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.

her heart, and she was

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

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

was Elyse's perfect escape from her family's clutches. She had no intention

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

think it was a good decision." Jayden smiled slightly, though his eyes betrayed

any woman genuinely want to marry a disabled man? He figured

act that

a bride momentarily to distract his family while he pursued his own goals. Well, he decided,

Jayden into the car, and they drove to

was opulent, complete with a garden and a swimming pool, and staffed with a butler in a tuxedo

Elyse stepped onto the plush wool carpet, she truly realized that her new husband

Lee, approached them respectfully and inquired, "Mr. Owen, is

and recollecting her newlywed husband's full name, a

was one of the wealthiest men around. However, after a

married

the Foster family. The bride who had disappeared on her

Elyse hadn't