Bound Hearts: My Vows to My Disabled Spouse

Chapter 3 He Could Walk Fluidly

Looking at Jayden's legs, Elyse felt a wave of sympathy for him. Jayden had once been at the pinnacle of success, and now he seemed so vulnerable. Just because he was disabled, his bride had callously abandoned him at the altar, showing him no respect whatsoever. He must have felt 'even more devastated than she did during the wedding.

Approaching Jayden, Elyse took his hand and said earnestly, "Don't worry. We are husband and wife now. I will take care of you for the rest of our lives."

Jayden's expression turned rigid. Could she really mean it, promising to take care of him for a lifetime? He doubted her sincerity, thinking she was just putting on an act of compassion. Without a word, Jayden maneuvered his wheelchair into the study on the first floor.

"I'm sorry," Driscoll said apologetically. "Since his accident, he's been a bit more temperamental."

"It's fine. I understand," Elyse replied, dismissing it with a wave of her hand. Anyone in his situation might change.

She then followed Driscoll upstairs to a room on the second floor.

"Sir"

In the study stood a bald man named Vinny Bailey, clad in a tight black shirt that accentuated his prominent tendons.

Respectfully, Vinny ignited a lighter and lit a cigar for Jayden.

up with a solution." "They've taken thirty million

a puff of smoke and remarked casually, "If I don't teach them a lesson, others

"And as for your new wife, should we

"No need."

between his teeth, lifted a document from the desk and

of the room, ignored, as he moved fluidly across the

Elyse's entire life, from her childhood through to her college

uninterrupted enjoyment. The next chapter

the pages ages and drawled,

just for my money."

search for a wife for Jayden, aiming simply to secure an

daughter to him, except for the Fosters, who had enriched themselves through their

was straightforward to exchange their daughter for resources

saw no other reason for Elyse

was originally going to marry Theo

family that's well-known?" Jayden

groom ran off to reunite with