Bound Hearts: My Vows to My Disabled Spouse

Chapter 9 Jayden's Support

Elyse kept silent, offering no words to Lanny.

"Mr. Owen, I've married off my daughter to you. Surely you ought to show some gratitude?" Despite his fear of Jayden, Lanny believed he was owed some benefits as the bride's

father.

In shock, Elyse raised her head, looking at him with disbelief. She wondered how he could so brazenly request favors from Jayden in front of everyone.

Driven by her own greed, Glenda supported him. "Yes, Mr. Owen, Elyse is our precious daughter. Surely we can't marry her off to you for nothing."

"Precious? Wasn't she locked in the basement?"

The smile on Jayden's face only increased Elyse's discomfort.

"That's enough, stop talking. In your eyes, I'm merely an object. You have no concern for me. You're just trying to recover your losses."

"I'm the one who raised you. Is it wrong to expect some benefits from your marriage? How can you take his side?" Lanny exclaimed, unashamed even after his motives were revealed. Comforting the embarrassed and outraged Elyse with a gentle pat, Jayden spoke calmly. "Of

course I can offer somethin:

Right after his words, an assistant stepped forward from behind him with a file bag and laid out

large-scale

tens of millions in benefits. Consider them your compensation. If they're acceptable to

hand trembling as he held the

never imagined the possibility

contracts before him,

contracts and, with a joyful

I trust

each kept

have your compensation, can Elyse go with me?"

The next

now. You can do whatever you wish with her.

me, and I'll scold her for you," Lanny offered

Elyse turned

of relief and asked in

his ruthlessness

"But he seemed so

since his car accident. I haven't heard

last year. I had almost forgotten about him."

powerful he once was, that time is past. Now he's just

him too

who had been hiding behind her parents and