Bound Hearts: My Vows to My Disabled Spouse

Chapter 20 You Jinxed Them

Desmond took one look at Elyse and immediately erupted in laughter. "How did you manage to find such a stunning wife? Did you hire her?"

He quickly shifted topics. "Has Joanna Foster returned yet? Are you planning to marry her once she's back? It's understandable that she disappeared on your wedding day, especially since you're cripple now. No girl would willingly marry you."

His voice was so loud that everyone around could clearly hear him. As some recognized Jayden, their expressions turned.

Jayden faced the crowd's sneering looks with composure. "I've heard that your son's bride used to be a bargirl. Is that true? And she's knocked up?"

Instantly, Desmond's face fell. He stared at Jayden, hatred burning in his eyes, as if he wanted to tear him apart.

"Your family holds significant power in town. Why then did Xander marry a bargirl? Are none of the ladies from other influential families interested in him?"

Jayden, grinning, lifted his champagne glass. "It must be tough being his father, given how useless your son is. He's going to marry her because he knocked her

up."

Elyse, completely taken aback, asked, "Really? It's just because they're expecting a baby?"

Observing the changing expressions on Desmond's face, Jayden, still smiling, remarked, "Perhaps

it's merely a rumor."

"It's definitely a rumor!" With a glare at Jayden, Desmond grabbed his glass and stormed away. Elyse expressed her concern with a worried tone. "He seems so narrow-minded. Do you think he'll cause trouble for us?"

not interested in keeping tabs on me today," Jayden reassured her. "Xander is quite the playboy. The bride comes from a humble background. They rushed the wedding because she is pregnant with his child," he

Jayden. He was probably worried that

many looked down on him, there were still guests

had the opportunity to meet

minutes later, the ceremony

the seats with a

They watched her closely.

lack of confidence, and to some, she might have seemed out

for uninterrupted enjoyment. The next chapter

a groom and

towards the bride.

eager to marry her," Elyse whispered to

an eyebrow. "He's a well-known playboy who's not ready to settle down. Of course,

marriage as a

wedding progressed under a tense atmosphere, reaching the point where vows were

mind wandered unexpectedly back to her own wedding the one where Theo had fled. It felt like revisiting a past

the bride and groom exchanging vows and muttered to herself, "Hope nothing will go

she spoken than a

to the source

up. "I can't agree to this marriage because I have given birth to

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