It was the day of Avonsville socialite Avery Tate's wedding, but there was no groom in sight.

The groom, Elliot Foster, had been in a vegetative state since a car crash half a year ago. His doctors said that he was not going to make it until the end of the year

In a grief-stricken act, Elliot's mother decided to arrange a marriage for her son before he met his untimely end.

The Fosters were one of the wealthiest families in Avonsville, but no socialite in her right mind would want to marry a man who was knocking on Death's door.

Avery sat at the vanity with her slender figure gracefully dressed in a white wedding gown. With her elegant makeup that brought out the exquisiteness of her pale complexion, she looked as delicate as a budding red rose. 2

Yet, there was an uneasiness in her almond-shaped eyes.

There was only another 20 minutes until the ceremony, and Avery was frantically sliding her fingers across her phone screen, anxiously awaiting a text message.

She had a boyfriend before she was forced to marry Elliot, and it was a terrible coincidence that he just happened to be Elliot's nephew, Cole Foster.

However, they had never made their relationship public. 2

Avery had texted Cole the night before in hopes that they would escape Avonsville together and elope. She had stayed up all night waiting, but she never got a reply. She could wait no longer.

Avery rose from her seat, clenched her hand around her phone and made up an excuse to leave the room.

She hurried down the corridor and froze in her tracks as she walked past one of the rooms.

Avery heard the sound of her sister, Cassandra giggling delightedly through the slightly ajar room door.

"I bet my dumb sister is still waiting for you to go to her, Cole! Maybe you should go and butter her up a

little more. What are we going to do if she changes her mind and decides to back out of the wedding?"

"Do you think she has a choice now that things have come this far?" Cole said as he held Cassandra in his arms and nuzzled his thin lips against her neck."

if she tries to back out now, the guards

down the altar by the

"Avery will lose her mind if she

felt a violent buzzing in her head. She took a step back and almost lost her

around her gown and

was admitted into hospital

Foster family so she could reap the benefits. She had made it sound like the marriage was for the good of the Tate family, but Avery knew that this was

least expected, was the fact that the boyfriend who said he loved her would turn around and betray

was no wonder Cole urged her to carry on with the wedding. He said that

and dreams were

clenched

her father's sake.

too stupid and

she would no longer allow them to

back all

ceremony began shortly

with a bouquet of flowers in her hands, Avery walked down

her own vows and put on

looked puzzled, but she paid them

she was Mrs. Foster, and she

the palm of his hand, did not

was sent to

of the city's

could properly take in the mansion's layout, Mrs. Cooper had

bedroom.

immediately drawn to the man on the large bed.

chiseled face, and he exuded a majestic

pale from spending all that time indoors, but his handsome face made

sick, Avery would

crash, Elliot was a powerful figure

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