respect from everyone around him. Freddy was skeptical, knowing she

for Jayden, others came to drink with Elyse. After a few glasses, she

are you going? Trying to escape?” Lizzie called out, spotting

you coming to the bathroom too?” Elyse asked, clearly frustrated by Lizzie’s

was engaged in a dice game with her friends, rolled her eyes and replied dismissively, “Go

way to the bathroom, feeling unsteady. She stopped for a moment, hand on her forehead, waiting

she started, then stopped abruptly upon

surprised to encounter her. Noticing her flushed cheeks, he surmised she had been drinking and offered his hand, saying, “You’re drunk. Haven’t you learned you can’t

what he was doing. Looking into his eyes, which widened in disbelief, she maintained her composure, showing

not used to being dismissed like this. Feeling a twinge of irritation as he sensed her affection for him had waned, he snapped, “Not my concerns? Whose concerns should

with his tone. “Don’t talk about him that way. Jayden is the best husband anyone could ask for. I trust him fully, whether he’s in