Bound Hearts: My Vows to My Disabled Spouse

Chapter 2 What Was She Up To

"My name is Elyse Lloyd. If it's all right with you, we can get married today," she proposed confidently.

Her bold proposal left the crowd in shock, prompting several to capture the moment with their phones.

"Miss Lloyd, are you certain about this decision? Given my disability, I may not be able to provide the future you envision," the man replied openly, without hiding his condition, and gently urged her to think it over.

"I've made up my mind," Elyse responded with determination.

"I'm Jayden," he introduced himself.

Seeing her resolve, Jayden Owen grasped her hand and shared his concern, "I fear you might regret this choice later on."

Elyse chose not to respond. She was sure of her decision. She had once been solely focused on marrying Theo, who never truly reciprocated her love. Now, who she married seemed inconsequential.

After efficiently wrapping up the wedding formalities at City Hall, Elyse and Jayden were now bound by matrimony, officially united as husband and wife.

With the marriage certificate in hand, Elyse experienced a profound sense of relief.

broken her heart, and she was

her father, since she would not be marrying into the Ward family, he had another daughter

sister Mabel too well. As someone driven by greed, how could Mabel resist the temptation to become Theo's wife and

escape from her family's clutches. She had no

gazed thoughtfully at the marriage certificate, Jayden asked, "What's on your mind? Regretting your decision

was a

to marry a

act-an act

he pursued his own goals. Well, he decided, he might as well see what she

car, and they drove to his

home was opulent, complete with a garden and a swimming pool, and staffed

wool carpet, she truly realized that her new husband

them respectfully and inquired, "Mr. Owen, is

house and recollecting her newlywed husband's full name, a

was one of the wealthiest men around. However, after a car accident a year ago that cost him his legs, Jayden had faded from the public eye and

married the legendary

The bride who

Hall, Elyse hadn't dwelled on it